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010733
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Great Britain, Bounty Books, 2006.
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544pThick Green Spine
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'501 Must-Read Books' is like the wisest, cleverest, best-read and most-trusted friend you have ever had. The recommendations for inclusion in this comprehensive book were made by a bibliophile and writer with a peerless reputation. The reviews themselves were compiled by lecturers, writers and book lovers, sharing their pleasure, surprise or even indignation with the rest of us. Reading is of course subjective, but the reviewers have set aside their thoughts and impressions with book lovers everywhere. This guide will inspire you to read more widely than you could have imagined and to explore previously untrodden aisles in your bookstore or library. In these pages you will find travel rubbing shoulders with memoir, modern and classic fiction nestling together, sci-fi and thrillers, children's books and history all gathered and reviewed in sometimes surprising but always stimulating essays.
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Introduction
Children's fiction
Classic fiction
History
Memoirs
Modern fiction
Science fiction
Thrillers
Travel
Index
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9780753713433 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
011090 | 002/BEA | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
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018737
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.
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190pYellow Spine
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The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.
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9780395689820 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
017859 | 921/PEE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
004556
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Great Britain, Penguin Group, 2004.
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197pYellow Spine
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An encyclopaedic guide to all kinds of facts - funny, silly, true - about the world's favourite children's writer.
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0670914169 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
005346 | 828/COO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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004644
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Hodder Wayland,
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32pRed Spine
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Read extracts from the most popular classics and discover the answers to the questions you always wanted to ask.
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Louisa May Alcott
Lewis Carroll
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Robert Louis Stevenson
Edith Nesbit
Kenneth Grahame
Rudyard Kipling
Arthur Ransome
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
E.B. White
Tove Jansson
Other favourite classic writers
Acknowledgements
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0-750-24285-X Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
004862 | 809.3/GAM | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
005146
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Great Britain, John Murray, 2004.
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57pRed Spine
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Casts a bracing look at everything nautical that features in Tintin books: the ships, the sailors, the ports and the models and sources that inspired them.
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0719561191 Hb.
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004946 | 828/HOR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
005584
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Great Britain, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 2004.
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96pPeach Spine
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My First Britannica
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Summary/Abstract |
A lower level encyclopedia from the Britannica Publishing House. Includes 12 volumes on subjects that are well researchd. Beautifully illustrated and cross referenced, this makes an excellent introduction to research and inquiry. Encounter the master artists of yesterday and today.
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Visual arts
Folk arts and crafts: Traditions of creativity
Painting: Art of the mind's eye
Sculpture: 3-D art
Architecture: Art of building
ARTISTS
Hassan Fathy: Home-style Architect
Hiroshige: Artist of the floating world
Frida Kahlo: Brilliant colours of Mexico
Michelangelo: Genius of European art
Diego Rivera: Murals of Mexico
Auguste Rodin: Modern Michelangelo
Vincent an Gogh: Sunflowers and Starry Nights
Xia Gui: Lonely Landscapes
Music
Folk Music: Music of Everyday Life
Popular music: Music of an Era
Jazz: Music of Change
Classical music: A Very Formal Music
MUSICIANS
Louis Armstrong: Satchmo - Jazz Superstar
Ludwig van Beethoven - Living for Music
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Centre Stage of Qawwali
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - South African Sound
Carlos Santana - Rock Guitarist
Ravi Shankar - Music at his fingertips
Literature - Writing for the ages
WRITERS
Basho - Haiku Master
Jorge Luis Borges - Creator of Fantastical Fictions
Gwendolyn Brooks - Prized Poet of Illinois
Lewis Carroll - Man Who Created Wonderland
Emily Dickinson - Life of Letters and Literature
Wole Soyinka - The Nobel Laureate
Kath Walker - Aboriginal Poet
Rabindranath Tagore - Poet Laureate of India
Jules Verne - Journey to Everywhere
Performing Arts
Dance - Moving to Rhythms
Theatre - Life Re-created on Stage
Cinema - Dreams on the Big Screen
Opera - A Grand Musical Play
PERFORMERS AND DIRECTORS
Alvin Ailey - Enriching American Dance
Sarah Bernhardt - 'The Divine Sarah'
Judi Dench - A Commanding Actress
Jim Henson - Muppet Master
Akira Kurosawa - Vision in motion
Satyajit Ray - Indian Cinema for the world
Maria Tallchief - America's Prima Ballerina
Kiri Te Kanawa - New Zealand's Opera Star
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1593390513 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
006315 | 030/BRI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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003212
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Great Britain, Hodder Children's Books, 2000.
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144pRed Spine
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Contains all the background information to the Famous Five series, such as locations and their real-life counterparts, plus a who;s who of villains and allies.
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0340792280 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
004302 | 828/WRI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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003750
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USA, Gramercy Books, 2003.
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184pBrick Spine
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A comprehensive guide to Tolkien's mythological, historical, literary, linguistic and creative sources for the Lord of the Rings. It includes all the main people, places and events in Middle Earth and relates them to myths and legends around the world.
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517223171 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
003812 | 828/DAY | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
019887
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Maryland, E L Kurdyla Publishing, 2012.
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xix, 197pLight Blue Spine
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'To be an artist' is a conversation with today's successful and prominent artists from a variety of disciplines - musicians, visual artists, digital artists, poets, writers, activists and scholars. All of them discuss what it means to be an artist today, how they perceive their craft and their world, and the role of art in society. They agree that artists' creativity and success come not only from the intense focus of their craft, but, also from their development of a worldview - from their wider vision and understanding of the world in which they live.
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Introduction For artists and all of us
Part I Knowing oneself: choosing an artist's life.
Ch. 1. Victor Wooten: born into a band
understanding oneself Ch. 2. Nona Hendryx: art as metamorphosis remaking herself Ch. 3. William Banfield: personal aesthetics Ch. 4. Michael Bearden: being true to yourself Ch. 5. Caroline Harvey: claiming your art and transforming lives
Part II Exploring interrelationships among the arts.
Ch. 6. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez: writing the music Ch. 7. Ellen Priest: seeing the world Ch. 8. China Blue: listening to and recording the world Ch. 9. Henry Diltz: shooting the world Ch. 10. Lori Landay: visual meaning technology, art, and culture
Part III Sustaining culture and community.
Ch. 11. Bruce George: the politics of art Ch. 12. Doug Stanton: writing and living in the community Ch. 13. Otis Sallid: the languages of art
Part IV Bringing joy: telling the truth.
Ch. 14. Greg Jaris: re-enchanting the world's magic Ch. 15. Bobby McFerrin: spreading joy Ch. 16. Janis Ian: being an artist
Conclusion Courage, vision, worldview and magic
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9781617510045 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
018738 | 153.35/COL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
012764
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New York, Clarion Books, 1995.
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32pGreen Spine
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Action-filled cartoons, light-heartedly explains how books are created and produced.
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9780395866214 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
012706 | 808.068/CHR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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