Wilson, Brian
Summary: The memoirs of the legendary co-founder of the Beach Boys offer insights into his difficult relationship with his father, the women in his life, his parenting experiences, and the events that inspired his music.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 WILSON, BRIAN WILWilson, Brian.
Summary: "Brian Wilson, a co-founding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILSON, BRIAN WILBejan, Adrian
Summary: Reveals how recurring patterns in nature are accounted for by a single governing principle of physics, explaining how all designs in the world from biological life to inanimate systems evolve in a sequence of ever-improving designs that facilitate flow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 BEJArrian.
Summary: During twelve years of continuous campaigns, Alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the edge of modern India. Arrian's history of those conquests is the most reliable and detailed account to emerge from the ancient world. --from publisher description
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.07 ARRAlderson, Brian.
Summary: An illustrated collection of stories from the "Arabian Nights," including those of Sinbad, Ali Baba, and Aladdin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 ALDToss, Brion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8882 TOSLoewinsohn, Briana
Summary: "Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOEWINSOHN, BRIA LOESummary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: Explore the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design, and architecture. Making a reputation with her traditional lacquer work in the first decade of the twentieth century, she became a critically acclaimed and sought-after designer and decorator before...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRAToss, Brion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8 TosCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Water TossSummary: An extraordinary video diary of living with AIDS. Told with guts and humor by longtime companions Tom Joslin and Mark Massi, this powerful documentary celebrates the human spirit while capturing the emotional challenges of living with a fatal illness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SILRock, Bretman
Summary: Celebrating self, identity, queerness, and his Filipino heritage, the original superstar influencer and Internet darling presents a funny and fabulous collection of essays, drawings, recipes, how-tos, and never-before-seen photos that go beyond what is known of him from social media.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROCK, BRETMAN ROCBrin, Geri
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sixth&Spring Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.34 BRISummary: In this documentary, Che Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest, the Grammy-winning rapper) reunites with his father, an alcoholic living on the streets of Chicago, and struggles to deliver him to safety and an existence that is productive and meaningful, in essence, taking responsibility for the man who had abandoned him as a young child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INFreymann, Saxton.
Summary: Brief text and photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions by presenting leading questions such as "Are you feeling angry?"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 152.4 FRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social Emo Freymann 1999Greenman, Ben.
Summary: An exploration of the life and legacy of Prince discusses his vibrant and prolific output, the paradigm-shifting ideas in his music, and his wide-ranging impact on modern culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PRINCE GREFrohman, Jesse.
Summary: In August 1993, when Nirvana was in New York to perform at the legendary Roseland Ballroom, Jesse Frohman photographed them for the London Observer s Sunday magazine the last formal photo shoot in which Cobain participated before he committed suicide on April 5th, 1994. Over the course of ninety photographs, Cobain seems an almost feral creature, by turns gentle, playful, defiant, suffering, or...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 COBAIN, KURT FROFyleman, Rose
Summary: A kindly fairy uses her purchases only for a short time, then releases them for their own good or the good of others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FYLKleeman, Jenny.
Summary: What if we could have babies without having to bear children, eat meat without killing animals, have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise or choose the time of our painless death? To find out, Jenny Kleeman has interviewed a sex robot, eaten a priceless lab-grown chicken nugget, watched foetuses growing in plastic bags and attended members-only meetings where people learn how to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult KleemanBregman, Rutger
Summary: It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. Humankind makes a new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 128 BRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 BRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 BREFriedan, Betty.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Books 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 FRIForeman, Grant
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1936
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976 FORFyleman, Rose
Summary: A kindly fairy uses her purchases only for a short time, then releases them for their own good or the good of others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Unicorn 1990