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 2010Sheldon, Dyan
Summary: No one else in Dan's class believes him when he says that he has seen a unicorn, until his story captures their imaginations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SHEWelzen, Jon.
Summary: Ten toes on our feet, four bases in baseball, two wheels on a bicyclenumbers are all around! This sunny book demonstrates how readers can identify numbers in familiar objects and situations, aided by carefully selected images, and encourages them to practice number recognition in their everyday lives. Number names, quantities, and counting are among the essential skills addressed in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513 WEL(WEDIN, JAN-OLAV, COND.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL SWEWaldron, Jan L.
Summary: Freelance writer Waldron's poignant memoir, rich in vivid portraits of her divorced parents and her Boston childhood, recounts that in 1969, as an unwed 17-year-old mother, she gave up her baby to her art teacher and his wife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.82 WALWalton, John
Summary: "Spend a day at the airport alongside pilots, flight attendants, and baggage handlers in this charming nonfiction story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neon Squid 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 387.7 WALDean, Elton.
Contents: Ooglenovastrome 15:18. -- Something passed me by 5:31. -- Blind badger 6:41. -- Neo-caliban grides 6:53. -- Part: The last 5:48. -- Banking on bishopsgate 20:30. -- Fun cup 4:28.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuneiform Records 1966
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK Dean,John, Elton
Summary: An official autobiography by the influential music artist includes coverage of his complicated upbringing in a London suburb, his celebrity collaborations, his struggles with addiction, and the establishment of his AIDS Foundation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B JOHJohn, Elton.
Summary: The superstar musician and songwriter describes the personal toll the AIDS epidemic has taken on his life and discusses his efforts to break down social barriers and build compassion through his charity, the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 JOHWilson, Joan Nockels
Summary: "Set in Rome, Chicago, and Anchorage, and spanning thirty years from crime to confrontation, The Book of Timothy: A Sister's Pursuit recounts in lyric movements a sister's journey, partly through trickery, but eventually through truth, to gain a long-absent admission from the priest who abused her brother. While on that journey, Nockels Wilson, a former prosecutor, confronts not only the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boreal Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, JOAN NOCKELS WILJohn, Elton
Summary: "Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt, and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHN, ELTON JOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B JOHN JOHSummary: "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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Join The Beach Boy's Brian Wilson on an intimate journey through his legendary career as he reminisces with Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend, Jason Fine. Featuring a new song written and performed by Wilson and interviews with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Jonas, Linda Perry, Jim James, Gustavo Dudamel, and Al Jardine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Media 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRIBaldrige, Letitia.
Summary: Letitia Baldrige, social secretary for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, presents photographs and recollections of six memorable occasions at the White House, including a luncheon for Princess Grace, and an alfresco dinner at Mount Vernon; and includes menus and recipes from the entertainments by White House chef René Verdon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642 BALWilson, Jon E.
Summary: "Through the stories of administrators, soldiers and subjects, describes how the East India Company went from a trading company to a quasi-imperial government with over a quarter of a million troops, whose high tax on tea helped spark the American Revolution,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954 WILWilson, Jean Moorcraft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 WILWilson, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4375 WILSummary: John James Audubon's story is dramatic and surprising. He was not born in America, but saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone alive. His growing apprehension about the destruction of nature became his prophecy. As an artist and naturalist his achievements were monumental. John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature creates a meaningful portrait of Art and Science in the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHWeldon, Glen
Summary: From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting, featuring step-by-step advice on how to find a unique topic, tell the best stories, and engage the most listeners, as well as the secrets that will take a podcast to the next level.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 006.00 WELCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.46 WELEmerson, Ralph Waldo
Summary: With Selected journals 1820-1842 and its companion volume Selected journals 1841-1877, the Library of America presents the most ample and comprehensive nonspecialist edition of Emerson's work ever published--one that retains the original order in which he composed his thoughts and preserves the range of his style in long, uninterrupted passages, but without the daunting critical apparatus of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 EMESummary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JEANelson, Michael Alan.
Summary: Cy is an ordinary guy with a beautiful fiancee--until his uncle's suicide changes his life forever. Consumed with discovering the motive behind his relative's sudden and painful death, he finds notes and scribblings about a nonsense word he doesn't recognize... Cthulhu. Obsessed, he seeks out answers to questions he should have never asked.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NELEmerson, Ralph Waldo
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010