Schaub, Emelia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Myers Printing Service 1986
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.2 SCHSummary: In 1969, Elliot Tiber, an interior designer living in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. Upon hearing that a planned music and arts festival has lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Elliot calls producer Michael Lang at Woodstock Ventures to offer his family's motel to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TAKSummary: Kenny Scharf arrived in New York City during the early 80s and quickly befriended Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, forming a trio that would take the creative yet depressed downtown art scene by storm. Unlike his friends who died tragically young, Scharf lived to face setbacks while remaining true to his high-tone Technicolor artistic vision which has cemented his place as a pop art icon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KENSummary: Backed by a Church struggling to connect with the faithful, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio painted images imbued with physical immediacy and in-your-face drama. As this program shows, there was a trade-off: Caravaggio's biblical scenes frequently eschew, in the words of presenter Simon Schama, "any vision of consolation or redemption." Exploring the artist's humble origins, penchant for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Roy E. Stryker headed the Historical Division of the Farm Security Administration from 1935 to 1943. This program tells the story of how Stryker, a low-level federal bureaucrat with integrity and vision, managed a massive New Deal project to document the Great Depression. These photos-nearly 200,000 by both established and aspiring photographers, including Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Arthur...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Life, death, heroism, tragedy-subjects that, until the latter half of the 20th century, propelled the canon of Western art. How do the abstractions of Mark Rothko figure in that tradition? Are they, in a sense, its swan song? This program depicts Rothko's engagement with timeless themes that dominated his thinking long after the mythic grandeur of Abstract Expressionism had yielded to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Although rendered in stone, the sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini convey a sense of weightlessness perhaps unequalled in the history of Western art. This program illustrates Bernini's nearly miraculous ability to turn marble into a vessel of rapture, both spiritual and sexual. With The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa as his principal focus, presenter Simon Schama examines numerous works by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Meet Samantha : In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.Samantha learns a lesson : Samantha is determined to help 9-year-old Nellie with her school work and learns a great deal herself, about what it is like to be...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ADLSummary: If the French Revolution had an official painter, it was Jacques-Louis David-although "official propagandist" is a much more accurate term. This program follows David's career from his early ambitions as a Prix de Rome scholar to the actions that defined him, morally and artistically, during the reigns of Robespierre and Napoleon. With The Death of Marat as its centerpiece, the program studies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Based on a true story, Charles S. Gilpin was the first African-American to star in a leading role in a stage play during a time where roles of color were previously played by white men in blackface. As Gilpin rose to fame and recognition, tensions were high between him and playwright Eugene O'Neill which ultimately lead to parting ways, though his acclaimed performance has changed Broadway...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BLASummary: When London art student Ben Willis goes through a painful breakup, he develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late-night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CASSummary: Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday NSchaub, Christine.
Summary: "An historical drama based on the story behind the hymn 'It Is Well With My Soul.' When tragedy strikes, Horatio Spafford writes a poem on the back of a telegram--words that have become a hymn of hope for millions facing sorrow"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SCHParish, Herman
Summary: "Amelia Bedelia and her mother need new shoes, but Amelia Bedelia adores her comfy, broken-in sneakers. But the shoe is on the other foot when Amelia Bedelia spots the perfect pair--only to find out that they belong to Mary Jane!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PARParish, Herman
Summary: Are Amelia Bedelia and her friends barking up the wrong tree? Recess just got super exciting. Amelia Bedelia and her friends are on the playground when they hear a strange noise coming from a nearby tree. It's a tiny kitten stuck on a high branch! It's upto Amelia Bedelia and her friends to figure out how to rescue the kitten and, once they do, to find the little cat a purr-fect new home!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PARSchaub, Michelle
Summary: "A bedtime lullaby for budding scientists everywhere introduces eleven branches of science and encourages curiosity and exploration."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHSchaub, Michelle
Summary: "Through a variety of poetic forms, readers journey across the continental United States to visit 14 historic tree sites. Trees include the Emancipation Oak in Virginia to the Methuselah tree in California. Facts cover geography, history, and nature"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.16 SCHSchaub, Michelle
Summary: This engaging and educational picture book about protecting our waterways follows a classroom as they build a rain garden, empowering readers with the tools to reduce pollution, diminish flooding and create a habitat for wildlife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Tolley, Emelie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C. Potter 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 645 TOLParish, Herman
Summary: Amelia Bedelia loves her school. Her whole class gets along, except when it rains. Then, they split into two groups, the Puddle Jumpers and the Puddle Stompers. Both clubs ask Amelia Bedelia to join, but she doesn't want to choose between her friends. Luckily, Amelia Bedelia finds a solution that makes a big splash with everyone.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Schaub, Diana
Summary: "An expert analysis of Abraham Lincoln's three most powerful speeches reveals his rhetorical genius and his thoughts on our national character. Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, believed that our national character was defined by three key moments:the writing of the Constitution, our declaration of independence from England, and the beginning of slavery on the North American continent....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 SCHSchaub, Michelle
Summary: A collection of poems celebrates farmers' markets and the things that can be seen and found there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 SCHSchaub, Michelle
Summary: What happens when one child chooses kindness to start the day? It starts a chain reaction! Watch kindness (empathy) ripple through the community... Spreading happiness like sunshine, connecting diverse groups like a footbridge, and lifting hope like a kite string. How can you lift others with kindness?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cardinal Rule Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHParish, Herman
Summary: "Young Amelia Bedelia, her friends and family get ready to celebrate Easter with plenty of hilarious mishaps and misunderstandings along the way"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022