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- Leonardo's universe : the Renaissance world of Leonardo da Vinci / by Atalay, Bülent.; Wamsley, Keith,1951-;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-279) and index.The Italian Renaissance and the Renaissance man -- Early life and Florence -- 1481-1490 : the Milan years -- 1491-99 : the Milan years -- 1500-1507 : on the road -- 1508-1519 : the final years.
- Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.; Artists; Inventors; Renaissance;
- © c2008., National Geographic,
- Leonardo da Vinci [videorecording] / by Burns, Ken,1953-television director,television producer.; Burns, Sarah,1982-screenwriter,television director,television producer.; David, Keith,narrator.; Giannini, Adriano,voice actor.; McAleer, Tim,television producer.; McMahon, David,1976-screenwriter,television director,television producer.; Shaw, Caroline(Caroline Adelaide),composer.; Florentine Films,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.),production company.;
- Director of photography, Buddy Squires ; original music, Caroline Shaw, performed by Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion and Roomful of Teeth.Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Leonardo, Adriano Giannini.The film will tell the story of Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, best known as Leonardo da Vinci, a fifteenth century Italian polymath of soaring imagination and profound intellect, who left behind artistic works of staggering beauty and detailed sketches of futuristic contraptions of warfare and flight that today are marveled at for their technical ingenuity and foresight. From his birth out of wedlock to a notary and peasant woman and apprenticeship to a distinguished Florentian painter, to his days as a military architect, cartographer, sculptor and muralist for hire, the film will offer an intimate portrait of a singular visionary whose Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and The Vitruvian Man are among the most celebrated works known to man, but whose artistic endeavors sometimes seemed an afterthought to his pursuits in science and engineering.E.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereophonic.
- Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.; Painters; Scientists; Artists; Intellectuals; Inventors;
- For private home use only.
- My brilliant friend. by Ferrante, Elena.; Ferrante, Elena.Amica geniale.English.; Goldstein, Ann.;
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Friendship;
- John Wick. [videorecording] / by Stahelski, Chad,1968-film director.; Kolstad, Derek,screenwriter.; Common(Musician),actor.; Fishburne, Laurence,III,1961-actor.; Gerini, Claudia,1971-actor.; Leguizamo, John,actor.; McShane, Ian,1942-actor.; Moynahan, Bridget,1972-actor.; Reddick, Lance,actor.; Reeves, Keanu,actor.; Rose, Ruby,1986-actor.; Sadoski, Thomas,1976-actor.; Scamarcio, Riccardo,1979-actor.; Segal, Tobias,actor.; Summit Entertainment,presenter.; Thunder Road Film,production company.; 87Eleven Productions,production company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
- Music, Tyler Bates and Joel L. Richard ; editor, Evan Schiff ; director of photography, Dan Laustsen.Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian Mcshane, Ruby Rose, Common, Claudia Gerini, Lance Reddick, Laurence Fishburne, Tobias Segal, John Leguizamo, Bridget Moynahan, Thomas Sadoski.In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hit man John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Assassins;
- For private home use only.
- Sicily [videorecording] : land of love & strife / by Spano, Mark,film director,screenwriter,host.; Dreamscape Media,publisher.; Marcusceccu Investors LLC,production company.;
- Mark Spano.The exploration of Sicily takes the viewer to a place of spectacular beauty, epic human struggle, depth and diversity of culture, philosophic insights, and historic sites.E.DVD, widescreen.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Travelogues (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- For private home use only.
- The light in the ruins : a novel / by Bohjalian, Chris,1960-;
- Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Murderers; Nobility;
- The lying life of adults / by Ferrante, Elena,author.; Goldstein, Ann,1949-translator.; translation of:Ferrante, Elena.Vita bugiarda degli adulti.English.;
- Giovanna's pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, is looking more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Will she turn out like her despised Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father have spent their whole lives avoiding and deriding? There must be a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is. Giovanna is searching for her true reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between these two cities, disoriented by the fact that, whether high or low, neither city seems to offer answers or escape.
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Teenagers;
- Leonardo : the first scientist / by White, Michael,1959-;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-357) and index.
- Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519; Scientists; Artists;
- © 2000., St. Martin's Press,
- The children's train : a novel / by Ardone, Viola,1974-author.; Botsford, Clarissa,translator.; translation of:Ardone, Viola,1974-Treno dei bambini.English.;
- "Based on true events, a heartbreaking story of love, family, hope, and survival set in post-World War II Italy-written with the heart of Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours-about poor children from the south sent to live with families in the north to survive deprivation and the harsh winters. Though Mussolini and the fascists have been defeated, the war has devastated Italy, especially the south. Seven-year-old Amerigo lives with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his wits like the rest of the poor in his neighborhood. But one day, Amerigo learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of the city to spend the winter with a family in the north, where he will be safe and have warm clothes and food to eat. Together with thousands of other southern children, Amerigo will cross the entire peninsula to a new life. Through his curious, innocent eyes, we see a nation rising from the ashes of war, reborn. As he comes to enjoy his new surroundings and the possibilities for a better future, Amerigo will make the heartbreaking choice to leave his mother and become a member of his adoptive family. Amerigo's journey is a moving story of memory, indelible bonds, artistry, and self-exploration, and a soaring examination of what family can truly mean. Ultimately Amerigo comes to understand that sometimes we must give up everything, even a mother's love, to find our destiny"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Children; Families;
- Transient desires / by Leon, Donna,author.;
- "In his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how to navigate the various pathways in his native city, Venice, to discover the person responsible. Now, in Transient Desires, the thirtieth novel in Donna Leon's masterful series, he faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction. He is drawn in innocently enough: two young American women have been badly injured in a boating accident, joy riding in the Laguna with two young Italians. However,Brunetti's curiosity is aroused by the behavior of the young men, who abandoned the victims after taking them to the hospital. If the injuries were the result of an accident, why did they want to avoid association with it? As Brunetti and his colleague,Claudia Griffoni, investigate the incident, they discover that one of the young men works for a man rumored to be involved in more sinister nighttime activities in the Laguna. To get to the bottom of what proves to be a gut-wrenching case, Brunetti needsto enlist the help of both the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Costiera. Determining how much trust he and Griffoni can put in these unfamiliar colleagues adds to the difficulty of solving a peculiarly horrible crime whose perpetrators are technologicallybrilliant and ruthlessly organized. Donna Leon's Transient Desires is as powerful as any novel she has written, testing Brunetti to his limits and forcing him to listen very carefully for the truth"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character); Police;
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