Ballestar, Vincenç.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1992
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Summary: Unique among the arts, ballet has no written texts or standardized notation. It is a storytelling art passed on from teacher to student. A ballerina dancing today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps are also marked by the dramatic changes in dance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.8 HOMDean, Audrey Vincente.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Main Street Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.2 DEAHomans, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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Summary: "The New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." He appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century. His radical approach to choreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly imaginative ballets made him a legend. Yet, Balanchine's life was as dramatic as his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1985
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Summary: A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2014
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Summary: Prosecutor argues there is overwhelming evidence President Bush took the nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses and must be held accountable for what he considers to be monumental crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BUGCianni, Vincent.
Summary: "Through compelling photographs and interviews made over three years on road trips across the US, Vincent Cianni (born 1952) has created an important historical record of the struggles of gay and lesbian veterans and service members in the US military. As the Human Rights Commission attests, the US military has a long history of civil rights abuses against homosexuals, with harassment and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daylight Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0086 CIADrzewucki, Vincent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brick Tower Press 1998
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Summary: One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year, Apollo's Angels is the first cultural history of ballet ever written.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER For more than four hundred years, the art of ballet has stood at the center of Western civilization. Its traditions serve as a record of our past. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully told, Apollo's Angels --the first cultural history of ballet ever written--is a groundbreaking work. From ballet's origins in the Renaissance and the codification of its basic steps and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2010
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Nayar, Vineet.
Summary: One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea, putting employees first and customers second, sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant. In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar, HCLT's celebrated CEO, recounts how he defied the conventional wisdom that companies must put customers first, then turned the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Press 2010
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Summary: Prosecuting Attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carol Pub. Group 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.546 TERThurkettle, Vincent.
Summary: This book covers everything you need to know about creating the perfect wood fire, indoors and out, including: the best woods to burn, how to split logs, how to store and season firewood, creating the perfect woodstore, how to lay and tend a fire, choosing wood for scent, cooking on an open fire, and campfires. Illustrated with a mix of line drawings and evocative photographs, this is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Beazley 2012
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Summary: "An inside look at the U.S./Mexican border through the eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, Vincent Vargas, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment. Featuring a Foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink. The U.S./Mexican border stretches nearly 2,000 miles and is protected by a thin line of overworked and underfunded U.S. Border...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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Summary: One of the only female werecats left, Faythe is living apart form her Pride as a grad student when she is attacked by a Stray. After fighting him off, she discovers other werecats have been disappearing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC VINBouman, Mark.
Summary: Mark Bouman recounts the events of his childhood at the hands of his larger-than-life, Neo-Nazi father in brilliant, startling detail in this memoir. From adventure-filled days complete with real-life war games, artillery fire, and tank races to terror-filled nights marked by vicious tirades, brutal beatings, and psychological torture, Mark paints a chilling portrait of family life that is at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2015
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Summary: "According to a recent report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the number of mass protests has increased each year by over ten per cent. But we are not living in a world that is more just and democratic as a result. In If We Burn, acclaimed journalist and author of The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins sets out to answer a pivotal question: How did mass protest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 BEVBugliosi, Vincent.
Summary: When a newlywed woman finds a scorched skull on a tiny island in the South Pacific, it begins a murder investigation full of conflicting details and puzzling complexities. Vincent Bugliosi reconstructs the events that led to the murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2006