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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Summary: "An explosive, devastating debut book of poetry from the acclaimed author of The Boat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIXSummary: This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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Summary: "Celebrates all the different ways we eat (such as with spoons, chopsticks, and GI tubes), helping families and educators discuss ability, culture, and food"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Feminist LLC 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Wonderwoman, Thief Catcher, and Invisible Girl team up to battle the baby stealing Demon-Lord of the Underworld.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2002
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Summary: A young girl describes the water cycle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big & Small 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.4 YUSummary: "On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: UK Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho presents twenty tiny tales -- each one illustrated by a different artist, and each just ten words long -- in a book that's as much a work of art as an invitation to budding writers. Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? In this magnificent compendium, author and poet Joseph Coelho proves that it is -- with mini-stories of underwater worlds,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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Summary: After being kicked out of his boarding school, 16-year-old Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City to find that nothing is as he left it, and when a kidnapping rattles the school, Bruce seeks answers as the dark and troubled knight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DE LSummary: Writer and director Faraut revisits the rich bounty of footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe as he competes in the French Open at Paris's Roland Garros Stadium in 1984. Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both McEnroe's attention to the sport and the footage itself, creating a lively and immersive look at a driven athlete, a study on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOHSummary: "In a village hidden in the mist-shrouded Northwest Vietnamese mountains resides an indigenous Hmong community, home to 12-year-old Di, part of the first generation of her people with access to formal education. A free spirit Di happily recounts her experiences to Vietnamese filmmaker Diễm Hà Lệ, who planted herself within Di's family over the course of three years to document this unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "​Aristia la Monique was the child of prophecy, raised to be the companion of the future emperor--until she wasn't. When the actual child of prophecy appears on the palace grounds, Aristia is immediately cast aside by both fiancé and country and forced to watch as Jieun is handed the love, future, and throne that was supposed to be hers. Her only reward for a lifetime of obedience is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arkana 1992
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Summary: Provides an introduction into the life of an octopus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB Publishing 2015
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Summary: Pairs photographs of animals embracing with information about how hugs help animals feel secure, show love, and forge bonds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB Publishing 2015
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Summary: "Learn the science of the sky in this introductory guide to weather. Understand how snowflakes form, why it can rain frogs, how we predict the weather, and how we know what weather was like a long time ago. Then use your new knowledge to understand and observe the weather around you." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: Details the life cycle, physical characteristics, habitat, and cultural importance of elephants throughout the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 DE LDe la Garza, Velda
Summary: "140 classic Mexican recipes made healthy and low-cal-still full of flavor and oh-so-simple to prepare"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1944
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1951
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1954
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1955
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Summary: "A volume explaining engineer William "Red" Whittaker's plan to develop robots designed to explore the unknown caves on the moon and Mars"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2017