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: Germany's Third Reich made 1,200 feature films. According to experts, some 100 of these were blatant Nazi propaganda. More than 40 of these films remain under lock and key. Director Felix interviews German film historians, archivists and filmgoers in an investigation of the power, and potential danger, of cinema when used for ideological purposes. Moeller shows how contentious these films...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORBin Laden, Najwa.
Summary: Mother and son give us an extraordinary view of the private life of a man both loved feared by his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 BIN LADEN FAMILY BINAgar, Johnny
Summary: "The incredible story of Johnny Agar, born with cerebral palsy and who doctors thought would never walk, overcoming the odds to participate in long-distance endurance races with his dad pushing him, until the final mile when he walks across the finish line." - provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dexterity 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AGAR, JOHNNY AGAChar, René
Summary: "The Selected Poems of René Char is a comprehensive, bilingual overview reflecting the poet's wide stylistic and philosophical range, from aphorism to dramatic lyricism. In making their selections, the editors have chosen the voices of seventeen poets and translators (Paul Auster, Samuel Beckett, Cid Corman, Eugene Jolas, W.S. Merwin, William Carlos Williams, and James Wright, to name a few),...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 CHAParr, Ben
Summary: "The former editor of Mashable and cofounder of DominateFund examines the psychological phenomena that captivate our attention--and how we can leverage them to draw and retain attention for our ideas, work, companies, and more.Whether you're an artist or a salesperson, a teacher or an engineer, a marketer or a parent--putting the spotlight on your ideas, insights, projects and products requires...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 PARSummary: Starship troopers: Charts the lives of elite members of the Mobile Infantry, a corps of dedicated young men and women soldiers fighting side by side in the ultimate intergalactic war ... the battle to save humankind. The enemy is mysterious and incredibly powerful with only one mission: survival of their species no matter what the human cost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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Summary: "How is it that we can walk unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction? Come up with shortcuts on the fly, in places we've never traveled? The answer is the complex mental map in our brains. This feature of our cognition is easily taken forgranted, but it's also critical to our species's evolutionary success. In From Here to There Michael Bond tells stories of the lost and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 BONVan Dyck, Sara.
Summary: Learn about the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the electric eel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Company 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.48 VANVan Bergeyk, Ton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK VANBSear, Juliet
Summary: Learn how to perfect the prettiest trend in cake decorating – using edible flowers and herbs to decorate your cakes and bakes – with this impossibly beautiful guide from celebrity baker Juliet Sear. Learn what flowers are edible and great for flavour, how to use, preserve, store and apply them including pressing, drying and crystallising flowers and petals. Then follow Juliet step-by-step as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SewandSo 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86539 SEASTEELEYE SPAN.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK STEVan der Voo, Lee
Summary: "Award-winning investigative journalist Lee Van der Voo reports on Juliana v. the United States. Combining unparalleled access to the plaintiffs and reporting on the natural disasters that form an urgent backdrop to the story, van der Voo shares a timely and important story about the environment, the law, and the new generation of activists."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 VANLevine, Shar
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crafts LevineSfar, Joann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SFASummary: The documentary explores the intersection between Colin Kaepernick's anthem protests and the reactions they spurred in the United States, revealing unique insights into America's ongoing racial turmoil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KAPSfar, Joann.
Summary: When the rabbi's cat wins the gift of speech by swallowing a parakeet, he uses it both to tell lies (that he didn't eat the parakeet, for example) and to tell his own story. But now that he's lied, the rabbi forbids him from talking to his daughter, Zlabya, and vows to educate him in the Torah. For his part, the cat wants to study Kabbalah and he wants a bar mitzvah. But the question of whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SFASper, Emily
Summary: Introduces the concept of colors to very young readers by having a cat chase different colors of yarn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jump Press 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Working for change: Explores the birth of the social documentary in the U.S. and U.K. during the years of the Great Depression and the New Deal, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOVan Zoeren, Tom, National Park Service Ranger
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.4635 VANZub, Jim
Summary: Nick Fury and Agent Coulson lead the search for Captain America after he disappeared in 1943, but a frustrating meeting with the World Security Council could put an end to their search.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 AVEZub, Jim
Summary: Nick Fury is slowly learning things are about to get much worse when news breaks out that Iron Man is losing control and to top it all off, the Avenger is being poisoned and could die at any moment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 AVESummary: A chance car accident introduces the Henderson family to the real-life Bigfoot, who is anything but a ferocious monster. He quickly becomes a true friend of the family. They're soon in a race against the clock to return "Harry' to his natural environment before the authorities capture him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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Summary: Uses print and braille to teach young readers to count.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016