Summary: Learn chess from an international master and renowned teacher in these intensively illustrated, easy-to-understand lessons for players at all levels. Jeremy Silman is an International Master and a world-class chess teacher, writer, and player who has won the U.S. Open, The National Open, and the American Open.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 HOWSummary: Nothing can amaze quite like an expertly-executed magic trick. Ideally, only the magician knows how truly simple the deception is. After watching Math and Magic, you will know that this trick and its many variants rely on a remarkable property of patterned sequences called Gilbreath's principle--named after an amateur magician who was also a mathematician. Magic is full of such wonders, as you...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 MATSummary: Learn from one of the modern watercolour greats, this DVD takes the form of a workshop where Shirley Trevena explores some of her completed paintings as well as teaches the techniques used to achieve them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Catalyst Productions [distributor] 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.42 BRENoble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LATSummary: "Developed by Anne Green Gilbert, the BrainDance is a series of exercises that we use in all CDC classes. It is comprised of eight developmental movement patterns that healthy human beings naturally move through in the first year of life. As babies, we did these movements on our tummies, sides, and back on the floor. However, cycling through these patterns at any age, daily or weekly while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.8019 BRASummary: In these 24 highly enjoyable lectures, National Geographic takes you into the multifaceted world of birding, focusing on the astonishing range of bird species in North America. With its wide spectrum of wildlife habitats, North America is an endless region of interest for birders from around the world. Within the course, you'll make an in-depth study of bird identification, covering bird size,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.07 GUISummary: This course is a practical guide to developing the skill of mindfulness and applying it to every aspect of daily life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Time is as mysterious as it is familiar ..." An exploration of the mysteries of why time works the way it does "addressed by physics, philosophy, biology, neuroscience, and cosmology"--Page 1
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 MYSWhelpton, Jules
Summary: "Pick up your bow and confidently fiddle your way through a thorough and accessible beginner's violin course."--Wondrium.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wondrium 2022
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 787.2 WHESummary: "An acclaimed physicist uses analogies to everyday life to teach the rules that govern the microscopic world of particles in this accessible introduction to quantum theory."
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 UNDSummary: "Understanding investments" helps you to do just that. In 24 lectures, it introduces the fundamentals of investing to those new to the subject while broadening and deepening the knowledge of more experienced investors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 UNDSummary: Neuroscientist and Adjunct Professor of Psychology Indre Viskontas lectures on popular beliefs about the brain and the truths behind them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 BRASummary: "XTrain is the ultimate total-body fitness conditioning program based on undulating periodization, designed to crush calories, incinerate fat, and work and tone your muscles like never before"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cathe dot Com 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD XTRSummary: Presents fifteen 5-minuteYoga stretching exercises designed to be performed at one's workstation to: improve posture while sitting and standing; dissolve tension at the base of the neck and shoulders; release hip tightness that contributes to low-back pain; open the carpal tunnel with finger and wrist exercises; reduce stress and refresh the nervous system by increasing circulation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [BayView Entertainment] 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DESSummary: Ratindra Das demonstrates how he adheres to his own sense of aesthetics in watercolour painting. From a value/shape drawing already much changed from a reference photo, Das proceeds to design the painting as a whole, with the use of unconventional flat shapes and the manipulation of a visual path in creating a bustling harbour scene. His strong design sense and willingness to question common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Catalyst Productions 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.422 PAISummary: Provides new and developing paddlers with the skills and knowledge necessary to comfortably and safely enjoy kayaking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heliconia Press 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 796.122 RecreationalRobbins, Paul
Summary: Cultural and human geography focuses on the distribution and actions of people, and the way people influence and are influenced by regional environments, economics, cultures and politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 ROBSummary: This series of routines designed by certified instructor Jessica Smith will help you create a well-rounded program that can be done on its own, or coupled with other additional workouts you may enjoy doing. Workouts include (sessions are all approximately 20 minutes): cardio flow, sole sculpt, core stretch and cardio dance sculpt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: In Wellness Systems, LLC. 2013