Schlachter, Terese
Summary: "The biography of Colonel Greg Gadson (Ret.) co-written with writer and video producer Terese Schlachter, details Gadson's remarkable and inspirational journey from his grievous wounding as a battlefield commander in Iraq to becoming the spiritual coach of the New York Giants, a major film and television actor, and motivational life coach and outdoor-adventure enthusiast"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schaffner Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GADSON, GREGORY DIMITRI, SCHKert, 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 KERKert, 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 KertSchechter, Harold
Summary: "The shocking true story of one of the twentieth century's most prolific female serial killers." -- book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 SCHVonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: ..."The final three novels of the visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) is the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painter who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercial success. Now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plots his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt his talent. In Hocus Pocus (1990), a freewheeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VONTimmermeister, Kurt.
Summary: A restaurateur details the hard work involved with starting a dairy farm and describes a feast that was two years in the making, using only vegetables he harvested and animals he raised to supply the meal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.59797 TIMVonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: A compilation of personal correspondence written over a sixty-year period offers insight into the iconic American author's literary personality, his experiences as a German POW, his struggles with fame, and the inspirations for his famous books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 VONSampson, Curt
Summary: One publicly imploded marriage. Two car accidents. Eight surgeries. And now, a miracle of hard work and storied talent: five Masters wins. Once hailed as "the greatest closer in history" before he fell further than any beloved athlete in America's memory, Tiger swung at the world's wildest expectations and beat the skeptics with his April 2019 championship. Roaring Back traces his road to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODS, TIGER SAMSachs, Curt
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1955
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.9 SACVonnegut, Kurt
Summary: ""If ever I do write anything of length--good or bad--it will be written with you in mind." Kurt Vonnegut's oldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother's attic when she stumbled upon a dusty box. Inside were more than two-hundred love letters written by Kurt to Jane, spanning the early years of their relationship: from 1941, when nineteen-year-old Kurt heads off to college, to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VONBeyer, Kurt.
Summary: Hopper made herself "one of the boys" in Howard Aiken's wartime Computation Laboratory at Harvard, then moved on to the Eckert and Mauchly Computer Corporation. Both rebellious and collaborative, she was influential in male-dominated military and business organzations at a time when women were encouraged to devote themselves to housework and childbearing. Her greatest technical achievement was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOPPER, GRACE BEYVonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: In a collection of brief autobiographical essays, the renowned novelist offers his views on art, politics, and everyday life in America. A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life "If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?"), art ("To practice any art,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VONNEGUT, KURT VONKurtz, Jane.
Summary: In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time -- long overdue -- for all people to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's words in language even the youngest reader can understand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2008
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Summary: "According to the media, Donald Trump could never become president. Now many are on a mission to prove he shouldn't be president. The Trump administration and the press are at war -- and as in any war, the first casualty has been truth. Bestselling author Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News's Media Buzz and former Washington Post columnist, offers a stunning exposé of how supposedly objective...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 KURReynolds, Burt
Summary: "Reynolds has been a Hollywood leading man for six decades, known for his legendary performances, sex-symbol status, and storied Hollywood romances. In his long career of stardom ... Reynolds has seen it all. [This book] will tell his story through the people he's encountered on his amazing journey. In his words, he plans to 'call out the assholes,' try to make amends for being the asshole...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REYNOLDS, BURT REYReynolds, Burt
Summary: "Actor Burt Reynolds reflects on his personal victories and defeats as he focuses on his legacy as a father and acting teacher"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 REYNOLDS, BURT REYKeat, Nawuth
Summary: The gripping story of a young boy who survived the atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and escaped to the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 959.6042 KEAKeret, Etgar
Summary: "A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a "genius" (The New York Times) and master storyteller. The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret's son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Levis born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar's father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KERET, ETGAR KERKurtz, Henry I.
Summary: A biography of John Smith including his life before he voyaged to Virginia, but with special emphasis on his exploits in North America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watts 1976
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB SMITH KURKurtz, Michael L.
Contents: The assassination and its aftermath -- Conflict: the evidence -- Conflict: the case for the lone assassin -- Conflict: the case for conspiracy -- Consensus: the facts -- Lee Harvey Oswald -- The intelligence connection -- The organized crime connection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1524 KURKars, Marjoleine
Summary: "The story of a massive eighteenth-century slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (now Guyana) which had been all but forgotten. Historian Marjoleine Kars recovers a riveting tale from the archives, including rare first-person accounts from African-born slaves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 KARDutt, Yashica
Summary: "Born into a "formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India," Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear "Dalit looking." Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2024
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Summary: "Writer Maddy Court answers letters from queer women and people of marginalized genders about dating, friendship, and love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 COUHort, Lenny.
Summary: Introductory biography of the first president of the United States. George Washington is often called the father of our country. He beat the odds to lead the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, served as first president of the United States, and then retired from public life to farm Virginia's largest plantation. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2005