body {
	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	background-color: #f5f6fa;
	background-image: url(images/stripes.png);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}


/* ------------------- header elements ------------------- */

#headerbar {
	background-image: url(images/headerstrip.png);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	height: 149px;
	width: 100%;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	display: inline-block;
}

#slogan {
	position: absolute;
	left: 140px;
	top: 60px;
	color: white;
}

/* ------------------- body elements ------------------- */

.main {
		min-width: 960px;
	}

#micolostow {
	position: absolute;
	top: 130px;
	left: 120px;
}

#newsbox {
		padding: 10px;
		font-size: small;
		float: none;
		bottom: 1px;
		right: 100px;
		top: 260px;
		position: absolute;
		height: 300px;
		width: 650px;
		overflow: auto;
	}

#column_1 {
	margin-bottom: 25px;
	float: left;
	width: 25%;
}

#column_2 {
	margin-bottom: 25px;
	margin-left: 25%;
	width: auto;
}

#events {
	height: 75px;
	font-size: small;
	vertical-align: top;
}

#library {
	position: absolute;
	font-size: small;
	right: 100px;
	width: 650px;
	height: 450px;
	overflow: auto;
}

#biopic {
	
		float: right;
	
	}

#books {
	position: absolute;
	font-size: small;
	right: 100px;
	height: 350px;
}


#booklist {
	overflow: auto;
	height: 350px;
}

.bookcolumn {
	vertical-align: top;
	font-size: small;
}

.links {
	margin: 7px;
	text-align: left;
	width: 125px;
	display: inline-block;
}

a:link {
	color: #776936;
}

a:visited {
	color: #776936;
}

/* ------------------- footer elements ------------------- */

#footer {
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 0px;
}

#banner_ad {
	font-size: x-small;
	position: absolute;
	right: 50px;
	bottom: 0px;
}

/* ------------------- navigation controls ------------------- */

.nav_but {
	z-index: 1;
	position: absolute;
}

#nav_but_home {
	left: 135px;
	bottom: 200px;
}

#nav_but_bio {
	left: 165px;
	bottom: 170px;
}

#nav_but_books {
	left: 190px;
	bottom: 140px;
}

#nav_but_press {
	left: 180px;
	bottom: 110px;
}

#nav_but_events {
	left: 155px;
	bottom: 80px;
}

#nav_but_links {
	left: 195px;
	bottom: 50px;
}

#nav_but_contact {
	left: 225px;
	bottom: 20px;
}

.nav_selected {
}

a.menu:link {color:black}
a.menu:visited {color:black}
a.menu:hover {color:#42c728}
a.menu:active {color:#42c728}
a.menu {
	font-variant: small-caps;
	font-size: x-large;
	text-decoration: none
	}