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 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Gomes, Peter J.
Summary: The Good Book is a brilliant and inspiring look at the Bible today from the preacher to Harvard University, a man Time magazine called one of the seven best preachers in America. "The theme of this book," writes Peter Gomes in his introduction, "is the risk and the joy of the Bible: risk in that we might get it wrong, and joy in the discovery of the living Word becoming flesh. It is around this...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.1 GOMGomes, Peter J.
Summary: Addresses key issues in the modern church and explores the dangers of focusing excessively on the Bible, in a spiritual resource that seeks to illuminate what the author believes to be Jesus's original transformative and revolutionary message of hope.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 226.06 GOMSummary: The incredible true story of eight cartoons from all walks of life who have to deal with each other's quirks, differences and insane necrophilia fantasies. From Clara, the racist fairy tale princess; to Foxxy Love, the sassy, sexy musician; to Wooldoor Sockbat the, well, whatever he is, these housemates quickly learn the art of loving, punching and coming dangerously close to copyright...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DRASummary: On June 2, 1958, Richard Loving and his fiancee Mildred Jeter traveled from Caroline County, VA, to Washington, D.C. to be married. Later, the newlyweds were arrested, tried and convicted of the felony crime of miscegenation. Two young ACLU lawyers took on the Lovings case, fully aware of the challenges posed. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in their favor on June 12, 1967 and resulted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LOVSummary: "The Man of Steel Stars in DC's New Superman: Red & Blue anthology mini-series! In the spirit of DC's iconic Eisner Award-winning Batman: Black & White anthology series, DC proudly announces Superman: Red & Blue, a new anthology mini-series presenting fresh new takes on the Man of Steel. Around the world, everyone knows that when they see a red and blue streak in the sky, it's not a bird...it's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SUPSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIBetter Homes.
Summary: Complemented by more than 300 photos, a colourful guide to home design looks at the latest cottage-style decorating trends, from rustic to refined, covering such topics as furnishings, fabrics, floor coverings, window treatments and accessories. Original.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons Australia 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 NEWSummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSummary: I shot Jesse James: After years of crime reporting and writing pulp novels and screenplays, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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Summary: Gathering on a summer evening to celebrate the birthday of their ailing patriarch, the Campbell family confronts the difficult realities of an offspring's addiction problems, his mother's enabling behaviors, and his siblings' conflicted views.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEESummary: Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ADVPeffer, J.
Contents: Dragon anatomy and equipment -- Dragon demonstrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IMPACT Books 2010
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Summary: When Otto Octavius takes over Peter Parker's body, he dons Parker's famous mask in order to prove he can be a better Spider-Man than ever before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Enterprises 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Better Homes & Gardens 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.46 GRAContents: Disc one, December 23, 1938 concert. Swingin' the blues / Count Basie, Eddie Durham, (Count Basie and his Orchestra) (3:34) -- One o'clock jump / Count Basie, (Count Basie & his Orchestra) (1:11) -- Introduction / John Hammond (0:38) -- Blues with Lips / Count Basie, (Oran "Hot Lips" Page, with Count Basie Orchestra) (3:11) -- I never knew / Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, (Kansas City Five) (3:11) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ FROBETTER HOMES & GARDEN
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Publishing 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641 BETBETTER HOMES AND GARDENS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Corporation 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 BETTESummary: "Emmy Award-winner John Scagliotti, producer of the landmark films "Before Stonewall" and "After Stonewall", guides us in a wondrous tour of erotic history, poetry and visual art in this point-of-view documentary on same-sex desire from ancient times to Victorian crimes. He explores how the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the growth of LGBT political power in the 1990s cleared the path for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEFSummary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSSummary: A journey to the beginning of time (1955) : Youngest of four boys one day finds a fossil of trilobite. So his older friend take him on journey through prehistory, up to beginning of time, to see real live trilobites.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Sight and Sound Rotating Display, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THRSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSKater, Peter.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1992