Bernasek, Lisa
Contents: The Imazighen and their arts -- Touring Kabylia -- Harvard in the Rif -- Collecting Tuareg art -- Amazigh art today -- Color plates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 730.089 BERHartung, Tammi
Summary: A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635 HARRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUMenzel, Peter
Summary: Photo spreads, with brief commentaries, of possessions of families in more than 50 countries. Awards: SLJ Best Book. Annotation. A fascinating project--sponsored by a number of international organizations--resulting in this richly intriguing book (it will get well-deserved promotion and distribution via all sorts of media). Sixteen photographers traveled to 30 nations to live for a week with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books 1994
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Summary: This book introduces the life and times of the pioneers describing their homes, tools, jobs, clothes, and travel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.03 KALLinde, Barbara M.
Summary: If you have ever looked at a piece of pottery, a toy, or a coin from the past, then you have seen an artifact. Artifacts are things that people made and used. Over time, broken or unwanted objects were thrown on trash piles. Others were buried by natural disasters, or covered over by new buildings. This high-interest text shows several artifacts related to American history, including toys,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 LIND'Aluisio, Faith
Summary: A companion to the best-selling Material World: A Global Family Portrait, this unique book is a multicultural odyssey in words and 350 stunning images that illuminates the hopes, dreams, joys, and sorrows of women the world over. A testament to the imdomitable power of the human spirit, Women in the Material World portrays the startling differences and striking similarities in women's lives at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 305.42 DALHirsch, Annabelle
Summary: "This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. With engaging prose, compelling stories, and a beautiful full-page image of each object, Annabelle Hirsch curates a diverse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.409 HIRSummary: Offers an illustrated look at one thousand artifacts of human creation through history, from stone age tools to tablet computers, as well as an extensive timeline featuring key events in world history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 306.4 SMIYoon, Grace
Summary: "The Korean Herbal Apothecary, written by Qi Alchemy founder, Grace Yoon, addresses herbalism and medicine making from the perspective of Korean ancestral traditions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fair Winds Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8 YOOSummary: "A rich and compelling introduction to the history of Asian Pacific American communities as told through 101 objects from the Smithsonian collections"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.0495 SMISummary: Through narration and dramatic reconstruction, this three-part television program explores the unique relationship that Britons enjoyed with their homes during the Georgian era. Characters from all walks of life, from gentlewomen in their stately mansions to servants, are brought to life through their artifacts, letters, and diaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ATRinner, Ben
Summary: "The Self-Sufficient Backyard is a detailed resource for new backyard farmers. No matter where you live, what size your yard is, or how much gardening experience you have, this book will guide you through the steps of creating your own mini-farm. The pages within will show you where and how to start, lead you through the most common challenges, and teach you how to create the perfect homestead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: In these deeply researched essays, a Paris Review contributor blends science, history, and memoir to explore human obsession with gorgeous things, exposing the fraught histories of makeup, silk, jewels, perfume, and other objects, helping readers to ethically partake in the beauty of the world around them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 111 KELContents: Expanding our boundaries / Richard Stursberg -- Foreword / Adrienne Clarkson -- Introduction / Maria von Finckenstein -- Celebrating with George Pitseolak / Ann Meekitjuk Hanson -- Fifty years of thinking it over / James Houston -- Artists speak / Maria von Finckenstein.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canadian Museum of Civilization = Musě canadien des civilisations 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 CelebratingCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 730.89 Houston 1999Manushkin, Fran
Summary: "Pedro y su perro, Peppy, están listos para la competencia de mascotas. Peppy sabe sentarse y buscar algo cuando se lo piden. Además, está recién bañado y listo para lucirse. Pero cuando le llega su turno, Peppy se sienta en una abeja, sale corriendo ¡y se mete en un charco de lodo! ¿Podrá Peppy ser la mejor mascota?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR BLUE SPANISH MANRooks, Judith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Temple University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 ROOSummary: "Despite the diversity of North American native cultures, images in the popular imagination often are generalized and stereotyped. These images have been repeated, layer upon layer, in political, historical, and commercial contexts, resulting in blurred perceptions of Native American peoples. Powerful Images: Portrayals of Native America looks at the ways in which Indians have been portrayed by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museums West in association with the University of Washington Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: OVS 704.9499 POWSummary: Set in rural 1940s Vietnam, a young man takes up with a rough band of nomadic buffalo herders and discovers freedom, violence, and love - but also secrets about his past that will change his life forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BUFGrossman, Anna Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: 306.4 GROSAlsdurf, Phyllis
Summary: "The apples are ready for harvest and Halloween is here! What better way to celebrate than by donning homemade costumes and going to the local apple orchard? In this charming story, a boy and his family enjoy everything the orchard has to offer, including searching for scarecrows, getting lost in a corn maze, and going on a hayride."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2023
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE ALSSummary: Highlights the great masterpieces on exhibit at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Each piece is put into historical context, allowing a better understanding of the sculpture itself as well as the movement that inspired it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 730.74 SCUSummary: "Between the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago's Black press-from The Chicago Defender to the Negro Digest to self-published pamphlets-was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From Jay Jackson's anti-racist time travel adventure...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Comics 2021