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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WOR
Call number: DVD 709 WOR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Summary: The cubs are excited about going on a family trip, until they find out the destination is not Grizzlyland, but a tour of Bear Country's National Parks.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BER

Summary: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990, 95 min.): After wading in a puddle of radioactive waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TEE

Iruma, Hitoma

Summary: Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and Adachi once again finds herself unsure of how to ask Shimamura to spend the holiday with her. What’s more, she’s determined to whip up the best chocolates she can to make the event truly special, but she has no clue what Shimamura likes, and she’s no chocolatier… Against all odds, will her feelings get through to the girl she loves?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ADA

Gabaldon, Diana.

Summary: The second volume of a comprehensive companion guide to each book in the "Outlander" series includes a complete chronology of the series, synopses of novels, a guide to research sources, a Scottish glossary and pronunciation guide, and essays by the author.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GAB

Eyles, Allen.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 EYL

Summary: Playing With Fire (Episodes 1 and 2): The discovery of two bodies in a suspected arson lead Banks and Cabbot to uncover an art forgery scheme. When another victim is found, Banks is determined to find the man behind the forgery ring before he can strike closer to home. Friend of the Devil (Episodes 3 and 4): This one has a lot of murder. A corpse in a storage room is investigated by Banks as...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BBC 2015

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DCI

Harvey, Jacqueline

Summary: "Kensy and Max are back in London for no time at all before things begin to heat up - quite literally. As a result, Granny Cordelia ships them off to Australia on an undercover mission. The twins find themselves planted in a posh Sydney school where first appearances prove to be deceiving. What seems like a straightforward assignment turns into something so much bigger. Kensy and Max must...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series Harvey 2020

Summary: Television's favorite defective detective returns to DVD to solve a new batch of baffling mysteries with his trademark wit, wisdom ... and hand wipes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MON

Harvey, Jacqueline

Summary: Kensy and Max are now agents-in-training at Pharos, a covert international spy network. Christmas break sees the twins back at Alexandria for training and a celebration like no other, but where are their parents and why can't they come home? Thankfully, a school trip to Rome provides a welcome distraction. Amid the history and culture of Italy's capital, they discover a runaway boy and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series Harvey 2020

Summary: The complete third season of what the New York Post calls 'the best detective show to come along in decades'. Tony Shalhoub plays obsessive-compulsive detective Monk, who assists police in their most baffling cases.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MON

Reynolds, Emma

Summary: Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials-and many more-these inspiring true stories highlight the importance of taking charge and creating change. Beautifully...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REY

Harvey, Jacqueline

Summary: "What would you do if you woke up in a strange place? If your whole life changed in the blink of an eye and you had no idea what was going on? Twins Kensy and Max Grey's lives are turned upside down when they are whisked off to London, and discover their parents are missing. As the situation unfolds, so many things don't add up: their strange new school, the bizarre grannies on their street,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series Harvey 2020

Summary: Explores the lesser-known tale of George's creators, Hans and Margret Rey. Years later, having heard that Hans was wasting his artistic talents as a bookkeeper in Rio, Margaret traveled to Brazil to persuade him to marry her and do something creative together. Arriving in New York as refugees, they started their life anew and over the next three decades, they created a classic that continues to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MON

Wilson, G. Willow

Summary: "Wonder Woman's journey through the broken realm has reached its end--but who waits for her there? And what exactly created this place between dimensions in the first place? The answer will shock Diana and provide the missing piece of a puzzle that's defined her entire life! But in the wake of Ares' escape from his prison, who among the Amazons could possibly change the course of history? Only...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WON

Summary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROC

Summary: Two FBI agents investigate cases that seem to involve the paranormal and government conspiracies.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV X

Summary: World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOY

Rehak, Melanie.

Summary: In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties, and emerged as beloved by girls today as by their grandmothers. Rehak tells the behind-the-scenes history of Nancy and her groundbreaking creators. Both Nancy and her "author," Carolyn Keene,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 REH

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2005

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA