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 2010Shrieve, Michael.
Contents: The leaving time -- March of honor -- San Diego -- Theme from the far away -- Tribes -- Big sky -- Edge runner -- The leaving time (reprise).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Novus 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE SHRSummary: Twelve songs with accompanying pictures and large subtitled lyrics for singing along. The purpose of the DVD is to develop reading skills.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hap-Pal Music 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV REAShrieve, Michael.
Contents: The invisible architect (5:45) -- Mon amie (4:08) -- Unspeakable dawn (7:09) -- Izibongo (5:23) -- Shaman's drum (5:30) -- The big picture (6:05) -- Rocked in the cradle of the deep (5:24) -- Iron voices (4:57).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fortuna Records 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE SHRHar-Al, inc
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HAR-AL 1979
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.5 MICHIClifford, Hal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.93 CLIHellman, Hal
Contents: Tartaglia versus Cardano. Solving cubic equations -- Descartes versus Fermat. Analytic geometry and optics -- Newton versus Leibniz. Credit for the calculus -- Bernoulli versus Bernoulli. Sibling rivalry of the highest order -- Sylvester versus Huxley. Ivory tower or real world? -- Kronecker versus Cantor. Mathematical humbug -- Borel versus Zermelo. The "notorious axiom" -- Poincaré versus...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 HELJohnson, Hal
Summary: Profiles twenty-five monsters from mythology, folklore, and literature, from Medusa the gorgon and Polyphemus the cyclops to Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.944 JOHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.944 JOHKetchum, Hal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY KETRubenstein, Hal.
Summary: "100 Unforgettable Dresses is filled with the stories, secrets, intrigue, and insights behind the most indelible dresses in our collective memories. Featuring looks from the runway, film, television, the red carpet, and the worlds of royalty and politics, this book celebrates the staying power of these gorgeous, sleek, sultry, and outrageous creations as well as the lasting impact they've had...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.2 RUBGalper, Hal.
Summary: In his fifth decade as a major jazz artist, Hal Galper continues the innovation that has made him one of the most surprising and satisfying pianists alive. His 21st century series of trio albums for Origin incorporates his development of 'Rubato' playing as a means of melding melodic lyricism with the rhythmic excitement and 'sound of surprise' of bebop. The 5th recording in that series, O's...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Origin Records 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GALHerzog, Hal.
Summary: "A maverick scientist who co-founded the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 HERMarcovitz, Hal
Summary: "Many extremist groups have emerged in recent years. Moreover, many individuals harbor extremist viewpoints and have taken action on their own. They do this to call attention to their beliefs, cause chaos, and very often commit acts of violence under the misguided notions that their causes are justified and would find widespread acceptance by the American people. Very often, though, these...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.5 MARMarcovitz, Hal
Summary: "Scientists have been warning about the catastrophes that could be caused by climate change for several decades, governmental leaders have done relatively little to address the problem. Many governmental leaders fear that reigning in the industries and lifestyles responsible for warming the planet's atmosphere would severely impact the economies of their nations, leading to job loss, poverty...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 THUMarcovitz, Hal
Summary: Crimes committed against people because of their race, ethnicity, or religion have become common in the United States and other countriesin 2016, the FBI said more than six thousand such crimes were committed in America. Hate crimes can range from small acts of vandalism to horrific mass shootings, such as the 2015 murders of nine African Americans attending church services in Charleston, South...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 MARMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: Shares information on the history of torture and its current use today, including whether it is an effective way to root out information about terrorism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 MARMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: A biography of the conquistador whose quest for the Seven Cities of Gold led to the exploration of the American Southwest in 1540.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CORONADO MARMarcovitz, Hal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB SMITH MARMarcovitz, Hal
Summary: Evolving from a legal drug prescribed to treat depression, methamphetamine has grown into a home-cooked, highly toxic and extremely addictive drug that has infiltrated all corners of society. The Dangers of Methamphetamine will examine the scope of the problem; impact of the drug on the brain and body; addictive qualities of the substance; the challenges of rehabilitation; and the efforts...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.29 MARMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: A biography of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, focusing on his childhood and young adulthood.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2003
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB KEN MARMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: Tells the story of the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, beginning in 1510 when he snuck on board a ship bound for Central America, through his discovery, for Spain, of the South Sea, now known as the Pacific Ocean.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB BALBOA MARRogers, Hal
Summary: How do cherry pickers work? Where are the controls? Why don't they fall over? Learn all about these cool machines in this fascinating book.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Contents: The pleasure and the freedom -- The corpus itself -- The magic plastic -- To find a yacht -- The search continues -- Three sailing yachts -- The rig -- How to make big sails small -- Spinnakers, light weather sails, and more on sail handling -- One man's sail inventory -- Planning the trip -- The anchor game -- The practice of anchoring -- Self-steering -- Can you be seen at night? -- Storm...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.1 ROTVincent, Hal
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlo Press 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5403 VIN1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 818.5403 VIN