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: The location has brought over seven million fans, and the world's biggest musicians, to a patch of rural Washington farmland 150 miles from nowhere. Despite overwhelming odds, a small family winery, with a makeshift plywood stage, eventually became a Pollstar, Billboard, and ACM-winning music venue. It follows the stories of Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, and Pearl Jam (among many other artists),...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ENOStandiford, Les.
Summary: Relates the full, twenty-seven-year story behind the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh, the six-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, as well as the decades-long search for the boy's elusive killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 STAStandiford, Les.
Summary: One July day in 1981, Reve Walsh allowed her six-year-old son Adam to try out a video game near a store's entrance while she shopped for lamps. When she returned Adam was gone. The shock of Adam's murder, and the inability of the police to find his killer, altered American innocence. Bringing Adam Home is the definitive account of this horrifying crime as well as a riveting story of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.1523 STAMatthes, Eric
Summary: Includes instructions for basic concepts such as variables, lists, classes, and loops. Practice exercises come with each topic. The end goal is the creation of a Space Invaders-inspired arcade game to deploy online.
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Publisher / Publication Date: No Starch Press 2023
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Summary: Real information and advice you can USE in plain-spoken English. This book is not a glorified advertisement like you may have received in the mail or have seen on TV. In fact, it is written to distinguish differences, and point out what those advertisements don't fully explain. Medicare is frequently misunderstood for many reasons: confusing dates, perplexing rules, excessive advertisements....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace] 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 368.426 OHMarthers, Janet
Summary: Follow Your Interests to Find the Right College is a different sort of college guide -- one that helps students and their families better understand the vast amount of options available for college based on a student's interests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheatmark 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378 MARMatthias, Rebecca.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency/Doubleday 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.872 MATReynolds, Emma
Summary: Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials-and many more-these inspiring true stories highlight the importance of taking charge and creating change. Beautifully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYHarvey, Matthea
Summary: Lamb and Mary were alike. Unbalanced. Flat-footed. High-strung. This is their story like you've never heard it--the tale of a loopy shepherdess and a depressive farm animal. In this version of the children's nursery rhyme, Lamb and Mary fall in love. They swoon, they are smitten. Then Mary has second thoughts. Lamb is a lamb, after all, not a man. Lamb, heartbroken, turns to drinking. Lamb goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McSweeney's Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 HARMathews, Tom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.53 MATMathews, Daniel
Summary: Climate change manifests in many ways across America, but few as dramatic as the attacks on our western pine forests. In Trees in Trouble, Daniel Mathews tells the urgent story of this loss, accompanying burn crews and forest ecologists as they study the myriad risk factors and refine techniques for improving forest health and saving this important, limited resource.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.9 MATOh, Jae W
Summary: Confused by Medicare? Get answers from Maximize Your Medicare,an informative guide by nationally recognized expert Jae W. Oh. Maximize Your Medicare helps readers understand how and what to choose when deciding on Medicare options. This book shows readers how to:Enroll in Medicare and avoid never-ending penaltiesCompare Medigap vs. Medicare AdvantageDiscern the differences among Parts A, B, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allworth Press 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A wonderful collection of essays written by today's queer heroes, featuring contributions from Elton John, Tan France, Gus Kenworthy, Paris Lees, Russell Tovey, Munroe Bergdorf, and many others. In 2016, model and queer activist Jack Guinness decided that the LGBTQ+ community desperately needed to be reminded of its long and glorious history of stardom, and he was spurred to action. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 QUECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 QUEBae, Kenneth
Summary: Driven by his passion to help the people of North Korea, Bae moves to neighboring China to lead guided tours into the secretive nation. Six years later, after eighteen successful excursions in and out of the country, Ken is suddenly stopped at the border: he inadvertently brought his hard drive, that reveals the true nature of his visits, to customs. He is arrested, brought to Pyongyang for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAE, KENNETH BAEJal, Emmanuel.
Summary: In the mid-1980s, Emmanuel Jal was a seven-year-old Sudanese boy, living in a small village. But as Sudan's civil war moved closer, his family moved again and again, seeking peace. Then, one terrible day, Jal was separated from his mother, and later learned she had been killed; his father Simon rose to become a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Army, fighting for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 962.404 JAL, EMMANUEL JALJue, Joyce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5959 JUEMathews, Ross
Summary: In his first book, Ross Matthews tells listeners what it means to 'man up'--to realize, no matter how hard you may hope against hope, you are what you are. Admittedly still a work-in-progress, Ross recounts how he's benefited from this frame of mind his whole life. From growing up as an atypical kid in a small Northwestern farm town to living as an atypical adult in Los Angeles, to eventually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATHEWS, ROSS MATMatthews, Christopher
Summary: "A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews, an esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC's Hardball. With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews shared a new look of one of America's most beloved Presidents and the patriotic spirit that defined him. Now, with Bobby, Matthews returns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT MATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KENNEDY MATMatthews, Clare
Summary: "Spend less time in the garden -- and get more results! This book demystifies the growing of fruit and vegetables and shows that, with the right approach, it can be done successfully as a weekend project or slotted into a busy week. Experienced garden designer Clare Matthews explains simple short cuts and unusual low maintenance strategies that really work. Her book is filled with inspirational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CompanionHouse Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 MATMatthews, Rupert.
Summary: Looks at the worlds of Amelia Earhart, Jacques Cousteau, Marco Polo, and other famous explorers, sharing real-life photographs of their equipment and personal possessions as well as objects they found.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.92 MATMatthews, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2004