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Ancient Athens / by Leavitt, Amie Jane.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-46) and index.Grand celebration -- Sidebar : a magnificent statue -- City protected by Athena -- Sidebar : who was Athena? -- Life in Athens -- Sidebar : the three great philosophers -- Golden age -- Sidebar : Greek sculpture -- Visiting ancient Athens -- Sidebar : the Greek alphabet -- Craft from ancient Athens : Greek theater masks -- Authentic Greek recipes : sweetmeats, hummus, Greek salad with feta cheese -- Timeline.Introduces the ancient Greek city of Athens, describing its art, architecture, food, religious practices, social classes, and everyday life.
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Encyclopedia of Southern culture / by Wilson, Charles Reagan.(CARDINAL)149277; Ferris, William R.(CARDINAL)163774; Abadie, Ann J.,associate editor.(CARDINAL)274786; Hart, Mary L.,associate editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Agriculture -- Art and architecture -- Black life -- Education -- Environment -- Ethnic life -- Folklife -- Geography -- History and manners -- Industry -- Language -- Law -- Literature -- Media -- Music -- Mythic south -- Politics -- Recreation -- Religion -- Science and medicine -- Social class -- Urbanization -- Violence -- Women's life.Offers a large-scale, detailed portrait of life and culture in the Southern United States.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Encyclopedias and dictionaries;
Available copies: 75 / Total copies: 82
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From a Paris balcony / by Carey, Ella,author.(CARDINAL)627026;
Heartbroken and alone, Boston art curator Sarah West is grieving the recent deaths of her parents and the end of her marriage. Ultrasensible by nature, she's determined to stay the course to get her life back on track. But fate has something else in mind. While cleaning out her father's closet, she finds a letter from the famous Parisian courtesan Marthe de Florian, dated 1895. The subject, Sarah's great-great-aunt Louisa's death. Legend has it Louisa committed suicide, but this letter implies there's more to that story.
Subjects: Fiction.; Art museum curators; Aristocracy (Social class); Divorced women; Suicide; Letters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The trouble with true love / by Guhrke, Laura Lee,author.(CARDINAL)431842;
"For Clara Deverill, standing in for the real Lady Truelove means dispensing advice on problems she herself has never managed to overcome. There's nothing for it but to retreat to a tearoom and hope inspiration strikes between scones. It doesn't--until Clara overhears a rake waxing eloquent on the art of 'honorable' jilting. The cad may look like an Adonis, but he's about to find himself on the wrong side of Lady Truelove"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Gossip columnists;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Stepping on roses. [manga] by Ueda, Rinko.(CARDINAL)554276; Miyaki, Tetsuichiro.(CARDINAL)350881;
In order to save herself from destitution, Sumi agrees to marry the wealthy yet distant Soichiro, but she becomes torn when Soichiro's childhood friend Nozomu expresses romantic interest in her.eds is she agrees to.Rated T+ for older teen.
Subjects: Romance comic books, strips, etc.; Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Orphans; Siblings; Social classes; Comic books, strips, etc.; Graphic novels; Graphic novels; Siblings.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Don't point that thing at me [sound recording] : a Charlie Mortdecai mystery / by Bonfiglioli, Kyril.(CARDINAL)714176; Prebble, Simon.nrt(CARDINAL)367736;
Read by Simon Prebble.Don't Point that Thing at Me is the hilarious and dark humored crime thriller featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai: degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Piccadilly. With his thuggish manservant Jock, Mortdecai endures all manner of nastiness involving secret police, angry foreign governments, stolen paintings, and dead clients, all just to make a dishonest living--while decked out in the most stylish garb and drinking the most bizarre alcoholic cocktails.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Detective and mystery stories.; Humorous stories.; Aristocracy (Social class); Art dealers; Art thefts; Mortdecai, Charlie (Fictitious character);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Private lives in Renaissance Venice : art, architecture, and the family / by Brown, Patricia Fortini,1936-(CARDINAL)187881;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-302) and index.
Subjects: Architecture; Art, Italy; Art, Renaissance; Decoration and ornament, Renaissance; Decoration and ornament; Interior decoration; Interior decoration; Upper class families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Working in the 21st century : an oral history of American work in a time of social and economic transformation / by Larson, Mark,author.(CARDINAL)371711;
Introduction: Why I showed up again -- Prologue: At the school of studs -- Part One: Fundamentals. Children -- School -- Community -- Health and safety -- Part two: 'this brave new world'. 'We're in this in-between place' -- 'The boss of me' -- 'This is the United States of America' -- Voice -- Part Three: The pursuit of happiness. 'Making a living' -- 'I made that' -- 'From point A to Point B' -- Food and service -- 'I love this workk; I just love it' -- Double duty -- The work of art -- A better world for our children -- Part Four: After work -- Epilogue: Rest -- Acknowledgments -- About the author."From nurses and teachers to wildland firefighters and funeral directors-an intimate, honest, and illuminating collection of interviews that reveal what it's like to work in America at this historic and volatile moment in time"--
Subjects: Interviews.; Working class; Working class; Labor;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Pao : a novel / by Young, Kerry,1955-(CARDINAL)502866;
MARCIVE 9/01/11Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276).As a boy, Pao came to Jamaica with his mother and brother in the wake of the Chinese Civil War. Pao becomes a powerful man, but he's not a typical crime boss. He is sensitive at heart and guided by the principles 0f Sun Tzu's Art of War, even though , as he discovers, the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sage can be tough to interpret when applied to the criminal annd predicament he faces.
Subjects: Fiction.; Chinese; Organized crime; Social classes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The art of sinning / by Jeffries, Sabrina,author.(CARDINAL)352662;
"American artist Jeremy Keane refuses to return home and take over his father's business. He'd much rather sample bevies of beauties abroad, in search of a model for the provocative masterpiece he's driven to paint. When he meets Lady Yvette Barlow at a London wedding, he realizes she's perfect for his work--and determines to capture the young heiress's defiant spirit and breathtaking sensuality on canvas. No stranger to scandal, Yvette agrees to be Keane's subject--in exchange for his help gaining entry to the city's brothels he knows intimately, so she can track a missing woman and solve a family mystery. But when their practical partnership leads to lessons in the art of sinning, can they find a bold and lasting love?" -- provided by publisher.
Subjects: Regency fiction.; Romance fiction.; Americans; Aristocracy (Social class); Artists; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 15
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