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Burnell, Cerrie

Summary: This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present. In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, meet 30 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with disabilities, from past and present. From Frida Kahlo to Stephen Hawking, find out how these iconic figures have overcome obstacles, owned their differences and paved the way for others by...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Currie, Stephen

Summary: "Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. His supporters saw their candidate's ultimate victory as a triumph for their vision of America. Few political leaders in American history have had as long a career in politics and government as Biden"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Bono

Summary: "Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. 'When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BONO BON

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B BONO BON

Copies Available at Interlochen

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

Solomon, Carrie

Summary: Find out what's in some of the world's most esteemed chef's kitchens with this fascinating compendium that showcases more than thirty-five of today's masters, including José Andrés, Christine Tosi, Alice Waters, Daniel Boulud, Nancy Silverton, Wylie Dufresne, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Ludo Lefebvre, and Carla Hall--in up-close profiles and gorgeous color photos, plus two recipes for the dishes...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.50922 SOL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.50922 SOL

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Solomon

Brownstein, Carrie

Summary: A "narrative of [rock guitarist and actor Brownstein's] escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement and contradictions within the era's flourishing and fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWNSTEIN, CARRIE BRO

Bloom, Amy

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: "Amy and Brian's world was changed forever with his diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's. Forced to confront the daily frustrations and realities of the disease and its impact on their lives and marriage, Brian resolved not to let it dictate his life and instead asked himself: What makes life meaningful, and how do I want to live the rest of mine? His decision led them to learn about Dignitas...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B BLOOM BLO

Bosh, Chris

Summary: Bosh had his playing days cut short at their prime by a freak medical condition. Forced to reckon with how to find meaning to carry forward, he found himself looking back over his path, from a teenager in Dallas who balanced basketball with the high school robotics club to the pinnacle of the NBA and beyond. He saw that his important lessons weren't about basketball so much as the inner game of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B BOSH RIL

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