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Sinise, Gary

Summary: As a kid in suburban Chicago, Gary Sinise was more interested in sports and rock 'n' roll than reading or schoolwork. But when he impulsively auditioned for a school production of West Side Story, he found his purpose -- or so it seemed. Within a few years, Gary and a handful of friends created what became one of the most exciting and important new theater companies in America. From its humble...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SINISE, GARY SIN

Rowbottom, Allie

Summary: "A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its facade--told by the inheritor of their stories. In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROWBOTTOM, ALLIE ROW

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROWBOTTOM ROB

Eilish, Billie

Summary: The legendary recording artist shares an inside look at her life--both on and off the stage--through hundreds of never-before-seen photos.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EILISH, BILLIE EIL

Jolie, Raechel Anne

Summary: "Raechel Anne Jolie's early life in a working-class Cleveland exurb was full of race cars, Budweiser-drinking men covered in car grease, and the women who loved them. After her father came home from his third-shift job, took the garbage out to the curb and was hit by a drunk driver, her life changed. Raechel and her mother struggled for money: they were evicted, went days without utilities, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOLIE, RAECHEL ANNE JOL

Petruccelli, Susie

Summary: "A star athlete shares her account of triumph in the face of sexism, self-doubt, and injury, gives a global tour of the women's soccer world, and presents a call-to-action to secure equal pay and conditions"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Apollo Publishers 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PETRUCCELLI, SUSIE PET

Nelson, Willie

Summary: "A series of heartfelt letters, along with song lyrics to some of his biggest hits, draws upon his incredible seventy-year music career, his love-filled family life, and his role as an American icon and font of wit and wisdom"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NELSON, WILLIE NEL

Nelson, Willie

Summary: "Music legend Willie Nelson and his sister and longtime bandmate Bobbie Nelson tell the story of their Texas childhood, and how music kept their family strong in good times and bad"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Brown, Willie Mae

Summary: "As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family's home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yet the famous outrages which unfold on that span form an inescapable backdrop in this collection of stories. In one, Willie Mae takes it upon herself to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Rubin, Kathy Kleiner

Summary: "In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as Ted Bundy stalked nearby. He grabbed an oak log from a stack of firewood, slipped through a back door with a broken padlock, and headed upstairs.He began twisting doorknobs. Room 9 was open, and he quietly and quickly killed one of my sleeping sorority sisters. Across the hall, he found another...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUBIN, KATHY KLEINER RUB

Andrews, Julie

Summary: "With this second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, Andrews picks up the story with her arrival in Hollywood and her phenomenal rise to fame in her earliest films--Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Andrews describes her years in the film industry -- from the incredible highs to the challenging lows. Not only does she discuss her work in now-classic films and her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDREWS, JULIE AND

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B ANDREWS HAM

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Andrews

Chavez, Julie

Summary: "For Julie, an elementary school librarian and mother of two boys, there was no time for debilitating anxiety. Yet, the aftershocks of her first panic attack left her grappling with questions about the causes of her mental health crisis and where it would lead next. What follows is a hopeful, honest account of love, loss, a husband who isn't a mindreader, disastrous family outings, and finding...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Zibby Books 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAVEZ, JULIE CHA

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