Washoe County Library System

"The epic true story of one man, a dog, and how they found each other As seen on an ESPN SC Featured documentary When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon. When the team left the next day,...

This is a collection of approximately 130 posters/photographs covering many aspects of the Holocaust. They are filed according to the subject areas of "Before the War", "Rise of the Nazis", "Persecution", "Ghettos", "Escape", "Deportation", "Resistance", "Final Solution" and "Aftermath and trials".

"Marilyn Newton's images of solitary graves standing watch over desert valleys swept by clouds evoke the simple drama of life and death in early Nevada. Her work reminds us that Nevada is not a roped-off museum exhibit. Even in its historic past, Nevada is alive."--

The story of two sisters inexorably altered by a terrible accident, a missing nine-year-old girl, and the shocking connection between them.

"Four terrifying tales of diaster and survival" ---Cover.

Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams.
She took exquisite photographs,
but her heart was the true image exposed.
Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele loves nothing more than capturing a gorgeous Minnesota landscape when the sunlight casts...

Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the town of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play. It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new Foreword by Donald Margulies, who writes, "You are holding in your hands a great American play. Possibly...

Simple text challenges the reader to find objects hidden in the photographs.

Enhance color and create color effects in Photoshop and Camera Raw. Learn how to change the color of objects in a scene, convert photos to black and white, and more. Working with color can be an amazing journey, and Photoshop is a great vehicle for taking the trip. In this course, photographer and educator Chris Orwig teaches a variety of ways to create captivating color in photographs. Chris goes beyond the basics by showing how color can profoundly...