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Summary: This book is the collection of the artist's autobiographical short stories, memoirs of his misspent youth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RODT, Shaun
Summary: The fitness celebrity discusses his life and the struggles he endured, emphasizing the need to overcome mental obstacles to achieve wellness, and detailing seven principles that can guide success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 TRicher, Shawna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CROSBY, SIDNEY RICHawn, Goldie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAWN, GOLDIE HAWMcCarter, Jeremy
Summary: "What does it mean to live for your ideals ... and to risk dying for them? This book tells the story of young American radicals who sensed a moment of unprecedented promise for American life--politically, socially, culturally--and struggled to bring it about, only to see a cataclysmic war sweep it away. Based on six years of extensive archival research, Jeremy McCarter's dramatic narrative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MCCJohnson, Shawn
Summary: American gymnast Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national--and world--champion athlete and a winner on the popular "Dancing with the Stars." This is the amazing true journey of how this young Olympian has found balance in her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, SHAWN JOHLevy, Shawn
Summary: "Today, women are ascendant in standup comedy, even preeminent. They make headlines, fill arenas, spawn blockbuster movies. But before Amy Schumer slayed, Tiffany Haddish killed, and Ali Wong drew roars, the very idea of a female comedian seemed, to most of America, like a punchline. And it took a special sort of woman-indeed, a parade of them-to break and remake the mold. In on the Joke is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 LEVLevy, Shawn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEWIS, JERRY LEVShawn, Allen
Summary: Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter of twentieth-century American musical life. His creative gifts knew no boundaries as he moved easily from the podium, to the piano, to television with his nationally celebrated Young People’s Concerts, which introduced an entire generation to the joy of classical music. In this fascinating new biography, the breadth of Bernstein’s musical composition is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERNSTEIN, LEONARD SHAMcMaster, H. R.
Summary: "Across multiple administrations since the end of the Cold War, American foreign policy has been misconceived, inconsistent, and poorly implemented. As a result, America and the free world have fallen behind rivals in power and influence. Meanwhile threats to security, freedom, and prosperity, such as nuclear proliferation and jihadist terrorism have grown. In BATTLEGROUNDS, H.R. McMaster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.033 MCMLevy, Shawn.
Summary: In "Paul Newman: A Life," film critic and pop culture historian Shawn Levy gives readers the ultimate behind-the-scenes examination of the actor's life, from his merry pranks on the set to his lasting romance with Joanne Woodward to the devastating impact of his son's death from a drug overdose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2009
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Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN StaSemenya, Caster
Summary: "Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight at just eighteen years old after winning the Berlin World Championships in 2009, Semenya's win was quickly overshadowed by criticism and speculation about her body, and she became the center of a still-raging firestorm about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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Summary: "The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland is a book lover's paradise, with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the portly bookshop cat. You'd think that after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to his quirky customers by now. Don't get him wrong, there are some good ones among the antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard train book lovers, people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godine 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.45 BYTShammarī, Shahd
Summary: "Shahd Alshammari is just eighteen when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and told by her neurologist that she would not make it past age thirty. Despite what she is told, by thirty, she has become a professor of literature, and has managed to navigate education systems in both Kuwait and the United Kingdom and inspire generations of students. Head above Water is the intimate,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feminist Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALSHAMMARI, SHAHD ALSSenghor, Shaka
Summary: "In 1991, Shaka Senghor was sent to prison for second-degree murder. Today, he is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, and an inspiration to thousands. In life, it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish. Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle class neighborhood on Detroit's east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SENGHOR, SHAKA SENNiequist, Shauna.
Summary: A personal memoir explores the intertwined natures of happiness and sadness, discussing how bitter experiences balance out the sweetness in life and how change can be an opportunity for growth and a function of God's graciousness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 NIESwain, Bernie
Summary: Powerful and moving stories of inspiration, adversity, and triumph from the Washington Speakers Bureau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 SWAMeralli, Swann
Summary: Based on truth, lies, myths, and rumors, this is the story of the greatest gangster of all time: Al Capone. Family man, community leader, industrious smuggler, or vicious killer? You decide. Born into a poor Italian family in Brooklyn in 1899, little Alphonse didn't have a lot of options, so he'd have to get creative in order to make a name for himself. A bit of cards, some enforcing, maybe a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Panel Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAPONE, AL MERSheen, Barbara.
Summary: Profiles the life and career of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PHEKeller, Shana
Summary: "Benjamin Banneker is known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy. He was born free at a time in America, 1731, when most African Americans were slaves. At the age of 22 he built a strike clock based on his own drawings and using a pocket-knife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BANRodenberg, Shawna Kay
Summary: "A heart stopping memoir of a wrenching Appalachian girlhood and a multilayered portrait of a misrepresented people, from Rona Jaffe Writer's Award winner Shawna Kay Rodenberg. When Shawna Kay Rodenberg was four, her father, fresh from a ruinous tour in Vietnam, spirited her family from their home in the hills of Eastern Kentucky to Minnesota, renouncing all of their earthly possessions to live...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RODENBERG,SHAWNA KAY RODNiequist, Shauna
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist writes about unexpected loss, change, faith, midlife, and a move to New York City with her signature depth and vulnerability. In this book, she invites us to practice curiosity and self-compassion, to become beginners again, and to rediscover resilience and courage in our own seasons of change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIEQUIST, SHAUNA NIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ NiequistCorey, Shana
Summary: "Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated artist R. Gregory Christie deliver a fresh look at Kennedy, underscoring the greatness and fallibility of our leaders and how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make adifference. With quotes from JFK's speeches, detailed back matter, and a thought- provoking author's note, this biography offers a sensitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2017