Fallon, Robert Thomas.
Summary: "In surveys of plays that will help readers & viewers follow the action with care & understanding, Fallon opens a window to Shakespeare's times while illuminating the timelessness of his works. An intelligent introduction to the wondorous works of William Shakespeare. Brings Shakespeare to life."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: I.R. Dee 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 FALSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Presents the story of the eugenics movement in the U.S., tracing its evolution from a force for human progress through the study of genetics to an anti-humanistic campaign for state-sponsored sterilization and the closing of the country's borders to peoples believed by some to be genetically inferior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EUGSummary: Part 3 explores the period from the Renaissance to the onset of the Enlightenment in the middle to late seventeenth century. This section marks the critical schism that developed between the claims of faith and those of science.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREAllen, Thomas B.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 917.3 ALLAllen, Thomas B.
Summary: Covers the Civil War chronologically and gives biographical sketches of key persons, with an accompanying map supplement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.7 ALLSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUWebber, Andrew Lloyd
Summary: Musical about a gathering of cats to decide who will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: DVD CATCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CATBregman, Rutger
Summary: By providing a new historical perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history, Rutger Bregman sets out to prove that we are in fact hard-wired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. And this fact has huge implications for how society functions.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909 BRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 909 HumSummary: The film brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on. Includes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SCOSummary: There has been a Laemmle in the movie business since there's been a movie business. This is the story of a beloved Arthouse Cinema chain in Los Angeles with an astounding legacy. Over four generations, Laemmle's have dedicated themselves to supporting, innovating, and elevating the art of filmmaking. Popularizing independent films, documentary films, and their filmmakers, the LaemmleTheatres'...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONLMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Presents a history of the Broadway musical theater, including summaries of the shows, photographs of the stars, posters, sheet music, production stills, and essays by theater luminaries.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.14 KANKertell, Lynn Maslen
Summary: Presents a collection of ten easy-to-read stories that introduce three- and four-letter rhyming words and feature consistent short vowel sounds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KERTranströmer, Tomas
Summary: "Tomas Tranströmer--the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature--can be clearly recognized not just as Sweden's most important poet, but as a writer of international stature whose work speaks to us now with undiminished clarity and resonance. Long celebrated as a master of the arresting, suggestive image, Tranströmer is a poet of the liminal: his verse is drawn again and again to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 439.7 TRATranströmer, Tomas
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloodaxe Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 839.71 TRAMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Together again for the first time, here comes the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MASSummary: Louis Mazzini seeks to avenge his mother's disinheritance by ascending to her family's dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the d'Ascoyne family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY KINTranströmer, Tomas
Summary: "A collection of poetry and prose by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Patty Crane"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 439.7 TRAMalloy, Chris
Summary: This is a complete, unrivaled encyclopedia of the LEGO Star Wars theme. Fans will have an all-encompassing companion to the LEGO Star Wars cultural phenomenon. Produced in large format and featuring beautiful imagery, this is an indispensable guide for young fans and a stunning reference work for adults.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK/Penguin Random House 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home BuchananPeterson, Marlon
Summary: A leading advocate for prison abolition and transformative justice shares insights from the author's firsthand experiences of growing up in a violent neighborhood and surviving a brutal incarceration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PETERSON, MARLON PETSummary: Examines the myth and reality of Che Guevara including his friendship with Castro, his world travels, his days as guerilla leader and his death at age 39.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHECallow, Simon
Summary: Traces the life and career of the legendary director, discussing the making of "Citizen Kane," his contributions to such films as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "The Lady from Shanghai," and his efforts in radio comedy, spectacular theater, and newspaper politics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WELLES, ORSON CALHomans, John.
Summary: Journalist John Homans explores the dog's complex place in our world and how it came to be. Evolving from wild animals to working animals to nearly human members of our social fabric, dogs are now the subject of scientific studies concerning pet ownership, evolutionary theory, and even cognitive science. They are also subject to many of the same questions of rights and ethics as people, and the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012