Adams, Scott
Summary: "From the creator of Dilbert, an unflinching look at the strategies Donald Trump used to persuade voters to elect the most unconventional candidate in the history of the presidency, and how anyone can learn his methods for succeeding against long odds."--Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 ADASummary: "A collection of compelling, hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Going for Broke, edited by Alissa Quart, Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and David Wallis, former Managing Director of EHRP, gives voice to a range of gifted writers for whom "economic precarity" is more than just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.569 GOIChin-Quee, Anthony
Summary: "The raw and gripping memoir of a Black physician who confronts his past mistakes and relationships as he learns to find his own path forward At first glance, Anthony Chin-Quee looks like a traditional success story: a smart, ambitious kid who grew up to become a board-certified otolaryngologist--an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. Yet the truth is more complicated. As a self-described "not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHIN-QUEE, ANTHONY CHIBeard, Amanda
Summary: In this candid and ultimately uplifting memoir, Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals the truth about coming of age in the spotlight, the demons she battled along the way, and the newfound happiness that has proved to be her greatest victory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEARD, AMANDA BEAContents: Time was when / H. Patrick ; J. Blyler (2:48) -- My romance / R. Rodgers ; L. Hart (3:51) -- You won't let me go / B. Johnson ; B. Allen (3:01) -- I must have that man / Fields ; McHugh (3:55) -- I'm a fool to want you / J. Heron ; F. Sinatra ; J. Wolf (4:01) -- I feel so good / W. Broonzy (3:47) -- Miss Brown to you / R. Rainger ; L. Robin ; R. Whiting (2:57) -- Can you look me in the eye? /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES BROTimpf, Kat
Summary: In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Timpf shows why much of the way we talk about sensitive subjects is wrong. We push ourselves into unnecessary conflicts when we should feel like we're all in this together. When someone says "you can't joke about that," what they really mean...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 TIMKessler, David A.
Summary: Argues that the combination of sugars, fats, and salts "hijacks" the human body's eating habits, creating a dangerous cycle of overeating, and promotes healthy eating habits and methods to avoid overeating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613 KESTimberlake, Justin
Summary: "In his first book, Justin Timberlake creates a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid photographs from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage. Justin discusses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN TIMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TIMBERLAKE TIMMeier, Deborah
Summary: "A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy MacArthur award-winning educator, reformer, and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experience in education to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371 MEII'm With Her (Musical group)
Contents: See you around (3:48) -- Game to lose (3:45) -- Ain't that fine (3:08) -- Pangaea (3:17) -- I-89 (3:01) -- Wild one (3:58) -- Waitsfield (2:34) -- Ryland (Under the apple tree) (3:29) -- Overland (3:25) -- Crescent city (2:59) -- Close it down (3:08) -- Hundred miles (3:30).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY I'MDeCurtis, Anthony
Summary: "The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians. But while his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REED, LOU DECGillespie, Dizzy
Contents: Tin tin deco -- Birk's works -- We love to boogie -- Lady be good -- Love me pretty baby -- The champ -- I'm in a mess -- School days -- Swing low sweet Cadillac -- Bopsie's blues -- I couldn't beat the rap -- Caravan -- Nobody knows -- The bluest blues -- On the sunny side of the street -- Stardust -- Time on my hands -- Blue skies -- Umbrella man -- Pops' confessin' -- Ooh-shoo-be-doo-be --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Savoy Jazz Records 1976
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ GILSummary: "In 1974, Leon Gast traveled to Africa to film Zaire 74, a music festival planned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacle: the Rumble in the Jungle, in which late-career underdog Muhammad Ali would contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title--'a fight between two blacks in a black nation, organized by blacks,' as a Kinshasa billboard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC WHELoftsgordon, Amy
Summary: "Learn how to stop: collection calls, wage garnishments, foreclosures & more"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Money LoftsgordonSuskin, Steven
Summary: "A carefully curated, cheerfully opinionated guidebook surveying 201 of the most significant selections from the Great American Songbook, ranging from celebrated masterpieces to forgotten gems"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Backbeat Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SUSCollins, J. L.
Summary: The author shares his personal techniques, insights and experiences regarding saving money and investing, drawn from his blog posts (jlcollinsnh.com) as well as a series of letters to his teenage daughter, both dealing with money management.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016
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Summary: Hinojosa relates the history of US immigration policy that has brought us to where we are today, as she shares her experience growing up Mexican American on the south side of Chicago. For thirty years she has reported on stories and communities in America that often go ignored by the mainstream media, documenting the existential wasteland of immigration detention camps for news outlets that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HINCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HINOJOSA HINZhuo, Julie
Summary: "Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 ZHUHutson, Katherine J.
Summary: "Cancer, did you know that I am a poet? In stirring verse and essays, Katy Bowser Hutson chronicles her battle with breast cancer and the complications of faith amid such a fight. Accentuated by the art of Jodi Hays, Katy's words lead us through her resistance to sickness, fight for survival, and wrestling toward beauty"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 HUTClague, Mark
Summary: "The fascinating story of America's national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today. Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 CLARobbins, Dean
Summary: "It's RBG like you've never seen her before! Using a mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an American trailblazer. The first book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses on Ruth's lifelong mission to bring equality and justice to all. Sarah Green's spot-on comic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GINBaldwin, Alec
Summary: A satirical memoir written in the style of Donald Trump shares lampooning insights into the forty-fifth president's election, disdain for the press, backroom strategy sessions with White House advisers, and world-changing decisions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, a imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 BALElias, Stephen
Summary: "If you're one of the millions of Americans in danger of losing your house, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides the practical information you need,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.04 ELIThompson, Kenan
Summary: "When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023