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: 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 MuseumVilmorin, Charlotte de.
Summary: C’est l’histoire d’une petite fille qui voulait être chanteuse de comédie musicale. Ou femme de rentier. Ou danseuse étoile. Puis trapéziste dans un cirque. Oui, trapéziste : voler là-haut, admirée de tous, habile, gracieuse, risque-tout, dans un joli justaucorps à paillettes… Qui n’a eu ces rêves d’enfants ? Qui ne les a pas confiés à ses parents, à ses journaux intimes, aux spécialistes de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grasset 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 DEV FRENCHDes Cognets, Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1981
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3755 ENGWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEISummary: "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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: Today's food-lovers often travel the globe to enjoy the food of acclaimed chefs. Yet the tradition of seeking out unforgettable dining experiences goes back centuries, and this gorgeous book reveals the closely held secrets behind the world's most iconic recipes - dishes that put restaurants on the map, from 19th century fine dining and popular classics, to today's most innovative kitchens,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642.509 MUHBreach, Jen
Summary: "An action-packed graphic novel about agents who helped the Allies prepare for D-Day and push the Germans out of France during World War II. In 1942, World War II was growing more and more intense. Germany and its allies had occupied a great deal of Europe-including part of France. With the enemy just a few miles from England, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to help free France....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BRESolti, Georg Sir
Summary: Performance of the opera about the complex medieval Doge of Genoa whose life was ruled by love of family and devotion to country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2007
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SIMSummary: Before this film no one else was ever permitted to film inside the Louvre. Set against the panoramic history of France, the priceless treasures and incomparable art are shared through the eyes of award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Monterey Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LOUSummary: Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RACHennezel, Marie de
Summary: "With wit and a soupçon of irreverence, Marie de Hennezel shows that there is no age limit for erotic joy. Through interviews with countless older French women and men, de Hennezel uncovers a plethora of tips for enjoying a rich and satisfying sex life after age sixty. She suggests that perhaps the most important point is to have a positive self-image-to love yourself-and instead of worrying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.9 HENSummary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREPeña, Matt de la.
Summary: "On the eve of World War II, African American boxer Joe Louis fought German Max Schmeling in a bout that had more at stake than just the world heavy wieght title; for much of America their fight came to represent the country's war with Germany"--jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for young readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB LOUIS PENAnders, Elouise
Summary: "For anyone looking to drink less, to leave alcohol permanently on the shelf, or to wake up a little less hung over on Sunday, shake and stir up your next party with Nixology. Full of classics like the Martini, Negroni, and Cosmo, Nixology is full of recipes that are full of flavor instead alcohol. Whip up single cocktails, batches to share, or low-ABV drinks for a tiny buzz. Whether it's a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith Street Books 2023
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Summary: "What is art? Art is cave paintings, pyramids, statues, castles, the Mona Lisa, an upside-down toilet, Banksy's graffiti, and much, much more. Learn about the different historical periods, movements, and themes in art as well as the most famous works of art and architecture throughout time. Look closely to discover in which periods the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, the first camera, and Andy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 LE MCaron, Claude
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familles Caron d'Amérique 1989
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 CARViloria, Hida
Summary: "From Hida Viloria, writer and intersex activist, a candid, provocative, and eye-opening memoir of life, love, and gender identity as an intact intersex person, as well as a call to action for justice for intersex people. Hida Viloria was raised as a girl but discovered early on that he/r body was different. Unlike most people who are born intersex in the first world--meaning they have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VILORIA, HIDA VILPisano, Dominick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in association with Harry N. Abrams 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 PISSummary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRSummary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIMLouvish, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LOUShapiro, Ouisie.
Summary: Relates the real life experiences of people who have been victims of emotional and physical bullying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2010