Geist, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.9240 GEIAllen, Woody.
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.5407 ALLMcManus, Patrick F.
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.5402 MCMRooney, Andrew A.
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 817.54 ROOEdge, John T.
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 641.8653 EDGLindhout, Amanda.
Summary: Amanda Lindhout's intimate account illuminates the psychology, motivations, and desperate extremism of her abductors. Kept in chains, starved and abused, she survives by imagining herself in a "house in the sky," finding strength and hope in the power of her own mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Pr 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 070.92 LINScottoline, Lisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 814.54 SCOSmith, Zadie.
Summary: A volume of essays is comprised of top-selected pieces from the past decade and considers a broad range of topics organized under such main categories as "Reading," "Being," "Seeing," and "Feeling."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 824.914 SMIMartin, Steve
Summary: The author shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his years of honing his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and originality ittook to take him to the top.
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 792.7 MARRooney, Andrew A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 814.54 ROOScottoline, Lisa.
Summary: A mother and daughter present personal essays that explore life through their close bond, in a volume inspired by their weekly column, "Chick Wit," that discusses such topics as their relationship, their carb counts, and the green jacket that almost caused a catfight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.54 SCOWalsh, Marcie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M WALBernstein, Carl
Summary: "Carl Bernstein's stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows us, as nothing else has, the true trajectory of her life and career with its zigzag bursts of risks taken and safety sought. Marshaling all the skills and energy that propelled his history-making Pulitzer Prize reporting on Watergate, Bernstein gives us the most detailed, sophisticated, comprehensive, and revealing account we...
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 CLINTON, HILLARY BERCarter, Jimmy
Summary: "This is the story of President Jimmy Carter's post-presidency, the most admired and productive in the nation's history. through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, he and his dedicated colleagues have fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, monitored elections in troubled nations, and built hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the...
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.9260 CARDrury, Bob.
Summary: November, 1950. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is through the Toktong Pass, which will need to be held open at all costs. The mission fell to Captain William...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 951.904 DRUGraham, Heather.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRAQuindlen, Anna.
Summary: Author Anna Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with her dog's life and on the lessons she's learned by watching him: to roll with the punches, to take things as they come, to measure herself not in terms of the past or the future but of the present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.5403 QUIStrayed, Cheryl
Summary: Traces the personal crisis the author endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous thousand-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 STRAYED, CHERL STRSummary: A revealing and intimate biography of Ted Kennedy. "No figure in American public life has had such great expectations thrust upon him, or has responded so poorly. But Ted Kennedy -- the youngest of the Kennedy children and the son who felt the least pressure to satisfy his father's enormous ambitions -- would go on to live a life that no one could have predicted: dismissed as a spent force in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.92092 LASBrandt, Beverly
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BRABurrough, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bryan Burrough 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 338.2 BURHollander, Nicole.
Summary: A guide to some of the most important decisions that come in one's mature years, for example: Accept the senior citizen discount or feign indignation?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.5402 HOLLangewiesche, William.
Summary: In this book journalist William Langewiesche takes us on a strange and unexpected journey into the fascinating world of advanced aviation. From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can systematically resist bird attacks through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces seeking to minimize the impact of fly-by-wire technology...
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 363.12 LANParravani, Christa.
Summary: Identical twins Christa and Cara Parravani were raised up from poverty by a determined single mother. Gifted and beautiful, the girls sheltered each other from family violence and loss by inventing their own haven of creativity. They earned scholarships to a prestigious college, pursued careers in the arts, and paired off in early marriages. Then an act of brutality sent Cara into a downward...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2013