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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces Johann Sebastian Bach's "Cello Suites," discussing how the composition was lost in the eighteenth century and discovered by Pablo Casals in the late nineteenth century, and some of the historical questions remaining about the piece.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
255 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Austen scholar Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A book about looking at and thinking about Art, based on an unfinished manuscript and sketches by Dr. Seuss that was discovered twenty-one years after his death"--
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
288p. 23cm.
Language
English
Description
A sublime comedy of contemporary manners, this is the novel Jane Austen might well have written had she lived in twenty-first- century California.
Nothing ever moves in a straight line in Karen Joy Fowler's fiction, and in her latest, the complex dance of modern love has never been so devious or so much fun. Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements...
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in actors, and reaches its passionate zenith when it comes time for love, marriage, and children, who will start the cycle all over again. Americans love musicals. Americans invented musicals. Americans perfected musicals. But what, exactly, is a musical? In The Secret Life of the American Musical,...
Author
Series
Langdon volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.
Author
Publisher
HarperFestival
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little Critter really likes his teacher, Miss Kitty, so he tries to come up with a special present for her for Teacher Appreciation Day, but things keep going wrong.
14) Izzy paints
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Izzy loves the big city—especially the art museum.
Izzy is so inspired by the art all around—now it's time to make their own!
This joyful celebration of creativity will spark the imagination of every young reader.
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An intimate exploration into the musical genius of fifteen living jazz legends, from the longtime New York Times jazz critic
Jazz is conducted almost wordlessly: John Coltrane rarely told his quartet what to do, and Miles Davis famously gave his group only the barest instructions before recording his masterpiece "Kind of Blue." Musicians are often loath to discuss their craft for fear of destroying its improvisational essence, rendering jazz among...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Judy Moody is freaky for Nancy Drew, the famous girl detective from the book series. When Judy bumps into Mighty Fantaskey, she's excited to make a new friend who is also a Nancy Drew fan. Excited, that is, until she visits Mighty's house: it's big and old and creaky and spooky. It even swallows up Judy's mood ring! Can Judy muster up the courage to go back and reclaim it?
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xxx, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From leading Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, a timely and insightful examination of what the world's greatest dramatist can teach us about life in an America riven by conflict. The United States has always been divided, but Americans from all walks of life have also always shared a deep affinity for the plays William Shakespeare, even if their meaning has been fiercely contested. For well over two centuries now, Americans of all stripes--presidents...
Author
Series
Catwad volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Catwad and Blurmp are back and ready for more adventures! In this newest collection of hilarious stories, the dynamic feline duo explore fine art, travel to an alternate reality where the world has become extraordinarily dumb, get into gaming, and more! From monsters under Blurmp's bed to all the reasons you should NEVER eat salad, this newest volume of Catwad has something for everyone!