Summary: For many years there has raged a heated debate between evolution and creation, with the question at the core of it all being, "Was the earth created, or did it come into existence on its own without any outside interference?" In Origins of the Universe, we meet seven experts in their fields who have devoted their lives to the study of this question, hoping to find some kind of solid answer....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DBM Films 2012
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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 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISContents: Use your head (Money Mark) (2:47) -- Corcovado (Everything but the Girl) (3:56) -- Desafinado (Astrud Gilberto + George Michael (3:20) -- Non-fiction burning (PM Dawn with Flora Purim + Airto (4:31) -- The boy from Ipanema (Crystal Waters) (4:24) -- Interlude (0:14) -- Seguranca (Maxwell) (3:29) -- E preciso perdoar (Cesaria Evora + Caetano Veloso + Ryuichi Sakamoto) (6:01) -- Interlude (0:33)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN REDContents: 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 PROSummary: Comprising elements of travelogue, history lesson, biography, critical analysis, psychological study, and fan testimonial, this documentary explores the work and influence of German writer W.G. Sebald, via a long walk through coastal East Anglia, retracing the steps he took in his most famous book, The rings Of Saturn. Includes interviews with writers, artists, and filmmakers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild/Spark 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PATContents: I'm a man / Spencer Davis Group. -- Sunshine of your love / Cream. -- Kites / Simon Dupree & the Big Sound. -- Dear Eloise / Hollies. -- Love is all around / Troggs. -- Matthew and son / Cat Stevens. -- Hurdy gurdy man / Donovan. -- When I was young Eric Burdon & the Animals. -- Whiter shade of pale / Procol Harum. -- Desdemona / John's Children. -- My white bicycle Tomorrow. -- Conquistador /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BRIGershwin, George
Contents: Disc 1. Swanee (Al Jolson) -- The Yankee doodle blues (Van & Schenck) -- Do it again (Arthur Lange's Orchestra) -- Somebody loves me (Isabelle & Tom Patricola) -- Fascinating rhythm (Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards) -- Oh, lady be good (Buck & Bubbles) -- Tell me more (Alexander Gray) -- Sweet and low-down (Singing Sophomores ; Ed Smalle) -- Song of the flame (Tessa Kosta ; The Russian Art Choir)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc 1. Volumes 1-7. Lucy Mae blues ; I woke up crying ; Love blues ; I told you not to do that / Cecil Barfield -- In the evening ; Hey lawdy Mama ; Thousand woman blues ; Blue shadow falling ; Cold rainy day ; Amy / Buddy Moss -- Motherless child ; Hush, somebody is calling my name ; What God can do ; He'll understand and say well done / Leon Pinson -- Big road blues ; Cool water blues ; Big...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fat Possum Records 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MITSummary: A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ORP1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ORP
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 PAUSummary: 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 MUSCall number: DVD 708.4 MUS
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 708.4 MuseumDe Maria, Giorgio
Summary: In the spare wing of a church-run sanatorium, some zealous youths create "the Library," a space where lonely citizens can read one another’s personal diaries and connect with like-minded souls in "dialogues across the ether." But when their scribblings devolve into the ugliest confessions of the macabre, the Library’s users learn too late that a malicious force has consumed their privacy and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEMDigweed, John.
Contents: Disc one: Imagine (Imagination 1) (Fortunato & Montresor) -- Blu savannah (Liquid Language) -- Wonky (Head affect remix) (Pocket) -- Filter (Jan Driver) -- Flood (Shapeshifter) -- Towards Omega (Astral Matrix) -- Elements (The chant) (Danny Tenaglia) -- Down the river (McBuffalo mix) (Hong Kong Trash) -- Spiritual (that kid Chris mix) (Abundence) -- Slap me some skin (Brother Brown) -- Blue...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Thrive Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC DIGSeuss
Summary: Por primera vez, esta edición rimada en español de The Cat in the Hat brinda a más de treinta y siete millones de personas hispanohablantes de Estados Unidos la maravillosa oportunidad de leer uno de los libros más importantes de la colección Yo puedo leer solo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE Set Spanish Seuss 2015Summary: A soulful look into the lives of four women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, they form a rap group, but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism and violence. Eventually, they learn that out of struggle comes strength and the courage to continue on.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ANTContents: Concerto for Domra and orchestra (7:54) / Nikolai Budashkin -- Introduction and rondo capriccioso op. 28 (9:34) / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Liebesfreud (3:07) -- Liebesleid (3:09) -- Schön rosmarin (1:55) / Fritz Kreisler -- Linden tree (5:05) / Pavel Kulikov -- Zigeunerweisen (gypsy airs) op. 20 (7:30) -- Introduction and tarantella, op. 43 (5:12) / Pablo de Saraste -- Brazileira (no. 3 from the...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Doremi 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL VOLDr. Dre
Contents: Side A. The chronic (intro) -- F___ with Dre day -- Let me ride -- The day the niggaz took over.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Death Row Records 1992
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL RAP DR.Dvořák, Antonín
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Orfeo 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD O DVOGeorgia
Contents: It's euphoric -- Give it up for love -- Some things you₂ll never know -- Mountain song -- All night -- Live like we₂re dancing part II -- The dream -- Keep on -- Friends will never let you go -- So what.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: From street gardens in LA to grand country estates in Auckland; tiny rental gardens in Sydney to plant packed suburban Brisbane backyards, this book is a visceral and immersive exploration of the exceptional and ordinary ways people around the world find truth, beauty, purpose and connection through the act of gardening. The book is a culmination of the five years the author and photographer...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.022 REIVasari, Giorgio
Summary: 120 full-color plates and 127 black and white illustrations. An extensive biography about the Italian Renaissance artists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beaux Arts Editions 1986
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.5 GREDr. Dre
Contents: Lolo (Intro) (:40) -- The watcher (3:28) -- Fuck you (3:25) -- Still D.R.E. (4:28) -- Big ego's (4:01) -- Xxplosive (3:35) -- What's the difference (4:04) -- Bar one (:51) -- Light speed (2:30) -- Forgot about Dre (3:54) -- The next episode (2:42) -- Let's get high (2:27) -- Bitch niggaz (4:14) -- The car bomb (1:01) -- Murder ink (2:28) -- Ed-ducation (1:32) -- Some L.A. niggaz (4:25) -- Pause...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope Records 1999