Welch, Jack
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.38 WELKerouac, Jack
Summary: The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movement. Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, linked together not only by their shared artistic sensibility but also by a deep and abiding friendship, one that colored their lives and greatly influenced their writing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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Summary: Leigh Brill finally decided to stop pretending she was just fine when she admitted to the service dog interviewer, "I have cerebral palsy. I walk funny and my balance is bad. I fall a lot. My hands shake, too." So began her journey toward independence and confidence, all thanks to a trained companion dog named Slugger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 BRIPatrick, Denise Lewis
Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: "The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Misty Copeland became the first African American Female Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, but how did she get there?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LYOWinn, Steven.
Summary: A narrative based on the author's ten-part series in the "San Francisco Chronicle" describes one man's uncommonly rich experience with a dog who wanted nothing whatsoever to do with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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Summary: "Rob Kugler's A Dog Named Beautiful is an uplifting and unforgettable story of a US Marine, his extraordinary dog, and the road trip of a lifetime."--Provided by publisher. US Marine Rob Kugler not only gave a year of his life in service to his country, but he had also lost a brother in the fighting. Lost in grief, Rob found solace and relief in the one thing that never failed to put a smile on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KUGMelville, Wilma
Summary: "The incredible memoir of how Wilma Melville turned a band of shelter dogs into one of America's foremost disaster-response assets in catastrophes from 9/11 to Katrina "--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 MELPaley, Rebecca
Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. It took a lot of determination, courage, and confidence to become the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party. A Girl Named Hillary tells of the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE PALAbramson, Jill
Summary: "An instructive and marvelously entertaining chronicle of a puppy's first year, by the managing editor of The New York Times One sparkling summer day, Jill Abramson brought home a nine-week-old golden retriever named Scout. Over the following year, as she and her husband raised their adorable new puppy, Abramson wrote a hugely popular column for The New York Times's website about the joys and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.752 ABRMyint, Thirii Myo Kyaw
Summary: "Names for Light traverses time and memory to weigh three generations of a family's history against a painful inheritance of postcolonial violence and racism. In spare, lyric paragraphs framed by white space, Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint explores home, belonging, and identity by revisiting the cities in which her parents and grandparents lived. As she makes inquiries into their stories, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MYIKnapp, Caroline.
Summary: Draws from the author's personal experiences as well as the insights of animal behaviorists, psychologists, and other dog owners, to explore the emotional bond between people and their canine companions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 KNAPaulsen, Gary.
Summary: Minnesota author and dog musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the growth of his sled dogs as he and his animals discover the world around them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 798.8 PAUHamilton, Kimberlie
Summary: Meet the most extraordinary dogs in the world in this illustrated book of mini-profiles, from the first cloned pup to canine war heroes and beyond. Dive into the exciting stories of 30 of the most amazing pooches in history with animal rights activist Kimberlie Hamilton. Alongside colorful illustrations, Daring Dogs tells the incredible stories of Smoky, a four-pound Yorkie who served in World...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 HAMMelville, Wilma
Summary: "The incredible memoir of how Wilma Melville turned a band of shelter dogs into one of America's foremost disaster-response assets in catastrophes from 9/11 to Katrina. Ana and Hunter were failed service dogs. Recon was left for dead on the train tracks.Cody was returned to the shelter seven times before he turned two. To most, these dogs were unadoptable. Unsalvageable. Irredeemable. To...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 MELMillan, Cesar
Summary: Looks at the positive effects that having and training dogs has on their owners, and shares personal stories of how the dogs in his life have given him important lessons in respect, confidence, resilience, and authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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Summary: Examines the rich and complicated terrain of human-animal relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 KNAEllis, Helen
Summary: "The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with a viciously funny collection of literary essays on love, family, and friendship among grown-ass women"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 ELLRoker, Al
Summary: The popular television personality discusses his battle with weight loss, describing his initial successes after bypass surgery, his efforts to get back on track after regaining lost weight, and his confrontation with goal-compromising childhood issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 ROKSedaris, David.
Summary: The author recounts hitchhiking across the country with an odd cast of quadriplegics and deadbeats, working as a migrant worker in North Carolina, and other adventures
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 818.54 SEDGreene, Melissa Fay
Summary: "Describes the unbreakable bond between humans and canines through the story of a severely disabled woman who began training her own service dogs after she was deemed “too disabled” to receive one by every agency in the U.S.."--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.4 GRESutherland, Amy
Summary: "Drawing on her work at a shelter, her experiences living with her own two rescue dogs, and years of research, bestselling author and columnist Amy Sutherland takes us on an unforgettable journey into the special world of rescue and shelter dogs--and the growing number of dedicated people who are deeply invested in saving these precious lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 SUTO'Brien, Pat
Summary: Growing up, Pat O'Brien was the skinny midwestern kid with the divorced parents and the alcoholic father. He drove himself to the University of South Dakota after finishing his last late-night shift and moved in while his roommate was asleep. His life was unceremonious - until he was picked up in the student center by a professor who envisioned his future as the household television name he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 O'BRIEN, PAT O'BrBernikow, Louise
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2007