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(Duck) Gertie Blues musicians Cavett, Dick Clinton, Hillary Rodham Entertainers United States Biography French Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 18th century Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions 18th century Political refugees France History 18th century Television personalities United States Biography United StatesFrancis
Summary: In his first book published as Pope, and in conjunction with the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis here invites all humanity to an intimate and personal dialogue on the subject closest to his heart -- mercy -- which has long been the cornerstone of his faith and is now the central teaching of his papacy. In this conversation with Vatican reporter Andrea Tornielli, Francis explains --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 282.092 FRAEpstein, Franci
Summary: "The captivating memoir of a spirited and glamorous young Jewish fashion designer who survived the Holocaust, with an afterword by her daughter, Helen Epstein"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EPSTEIN, FRANCI EPSFrancis
Summary: "Turning the pages of the precious book that is life, Pope Francis leads us along a path made of emotions, joys, and agonies: a window on the past that will allow us to better understand our present"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B POPE FRANCIS POPFrancis
Summary: A collection of interviews with the newly-elected pope highlights his life, his vocation, and his views on such issues as prayer, celibacy, sex scandals in the church, and Argentina's Dirty War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANCIS, POPE RUBDicke, Jim
Summary: Eight or so decades ago, Eilleen Webster was working a math problem on the blackboard of her Dayton, Ohio, classroom when an eraser bounced off a few feet to one side of her. The eraser had been launched by a classmate, Jim Dicke, who with characteristic directness had decided this would be a good way to gain the attention of the young woman standing at the front of the class. It was a hit or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orange Frazer Press 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B DICKE DICTick, Judith
Summary: A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton and Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FITZGERALD, ELLA TICClemmons, François
Summary: The intimate debut memoir by the man known to the world as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 's "Officer Clemmons," a Grammy Award-winning artist who made history as the first African American actor to have a recurring role on a children's television program
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEMMONS, FRANCOIS CLEKerr, Dick.
Summary: Dick Kerr, former publisher and editor of the Leelanau Enterprise, retired in 1997 with the sale the Leelanau Enterprise, has finally penned his 40 years of newspapering experiences, and Leelanau County history is this honest and provacative memoir.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Business Helper 2009
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 070 KERMorris, Dick.
Summary: Now, for the first time, Fox News political analyst and former Clinton advisor Dick Morris turns his sharpe eyed gaze on Hillary, the longtime first lady, current New York senator, and bestselling author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2005
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Summary: Relates how a group of five French aristocrats sought refuge in the United States, a republic whose Enlightenment ideals mirrored their own, and spent the French Revolution in Philadelphia before eventually becoming involved in Franco-American diplomacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.4 FURWick, Steve.
Summary: "When William L. Shirer agreed to start up the Berlin bureau of Edward R. Murrow's CBS News in the 1930s, he quickly became both the most trusted and most determined reporter in all of Europe. He did not fall for the Nazi propaganda, as some of his esteemed colleagues did, and fought against both Nazi censorship and American disdain for his relentless tactics. He warned of the consequences if...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 RILWaterman, Dick.
Summary: "Between Midnight and Day is the groundbreaking record of Dick Waterman's most important photographs from his unparalleled vintage blues archive. Beginning in 1964 with the rediscovery of legendary Delta blues singer Son House, Dick Waterman established Avalon Productions, the first agency devoted exclusively to managing and promoting blues musicians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 781.643 WATCavett, Dick.
Summary: A pioneering talk-show host shares memories of his experiences with famous guests from John Lennon and Richard Nixon to William F. Buckley and Groucho Marx, and offers his insights into what his career taught him about American culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAVETT, DICK CAVCavett, Dick.
Summary: Legendary talk show host Dick Cavett shares his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday life. On his talk show, Cavett welcomed the leading figures from film, music, theater, literature, comedy, and politics, and engaged them in conversation that made viewers feel that the discussion was taking place in their own living...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAVETT, DICK CAVGoldman, Francisco
Summary: "Goldman's story of his emergence from grief five years after his wife's death, symbolized by his attempt to overcome his fear of driving in the city. Embracing the DF (Mexico City) as his home, Goldman explores and celebrates the city, which stands defiantly apart from so many of the social ills and violence wracking Mexico ... [and] sets out to try to understand the menacing challenges the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.253 GOLDuval, Jean-Francois.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sun Dog Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DUVFrance, Tan
Summary: In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix's smash-hit QUEER EYE tells his origin story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional Muslim family, as one of the few people of color in Doncaster, England. He illuminates his winding journey of coming of age, finding his voice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANCE, TAN FRADawson, Mick
Summary: One of the world⁰́₉s most experienced ocean rowers details his two Atlantic Ocean crossings and his three attempts to row across the North Pacific Ocean, discussing how he overcame exhaustion; dealt with painful injury; and battled the elements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2017
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Summary: "Firsthand account of a Holocaust survivor who knew Anne Frank"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PICK-GOSLAR GOSFranks, Lucinda
Summary: Journalist Lucinda Franks recounts her unconventional marriage to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, Jr., a man decades her senior who subscribes to a vastly different lifestyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FRACantú, Francisco
Summary: ""A beautiful, fiercely honest, and nevertheless deeply empathetic look at those who police the border and the migrants who risk - and lose - their lives crossing it. In a time of often ill-informed or downright deceitful political rhetoric, this book isan invaluable corrective."--Phil Klay For Francisco Cantú the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CANTU CANFurstenberg, François
Summary: Relates how a group of five French aristocrats sought refuge in the United States, a republic whose Enlightenment ideals mirrored their own, and spent the French Revolution in Philadelphia before eventually becoming involved in Franco-American diplomacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014