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Summary: "Kate Bush: the subject of murmured legend and one of the most distinctive musicians of modern times. Featuring details from the author's conversations with Kate as well as vignettes of key songs, albums, videos, and concerts, this artful, candid, and often brutally funny portrait introduces a refreshingly real Kate Bush"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUSH, KATE DOYDoyle, Tom
Summary: Based on exclusive first-hand interviews, a chronicle of Paul McCartney's struggles in the first decade after the Beatles' breakup discusses his reclusive life, substance abuses, arrests, and efforts to launch his band Wings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCARTNEY, PAUL DOYSettle, Jimmy
Summary: "The young adult adaptation of the epic memoir of an Alaskan pararescue jumper, Special Forces Operator, and decorated war hero. "That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.9 BOYCoyne, Amanda.
Summary: The story of America's last frontier and oil province from the discovery of oil in Prudhoe Bay in 1968, to its crossroads today after Governor Sarah Palin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.8 COYAndrews, Bryce.
Summary: A narrative of a year on a southwest Montana ranch describes the author's time building fences, riding, roping, and caring for cattle while confronting a brutal pack of wolves in ways that challenged his views about conservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDREWS, BRYCE ANDMottola, Tommy.
Summary: One of the most powerful, famous executives in the history of the music industry, Mottola was there from Elvis to the iPod. Now, Mottola recounts how a street kid from the Bronx became the music industry's most creative and successful CEO.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.640 MOTTomlinson, Tommy
Summary: "So begins The Elephant in the Room, Tommy Tomlinson's remarkably intimate and insightful memoir of his life as a fat man. When he was almost fifty years old, Tomlinson weighed an astonishing--and dangerous--460 pounds, at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, unable to climb a flight of stairs without having to catch his breath, or travel on an airplane without buying two seats. Raised...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.3 TOMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOMLINSON, TOMMY TOMDavidson, Tommy
Summary: In 1990, Tommy Davidson burst onto the scene in the Emmy Award-winning show In Living Color, a pioneering sketch comedy show, featuring a multi-racial cast of actors and dancers who spoke to an underrepresented new generation created by Hip Hop Nation. In this memoir, Tommy shares his unique perspective on making it in Hollywood, being an integral part of television history, on fame and family,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAVIDSON, TOMMY DAVJames, Tommy.
Summary: Tells the intimate story of the complex and sometimes terrifying relationship between Tommy James, the bright-eyed, sweet-faced blond musician from the heartland and Morris Levy, the big, bombastic, brutal bully from the Bronx, who hustled, cheated, and swindled his way to the top of the music industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 JAMLoyie, Oskiniko Larry
Summary: Tells the story of Larry Loyie, a Cree Indian in Canada who was sent to a government school and later became a writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB LOYIE LOYDoyne, Maggie
Summary: "Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry. Maggie decides to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOYNE, MAGGIE DOYOhler, Norman
Summary: Harro Schulze-Boysen and Libertas Haas-Heye met in the summer of 1935, and soon the two lovers were leading a network of antifascist fighters that stretched across Berlin's bohemian underworld.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.53 OHLBoyle, Greg
Summary: The founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world, through a series of moving stories that bear witness to the transformative power of tenderness, challenges ideas about God and about people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.94 BOYBoyle, Kevin
Summary: Follows the 1925 murder trial of African-American doctor Ossian Sweet, who was accused of murdering a white person during a mob attack on his home, and includes a history of the Sweet family and a portrait of his attorney, Clarence Darrow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.0252 BOYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.0252 BOYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Blk BoyleBogle, Donald
Summary: "An eye-opening and unique biography of two larger-than-life legends--Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson--and their unlikely yet enduring friendship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 BOGCoyne, Kate
Summary: "Hilarious essays about awkward run-ins with celebrities, the nature of celebrity, and what it says about our culture, by the Executive Editor of People Magazine. --Provided by the publisher"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COYNE, KATE COYCoyne, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.028 COYDaniels, Stormy
Summary: Stormy Daniels tells her whole story for the first time about how she came to be a leading actress and director in the adult film business the full truth about her journey from a rough childhood in Louisiana onto the national stage, and everything about the events that led to the nondisclosure agreement and the behind-the-scenes attempts to intimidate her. "She was already well-known in some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANGagne, Tammy
Summary: "Includes biographical information as well as career challenges and successes for Kobe Bryant."--Page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B BRYANT GAGEnz, Tammy.
Summary: "Here's a biography of the universal genius, Leonardo da Vinci, told in the form of a graphic novel."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: B.E.S. Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEOSmith, Tommie
Summary: "A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B SMIBoyle, Greg.
Summary: Father Boyle started Homeboy Industries nearly 20 years ago, which has served members of more than half of the gangs in Los Angeles. This collection presents parables about kinship and the sacredness of life drawn from Boyle's years of working with gangs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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Summary: "A humorous memoir by a veteran hospitality employee that reveals what goes on behind the scenes of the hotel business. Includes tips on how to get the most out of your hotel stay"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2012