Hitchens, Christopher.
Summary: "Courageous, insightful and candid thoughts on malady and mortality from one of our most celebrated writers"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2012
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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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2020
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Summary: "The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: "The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER HITHitchens, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.97 HITKlinkenborg, Verlyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf, c1990. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.797 KLIHolland, Merlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.809 HOLKlinkenborg, Verlyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 508.73 KLIKlinkenborg, Verlyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.73 KLIChowdhury, Bernie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.23 CHOLee, Helie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 LEEMarcus, Bernie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Business 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683 MARTaupin, Bernie
Summary: "This is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary half-century-and-counting creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TAUPIN, BERNIE TAUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TAUPIN TAUVernier, Joel M.
Summary: Humor columnist, management consultant, keynote speaker and author Joel Vernier continues to deliver wholesome humorist writing with his latest project : "The guinea pig in the freezer!" the book begins on the eve of the birth of his daughter and follows her growing up from an infant to adulthood, with all the fun and learning experiences in between. Life is filled with fun, laughter and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Comfy Chair Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit VernierHollihan, Kerrie Logan.
Summary: "The tremendous struggles women have faced as war correspondents and photojournalists A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines. Each woman--including Sigrid Schultz, who broadcast news via radio from Berlin on the eve of the Second World War; Margaret Bourke-White, who rode with General...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HOLPyle, Ernie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 PYLChowdhury, Bernie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 363.14 CHOWDSwain, Bernie
Summary: Powerful and moving stories of inspiration, adversity, and triumph from the Washington Speakers Bureau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 SWASwanson, Shari
Summary: "In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war-weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April morning, a duck searching for a nesting spot lands on a tall post sticking out of the Milwaukee River. Situated near a busy drawbridge and the noisy city of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SWAKemper, Ellie
Summary: The comedian and star of "The Office" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" presents a collection of essays about her journey from Midwestern naïf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker. There comes a time in every sitcom actress's life when she is faced with the prospect of writing a book. When Ellie Kemper's number was up, she was ready. Contagiously cheerful, predictably...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B KEMPER KEMWiesel, Elie
Summary: "Magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, Talmudic sages, and Hasidic rabbis, from one of the world's most honored and beloved teachers. From a multitude of sources, Elie Wiesel culls facts, legends, and anecdotes to give us fascinating portraits of notable figures throughout Jewish history--from the Kingdom of Israel in the ninth century B.C.E. to nineteenth-century...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.1 WIEWiesel, Elie
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Notre Dame Press 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.833 WIEWiesel, Elie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1996