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 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROGiovanni, Nikki.
Summary: For the first time ever, the complete poetry collection spanning three decades from Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and one of America's national treasures. When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement, in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GIOPauw, Marion
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC PAUCaselli, Giovanni
Summary: Describes the discovery and excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and what has been learned about life there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: P. Bedrick Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937.7 CASGiovanni, Nikki
Summary: A collection of the author's poetry conveys to young readers how much they are loved regardless of age and circumstance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 811.6 GIOGiovanni, Nikki.
Summary: A collection of fifty-two poems by African-American poet Nikki Giovanni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GIOMurray, Pauli
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MURRAY, PAULI MURCaselli, Giovanni
Summary: Discusses the efforts of Heinrich Schliemann to uncover the ancient city of Troy and what his archeological finds revealed about life in this legendary location.
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Publisher / Publication Date: P. Bedrick Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 939.21 CASFrazzetto, Giovanni
Summary: "Is science ever enough to explain why we feel the way we feel? In this engaging account, renowned neuroscientist Giovanni Frazzetto blends cutting-edge scientific research with personal stories to reveal how our brains generate our emotions. He demonstrates that while modern science has expanded our knowledge, investigating art, literature, and philosophy is equally crucial to unraveling the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: One of America’s most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a rumination on her life and the people who have shaped her. The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has spoken out on the sensitive issues, including race and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 GIOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 811 GIOGiovanni, Nikki
Summary: The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. Giovanni offers an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 811 GIOGiovanni, Nikki
Summary: The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. Giovanni offers an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 811 GIOGiovanni, Nikki.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GIORocco, Giovanni
Summary: Giovanni's Ring is the story of "Giovanni Rocco," a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as "Giovanni Gatto," who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as "the real Sopranos." Giovanni spent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2021
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 ROCCivardi, Giovanni
Summary: Figure Drawing: A Complete Guide is an essential handbook for anyone particularly interested in portrait drawing, and includes in-depth studies of human anatomy by master artist Civardi. Civardi's technical advice and practical tips, accompanied by his own outstanding drawings, make this an invaluable resource for any portrait artist. A fresh collection of content from previously-published works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press, Ltd 2016
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Summary: The bonds we are capable of feeling toward other people—how we know and belong to one another—provide fascinating glimpses into the intricacies of human behavior. Intimacy is that moment when our true identity is revealed to another, when traumas, fears, and ambitions are shared. Through the ordinary stories of eight relationships, Giovanni Frazzetto has woven an extraordinary narrative of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 FRAGiovanni, Nikki
Summary: Overview: Nikki Giovanni's poetry has spurred movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations. She's been hailed as a healer and as a national treasure. But Giovanni's heart resides in the everyday, where family and lovers gather, friends commune, and those no longer with us are remembered. And at every gathering there is food-food as sustenance, food as aphrodisiac, food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GIOCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry GiovanniGiovanni, Nikki.
Summary: In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and controversial writers. Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works. From the revolutionary Seduction to the tender new poem, Just a Simple Declaration of Love, from the whimsical I Wrote a Good Omelet to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GIOGiovanni, Nikki.
Summary: An illustrated description of Rosa Parks' historic refusal to give up her seat on a bus that led to a boycott that lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PARPAPINI, GIOVANNI
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1954
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1985
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD O PAIKaul, Jennifer
Summary: Explores the symbols and traditions of found in the United States and provides a brief history of different holidays, discussing how and why they are celebrated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023