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: "Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, there is an extraordinary world--a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai. From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets off on an adventure both absurd and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 2003
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS CIRSummary: "Afro-Atlantic Histories" brings together a selection of more than 400 works and documents by more than 200 artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries that express and analyze the ebbs and flows between Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. The book is motivated by the desire and need to draw parallels, frictions, and dialogues around the visual cultures of Afro-Atlantic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DelMonico Books, ARTBOOK/D.A.P. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704.03 AFRSummary: 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 HISPauls, Cole
Summary: "Cole Pauls returns with Kwändǖr, a short story collection of Southern Tutchone and Yukon tales. Gathering Pauls's comics from magazines, comic festivals and zine making workshops, these comics are Pauls's most personal work yet. You'll learn stories about the author's family, racism and identity, Yukon history, winter activities, Southern Tutchone language lessons and cultural practices. Have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 PAUDi Palo, Lou
Summary: "The ultimate guide to the finest foods of Italy from the oldest, most celebrated Italian market in New York City. In the heart of New York City's Little Italy sits Di Palo's, a family-owned food shop that has been the treasure of the neighborhood for more than a century. The four generations of Di Palos who have run this Italian specialty market have made it their mission to bring customers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 DIPSummary: La historia verdadera de Pablo Escobar, el jefe del cartel de drogas de Medellín, relatado por la primera vez por su hijo Sebastián y su viuda María Isabel Campos.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SINFrith, Margaret.
Summary: Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, written as a child's school report.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine FrithDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction DePaola 2000De Paola, Tomie.
Summary: When Lucida is unable to finish her gift for the Baby Jesus in time for the Christmas procession, a miracle enables her to offer the beautiful flower we now call the poinsettia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Holiday dePaolaDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: Relates the life and legends of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB PATRICK DEPCafe De Paris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN CafeTeatro Alla Scala
Summary: Verdi's opera tells the tragic tale of Violetta, who is dying of consumption and leaves her beloved Alfredo at the request of his father, only to be reunited with him shortly before her death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2008
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Summary: Explores the life and career of Italian cinematographer Carlo Di Palma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Describes the special parts of a Seder meal which celebrates the Jewish feast of Passover. On board books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD DEPDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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Summary: Patrick goes to Granny Twinkle's for a free kitten and learns everything there is to know about cats--their different breeds, care, place in art and literature, and history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1979
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.8 DEPDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: An illustrated retelling of seventeen parables used by Jesus Christ in his teachings. Includes "The Good Samaritan," "The Lost Sheep," The Laborers in the Vineyard," and "The Prodigal Son."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1987
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Summary: Text and illustrations retell the story of the Nativity as performed in a children's Christmas pageant. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Summary: The explosive memoir of legendary DEA agents and the subject of the hit Netflix series Narcos. Readers will go deep inside the inner workings of the Search Bloc, the joint Colombian-US task force that resulted in an intensive 18-month operation that tracked Escobar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 MURDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: A famous American author of children's books presents fifteen Christmas memories, spanning six decades, that detail the path his life has taken.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam Sons 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 813.54 DEPDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1978
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 DEPDe Paola, Tomie.
Summary: The laziest man in all of Ireland catches a leprechaun, who offers a potato seed instead of a pot of gold for his freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1992