Summary: Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. That rainy night, he rescues delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, she lets Chris establish her in an apartment (with his shrewish wife's money). There, Chris paints masterpieces; but Johnny sells them under Kitty's name,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino On Video 2005

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SCA

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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 708.4 MUS
Call number: DVD 708.4 MUS

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 708.4 Museum

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HIS

Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Contents: disc 1. Casey Jones (Billy Murray) -- Casey Jones (Fiddlin' John Carson) -- Southern Casey Jones (Jesse James) -- Steamboat Bill (Arthur Collins) -- Casey and Bill (Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band) -- Steamboat Bill boogie (Delmore Bros.) -- Red wing (Frank C. Stanley & Henry Burr) -- Red wing (Doc Williams & the Border Riders) -- Just break the news to mother (George J. Gaskin) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY PRO

Summary: In these newly remastered HD adaptations of Georges Simenon's bestselling crime novels, international film brings the beloved Parisian Inspector Maigret to life. Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. To crack his cases, he peels back the veneer of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAI

Kenny G.

Contents: Summertime (featuring George Benson) -- The look of love -- What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong with Kenny G) -- Desafinado -- In a sentimental mood -- The girl from Ipanema (featuring Bebel Gilberto) -- Stranger on the shore -- Body and soul -- 'Round midnight -- Over the rainbow.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Arista Records 1999

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING KEN

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: London 1989

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL TCH

Summary: The First Alphabet: Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to modern-day alphabets. How Writing Changed the World: The printing press transformed the spread of information, igniting the Industrial Revolution. How did technologies, from pen to paper to printing press, make it all possible?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV A

Summary: For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures, woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment, are vanishing at an alarming rate. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MES

Poulenc, Francis

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1992

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD O POU

Summary: Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement, and becomes infatuated with a mysterious woman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PET

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

Contents: Plainchant, Benedicta es (2:24) -- Motet, Benedicta es / Josquin des Prés (6:55) -- Missa Benedicta es / Palestrina (41:15) -- Plainchant, Nigra sum (1:31) -- Motet, Nigra sum / Lhériter (5:07) -- Missa Nigra sum (35:20) ; Missa Papae Marcelli (36:49) ; Missa brevis (21:24) / Palestrina -- Madrigal, Nasce la gioja mia / Primavera (2:30) -- Missa Nasce la gioja mia / Palestrina (24:22) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Gimell 1993

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL PIE

Contents: Live while we're young (One Direction) -- I cry (Flo Rida) -- Die young (Ke$ha) -- Let me love you (until you learn to love yourself) (Ne-Yo) -- Don't stop the party (Pitbull ; featuring TJR) -- Sweet nothing (Calvin Harris ; featuring Florence Welch) -- Hall of fame (the Script ; featuring Will.i.am) -- Daylight (Maroon 5) -- Home (Phillip Phillips) -- The A team (Ed Sheeran) -- We are never...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 2013

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOW

Summary: Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle works in the English town of Hastings. As World War II tears at the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOY

Contents: Jump / Kriss Kross -- O.P.P. / Naughty by Nature -- Fantastic voyage / Coolio -- It's tricky / Run-D.M.C. -- The Humpty dance / Digital Underground -- Push it / Salt-N-Pepa -- Summertime / D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince -- It takes two / Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock -- Regulate / Warren G. -- 2 legit 2 quit / Hammer (introducing Saja aka Sonja Moore) -- Whoomp! there it is / Tag Team -- Funky...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Razor & Tie 2001

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP NON

Mahler, Gustav

Summary: 1st work recorded at Glasgow City Hall, May 20, 2000.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2001

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL MAH

G Kahn G Le Boy

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Jerome Remick 1914

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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHM

Balzac, Honoré de

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Heritage Press 1939

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAL

Summary: Fiona is the manager of a fast-food restaurant. She lives comfortably and happily with her family in the suburbs. That is until the day she accidentally gets locked into a walk-in freezer. She escapes the next morning, half frozen and barely alive, only to realize that her husband and two children didn't even notice she was missing. But when Fiona develops an obsession for everything cold and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2007

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ICE

Summary: Chief Inspector Boyd and his team are back to reopen the files of more cold cases. A spectral leader calling himself 'The Shepherd' is inciting vulnerable women to commit murder; a sadomasochistic killer is counting off his victims, leaving the word 'sorry' carved into their skin; and the discovery of an unexploded bomb threatens to bring unforeseen upheaval to the team.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2010

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WAK

G©đmez, Mar (Mar©Ưa del Mar)

Summary: Create customized soaps using simple steps and economical ingredients. Includes information on the therapeutic qualities of natural soap additives.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crafts Gomez