Gulley, Philip.
Contents: Porch talk -- A curious obsession -- Charley -- The jig's up -- Call me coach -- Pond life -- The slow life -- You get what you pay for -- The compact -- The tornado -- The state of housing -- Better late than never! -- Exercise and other dirty words -- My conflicted life -- Too many friends -- Professional thinkers -- Zipper -- The writing life -- My wife, the scofflaw -- The death of freedom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 242 GULGulley, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GULLEY, PHILIP GULSchott, Philipp
Summary: "From Dr. Schott's 30 years in veterinary practice come over 60 heartwarming, funny, and adorable stories about angry pelicans, bug-eyed goldfish, and plenty of cats and dogs In the third book in this bestselling series, we meet the oddest creatures, from an escaped newt to a baby snow leopard, but the focus is on the dogs and cats that make up most of a pet vet's day, and on the wacky and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 SCHKelley, Brent P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.108 KELBass, Rick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.752 BASRosenthal, Phil
Summary: The ultimate collection of must-have recipes, stories, and behind-the-scenes photos from the beloved Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil. Phil Rosenthal, host of the beloved Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil, really loves food and learning about global cultures, and he makes sure to bring that passion to every episode of the show. Whether he's traveling stateside to foodie-favorite cities such as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 ROSVon Kreisler, Kristin.
Summary: Recounts the life of Bea, a beagle rescued from an animal research laboratory by the author, offering a look at the enormous obstacles she overcame to become a much-adored family pet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7537 VONHoare, Philip.
Summary: Navigating between human and natural history and between science and myth, chronicles the author's journey through the oceans to rediscover the sea and its islands, birds, and beasts, and to seek encounters with animals and people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4092 HOAAlexander, William
Contents: Gentleman farmer -- Whore in the bedroom, horticulturist in the garden -- We know where you live -- One man's weed is Jean-Georges's salad -- No such thing as organic apples -- You may be smarter, but he's got more time -- Nature abhors a meadow (but loves a good fire) -- Shell-shocked: a return to the front (burner) -- Christopher Walken, gardener -- Cereal killer -- Statuary rape -- Harvest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 ALEDattilo, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordfarer Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 DATWestover, Tara
Summary: Cómo una educación puede salvar una vida. "Podéis llamarlo transformación. Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traición. Yo lo llamo una educación." Nacida en las montañas de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armonía con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un mormón fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 WESHellmuth, Phil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperResource 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.412 HELZimmerman, Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 ZIMLoMenzo, Angela
Summary: "Writer, makeup artist, and creative director Angela LoMenzo combines stunning photography and powerful real stories to shine a light on the wild and wondrous journeys of twenty-five extraordinary and deeply creative women." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.0925 LOMFuller, Alexandra
Summary: Looking to rebuild after a painful divorce, Alexandra Fuller turns to her African past for clues to living a life fully and without fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FULLER, ALEXANDRA FULLabash, Matt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 LABSummary: Laura Huxley married Aldous Huxley in 1956. Their home was the center of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde of Los Angeles. Huxley on Huxley offers a compelling glimpse of Laura's life with Aldous and the revolutionary and provocative work that had a major influence on American and contemporary cultural history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUXWalker, John
Summary: Many color illustrations with explanations from the collection of the National Gallery of Art, highlighting art from the thirteenth through the twentieth centuries, from Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French, British, and American schools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1984
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 WALWilliams, Marjorie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 WILHarrison, Kathryn.
Summary: From the bestselling author of The Kiss comes a riveting account of true crime-- the murder of a family in a small Midwestern town-- and the gripping exploration of its haunting aftermath. The Gilley family murders ended a lifetime of physical and mental abuse suffered by Billy and Jody at the hands of their parents. And it required each of the two survivors-- one a convicted murderer, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 HARGregson, Susan R.
Summary: Examines the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American woman to publish a book, discussing her early life as a slave in Boston in the 1700s, the education and kind treatment she received from her owners, her experiences after being granted her freedom, and her later years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WHEATLEY GRESummary: Here is a sparkling collection of Crown jewels--from amusing tales that humanize their subjects to dramatic stories of martyrdoms, palace intrigues, and bloody battles. Elizabeth Longford, intimate of the royal family and biographer of Victoria and Elizabeth II, has assembled the best anecdotes ever written and reported about the kings and queens of England, across the full range of Britain's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.009 OXFZickefoose, Julie.
Summary: A wild bird rehabilitator and nature artist describes her painstaking efforts to rescue injured birds and her experiences when those birds come back to visit, looking at the personality and quirks of individual birds of different species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. 2012