Norman, Jessye.
Summary: Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved opera stars--she is an American icon whose life story is as inspiring as the fictional plot triumphs she sang onstage. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of many generations of hardworking slave and free ancestors, she grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism, with the civil rights movement just beginning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NORMAN, JESSYE NORCrispin, Jessa
Summary: "Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism... and a bracing manifesto for revolution"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 CRIJessel, Camilla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5946 JESCrispin, Jessa
Summary: At thirty, Crispin burned her settled Chicago life to the ground and took off for Berlin with a pair of suitcases and no plan beyond leaving. Half a decade later, still on the road, she's in search not so much of a home as of understanding. Fascinated by exile, Crispin traveled an itinerary of key locations that have drawn writers who needed to break free and start fresh. She explores why the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRISPIN, JESSA CRIPeete, Holly Robinson
Summary: Teenagers Ryan Elizabeth Peete and RJ Peete discuss what it is like for RJ as a teenager with autism and Ryan as a teenager with an autistic sibling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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Summary: Presents advice for keeping chickens in the garden, discussing such topics as housing, garden design, landscaping, fencing, plant choices, and predator control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Animal BloomKlein, Jessi
Summary: "YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsider than a participant in the rites of modern femininity. In YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT, Klein offers-through an incisive collection of real-life stories-a relentlessly funny yet poignant take on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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Summary: "Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind meets Christopher McDougall's Born to Run in this immersive, investigative look at the hidden culture of cannabis use among elite athletes (as well as weekend warriors)--and the surprising emerging science behind the elusive, exhilarating "runner's high" they all seek"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 HESKneeland, Jessi
Summary: "Longtime body image coach Jessi Kneeland has worked with hundreds of clients struggling with body obsession, anxiety, and hatred. Determined to ease their pain, Kneeland created a revolutionary method to neutralize body image distress by illuminating and addressing the underlying, hidden causes of suffering. Now, in their groundbreaking Body Neutral, Kneeland shares this radical system,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 KNEZabarsky, Jessi
Summary: "Sanja gets taken by Lelek, a witch, and they find themselves on an adventure to discover the truth about Lelek's powers and each other"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2020
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Summary: Award-winning artist Rafi Perez brings his unique and silly experience and insight of marketing yourself as an artist using your own special brand of creativity. In this marketing guide, he discusses the mindsets and techniques he used to put himself out there and make money as an artist without typical marketing. This unique book helps artists navigate the marketing world without all the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rafi and Klee Studios 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700.23 PERBloom, Jessi
Summary: In this uplifting guide, bestselling author Jessi Bloom inspires you to turn any outdoor space, from a small balcony to a large garden, into a personal sanctuary for health and wellness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2018
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Summary: In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Instead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, Nesse asks why natural selection has left us all with fragile minds. Drawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, Nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become overwhelming. Anxiety protects us from harm in the face of danger, but false...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 NESBering, Jesse.
Summary: "A groundbreaking argument that perversions are more common than we think, from everyone's favorite provocateur In his eye-opening new book, Perv, the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering argues that we are all sexual deviants on one level or another. As Bering takes us into the lives of a woman who falls madly in love with the Eiffel Tower, a young man addicted to seductive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 BERKrieger, Jesse
Summary: Lifestyle Entrepreneur provides the reader with a step-by-step framework to turn their interests and passions into products and services that add value to others while supporting a lifestyle of novelty and adventure. Interwoven with stories and strategies for success, Lifestyle Entrepreneur inspires and instructs aspiring entrepreneurs on how to gain clarity on their identity and a vision for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ingram Pub Services 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.6 KRILeon, Jesse
Summary: "In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesus Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesus Leon's childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEON LEOLevison, Jesse
Summary: Hasn’t every parent looked at their adorable, chubby baby and thought: I Could Eat You Up? This delightful, silly, and heartfelt board book is stocked with food puns that tell a baby just how much they are treasured. Artist and stationery designer (Gold Teeth Brooklyn) Jesse Levison’s stylish and impactful handmade silkscreen illustrations teach young children the names of different foods,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: pow! 2021
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Summary: "Part Kitchen Confidential part Breaking Bad, a culinary memoir exploring the highs and lows of addiction, anxiety, and ambition in the world of haute cuisine"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHENKER, JESSE SCHSzewczyk, Jesse
Summary: "100 modern, exciting, and easy to make recipes that promise to redefine your favorite cookie classics. Move beyond the same-old chocolate chip, peanut butter, and oatmeal cookies with Jesse Szewczyk's collection of 100 brand-new, boldly flavored, and intriguing-yet-familiar recipes. Divided into chapters by flavor profile-Chocolatey (Salted Bittersweet Brownie Cookies), Boozy (Brown Butter and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8654 SZEVentura, Jesse.
Summary: In this explosive account of wrongful acts and ensuing cover-ups, Jess Ventura offers a different side to the stories we've all heard and read about in the history books. He takes a look at the wide gap between what the government knows and what is revealed to the American people. He will look closely at the theories that have been presented over the years and examine the truth as well as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 VENWatters, Jesse
Summary: "The host of the Fox News shows Watters World and The Five lays out the only path forward for our nation--listening to him--in this funny, offbeat book which echoes his irreverent voice"-- At one of the most chaotic periods in American history, in a time of national distrust and despair, one tanned TV host holds the key to the future. In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATTERS, JESSE WATCole, Jesse
Summary: "Whether in school, factories, or corporate offices, people are in a mad rush to the middle, going about their business and fitting in. The problem is, while you may feel as if you're doing your own thing, you're not--you're doing what's expected of you. To stand out, take whatever you think is normal, and do the exact opposite. In Find Your Yellow Tux, Jesse Cole, in-demand speaker and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lioncrest Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 COLFink, Jesse
Summary: "Pure Narco tells the tale of arguably America's biggest cocaine trafficker and his capture in Venezuela during one of the biggest anti-narcotics takedowns of all time. But it is more than that; Pure Narco is unique in that it is a story of a family caught up in a life on the run and Luis Navia's adjustment to civilian life after prison"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021