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Summary: Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 305.5 BOOBab Bonde, Jessica
Summary: "The testimonies of six survivors of the Holocaust are presented in comics form, aimed at teenage readers. Some of them were children then, and are still alive to tell what happened to them and their families. How they survived. What they lost--and how you keep on living, despite it all. Jessica Bab Bonde has, based on survivor's stories, written an important book. Peter Bergting's art makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BABDurán, Cristina
Summary: "A narrative, in graphic novel format, following Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner Bou as they rebuild and reinvent themselves after their daughter Laia is born with cerebral palsy. Their story continues through the arduous process of adopting their second daughter, Selam, from Ethiopia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Mundi 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 920 DURBoilen, Bob.
Summary: From the beloved host and creator of NPR’s All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians, including Dave Grohl, Jimmy Page, Michael Stipe, Carrie Brownstein, Smokey Robinson, and Jeff Tweedy, among others—published in association with NPR Music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 BOIColacello, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner AudioBooks 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 COLDotson, Bob.
Summary: The host of the NBC "Today Show" shares his favorite stories of citizens making a difference around the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 DOTDrury, Bob
Summary: "The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: The veteran rock-and-roll photographer shares memories from nearly half a century in the industry, from his cross-country trip with the Ike and Tina Turner band to his backstage encounters with KISS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRUEN, BOB GRUSpitz, Bob
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's REAGAN stands fair to be the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REAGAN, RONALD SPIStanley, Bob
Summary: A renowned pop music scholar presents a dazzling biography of the Bee Gees--Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, which is an extraordinary human story of career highs and lows that shows, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 STAWoodward, Bob
Summary: With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.933092 WOOWoodward, Bob
Summary: "With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.933 WOOWoodward, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 WOOBatchelor, Bob
Summary: "On the 100th anniversary of The Volstead Act comes the epic, definitive story of the man who cracked the Prohibition system, became one of the world's richest criminal masterminds, and helped inspire The Great Gatsby"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BATBenmosche, Bob
Summary: "In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely assumed that he would go down with his ship. In mere months, he turned things around, pulling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENMOSCHE, ROBERT BENBurns, Bob
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.4361 BURGibson, Bob
Contents: The pitched battle -- Mechanics -- Stuff -- Corners -- Scenarios -- The other guys -- Things that a fellow just has to deal with -- Atmosphere -- Towering figures -- Makeup -- Forty years of change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 GIBKealing, Bob.
Summary: A view of the music and life of Gram Parsons and his influence on country rock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Florida 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 KEANewhart, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 NEWHART, BOB NEWSaget, Bob.
Summary: The star of both "Full House" and "America's Funniest Home Videos" opens up about some of his personal experiences with life and death, his career, and his reputation for sick humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAGET, BOB SAGSpitz, Bob.
Summary: "Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth--until now. The product of almost a decade of research, hundreds of unprecedented interviews, and the discovery of scores of never-before-revealed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 781.6 SPISpitz, Bob.
Summary: Draws on the iconic culinary figure's personal diaries and letters to present a one-hundredth birthday commemoration that offers insight into her role in shaping women's views and influencing American approaches to cooking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHILD, JULIA SPIWelch, Bob
Summary: Recounts the survival of Clay Conner, Jr., who headed for the jungles and befriended pygmies rather than surrender to the Japanese in 1942 and become part of the Bataan Death March.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 CONNOR, CLAY, JR WELWoodward, Bob.
Summary: Twenty five years ago, after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, Gerald Ford promised a return to normalcy. "My felllow Americans, our long national nightmare is over," President Ford declared. But it was not. The Watergate scandal, and the remedies against future abuses of power, would have an enduring impact on presidents and the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999