Myers, Marc
Summary: "Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 MYESummary: Part 5 continues to explore the meaning of the scientific revolution and to examine the many problems that it raises. It is in this period that the West becomes keenly aware of the social and psychological origins and purposes of its activities. This is a period of spiritual turmoil as well as of material advance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREConner, Marc C.
Summary: For over 400 years, Shakespeares plays have enthralled, moved, and enriched each new generation of readers and theatergoers. How to Read and Understand Shakespeare builds the skills that allow you to reach your own understanding of the plays, to deeply comprehend Shakespeare's transcendent poetic language, the spellbinding world of his great characters and stories, and his revelatory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2013
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 CON VOL. 1Call number: CD 822.33 CON VOL. 2
Ehrman, Bart D.
Summary: Twenty-four lectures on the history and varieties of Christian doctrines in the early church.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 229.9206 EHREhrman, Bart D.
Summary: Provides a historical context to foster a fuller understanding of contemporary events and people in the New Testament. Discuses distinguishing characteristics between the Greco-Roman cults and Judaism and Christianity, Jesus as a historical figure, and each of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 225 EHRAdams, Mark
Summary: A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. He sets out to uncover the truth behind the legendary lost city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 398.23 ADAClague, Mark
Summary: "The fascinating story of America's national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today. Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 CLAPolizzotti, Mark
Summary: "In this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the songs on Highway 61 Revisited so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually potent mix. He blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves, biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful). And he focuses on Dylan's mythic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 POLSummary: Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns, and the blues to its mainstream popularity, viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century as it eventually emerged to become America's music. Features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 781.64 Country 2019Copies Available at Peninsula
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV COULatham, Mark
Summary: With bright, dynamic imagery and gripping text, this book asks the intriguing question, What if there was more to the ghostly fable than meets the eye? What if Washington Irving's legend of Sleepy Hollow was based on fact? And what if the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow was not unique, but merely one of a strange line of malevolent spirits sighted across the world, bringing misfortune to all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 133.1 LATRodgers, Mary
Summary: "The memoirs of Mary Rodgers--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried everything.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RODGERS, MARY RODOliver, Mary
Summary: A collection of essays follows the author as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor; her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her; and the responsibility she has inherited from the great thinkers and writers of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 OLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 OLIRendsburg, Gary.
Summary: Explores the book of Genesis showing us how we might read, hear, think about--and feel--its words as an ancient Hebrew would have, allowing us to gain a new appreciation of one of the most remarkable literary compositions from the ancient world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2006
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 REN Part 1Call number: CD 221 REN Part 2
Summary: Featuring 57 members of the Nashville songwriting community: Garth Brooks, Brad Paisley, Kacey Musgraves, Mac Davis and more! "It All Begins with a Song" is a full-length documentary that goes behind the perfomers to the creators of well-known songs and the city they call home, and features both up-and-comers and the greats who turned Nashville into the songwriting center of the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019