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Ryan, Jack.

Summary: Includes updates on many of the performers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Glendower Media LLC 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 RYA

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Church? 1981

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377428 Saint

Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WOR
Call number: DVD 709 WOR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Summary: Rabble rouser or activist? Opportunist or trailblazer? During his six-decade journey from pastoral prodigy to racial justice firebrand to elder media statesman, the Reverend Al Sharpton has been a polarizing figure on the national stage. It is the definitive look at his life and legacy, featuring President Barack Obama, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Senator Chuck Schumer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOU

Terry, Jim

Summary: "A brutally honest but charming look at the pain of childhood and the alienation and anxiety of early adulthood. In his memoir, we are invited to walk through the life of the author, Jim Terry, as he struggles to find security and comfort in an often hostile environment. Between the Ho-Chunk community of his Native American family in Wisconsin and his schoolmates in the Chicago suburbs, he...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 TER

Summary: A visual history of the Jacksons combines exclusive interviews, anecdotes, quotes, and previously unseen family archive photographs to trace their meteoric rise and history-making tours.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 JAC

Reid, Joy-Ann Lomena

Summary: Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 REI

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 REI

Thundercloud, Ria

Summary: "In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in her Native American heritage"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THU

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB THUNDERCLOUD THU

Chack, Erin

Summary: The Buzzfeed senior editor reflects on the highs and lows of the millennial experience, sharing such stories as escaping a bear attack and her battle with cancer at nineteen.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CHA

Summary: With editing completed by filmmaker Ken Kobland after the death of director/producer Marion Cajori, this movie describes the life and work of an artist who has reinvented portraiture. Close photographs his subjects, blows up the image to gigantic proportions, divides it into a detailed grid and then uses a complex set of colors and patterning to reconstruct each face. The artist describes his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Arthouse Films 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHU

Palahniuk, Chuck

Summary: "In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PALAHNIUK, CHUCK PAL

Yeager, Chuck

Summary: Wit wisdom from New York Times #1 best-selling author (sold over 1.2 million books), the original badass Right Stuff, fighter ace, test pilot, greatest pilot, a pilot's pilot, a man's man, a woman's man: Chuck Yeager, his favorite wingman, Victoria. Find out why Maverick, the new Top Gun movie, pays homage to Chuck Yeager! Chuck Yeager risked his life to break the sound barrier opening up...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit Yeager

Henry, Marian S.

Summary: "This book paints a picture of the early settlers of the Genesee Country who were among the first wave of migrants moving westward after the Revolutionary War. Author Marian Henry begins with families enumerated in the 1790 Federal Census and links these first settlers of present-day Steuben County to their eastern origins -- usually New England, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey. The sketches cover...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 Henry

Jamison, Kay R.

Summary: "The acclaimed author of The Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychic pain and the role of the gifted healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 JAM

Jacobson, Abbi

Summary: When Broad City star Abbi Jacobson announced that she planned to drive across the country alone, she was met with lots of questions and opinions. Why wasn't she going with friends? Wouldn't it be incredibly lonely? The North route is better! Was it safe for a woman? The Southern route is the way to go! You should bring mace! And a common one: Why? But Abbi had always found comfort in solitude...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 JAC

Meacham, Jon.

Summary: A thought-provoking study of Andrew Jackson chronicles the life and career of a self-made man who went on to become a military hero and seventh president of the United States, critically analyzing Jackson's seminal role during a turbulent era in history, the political crises and personal upheaval that surrounded him, and his legacy for the modern presidency.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAC

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, ANDREW MEA

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Pres Meacham

Stine, Megan.

Summary: "Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist. Michael was a creative--yet deeply troubled--genius who always remained devoted to his art right up until his death is 2009 before a much anticipated tour. He had a pitch-perfect voice and footwork...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2015

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Williams, Michael Vinson

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arkansas Press 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EVERS. MEDGAR WIL

Halperin, Ian.

Summary: Delivers new revelations about Michael Jackson's controversial life and legacy: his multiple plastic surgeries, his skin bleaching, his sexual identity, and his potentially fatal genetic condition ... and dispels the popular myths" about the King of Pop. The conclusion was written after "Michael Jackson's died just as this book was going to press."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, MICHAEL HAL

Bogle, Donald

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "An eye-opening and unique biography of two larger-than-life legends--Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson--and their unlikely yet enduring friendship"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 BOG

Martina, Guido

Summary: Celebrates the spirit of the holidays with this heart-warming adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic ghost story, starring Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DIS

Ehrman, Bart D.

Summary: Presents a history of Christianity from the time of Jesus to the end of the fourth century. Includes examination of Jewish-Christian relationships, Christian relationships with the Roman Empire, persecution of Christians, and the development of church offices and theology.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 230 EHR Part 1
Call number: CD 230 EHR Part 2

Haidle, Elizabeth

Summary: Brings to life the childhood experiences of beloved artists and illustrators such as Wanda Gág, Maurice Sendak, and Jerry Pinkney. Stylish illustrations paired with small vignettes and anecdotes from the artists' early lives helps illuminate the hard work, triumphs, failures, and inspiration that helped forge their successful careers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Etch, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HAI

Ramsey, Donovan X.

Summary: "The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan's war on drugs, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey's exacting work exposes the undeniable links between the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement and the consequences we live with today--a racist criminal justice system, continued mass incarceration...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 RAM

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