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Admony, Einat Kortemeier, Todd Laloy, Jean. Lamott, Anne Lamott, Anne. Larson, Jayne A. Lawson, JennyLaloy, Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5314 LALLawson, Jenny
Summary: "In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.As Jenny says: "Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAWSON LAWLamott, Anne
Summary: "I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen," Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest--when we are, as she puts it, "doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated"--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 170 LAMLamott, Anne
Summary: ""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2024
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Summary: As much a guide to writing as an exploration of the emotional challenges of being a writer, Lamott's book offers a candid and often humorous look at how to tackle these varied obstacles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 808.02 LAMLamott, Anne.
Summary: "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007
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Summary: Wherever you look, there's trouble and wonder, pain and beauty, restoration and darkness--sometimes all at once. Yet amid the confusion, if you look carefully, in nature or in the kitchen, in ordinariness or in mystery, beyond the emotion muck we all slog through, you'll find it eventually: a path, some light to see by, moments of insight, courage, or buoyancy. In other words, grace. Lamott...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813 LamLamott, Anne
Summary: "In Anne Lamott's new book, she confronts the harsh truth that many of us grapple with every day: How can we recapture the confidence we once had in the world and in the future as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad newspiles up every day -- from climate crises to threats to democracy to daily assaults on civility -- how can we mere mortals cope? Where, Lamott...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAMOTT LAMLamott, Anne
Summary: Shares advice about how to make sense of chaotic experiences, providing recommendations for restoring peace while balancing emotional, spiritual, and interpersonal aspects of everyday life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.4 LAMLamott, Anne.
Summary: Wherever you look, there's trouble and wonder, pain and beauty, restoration and darkness--sometimes all at once. Yet amid the confusion, if you look carefully, in nature or in the kitchen, in ordinariness or in mystery, beyond the emotion muck we all slog through, you'll find it eventually: a path, some light to see by, moments of insight, courage, or buoyancy. In other words, grace. Lamott...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2005
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Summary: "The world is a more difficult place to live in than it was when Anne Lamott's runaway bestseller "Traveling mercies" was published six years ago. There's the big picture, in which terrorism and war have become the new normal, George W. Bush is president, and environmental devastation looms ever closer. And there are greater personal demands on Lamott's faith as well: turning fifty, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 LAMLamott, Anne.
Summary: "I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe, over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple" -- back of jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 242.4 LAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 242.4 LAMLamott, Anne.
Summary: The author and her son chronicle his first year as a teenage father and her journey as a mother and new grandmother, describing their respective experiences with changing roles, the baby's mother, and poignant family losses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem LamottLamott, Anne.
Summary: The author describes the lifelong process through which she came to believe in God, discussing the battles she fought with alcohol, food disorders, and the loss of loved ones, and following her search for the spiritual path.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1999
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Summary: For some sports fans, there is no better way to experience a sport than to cheer in person or even try it themselves. There are many incredible sports venues to visit, from college stadiums to Olympic parks. Sports Venue Bucket List examines some amazing stadiums and the fan experience at each one. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.2 KORLamott, Anne
Summary: "I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen," Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest--when we are, as she puts it, "doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated"--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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Summary: An exploration of mercy, its limitless, if sometimes hidden, presence, why people ignore it, and how people can embrace it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: An exploration of mercy, its elusive presence, and why people ignore or embrace it shares advice for forging deeper self-understanding and how to pursue an honest, meaningful life that involves kindness to others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Spirit LamottLamott, Anne.
Summary: "From the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow comes her long-awaited collection of new and selected essays on hope, joy, and grace. Anne Lamott writes about faith, family, and community in essays that are both wise and irreverent. It's an approach that has become her trademark. Now in Small Victories, Lamott offers a new message of hope that celebrates the triumph of light over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help LamottSummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMLarson, Jayne A.
Summary: An Ivy League-educated actress and film producer who worked as a chauffeur for members of the Saudi royal family during their visit to Beverly Hills describes her witness to their opulent lifestyle and the complications, contradictions, and corruptions that result from their wealth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 953.8054 LARSummary: This documentary explores the powerful struggle of conscience experienced by several people from traditional farming backgrounds who come to question the basic assumptions of their way of life. A riveting story of transformation and healing, the documentary portrays the farmers' sometimes amazing connections with the animals under their care, while also providing insight into the complex web of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tribe of Heart 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEASummary: The all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Discover little-known facts about these visionary brothers and their flying machines that changed the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2003