Crocheted sweaters: simple stitches, great designs

By Huxley, Susan

Publishing Date: c2001

Classification: 700

Call Number: 746.434 HUX

Oil painting for the absolute beginner: a clear & easy guide to successful oil painting

By Willenbrink, Mark

Publishing Date: 2010

Classification: 700

Call Number: 751.45 WIL

Oil painting doesn't have to be difficult! This is a no-fear, no-experience-required guide to enjoyable painting and happy results, from first strokes to finished paintings. The DVD workshop features the author creating two paintings from start to finish.

American painting

By Goddard, Donald Letcher

Publishing Date: 1990

Classification: 700

Call Number: 759.1 GOD

Carrington: a life

By Gerzina, Gretchen

Publishing Date: 1995, c1989

Classification: 700

Call Number: 759.2 GER

Here is an absorbing biography of the English artist Dora Carrington, who called herself simply 'Carrington.'

The A-Z of creative digital photography

By Frost, Lee

Publishing Date: c2006

Classification: 700

Call Number: 778.3 FRO

Hot stuff: disco and the remaking of American culture

By Echols, Alice

Publishing Date: c2010

Classification: 700

Call Number: 781.64 ECH

American studies scholar and former deejay Alice Echols captures the experience of the Disco Years--on dance floors, at the movies, in the streets, and beneath the sheets. Disco may have presented itself as shallow and disposable--the platforms, polyester, and plastic vibe of it all--but the disco scene carved out a haven for gay men who reclaimed their sexuality on dance floors where they had once been surveilled and harassed; it thrust black women onto center stage as some of the genre's most prominent stars; and it paved the way for the opening of Studio 54 and the viral popularity of the shoestring-budget Saturday Night Fever, a movie that challenged traditional notions of masculinity, even for heterosexuals. But while exploring the cultural milieu, Echols never loses sight of the era's defining soundtrack, which propelled popular music into new sonic territory, influencing everything from rap and rock to techno and trance.--From publisher description.

Niv: the authorized biography of David Niven

By Lord, Graham

Publishing Date: 2004

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.4302 LOR

Twenty Years after his death, David Niven is remembered with warmth, affection, and as one of the funniest and most lovable men who ever lived. For more than forty years, from the late 1930s, he portrayed on-screen the impeccable values of a lost breed of English gentlemen-handsome, beautifully spoken, elegantly dressed, witty, with perfect manners, and utterly charming, Niv, as his friends called him, was much the same off-screen. Both men and women were enchanted by his charisma, humor, and joie de vivre. In addition to his countless cinematic triumphs, including his Oscar-winning performance in Separate Tables, Niven also enjoyed tremendous success with his hilarious autobiography The Moon's a Balloon and Hollywood memoir Bring on the Empty Horses, which sold millions of copies and confirmed him as one of the great raconteurs.

You must remember this: the Warner Bros. story

By Schickel, Richard

Publishing Date: 2008

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.4309 SCH

Describes the history of the Warner Brothers production company from its origins in the 1920s to the present, highlighting the key films created by the company.

Make 'em laugh: the funny business of America

By Maslon, Laurence

Publishing Date: 2008

Classification: 700

Call Number: 792.23 MAS

"From the most popular routines and the most ingenious physical shtick to the snappiest wisecracks and the most biting satire of the last century, MAKE 'EM LAUGH illuminates who we are as a nation by exploring what makes us laugh, and why. Written by Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor, this companion to the six-part PBS series draws on countless sources to chronicle the past century of American comedy and the geniuses who created and performed it-melding biography, American history, and a lotta laughs into an exuberant, important book." "Each of the six chapters focuses on a different style or archetype of comedy, from the slapstick pratfalls of Buster Keaton and Lucille Ball through the wiseguy put-downs of Groucho Marx and Larry David, to the incendiary bombshells of Mae West and Richard Pryor. And at every turn the significance of these comedians-smashing social boundaries, challenging the definition of good taste, speaking the truth to the powerful-is vividly tangible. MAKE 'EM LAUGH is more than a compendium of American comic genius; it is a window into the way comedy both reflects the world and changes it-one laugh at a time." "Starting from the groundbreaking PBS series, the authors have gone deeper into the works and lives of America's great comic artists, with biographical portraits, archival materials, cultural overviews, and rare photos. Brilliantly illustrated, with insights and jokes-from comedians, writers, and producers, as well as film, radio, television, and theater historians, MAKE 'EM LAUGH is an indispensable, definitive book about comedy in America."--BOOK JACKET.

The Second City: backstage at the world's greatest comedy theater

By Patinkin, Sheldon

Publishing Date: c2000

Classification: 700

Call Number: 792.7 PAT

Since 1959, The Second City has been producing cutting-edge satire and wickedly funny improvisation, while keeping countless individuals of questionable character off the streets for a couple of hours each night. It has also trained thousands of young performers in the art of improv-based theater. This book recounts the early years of the comedy troupe's biggest stars, including John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers, Gilda Radner, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, David Steinberg, Robert Klein, Chris Farley, Martin Short and John Candy, as well as some of today's hottest directors, like Harold Ramis, Mike Nichols, Betty Thomas and Bonnie Hunt. Author Sheldon Patinkin, one of Second City's founding fathers, tells the story of Second City like no else can--with rare photos, profiles and backstage stories you were never supposed to hear.--From publisher description.

The quotable climber: literary, humorous, inspirational, and fearful moments of climbing

Publishing Date: c1998

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.522

A collection of wise, funny, entertaining quotes from the world's greatest adventurers/writers.

High-performance cycling

Publishing Date: c2002

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.62

High-Performance Cycling is all about going faster and pushing the limits of your ability. If you want the latest training, equipment, and technique used by the best cyclists in the world, then this is the book for you. High-Performance Cycling presents the latest applied research on cycling biomechanics, aerodynamics, testing, training, injuries, nutrition, equipment, and racing from top cycling experts from Europe, North America, and Australia. Everything in the book will have a direct effect on your performance. You'll learn how to - test your potential, - design a program to meet your racing goals, - monitor your training progress and program effectiveness, - improve the aerodynamics of your riding position, - fuel your body properly for better racing performance, and - stay-injury free and avoid the pitfalls of overtraining. You'll also learn which aspects of cycling are most important--and which improvements will most directly affect your cycling performance. High-Performance Cycling gives you a better idea of what the pro teams do so that you can improve your own performance!

Rowing to latitude: journeys along the Arctic's edge

By Fredston, Jill A.

Publishing Date: 2002, c2001

Classification: 700

Call Number: 797.122 FRE

The author recalls her many adventures as she explored the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway in her ocean-worthy rowing shell. .

Sex, death, and fly-fishing

By Gierach, John

Publishing Date: c1990

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.11 GIE

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Trout bum

By Gierach, John

Publishing Date: 1988, c1986

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.1755 GIE

While most of us fly-fish to escape from daily life, for John Gierach and his friends fly-fishing IS a way of life. They are trout bums. But John Gierach is also an exceptional writer. The essays in Trout Bum are reflective, bitingly humorous and enormously wise in the ways of fishing and men. In vivid, unforgettable detail they recount the emotional, spiritual and tangible adventures and pleasures of stalking trout in and around the Rockies -- day in, day out, from season to season, with friends and alone. John Gierach's essays join the literary tradition of angling classics like The River Why, and A River Runs Through It.