Summary: Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote's greatest masterpiece, an epic novel of New York City's glittering jet-set society, following his smashing success with Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood. Instead, it sparked his downfall. Through access to never-before-heard audio archives and interviews with Capote's friends and enemies, including Dick Cavett, Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CAPPBS.
Summary: A documentary of the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nonfic LBurrough, Bryan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.836 BURBurrough, Bryan
Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century--Texas oil--by weaving together the epic sagas of the industry's Big Four (Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson) in a story of wealth, power, family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bryan Burrough 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 338.2 BURBurrough, Bryan
Summary: "Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creationmyth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURBullough, Oliver
Summary: Explores the history and people of the Caucasus, recounting the resilience of the native peoples of the area despite historical invasions, persecutions, and warfare.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.5086 BULBurrough, Bryan
Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century--Texas oil--by weaving together the epic sagas of the industry's Big Four (Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson) in a story of wealth, power, family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 920 BurBurrough, Bryan
Summary: An account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and America's revolutionary counterculture documents terrorist activities stemming from radical beliefs, tracing the stories of such groups as the Weathermen and the Black Liberation Army.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BURBurrough, Bryan
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364 BurroBullough, Oliver
Summary: From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in London and Manhattan, something has gone wrong. Kleptocracies, governments run by corrupt leaders that prosper at the expense of their people, are on the rise. Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland--the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich. Learn how the institutions of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 BULEis, Jennifer
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ward & Eis Gallery 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.97 EISEby, Margaret
Summary: "A literary travelogue that ventures deep into the heart of classic Southern literature. As the writer Elif Batuman did for Russian literature in The Possessed, Margaret Eby does for Southern literature in this charming book of literary exploration. From Mississippi (William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Barry Hannah) to Alabama (Harper Lee, Truman Capote) to Georgia (Flannery...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810 EBYBrough, James
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 920 BROBrough, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BROEss, Charlie
Summary: "A camping handbook for families featuring food and drink recipes, family activities, nature hacks, expert know-how, and more for the outdoor lover looking for a memorable weekend with the family"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Falcon 2020
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Summary: A collection of personal tales features the author's wry observations about such topics as eBay addiction, gay personal ads, and Santa Claus.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813.6 BURBurroughs, Augusten.
Summary: Draws on the author's roller-coaster experiences with limited opportunities, successes, and failures, to offer darkly humorous advice on surviving everything from riding elevators and gaining weight to finishing drinks and finding love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs-Smith Publisher 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.4 BURBurroughs, Augusten.
Summary: Presents a humorous account of the author's deranged adolescence that explores the concept of cause and effect. It is a cautionary tale in essay form.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance 2006
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 813.6 BURBurroughs, Augusten.
Summary: A true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist. At the age of twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. Co-inhabitants of the doctor's bizarre family included some patients and a pedophile. There were no house rules and no schooling. And the Christmas tree stayed up...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 813.6 BUREby, Cecil D.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.56 EBYHeinl, Robert Debs
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.9 HEIBurroughs, Augusten
Summary: "For as long as Augusten Burroughs could remember, he knew things he shouldn't have known. He manifested things that shouldn't have come to pass. And he told exactly no one about this, save one person: his mother. His mother reassured him that it was all perfectly normal, that he was descended from a long line of witches, going back to the days of the early American colonies. And that this...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 BURROUGHS, AUGUSTEN BURBurroughs, Augusten.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006