Summary: Unlock mysteries and uncover lost history with the experts as they use yesteryear's technology to recreate five ancient engineering marvels and to discover what daily life was really like in these communities. Travel around the globe from China to Egypt and take a fresh, "hands-on" look at mankind's greatest cultures and civilizations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 725.1 AMEHauser, Michael.
Summary: "For over a century, the J.L. Hudson's Department Store on Woodward Avenue was more than just a store--it was a Detroit icon and a world-class cultural treasure. At 25 stories, it was the world's tallest department store, and was at one time home to the most exceptional offerings in shopping, dining, services, and entertainment. The store prided itself on stocking everything from grand pianos...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.141 HAULondon, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Preservation Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 693.1 LONRoberts, Sam
Summary: As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, "New York Times" correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and mortar, revealing why and how it evolved into the nation's biggest and most influential. From the seven hundred thousand or so buildings in New York, Roberts selects twenty-seven that, in the past four centuries, have been the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 ROBSummary: Tells the life story of Earl Young, realtor, developer, and builder in Charlevoix, Michigan, who from the 1920's to the 1970's created the remarkable legacy of unusual homes and buildings, utilizing native stones and boulders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlevoix Historical Society 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 EARSummary: Beginning in 1921, a self-taught home designer named Earl A. Young brought to life whimsical creations using the massive glacial boulders he found around his hometown of Charlevoix, Michigan. During the next fifty years, he produced over thirty iconic manifestations. Though his work evolved to a modern style, Young never lost touch with the beauty of his natural surroundings. The results are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bon Ami Filmworks 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 WIZSherman, Scott (Scott G.)
Summary: "A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the people's interests--by the reporter who broke the story. In a series of cover stories for The Nation magazine, journalist Scott Sherman uncovered the ways in which Wall Street logic almost took down one of New York City's most beloved and iconic institutions: the New York Public Library. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2015