Anderson, M. T
Summary: An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SHOStein, R. Conrad.
Summary: Describes the nearly 900-day siege of the Baltic port city of Leningrad, during which more than one million Russian civilians died from stravation, cold, and German shells.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1983
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 947 STESummary: 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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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 2010Anderson, M. T.
Summary: An amazing WW2 survival story of a time and place largely unfamiliar to today's teen reader: of an unlikely hero squeezed between the German invader and the Soviet government itself. Impeccably researched: eye-witness accounts provide anecdotal detail to a chilling story of the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI ANDWhelan, Gloria.
Summary: In Leningrad in 1941, when Russia and Germany are at war, fourteen-year-old Georgi vows to help his family and his city during the terrible siege.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004