Watson, Andre.
Summary: In his late twenties, Andre Watson left everything behind and traveled the world for seven months. When he finally came home, his friends and coworkers had a million questions. How did he save up so much money? How did he decide where to go? How did he stay safe, especially when he couldn't speak the language? So he decided to write a book. A Weekend or the World answers all the most common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 5020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.61 WATDubus, Andre
Summary: "The 1986 highway accident that resulted in Dubus being largely confined to a wheelchair is an event that is by now familiar to readers of his award-winning short stories (Dancing After Hours, etc.) and previous collection of personal essays (Broken Vessels, 1991). In these 25 spare and luminous essays, most of which have previously appeared in magazines like the New Yorker, Harper's and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 DUBDubus, Andre
Summary: After their parents divorce in the 1970's, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself. He was on a fast track to getting killed, or killing someone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2011
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Summary: Acclaimed pro tennis player Andre Agassi is often considered one of the greatest players ever to grace the court. Here, Agassi offers a candid look at his life and career, revealing the highs and lows that come with triumph and sporting fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1959
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 849.912 GIDRush, Andre
Summary: "What does it take to go from growing up in a Mississippi housing project to becoming a master sergeant and a celebrity chef serving in the White House under four United States presidents? Call Me Chef, Dammit! is the inspiring story of Andre Rush, who became an overnight sensation in 2018, after a photograph of his now-famous twenty-four-inch biceps went viral. However, his journey to that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 RUSAgassi, Andre.
Summary: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009
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Dubus, Andre
Summary: Andre Dubus III reflects on a life of challenges, contradictions, and fulfillments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "During childhood summers in Louisiana, Andre Dubus III's grandfather taught him that men's work is hard. As an adult, whether tracking down a drug lord in Mexico as a bounty hunter or grappling with privilege while living with a rich girlfriend in New York City, Dubus worked--at being a better worker and a better human being. In Ghost Dogs, Dubus's nonfiction prowess is on full display in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2024
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Summary: From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.342 AGADomine, Andre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Konemann 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.22 DOMIguodala, Andre
Summary: "The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been stronger. Off the court, Iguodala has earned respect, too--for his successful tech investments, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B IGUODALA IGUTrudeau, Noah Andre
Summary: Presents an account of the July 1, 1863, Civil War battle, covering heightening campaign tensions, commander decisions, and the struggles faced by thousands of soldiers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7349 TRUPogozhev, Andre♯Ư.
Summary: This book is the remarkable memoir of a Red Army soldier who was imprisoned at Auschwitz, undergoing the daily brutality of the camp as it assumed its sinister shape in the countryside of Poland, yet who escaped the horrors to fully recount his experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Casemate 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 POGFrattino, Andre R.
Summary: "Tells the true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was visiting relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva was pressed to renounce her American citizenship, but refused. As war raged across the Pacific, she took a job with Radio Tokyo-where she was forced to host "Zero Hour," a propaganda show aimed at demoralizing American troops-in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOGURI, IVA FRATrudeau, Noah Andre
Summary: Award-winning Civil War historian Trudeau has written a fascinating new history of Sherman's legendary and devastating march through Georgia. Told through diaries and letters of Sherman's soldiers, this work paints a vivid picture of an event that changed the course of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.737 TRUSummary: In this extraordinary adventure comes a wonderful tale of friendship, courage, and wisdom as Pooh and his friends set off on a journey through the great unknown to rescue Christopher Robin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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Summary: Step-by-step instructions for drawing people from the Bible, from Adam to the Prodigal Son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 743.4 AMEKelly, Scott
Summary: This fascinating picture book memoir about NASA astronaut Scott Kelly takes readers on a journey through his childhood as an average student to his record-breaking year among the stars. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB KELLY KELSummary: Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDRE THE GIANT BROSummary: In the 70s, Randy Rhoads' guitar riffs reshaped rock'n'roll and raised the stakes for guitarists everywhere. As the lead guitarist for Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne, Randy made a name for himself at a very young age. You can still hear his hair-raising guitar solos on the albums Blizzard of Oz & Diary of a Madman. Tragically, Randy died at the young age of 25 in a plane crash. Known as the James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC RANMcBride, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenix Audio 2006