Summary: 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...
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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: Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever mounted, now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world, with glowing reviews, global press, and tickets sold out through the entirety of its run, the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer retrospective is nothing short of a historic event. This fascinating documentary is a unique opportunity to discover what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CLO1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Summary: This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 708.4 MUSCall number: DVD 708.4 MUS
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 708.4 MuseumBruegel, Pieter
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. N. Abrams 1969
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.9493 BRURaczka, Bob.
Summary: Reproductions of seven paintings by the Dutch artist are accompanied by "interviews" with the painting's subjects that reveal information about the composition of the painting, Vermeer's use of light, and who the subject was.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.9492 VERSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISWheelock, Arthur K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.9492 WHEPeete, Holly Robinson
Summary: Teenagers Ryan Elizabeth Peete and RJ Peete discuss what it is like for RJ as a teenager with autism and Ryan as a teenager with an autistic sibling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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Summary: Will help a rider use the knowledge of equine characteristics to initiate communication and create successful interaction in a way the horse can understand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "Situated more than one hundred miles off Italy's southern coast, the rocky island of Lampedusa has hit world headlines in recent years as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees fleeing civil war and terrorism and hoping to make a new life in Europe. Dr. Pietro Bartolo, who runs the lone medical clinic on the island, has been caring for many of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARTOLO, PIETRO BARGermer, Fawn
Summary: "A street smart, inspiring, practical and utterly honest book for renewing or resuming your career. Millions of mid- and late-career professionals are wondering why our careers are dying. We've been fired, downsized, job-eliminated, or we've left work voluntarily to raise children, care for loved ones, or go to school. Our unemployment rate is more than three times the national average. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 GERMinter, Adam
Summary: "When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter-- veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner-- travels deeply into a vast, often hidden, multibillion-dollar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.473 MINPeeters, Frederik.
Summary: A graphic memoir in which Swiss comic artist Frederick Peeters chronicles his relationship with his HIV positive girlfriend and her young son, who also has the disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PeetersPowter, Geoff
Summary: This collection of original and previously published pieces includes provocative editorial and opinion work about the state of adventure, personal tales from a life of exploration and risk-taking, some touches of humour, and award-winning profiles of some of Canada's mountaineering greats. Stories include conversations with and profiles of alpine personalities such as Barry Blanchard, Sonnie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RMB Rocky Mountain Books Ltd 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 POWPrater, Yvonne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.578 PRASpieler, Marlena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5784 SPIVerger, Frédéric
Summary: L’histoire se déroule pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Marsovie, riche principauté d’Europe centrale. Alexandre de Rocoule, gérant du luxueux hôtel d’Arden, homme à femmes dont la gaieté a quelque chose de féroce, et Salomon Lengyel, veuf sérieux et solitaire, sont liés par une passion commune : l’opérette. Depuis 1917, ils ont écrit ensemble une quantité impressionnante de pièces en trois...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 VER FRENCHWieger, Léon
Contents: Introductory [sic] -- Etymological lessons -- Index of all the usual groups -- Appendix: Old graphies [sic] -- List of the 858 phonetics -- Phonetic series -- Lexicon by order of sounds : the Wade system -- Lexicon by order of radicals -- List of difficult characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paragon Book Reprint 1965
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1 WIEGermi, Pietro
Summary: A man bed hops from woman to woman until his philandering catches up with him when he impregnates his fiancée's younger sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEDWieder, Sam
Summary: Is today's high-tech world wearing you down? Your computer, cell phone, and other electronic devices certainly make your life easier in so many ways. But how might your intimate, ongoing relationship with all of this technology be affecting your overall health and vitality? Author Sam Wieder shares the personal journey that led him to recognize how the electromagnetic radiation in his everyday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Energy Dynamics 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612 WIEZieber, Eugene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwich House 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.6 ZIEKitter, Walter
Summary: "Mackinac Island is located in Lake Huron. It is one of three crown jewels that are within the borders of Michigan. Upon arrival, you will notice a lot of bicycles, horse-drawn carriages-some for hauling freight, others for shuttling people to and from their hotel-the maroon Grand Hotel bus, taxis, and public tour carriages. People are walking on the streets and sidewalks as well. If you arrive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Straits KitterPinner, Susan
Summary: "Discover the world of granny squares with this imaginative new book. These small, crocheted squares can be made in a huge variety of patterns and colorways that become the building blocks for an array of different projects. Large, small, tight, loose, multi-colored or monochrome -- the design potential of a granny square is endless. Small and portable, you can take them anywhere with you, but,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 PinnerTinter, Andreas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: T.F.H. Publications 1990