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Audiobooks. biography Biography. Compact discs. history memoir MP3 (Audio coding standard)Adams, James
Summary: Laid off from the front lines of a hedge fund in the midst of the financial crisis, Jimmy Adams decides to get an "honest job" for a change. Before he knows what hit him, he finds himself waiting on tables of barflies at a 24-hour diner. Staffed by a motley crew of cooks and servers, the restaurant provides a slew of comedic experiences as the author waits on man-hungry female patrons, a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 ADAMS, JAMES ADAMeyer, Elizabeth
Summary: A humorous memoir follows a young socialite as she risks social suicide to work for a legendary funeral chapel on New York City's Upper East Side after she discovered a knack for helping people cope with their grief.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media Inc 2015
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 MEYER, ELIZABETH MeyMurray, Liz.
Summary: In the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who, despite living on the streets at age fifteen, made it into Harvard.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 362.74 MURRAY, LIZ MurNotaro, Laurie.
Summary: The New York Times bestseller from author Laurie Notaro sheds hilarious light on everyday life, from hourly-wage jobs that require zero skill to horrific high school reunions.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 814.6 NOTNotaro, Laurie.
Summary: Bestselling author Laurie Notaro unleashes her wrath on everything from e-mail spam to eBay to the perils of St. Patrick's Day, with hilarious results.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 814.6 NOTGreene, Melissa Fay.
Summary: Dispatches from the new front lines of parenthood from two-time National Book Award finalist Melissa Fay Greene.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 362.734 GREMaas, Jane.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 659.1092 MAAS, JANE MAACarroll, Leslie
Summary: Leslie Carroll provides context to Harry and Meghan's romance by leading listeners through centuries of Britain's rule-breaking royal marriages, as well as the love matches that were never permitted to make it to the altar, followed by a never-before-seen glimpse into the little-known life of the woman bringing the royal family into the 21st century and her dazzling, thoroughly modern romance...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3 920 CARTammet, Daniel
Summary: An autistic savant with genius-level mathematical talents describes how he was shunned by his classmates in spite of his super-human capacity for math and language and offers insight into how he experiences the world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2007
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 616.85882 TAMWall, Elissa.
Summary: Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect; forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2008
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 289.3092 WALL, ELISSA WalKimball, Kristin.
Summary: From author Kristin Kimball, "the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one with farming--that dirty, concupiscent art--and the other with a complicated and exasperating farmer.".
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 631.584 KIMBALL, KRISTIN KimSilko, Leslie Marmon
Summary: Of mixed Laguna Pueblo, Cherokee, Mexican, and white heritage, Silko brings a unique perspective to her powerful works. In this deeply personal and spiritual book, she combines memoirs, traditional storytelling, and ruminations on the natural world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 813.54 SILKO, LESLIE MARMON SilGillies, Isabel.
Summary: A Year and Six Seconds is the true story of New York Times bestselling memoirist Isabel Gillies's valiant yet bumbling efforts to pick herself up after her husband leaves her for another woman--and of how she stumbles upon true love.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 792.028 GILLIES, ISABEL GilGallagher, Robert C.
Summary: Ernie Davis was an All-American on the football gridiron and a man of integrity off the field. A multi-sport high school star in Elmira, New York, Davis went on to Syracuse University, where as a sophomore he led his team to an undefeated season and a national championship in 1959 and earned his nickname: the Elmira Express. Two seasons later, he became the first black athlete to be awarded the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2008
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 796.332 DAVIS, ERNIE GalTerenzio, RoseMarie.
Summary: A former personal assistant to John F. Kennedy, Jr. shares the story of their professional relationship and close friendship, describing how she landed her job under less-than-ideal circumstances, Kennedy's political beliefs, and his untimely death.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2012
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F., JR. TERFrater, Stephen.
Summary: In a sensational tale of combat, and an unlikely friendship in the flak-filled skies above Germany, Frater chronicles the life of U.S. Captain Werner Goering, an exceptional American pilot who was also the nephew of Herman Goering, leading member of the Nazi party and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Bird, Larry
Summary: Two NBA legends offer a definitive account of their decades-long rivalry and friendship, exploring Bird's struggles with chronic pain and Johnson's discovery that he had contracted HIV.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 796.32 BIRJohnson, Paul
Summary: Johnson explores the complex and fascinating character of Winston Churchill--the soldier, orator, and statesman who shined brightest during Britain's darkest hours.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 CHURHILL, WINSTON JohEggers, Dave.
Summary: A compelling voice for Generation X, Eggers here recounts his early 20s, caring for his younger brother after their parents' unexpected deaths and his endeavors in a variety of media.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 973.92 EGGFreeman, Gregory A.
Summary: In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped and sheltered for months by villagers behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of Operation Halyard, a story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery, is now being told for the first time.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2007
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 940.54 FREAckerman, Diane
Summary: Author and naturalist Ackerman reflects on the time she spent caring for her husband, novelist Paul West, after a stroke took his ability to speak. With conventional therapy not working, Ackerman decided to step in and do everything she could to help her husband find his words.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 616.81 ACKERMAN, DIANE AckGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: A historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2010