Simbeck, Rob.
Summary: The story of Cornelia Fort who, in order to become an aviator, "was forced to defy her family--one of Nashville's oldest and most prominent--and societal pressure."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 SIMBombeck, Erma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1991
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.54 BOMBombeck, Erma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 BOMChast, Roz
Summary: "Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy, but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through Dream Theory Land guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHASavage, Roz.
Summary: "In 2007, Roz Savage set out to row 8,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean-alone. Despite having successfully rowed across the Atlantic the previous year, the Pacific presented the former office worker with unprecedented challenges and overpowering currents-both in the ocean water and within herself. Crossing Earth's largest ocean alone might seem a long way removed from everyday life, yet the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAVAGE, ROZ SAVKearney, Rob
Summary: "An inspirational picture book memoir that follows Rob Kearney's journey to becoming the first openly gay strongman competitor, proud to wear rainbow colors"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 LONLowe, Rob
Summary: Rob Lowe offers up a collection of personal stories in an honest and celebratory memoir about men and women, art and commerce, fathers and son, addiction and recovery, and sex and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWE, ROB LOWScheer, Rob
Summary: "In the tradition of The Promise of a Pencil and Kisses from Katie comes an inspirational memoir by the founder of Comfort Cases about his turbulent childhood in the foster care system and the countless obstacles and discrimination he endured in adopting his four children"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHEER, ROB SCHKenner, Rob
Summary: "The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy-before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhoodhe was dedicated to building up"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUSSLE, NIPSEY KENKugler, Rob
Summary: "Rob Kugler's A Dog Named Beautiful is an uplifting and unforgettable story of a US Marine, his extraordinary dog, and the road trip of a lifetime."--Provided by publisher. US Marine Rob Kugler not only gave a year of his life in service to his country, but he had also lost a brother in the fighting. Lost in grief, Rob found solace and relief in the one thing that never failed to put a smile on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KUGMendez, Rob
Summary: Rob Mendez, who was born without limbs, shares his journey to first become independent and then to become a high school football coach in the Bay Area.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MENDEZ, ROB MENSanders, Rob
Summary: Traces the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today's world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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Summary: "Experiments and research challenges help reinforce mathematical concepts in this fascinating book about great math thinkers in history and their discoveries. Readers will enjoy reading the stories behind each breakthrough in math as well as the mini bios of the math "STEM-gineers" who solved them."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 510.9 COLIliffe, Rob
Summary: Religion and faith dominated much of Newton's life and work. His papers, never made available to the public, were filled with biblical speculation and timelines along with passages that excoriated the early Church fathers. Indeed, his radical theological leanings rendered him a heretic, according to the doctrines of the Anglican Church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230 ILIRoe, Nicholas.
Summary: Offers a biography of the nineteenth century poet, offering insights into the details of his early life in London, the torments that affected him, and the imaginative sources of his works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEATS, JOHN ROERoe, Sue.
Summary: A group portrait of the Impressionist artists traces how the movement's early leaders met in the studios of Paris and lived and worked together closely for several years, supporting one another through a series of emotional and financial difficulties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.4 ROEHalford, Rob
Summary: "Rob Halford has long been known for his legendary voice. As the front man of Judas Priest, his vocals have been tremendous, and tremendously influential. In 2020, he brought his voice to the page with a glorious autobiography. Fans and readers loved Halford's frank and open narrative, as well as his terrific insight and sense of humor. In an ideal follow-up, Halford runs his lively eye over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HALFORD, ROB HALLowe, Rob.
Summary: A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWE, ROB LOWRoberge, Rob.
Summary: "A darkly funny, intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist. When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions,he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. In a desperate attempt to preserve his identity, he sets out to (somewhat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBERGE, ROB ROBSheffield, Rob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHEFFIELD, ROB SHERol, Ruud van der.
Summary: Photographs, illustrations, and maps accompany historical essays, diary excerpts, and interviews, providing an insight to Anne Frank and the massive upheaval which tore apart her world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5318 ROLChast, Roz
Summary: "In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAST, ROZ CHACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem ChastSavage, Roz
Summary: Offers an inspirational story of how one woman traded an unhappy job and marriage for a 103-day solo voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, powered only by muscle, grit, and determination, in an account by the first woman to ever row from California to Hawaii.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009