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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

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WOR
Call number: DVD 709 WOR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Brahms, Johannes

Contents: No. 1 for piano, violin, and cello in B major, op. 8 : original version (1854) -- No. 1 for piano, violin, and cello in B major, op. 8 : revised version (1891) -- No. 2 for piano, violin, and cello in C major, op. 87 : (1883) -- No. 3 for piano, violin, and cello in C minor, op. 101 : (1887) -- For piano, violin, and natural horn (Waldhorn) or cello, or viola in E♭ major, op. 40 : (1868) -- For...

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1988

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784 BRA

Adams, John

Summary: A powerful polemicist, insightful political theorist, and tireless diplomat, John Adams (1735–1826) was a vital and controversial figure during the early years of the American republic. Once overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson, Adams has become the subject of renewed interest, with a best-selling biography and acclaimed television series reintroducing him to millions. Now, this final...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 ADA

Micklos, John

Summary: "The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States. The U.S. suddenly went from consisting of 17 states along the Atlantic coast to claiming land as far west as present-day Montana. The U.S. government knew little about the terrain there. Was there a water route to the Pacific? President Thomas Jefferson sent William Clark and Meriwether Lewis to find out. With nothing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 MIC

Summary: Part 5 continues to explore the meaning of the scientific revolution and to examine the many problems that it raises. It is in this period that the West becomes keenly aware of the social and psychological origins and purposes of its activities. This is a period of spiritual turmoil as well as of material advance.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRE

Miller, Francis Trevelyan

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Castle Books 1970

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MIL

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Summary: An account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history, the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 AMB

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 AMB

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