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 2010

Libert, Steve

Summary: "In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set ablaze? No one knows, but historians are quite certain the ship found its final resting place on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Now after centuries of mystery and misinformation, Steve and Kathie Libert reveal that Le Griffon likely met her final fate among...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 LIB

Summary: In season three Malotru has been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Moved from camp to camp, tortured and weakened, he's close to despair. In Paris, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) faces a dilemma: should they use all of their resources to save Malotru, who betrayed the service, his country and friends when he became a double agent working for the CIA?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017

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Summary: When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DA

Contents: Born this way (Lady Gaga) -- Tonight (I'm lovin' you) (Enrique Iglesias, featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E) -- S&M (Rihanna) -- Hold it against me (Britney Spears) -- Blow (Ke$ha) -- Grenade (Bruno Mars) -- E.T. (Katy Perry, featuring Kanye West) -- F**kin' perfect (P!nk) -- Coming home (Diddy, Dirty Money featuring Skylar Grey) -- Look at me now (Chris Brown, featuring Lil Wayne & Busta...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 2011

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOW

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOW

Contents: South Bronx / Boogie Down Production -- Push it / Salt-N-Pepa -- It takes two / Robe Base & D.J. E-Z Rock -- Ain't no half-steppin' / Big Daddy Kane -- Children's story / Slick Rick -- Wild, wild west / Kool Moe Dee -- Top billin' / Audio Two -- Me myself and I / De La Soul -- Express yourself / N.W.A. -- It's funky enough / the D.O.C. -- Ladies first / Queen Latifah featuring Monie Love -- Can...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Networks 2003

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP YO

Summary: During his time as a police captain in Foshan, Ip Man is targeted by a vengeful gangster just as the Japanese army invades the region.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: The search begins. For the mistress and the son of a mob boss. For Barry 'Bottomless Pit' Rosen, missing soon after he won a competitive chili-eating contest. For an air traffic controller who reported possible terrorist activity. For a basketball star, a stripper, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Some of them are reunited with loved ones. Some remain forever missing. All are part of the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WIT

Contents: Jazz Fest: the first 50 years / by Keith Spera -- Heritage, craft, and culture / by Rachel Lyons -- Quint Davis and Jazz Fest / by Karen Celestan -- Food fête / by Rachel Lyons -- The music and musicians of the New Orleans Jazz Festival / by Robert H. Cataliotti -- Off the stage, around the grounds / by Rachel Lyons.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

Contents: Plainchant, Benedicta es (2:24) -- Motet, Benedicta es / Josquin des Prés (6:55) -- Missa Benedicta es / Palestrina (41:15) -- Plainchant, Nigra sum (1:31) -- Motet, Nigra sum / Lhériter (5:07) -- Missa Nigra sum (35:20) ; Missa Papae Marcelli (36:49) ; Missa brevis (21:24) / Palestrina -- Madrigal, Nasce la gioja mia / Primavera (2:30) -- Missa Nasce la gioja mia / Palestrina (24:22) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Gimell 1993

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL PIE

Summary: "It wasn't really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that briefly permeated pop, R&B and hip hop. The name was coined by Long Island trio De La Soul; they claimed D.A.I.S.Y. stood for 'da inner sound, y'all', but then De La Soul said a lot of things. Playfulness and good humour were central to their 1989 debut album, which cast a long, multi-coloured shadow. The...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DAI

Robicheaux, Coco.

Contents: Walking with the spirit -- Pit bull -- Spiritland -- Broken string -- We will fly away -- Working man -- I knew without asking -- Saturday night before Christmas -- Cryin' inside -- St. John's eve.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Orleans Records 1994

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ROB

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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Summary: 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 MUS
Call number: DVD 708.4 MUS

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Benedict, Marie

Summary: The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan's personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched the nation.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021

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Summary: The remarkable journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2014

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Contents: Handclapping song (the Meters) -- Hip drop (the Explosions) -- Who's gonna help brother get further (Lee Dorsey) -- It's gonna rain (Gentleman June Gardner) -- Check your bucket (Eddie Bo) -- Big chief (Professor Longhair) -- Free, single, and disengaged (Huey "Piano" Smith & his Clowns) -- Can I be your squeeze (Chuck Carbo) -- Hercules (Aaron Neville) -- I've got reasons (Mary Jane Hooper) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2000

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Benedict, Marie

Summary: In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps build a world-class...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021

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Benedict, Marie

Summary: In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps build a world-class...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BEN

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Lapierre, Alexandra

Summary: New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J.P. Morgan, darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city's richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society's most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2022

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