Strathdee, Steffanie
Summary: Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down with a stomach bug. What at first seemed like a case of food poisoning quickly turned critical, and by the time Tom had been transferred via emergency medevac to the world-class medical center at UC San Diego, where both he and Steffanie worked, blood work revealed why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2019
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Summary: "Dr. Stefanie Green has been forging new paths in the field of medical assistance in dying since 2016. In her landmark memoir, Dr. Green reveals the reasons a patient might seek an assisted death, how the process works, what the event itself can look like, the reactions of those involved, and what it feels like to oversee proceedings and administer medications that hasten death. She describes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GREEN, STEFANIE GRELoh, Stefanie
Summary: "Learn about the life and career of Olympic gold medalist and legendary snowboarder Chloe Kim."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIMLoh, Stefanie
Summary: "On July 7, 2019, Megan Rapinoe ran out onto the field to play in her third Women's World Cup final. Determined to succeed after having to sit out of the semifinals due to an injury, Megan scored the first goal of the match. Thanks to this goal, Team USA won the Women's World Cup, and Megan added yet another victory to her impressive record. In her career, Megan has won Olympic gold medals,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RAPKert, Bernice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROCKEFELLER, ABBY KertKert, Bernice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST KERKorn, Gabrielle
Summary: "From the director of fashion and culture at Refinery29 comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays featuring eye-opening explorations of hot-button topics for modern women, including the uptick in internet feminism versus ongoing impossible beauty standards in media, the battle against anorexia, shifting ideals about sexuality, and much more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KORN, GABRIELLE KORWilder-Taylor, Stefanie
Summary: "From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay, a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest account of Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's journey to breaking up with alcohol for good. When Stefanie Wilder-Taylor became a mother, being able to connect with other moms over drinks or enjoy a glass of wine at the end of a stressful day felt life-affirming. From liquor cabinet concoctions in high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER-TAYLOR, STEFANIE WILDern, Laura
Summary: "Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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Summary: "The author's daughter was born with a very rare genetic syndrome and faced a daunting prognosis: she would be a fraction of normal size, have innumerable physical and mental difficulties and likely a shortened lifespan. Now, at age eight she is attendingstandard public school classes. This is the story of her family's journey"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANIER, HEATHER KIRN LANDe Stefano, Cristina
Summary: A landmark biography of the most famous Italian journalist of the twentieth century, an inspiring and often controversial woman who defied the codes of reportage and established the "La Fallaci" style of interview. "A landmark biography of the inspiring and controversial journalist who defied the codes of reportage and established the 'La Fallaci' style of interview. Oriana Fallaci is known for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FALLACI, ORIANA DESFenn, Lisa
Summary: "An Emmy-winning ESPN producer describes how she developed a surprising, profound and lasting bond with two disabled African-American, inner-city high school wrestlers after filming a segment about them for television,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 FENLima, Jamie Kern
Summary: "Shares the wild but true story of how a once struggling waitress turned her against-the-grain idea into an international bestselling sensation, eventually selling the company for over a billion dollars and becoming the first female CEO of a brand in L'Oraeal's 100+ year history. Faced with self-doubt, body-doubt, God-doubt, Jamie reveals how she almost didn't make it, how she learned to trust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LIMA, JAMIE KERN LIMKanfer, Stefan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARX, GROUCHO KANRubik, Ernő
Summary: "The first book by the reclusive inventor of the world's most iconic puzzle The Rubik's Cube. Ernő Rubik inspires us with what he's learned in a lifetime of creating, curiosity, and discovery. Ernő Rubik was a child when he first became obsessed with puzzles of all kinds. "Puzzles," he writes, "bring out important qualities in each of us: concentration, curiosity, a sense of play, the eagerness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.74 RUBCorn, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 CORDorn, Anna
Summary: "In the tradition of How to Murder Your Life, a young woman's witty memoir demystifying law school and lawyers through tales of her own badness, the badness of her peers, and the badness of the law in general"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DORN, ANNA DORHerr, Melody.
Summary: "Describes the exploration of North America in the times of explorers Christopher Columbus, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and Sieur de La Salle. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from Columbus' voyage in 1492, Coronado's 1540 expedition, and Sieur de La Salle's expedition down the Mississippi River in 1682"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YOUDery, Dominika.
Summary: Dominika Dery chronicles her family's struggle to survive in the years following the failed Prague Spring uprising.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.8635 DERDery, Mark
Summary: From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth. But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOREY, EDWARD DERConway, Jill Ker
Summary: From the first sentence, you will be drawn inexorably into the story of her childhood in New South Wales, Australia, and her gradual discovery of—and by—the larger world: the clarity of Conway's language satisfies like cold clear water after a day in the desert: the rhythm of her sentences has a timelessness and expansiveness akin to the Australian landscape itself. This is very likely a book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONWAY, JILL KER CONConway, Jill Ker
Summary: Conway became president of Smith, a Massachusetts women's college, in 1975 and was faced with balancing the needs of faculty, students, trustees and alumnae while reshaping the college for the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 CONKanfer, Stefan.
Summary: In an insightful portrait of an iconic artist, the author of The Eighth Sin interweaves Marlon Brando's tumultuous personal life with his remarkable acting career as he documents the actor's troubled childhood, stage and film work, self-destructive nature, often contradictory attitude toward his craft, and the tragedies that marked his final years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Large Print Home Library 2008