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Series
Publisher
Continental Cablevision of Newton
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
This video features the Latin American Heritage Festival of 1990. The festival celebrates the culture and history of Newton's Latin American community, consisting of a series of performances from the community celebrating their cultural histories. Performances include traditional and contemporary music and dances from across Central and South America and the Caribbean, as well as explanations of their cultural significance.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This volume provides lively and authoritative introductions to twenty-nine of the most important British and Irish poets from Geoffrey Chaucer to Philip Larkin. The list includes, among others, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Wordsworth, Browning, Yeats and T. S. Eliot, and represents the tradition of English poetry at its best. Each contributor offers a new assessment of a single poet's achievement and importance, with readings of the most important...
Author
Publisher
Green Tree
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Henry Scowcroft's partner Zarah was diagnosed with stage IV bladder cancer in her mid-thirties, their world fell apart. In order to cope with the upheaval as they endured scans, aggressive chemotherapy and hospital stays, Henry began writing down and sharing their experiences with friends and family. His day job as a writer for the charity Cancer Research UK helped him to explain everything he was learning from the coalface of cancer treatment...
41688) Frans Hals of Antwerp
Series
Publisher
Arthaus Musik
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Frans Hals (1582-1666) was a portrait painter with a unique style, admired for its originality and vivacity not only by the Impressionists but also by artists like van Gogh or Picasso. Very little documentation of his life exists today, so this film uses the thorough contemplation of his canvases as the key to his story. Works by the landscape artists and still-life painters of his time help to illustrate the age in which he lived. The programme...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"For a loner, the mutant known as Wolverine sure has a lot of friends. Through the years, he's been a member of countless teams and alliances, but some of his relationships have been more tender in nature. He's had sidekicks of sorts in the likes of Kitty Pryde and X-23, and especially Jubilee. Finding a surrogate daughter in her, Wolverine has always tried to protect Jubilee from the dangerous life they lead. And now that she's fallen victim to a...
Author
Series
BBC music magazine collection volume 20, no. 9
Publisher
BBC Music
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Reinventing economic development as if small business mattered. In cities and towns across the nation, economic development is at a crossroads. A growing body of evidence has proven that its current cornerstone--incentives to attract and retain large, globally mobile businesses--is a dead end. Even those programs that focus on local business, through buy-local initiatives, for example, depend on ongoing support from government or philanthropy. The...
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Challenges or questions regarding the content in children's books are very common, but rarely do they result in book banning. No public or school library is immune to those who want to deny children's access to certain books and materials. Scales has compiled a tool to help librarians, teachers, and young readers become aware of the social issues that are most often at the center of the majority of book challenges for children.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
All dogs go to heaven: Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, the roguish German Shepherd Charlie, finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals leads this unlikely pair on an adventure packed with thrills, laughter, tears, and true love.
All dogs to go heaven 2: All dogs to to heaven ... and a lucky few return to Earth. That's what happens when mischievous mutt Charlie...
41699) Frost heaves: stories
Author
Publisher
Green Writers Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In southern Vermont, the annual freezing and thawing of the earth forces stones to the surface, breaking asphalt, disrupting civilized life. This is the setting for the stories in Frost Heaves, a physically harsh and rural place within a few hours' drive of Boston and New York. It is a landscape where retreat, even escape, to a quaint and bucolic lifestyle is regularly upset by reminders that a human is, in the end, another part of the natural world...
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