Griffin, Kathy
Summary: Writing with her trademark wit, the feisty comic settles a few old scores, celebrates the friends and mentors who helped her claw her way to the top, and shares insider gossip about celebrity behavior--the good, the bad, and the very ugly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On May 30, 2017, an image of Griffin holding a mask that resembled the severed head of President Trump was released. The image went global, and everything she had worked for in her life vanished overnight. The film chronicles the unprecedented and historical story of an iconic American comedian overcoming a political and media takedown following the release of the controversial photo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KATSummary: An eclectic group of artists performed selections from the Bob Dylan songbook on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dylan's debut album.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BOBSummary: In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SUMSummary: The cameras follow trailblazing comic, Joan Rivers, for a year and cover her entire career from her break on the Carson show, to her heartbreak over the suicide of her husband, and her role on Celebrity Apprentice. Rivers reveals her relentless desire to keep working with humor and empathy. Wickedly funny and surprisingly moving, Rivers is once again returned to the spotlight she so richly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOAGraffin, Greg.
Summary: Most people know Greg Graffin as the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion, but few know that he also has a Ph.D. and teaches evolution at UCLA. Here, Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. As an adolescent growing up when "drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night," Graffin discovered that the study of evolution provided a framework through which he could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ItBooks 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 210 GRAMichaels, Patty
Summary: "The PJ Masks are on a field trip when suddenly it gets dark in the middle of the day! They know the nighttime villains are up to something--it's up to the PJ Masks to save the day!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Griffis, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Kay, Katty
Summary: "Girls can rule the world-- all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide from the bestselling authors of The Confidence Code gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. It's a paradox familiar to parents everywhere: girls are achieving like never before, yet they're consumed with doubt on the inside. Girls worry constantly about how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.2 KAYWest, Patsy
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Florida 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9759 WESBatty, Tim
Summary: "Often, when kids think about dinosaurs, they think huge prehistoric creatures shaking the ground as they walk, monstrous battles between animals that are thousands of pounds, and the fierce roars shown in the movies. But some dinosaurs were small, no bigger than a house pet! In this book, readers learn about 11 dinosaurs that didn't have size on their side, but found a way to survive ancient...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 BATPiper, Watty
Summary: "The Little Engine That Could is turning ninety! And now this special gift book, complete with beautiful illustrations and timeless messages of belief and acceptance, is the perfect way to tell a loved one that they can do anything they set their minds to"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE PIPBatty, Tim
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 BATWORLD PARTY
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WORGriffis, Joan A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.A. Griffis 1993
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 GriffDreffin, Tina
Summary: How would your life change if it included a family adventure that was so wild, it erased painful feelings from your past? Bluewater Walkabout: Into Africa, Finding Healing Through Travel, is a memoir about a sailing adventure that Tina and her family embark upon. She ponders traumatic issues of her past during a long flight to Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 DREBatty, Tim
Summary: "Most young readers have heard of Tyrannosaurus rex and know it was carnivorous, or meat eating. But they'll be surprised to learn about Spinosaurus. It was bigger, though scientists think it did mostly eat fish. In this volume, essential for all dinosaur buffs, readers are introduced to 11 kinds of meat-eating dinosaurs. The main text and list of vital statistics give all the most important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 BATBatty, Tim
Summary: "The Diplodocus is one of the dinosaurs people can easily recognize: super-long neck, large body, four heavy legs. It was an herbivore--and it was one of many plant-eating dinosaurs! This book gives a brief introduction to 11 dinosaurs that primarily ate plants, including facts about these dino bodies that were specially adapted to plant eating and, in many cases, what plants they ate. Other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 BATDuke, Patty
Summary: A memoir reveals Patty Duke's traumatic and bizarre upbringing, her Academy Award-winning acting career, her headline-making behavior with drugs, drinking, and promiscuity, and her triumphant struggle to a responsible adulthood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUKE, PATTY DUKMcCord, Patty
Summary: "When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, she shares what she learned there and elsewhere in Silicon Valley. McCord advocates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silicon Guild 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 MCCMichaels, Patty
Summary: "Fly into the astonishing life of bugs in this super fun and super gross book in a new nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read series about all the grossest things!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MICPinner, Patty
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8652 PINRodríguez, Patty
Summary: "Inspired by one of Mexico's most iconic painters, this book will introduce your little ones to their first English and Spanish numbers and words"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: JE ROD BOARD BOOKSchemel, Patty
Summary: Hit So Hard begins with stories from a childhood informed by the AA meetings Schemel's parents hosted in the family living room. Their divorce triggered her rebellious adolescence and first forays into drinking at age 11, which coincided with her passion for punk rock and playing drums. Her efforts to come to terms with her sexuality further drove her memorably hard playing, and by the late...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2017