Moore, Dinty W.
Summary: "This irreverent guide to crafting personal essays and creative nonfiction takes inspiration from the father of the essay, Michele de Montaigne, using lively essays to answer writing questions from top writers like Cheryl Strayed and Philip Lopate"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 MOOOkun, Alanna
Summary: People who craft know things. They know how to transform piles of yarn into sweaters and scarves. They know that some items, like woolen bikini tops, are better left unknit. They know that making a hat for a newborn baby isn't just about crafting something small but appreciating the beginnings of life, which sometimes helps make peace with the endings. They know that if you knit your boyfriend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 OKUEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Summary: This indie folk band from California is known for their electrifying live shows, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros continue to showcase their sonic evolution on their fourth album. Included on the track list is the song No Love Like Yours. The name Edward Sharpe is crossed out on the cover (Alex Ebert's alter ego that he created and feels that this album has him evolving from that persona).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SHAKeppeler, Jill
Summary: Creating things is fun! It's even more fun when you can take something practical you've made and personalize it just for you. Crafting is also an important part of the game of Minecraft, but not everything you make has to be practical. This book shows Minecraft fans how to put their own stamp on their in-game buildings and tools. Age-appropriate text will show them how these methods compare to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A monumental, canon-defining anthology of four centuries of American essays, from Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin to David Foster Wallace and Zadie Smith. Many of the essays Phillip Lopate has gathered here address themselves--sometimes critically--to American values, but even in those that don't, one can detect a subtext about being American. The Founding Fathers and early American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Lipman, Elinor.
Summary: A winning collection of essays about home, love, cooking, politics, and the writing life from the acclaimed novelist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 LIPWelker, Liz
Summary: The creators of the Making It competition series share in-depth instructions for some of the top-selected DIY crafts featured on the show, outlining projects in the genres of woodworking, paper craft and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 WELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crafts WelkerFrank, Julie Ferber
Summary: "With candor, humor, and tons of tips, [this book] leads you step by step through the entire process of crafting a killer college application essay. See how to brainstorm ideas, use easy-to-understand examples as a model, and read inspiring real-life admissions success stories"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing Co. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 FRAWeber, Steve (Stephen W.)
Contents: Introduction -- Seller profile: Inedible Jewelry -- Register and shop at Etsy -- Seller profile: Wooly Baby -- Open for business! -- Seller profile: Indulge Your Shelf -- Create and edit your listings -- Seller profile: Angie's Suds 'N Such -- Photograph your items like a pro -- Organize and manage your shop -- Seller profile: Purple and Lime -- Ship your treasures -- Seller profile: Zou Zou's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stephen W. Weber 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745 WeberGreen Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GREBarber, Samuel
Contents: The school for scandal overture : op. 5 -- Symphony no. 1, op. 9 : (in one movement) -- First essay : for orchestra, op. 12 -- Symphony no. 2, op. 19.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BARWeinstein, Mobee
Summary: "The Complete Book of Ferns is filled with botanical information, indoor and outdoor growing and care information, details on propagation, display ideas, and even craft projects. This gorgeous book is authored by Mobee Weinstein, the Foreman of Gardeners at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx and a veteran guest on the Martha Stewart Living TV show and other media outlets. Houseplants in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 587.3 WEIHough, Lauren
Summary: "As an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. As a child, however, she had none. Growing up as a member of the infamous cult The Children of God, Hough had her own self robbed from her. The cult took her all over the globe-to Germany, Japan, Texas, Chile-but it wasn't until she finally left for good that Lauren...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A discussion with motivational speaker Dr. Verna Price is teamed with compelling vignettes in this program that delves into the topic of personal leadership potential. Explaining the difference between personal and positional leadership and the difference between a true leader and someone just seeking attention, she guides students through an exploration of their inner strengths so that they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Murray, Donald Morison
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boynton/Cook Publishers 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 MURSummary: Presents a collection of mid-twentieth century essays on a wide range of subjects, written by some of America's best writers, critics, sociologists, theologians, historians, activists, theorists, humorists, poets, and novelists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 GOLFranzen, Jonathan
Summary: In this collection of essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Franzen explores his complex relationship with his uncle, recounts his young adulthood in New York, and offers an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis. Taken together, these essays trace the progress of a unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature, and with some of the most important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 FRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 FRASummary: How important is the opening line of a book? Does a writer always have to know what is going to happen next? Where should the line be drawn between historic fact and historical fiction? And what are the particular challenges of writing a biography? Drawing on the expertise of Edvard Radzinsky, Fay Weldon, Anson Cameron, John Lanchester, Nicholas Shakespeare, and other respected authors, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Developed by nationally acclaimed ACT tutor Mauri Artz, this proven, engaging ACT tutoring course can help students achieve higher scores for college admission and/or applications for scholarships and grants. This pack provides score-raising methods for students to utilize for the Reading section of the test, and an easy approach to the Essay segment. The pack will give students an advantage in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Launchpad 378.1662 ACT 2017Lopez, Barry Holstun
Summary: "This collection represents part of the enduring legacy of Barry Lopez, hailed as a 'national treasure' (Outside) and "one of our finest writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) when he died in December 2020. An ardent steward of the land, fearless traveler, and unrivaled observer of nature and culture in all its forms, Lopez lost much of the Oregon property where he had lived for over fifty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LOPSummary: "The first decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a blossoming of creative nonfiction. In this extraordinary collection, Phillip Lopate gathers essays by forty-seven of America's best contemporary writers, mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles. The Contemporary American Essay is a monument to a remarkably...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 CONLepore, Jill
Summary: Few, if any, historians have brought such insight, wisdom, and empathy to public discourse as Jill Lepore. Arriving at The New Yorker in 2005, Lepore, with her panoptical range and razor-sharp style, brought a transporting freshness and a literary vivacity to everything from profiles of long-dead writers to urgent constitutional analysis to an unsparing scrutiny of the woeful affairs of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2023