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Artist Not Provided Bucholz, R. O. Dise, Robert L. Noble, Thomas F. X. Rockwell, Anne F.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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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 2010Dise, Robert L.
Summary: (THIS IS A SET. Book and DVDs must be checkout together).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 ANCCall number: DVD 930 ANC
Bucholz, R. O.
Summary: During the 229-year period 1485-1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into "the first modern society," emerging as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. The English people survived epidemics, famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HISNoble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LATSummary: In the late 19th century, as America's teeming cities grew increasingly congested, the time had come to replace the nostalgic horse-drawn trolleys with a faster, cleaner, safer, and more efficient form of transportation. Ultimately, it was Boston, a city of so many firsts that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RACSummary: A look into the Source Family cult, its spiritual leader, Father Yod, and 1970s California, told through home movies and photographs from Source Family archivist Isis Aquarian and accompanied by original Source Family music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drag City, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOUSummary: The three centuries following the death of Jesus were a momentous and turbulent era in Western religious thought. During this time, as Christianity began its massive growth, few if any influences on the theological landscape were as significant as the religious movements know as Gnosticism. Gnosticism intersected deeply with early Christian thought, sparking religious ideologies that competed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 GNOSummary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JEASummary: The revealing documentary of Earth explores the planet's most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed center stage. We see what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud, including massive bombardments from space, extreme...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII, eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying as people did 500 years ago. On each of the traditional twelve days of Christmas, Lucy reveals a different aspect of the festivities, uncovering fresh insights into the Tudor mind and casting a captivating new light on Christmas itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LUCArtist Not Provided
Summary: Follows the travels and travails of Ibn Battuta as he set out from Morocco in 1325 to journey to Mecca for his first Hajj and on to other Asian and African cities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOUSummary: An overview of the worldwide political upheavals during the Sixties and Seventies. Interweaves footage from the Vietnam War and the antiwar protests in the U.S., May '68 in Paris, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Salvador Allende and the coup in Chile, Che Guevara and Regis Debray in Bolivia, the Shah of Iran, Fidel Castro, et alia. Contains official images, film clips, news coverage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRISummary: On March 8, 1971, eight ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, a town just outside of Philadelphia, took hundreds of secret files, and shared them with the public. In doing so, they uncovered the FBI's vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of Americans exercising their First Amendment rights. Despite conducting one of the most thorough investigations in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NINSummary: For the 200th anniversary of Waterloo, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean tells the story of one of history's bloodiest battles through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEASummary: Ram Dass shares the essence of his core wisdom through his iconic humor, joy, and honesty. Historical footage compliments an engaging conversation with director Jamie Catto as they explore the life experiences that helped to free Ram Dass from the attachment to his "somebody-ness" a journey that transformed him into the radiant soul who now inspires a new generation. It is the quintessential...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BECSummary: Celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the 20th century, exploring Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and a showcase for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while exposing unintended consequences of the sport's integration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LEARockwell, Anne F.
Summary: The true story of James Lafayette, a spy in the American Revolution. After America won its freedom, James returned to slavery. But James's fight for freedom wasn't over.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SPYSummary: An inside look at The Elephant 6 Recording Co., the '90s rock collective that launched Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo, and other bands. Around 1985, a group of Louisiana high schoolers began experimenting with whatever random instruments and gear they could find. Influenced by psychedelia, and with little to distract them, they birthed a musical revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ELESummary: In this thrilling feminist documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the worst cover-ups in U.S. history. RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is an award-winning film about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history and its aftermath. It uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Against all odds, the students at Dominguez High School set out to put on the school's first theatrical production in more than 20 years. But what does Thornton Wilder's famous play about life in rural Grover's Corners have to do with Compton, California? [This film] follows the students on their discovery of the power of art and the human spirit"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OTSummary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019