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 2010Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)
Summary: Brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history--the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR's presidency, when he and his inner circle completely reinvented the role of the federal government in response to the Crash of 1929 and its consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 CohLeckie, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley & Sons 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.25 LECRoper, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 ROPMacaulay, David
Summary: "An extended picture book about the history and construction of the steamship SS United States, its designer William Francis Gibbs, and author/illustrator David Macaulay's personal story of immigration to America on board the SS United States."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Design MacaulayShakespeare, William
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play ShakespeareJobson, Robert
Summary: "Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is one of the world's most famous faces destined to one day lead the ancient institution of the British monarchy as King. Determined to do the right thing and to serve his country as his grandmother, The Queen, has done, William has created a public persona of a loving husband to Catherine and devoted father of three to George, Charlotte and Louis. Calm,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ad Lib Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAM, PRINCE JOBWilliams, Nina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 747.2 WILSummary: Get ready to set sail with pirates Sir Francis Drake, Captain Kidd, and Blackbeard, some of the most treacherous and cunning characters who ever set sail, and who are, in reality, more colorful than their legends suggest. Includes 3 episodes, and bonus episode, Treasure Hunters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Channel 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nonfic PMichell, John F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 MICSeward, Ingrid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SEWWharton, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Newmarket Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.2 WhartJunor, Penny.
Summary: An in-depth portrait of William, the man who will be King of England-- and the story of his relationship with the woman who will be his queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAM, PRINCE JUNDuncan, Dayton
Summary: "The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today-a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo-our nation's official mammal-is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors of a mass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.64 DUNBryant, Jennifer.
Summary: From the Publisher: A Junior Library Guild Selection. Willie loved to write-words gave him freedom and peace. But he also knew that he needed to earn a living, so when he grew up he went off to medical school and became a doctor-one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing. In this picture book biography of poet William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Poetry BryantJunor, Penny.
Summary: An in-depth portrait of William, the man who will be King of England-- and the story of his relationship with the woman who will be his queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILLIAM, PRINCE JUNPatterson, James
Summary: At age thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family, Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King of England, and one to find his own way, she taught them dual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 PATAndersen, Christopher P.
Summary: Explores the past twenty years in the lives of the royal brothers, discussing how marriage and fatherhood have changed them and how they have faced controversy and scandal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ANDLacey, Robert
Summary: The historical consultant to the hit series "The Crown" draws on official sources in a royal portrait that examines the experiences and conflicts that have shaped the bond between the future king of England and his brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LACMorton, Andrew
Summary: Provides an inside look at Prince William and Kate Middleton, delving into their backgrounds, their meeting as students at the University of St Andrews, the ups and downs of their relationship, their engagement, and their wedding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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Summary: At age thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family, Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King of England, and one to find his own way, she taught them dual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PATContents: Part One: lecture 1. Shakepeare's wavelengths -- lect. 2. The multiple actions of A midsummer night's dream -- lect. 3. The form of Shakespear's sonnets -- lect. 4. Love in Shakespeare's sonnets -- lect. 5. Love and artifice in Love's labor's lost, and Much ado about nothing -- lect. 6. As you like it -- lect. 7. The battles of Henry VI -- lect. 8. Richard III and the renaissance -- Part Two:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1995
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 SHACall number: DVD 822.33 SHA PART 1
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Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CLIKrull, Kathleen
Summary: "Biography of Frances Perkins, the first female member of the presidential cabinet, and architect of much of the New Deal legislation as Secretary of Labor."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books Books for Young Readers 2020