Berkus, Nate
Summary: The acclaimed designer presents a guide to meaningful home decorating that builds on the premise that a house's objects reflect its owners, providing tours and stories about some of the favorite family and celebrity homes the author helped design.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Fritz, Ronald J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aardvark Publications 1987
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 731.462 FRILawrence, Robyn Griggs.
Summary: Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese philosophy that focuses on appreciating the simple and letting go of the superficial. This book provides a history of the practice and detailed and illustrated guidelines on how to introduce wabi-sabi into your home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.01 LAWCruz, Kleaver
Summary: "A beautiful love letter to Black joy, as a source of self-preservation and survival as well as a form of resistance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 704.9 CRUSpencer, Andrea.
Summary: Instructions for such projects as a string-and-driftwood chair, a distressed louvered door, and a shell-encrusted mirror.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 SPEGiancola, Donato
Summary: "Classical realism unites with contemporary storytelling to bring JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga to life. More than 170 works of art by Donato Giancola explore the mythic grandeur and the iconic characters of the series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 700.92 GIAKleinman, Paul
Summary: Presents an introduction to philosophy, covering the origins of the discipline, some of the major figures of the past, and philosophical issues which still continue to be debated in the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Novesky 2016Rosen, Jeffrey
Summary: "The Declaration of Independence identified "the pursuit of happiness" as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential founders--Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton--to show what pursuing happiness meant in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameo/Abrams 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.3 ERNDavis, Wes
Summary: "The epic road trips-and surprising friendship-of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3048 DAVNewbold, Amy
Summary: Introduces a variety of nineteenth and twentieth century painters--including Picasso, O'Keefe, Seurat, and Jacob Lawrence--and their distinctive styles, through paintings of snowmen as each artist might have portrayed them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759 NEWStabler, David
Summary: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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Summary: "Meet Weenie, a pancake-obsessed wiener dog, and his best friends Frank and Beans in this hilarious early graphic novel for fans of Narwhal and Jelly and The Bad Guys. Weenie loves his human, Bob. He loves his guinea pig friend Beans and his cat friend Frank. He loves naps, adventures and sharing. In fact, Weenie loves pretty much everything (except brussels sprouts). And Weenie SUPER LOVES...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 FERRudick, Jennifer Ash
Summary: The author presents twenty-five summer houses by the sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vendome 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 747.0974 RUDBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 BagieuSummary: "Eva Zeisel was one of the twentieth century's most influential ceramicists and designers of modern housewares. Her distinctive take on modern industrial design was inspired by organic form and brought beauty and playfulness to housewares, earning her designs a beloved place in midcentury homes. This richly illustrated volume--the first-ever complete biographical account of Zeisel's life and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 738.092 EVAMerberg, Julie.
Summary: Provides a simple introduction to the work of French artist Claude Monet, featuring his Impressionist paintings of city and country scenes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE MEROrr, Tamra
Summary: Chronicles the life and career of the creater of Minecraft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Purple Toad Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PERGeddes, Hannah
Summary: Dragons, fairies, unicorns, and other fantastical beasts come to life with the magic of Zentangle in this detailed guide. Readers will master basic Zentangle patterns they can mix and match to create unique mythical beasts. Up-close visuals break down dizzying patterns into simple parts. Step-by-step instructions help readers divide creature outlines into smaller shapes and fill them in with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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Summary: Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise -- the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2003