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How to enjoy Shakespeare
By Robert Thomas Fallon. 2005
Concise guide to understanding aspects of Shakespeare's plays that can seem unfamiliar and troublesome to contemporary readers or theatergoers. In…
simple, direct prose, the author elucidates daunting language, convoluted plots, and oftentimes perplexing theme, staging, and character issues, frequently referencing episodes and quotations from the bard's work. 2005The bedside book of birds: an avian miscellany
By Graeme Gibson. 2005
A compilation of stories, poems, essays, and scientific observations exploring human fascination with birds. Selections span the centuries from Aristotle…
and Ovid to Charles Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Peter Matthiessen, and Margaret Atwood. Dorothy Hartley explains in "Goose Grease" the characteristics and uses of this fat. 2005Modigliani: a life
By Jeffrey Meyers. 2006
Biography of Italian Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), who settled in Paris in 1906. Highlights his friendships with other artists…
including Pablo Picasso and poet Max Jacob, his many love affairs, the bohemian lifestyle that led to his early death, and his posthumous significance in the art world. 2006Superfreakonomics: global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance
By Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt. 2009
Bestselling authors return to the economics of everyday riddles discussed in Freakonomics (DB 60337, BR 16126). They explore the statistics…
and trends of offbeat topics such as the dangers of walking while intoxicated, the declining costs of prostitution, the worst month to have a baby, and more. Bestseller. 2009Jimi Hendrix: the man, the magic, the truth
By Sharon Lawrence. 2005
Interviews with family, friends, and musicians about the life of guitarist/songwriter Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970). Traces Hendrix's rise from backup roles…
to success in Europe and the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Covers Hendrix's drug and business problems and tragic death and the contest over his estate. Some strong language. 2005Beethoven: the universal composer (Eminent Lives Ser.)
By Edmund Morris. 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian chronicles the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Portrays the musician's struggle against "epic odds" including…
numerous medical problems (deafness, colitis, arthritis, cirrhosis) and loneliness. Also describes his genius for creating symphonies and sonatas. 2005A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599: 1599
By James Shapiro. 2005
Professor highlights a seminal year in Shakespeare's life that included the writing of four plays--Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You…
Like It, and Hamlet--and the building of the Globe Theatre. Portrays turmoil surrounding rebellion in Ireland, creation of the East India Company, and political intrigue. 2005The hundred dresses
By Eleanor Estes. 2004
The girls in her class mock Wanda Petronski because she claims to have a hundred dresses lined up in her…
closet but wears the same faded dress everyday. And they tease her about her Polish last name. Then Wanda stops coming to school. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1944On Michael Jackson
By Margo Jefferson. 2006
Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the New York Times pens an essay analyzing the complexity of pop musician Michael Jackson. Traces…
Jackson's curious transformations over time from child prodigy to accused criminal and studies the people and events that influenced him. Strong language. 2006Made in America: from Levis to Barbie to Google
By Nick Freeth. 2005
Concise alphabetical profiles of some two hundred iconic U.S. products. Provides a brief history, manufacturing and stock information, and facts…
for items such as Brillo, Budweiser, Campbell's Soup, Coca-Cola, Cracker Jack, Heinz ketchup, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kool-Aid, Listerine, McDonald's, Microsoft Windows, Schwinn bicycles, Starbucks, teddy bears, and Zippo lighters. 2005Sweater design in plain English
By Maggie Righetti. 1990
Explains how to adjust, alter, or design patterns to create sweaters that fit well and flatter the wearer. Covers understanding…
the characteristics of yarn, gauge, and stitches, taking accurate body measurements, modifying sleeves, necklines, and armholes, and estimating yarn needed for a project. Includes instructions for fourteen classic sweaters. 1990The knit hat book: 25 hats from basic shapes
By Nicky Epstein. 1997
Designer provides easy-to-follow instructions for traditional headwear such as berets, caps, brimmed hats, and pillboxes. Encourages creating distinctive variations of…
basic styles using texture or intarsia charts, embroidery, appliqué patterns and techniques, pom-poms, tassels, and ties. 1997The rise of the Indian rope trick: how a spectacular hoax became history
By Peter Lamont. 2005
British historian specializing in magic researches the famous but fictitious trick that supposedly originated in India in the 1890s. Discusses…
the journalistic sources of the hoax and previous efforts to debunk it, as well as the western world's gullibility and fascination with mysteries of the East. 2004Provides a brief biography of Italian stringed-instrument-maker Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737). Recounts the history of five surviving violins and one cello…
from their creation among more than one thousand to modern ownership by such well-known musicians as Paganini, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, and Yo-Yo Ma. 2004Listener supported: the culture and history of public radio
By Jack W Mitchell. 2005
National Public Radio's first employee and the original producer of All Things Considered relates the history of listener-supported radio in…
America. Analyzes the political and economic conditions that led to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. Traces the evolution of NPR's shows and examines its critics. 2005Mexifornia: a state of becoming
By Victor Davis Hanson. 2003
Classics professor and fifth-generation California farmer cautions that illegal immigration will lead to social collapse in the American Southwest and…
calls for reforms. Decries the plight of Mexican laborers, their lack of assimilation, the drain on U.S. social services, and other problems generated by misguided political policies. 2003Man with farm seeks woman with tractor: the best and worst personal ads of all time
By Laura Schaefer. 2005
Writer for an online matchmaking web site presents personal advertisements spanning three centuries by men and women seeking romantic connections.…
Some postings from U.S. and U.K. publications and the Internet are included "for their humor, their uniqueness, or their poignancy" while others, she admits, "are just plain strange." 2005Jimmy Stewart, bomber pilot: Bomber Pilot
By Starr Smith. 2005
Former Eighth Air Force intelligence officer chronicles Academy Award-winning actor Jimmy Stewart's World War II service as squadron commander of…
a combat bombardment group. Recounts Stewart's volunteering for service before the United States entered the war and later leading his men across Nazi Germany. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. 2005Raymond Devos, l'enfer du décor (Document)
By Samantha Lemonnier. 2010
« Tout le monde connaît Raymond Devos, le célèbre clown qui poussait la logique jusqu'à l'absurde. On connaît moins l'envers…
du décor, ou plutôt l'enfer: Samantha Lemonnier, qui fut sa plus proche compagne, révèle son enfance douloureuse avec ses parents ruinés, sa difficile ascension dans le monde du music-hall et, la gloire venue, le calvaire qu'il a vécu sous l'emprise insidieuse d'un secrétaire très particulier, qui n'a eu de cesse de le plier à ses désirs, de détourner sa fortune et de le harceler. L'auteur s'est battue pour sortir l'homme qu'elle aimait des griffes de sa redoutable éminence grise. Un procès est d'ailleurs en cours. Pour la première fois, elle lève le voile sur les coulisses tragiques de la vie de Raymond Devos, de ce drame qui a miné durant 30 ans - et précipité sa fin - le plus célèbre des humoristes français. » -- 4e de couvForestier selon Louise: pas d'choker pas d'collier
By Louise Forestier. 2012
" De Louise Belhumeur, née à Shawinigan, élevée à Montréal et étudiante à l'École nationale de théâtre elle est devenue…
Louise Forestier, grande artiste ayant louvoyé toute sa vie entre chanson, théâtre, cinéma, radio et télévision. Dans son autobiographie qu'elle qualifie d'autoportrait, Louise Forestier se raconte avec générosité et franchise. Ses rencontres, ses triomphes et ses défaites ainsi que les moments déterminants de la vie d'une femme sensible et d'une artiste passionnée. Celle qui a connu le succès avec entre autres lOsstidcho, Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, Starmania, IXE-13, Les Ordres et son rôle dans Le Négociateur a su toujours se renouveler avec audace, humour, créativité et authenticité. Nous la suivons de son enfance, au sein d'une famille pas toujours facile, à ses amours tumultueuses, à son état de mère absente, de femme déterminée à vaincre la dépression, à celle qui a vécu des heures de gloire professionnelle nombreuses. " -- 4e de couv