Gulman, Gary
Summary: "A tour-de-force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond from the beloved stand-up comic and creator of The Great Depresh"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ousmane Semb̀ne was a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout who became the self-taught father of African cinema who fought enormous odds to return African stories to Africa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEMSummary: ​​Larry's back -- and that's pritty, pritty, pritty good news! Six years after the award-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its last season, HBO brought back the hit series starring writer/producer/comedian Larry David as ... writer/producer/comedian Larry David. Each episode features verité-style footage of David (playing himself) as he gets into everyday predicaments with both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIG1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 BIG
Salzman, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.77 SALSuzman, James
Summary: An anthropological study of the role of work in human evolution challenges deeply held assumptions to explain the different ways our ancient ancestors conducted and regarded work prior to the eras of migration, food production, and city development.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.09 SUZSisman, Adam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOSWELL, JAMES SISUmar, Ousman
Summary: "The inspiring true story of one man's treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona--and the path that led him home. Ousman Umar is a shaman's son born in a small village in Ghana. Though his mother died giving birth, he spent a contented childhood working the fields, setting traps in the jungle, and living off the land. Still, as strange and wondrous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 UMAR, OUSMAN UMAGruman, Galen.
Summary: Get to know the incredible iPad in a uniquely different Dummies format! The iPad combines the best of your favorite gadgets into one amazing ultraportable touch device. And, thisone-of-a-kind For Dummies guide is your is your ticket for making the most out of your iPad or iPad 2. Thoroughly updated for the third-generation iPad, the new edition of this informative, full-color guide is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2012
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Gates, Galen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books/Knopf 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.977 GATKalyn, Wayne.
Contents: 1 Adding room 8 -- 2 Basement business 18 -- 3 Windows and doors 32 -- 4 Turn on the light 42 -- 5 Media rooms: get wired 60 -- 6 Laundry and family rooms 76 -- 7 Downstairs bedrooms 90 -- 8 Home office and workshop 102 -- 9 Home gyms and spas 114 -- 10 Kitchens and baths 126.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.5 KALGalen, Gillian
Summary: Keep calm, be skillful -- and take control! Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is one of the most popular and most effective treatments for mental health conditions that result from out-of-control emotions. Combining elements of Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Eastern mindfulness practice, DBT was initially used as a powerful treatment to address the suffering associated with borderline...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2021
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Summary: "In this definitive biography Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. In John le Carré, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight. Of course, the pseudonym John le Carré has helped to keep the public at a distance. Sisman probes Cornwell's unusual upbringing, abandoned by his mother at the age of only five and raised by his con man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LE CARRE, JOHN SISSisman, Adam
Summary: "One day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor-Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 SISSussman, Julie.
Summary: Provides step-by-step illustrated instructions for making basic household repairs and includes home safety tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperResource 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.7 SUSSussman, Max
Summary: This is a Cookbook for Real Life features more than 60 killer recipes that demystify the cooking process for at-home chefs, especially young people just starting out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 SUSSussman, Fern
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanen Centre 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 SUSShipton, Alyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 SHIHockfield, Susan
Summary: A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear power, computers, the Internet, and a host of still-evolving digital tools. These technologies so radically reshaped our world that we can no longer conceive of life without them. Today, the world's population is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 660.6 HOCSisman, Adam
Summary: Secrecy came naturally to John le Carre, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LE CARRE, JOHN SISSisman, Adam.
Summary: Traces the friendship and collaborations of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from their initial encounter as young men in 1795, to their creation of "Lyrical Ballads," to their role in initiating England's Romantic Movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.709 SISMacey, Glyn.
Summary: A complete guide to using acrylic paints creatively, this book showcases talented acrylics artist Glyn Macey's irrepressible energy and the imagination that infuses every part of his work. He shares his painting techniques and methods that transform everyday views into gorgeous and unique acrylic artworks. Readers will learn to use acrylic paints in unusual, creative, and surprising ways to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.426 MACBeale, Galen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Countryman Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 BEABeckett, Galen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spectra 2009