Summary: Who was? series offers a detailed account of a famous figure's life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2016
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Summary: "Raised by a single mother in Charleston, South Carolina, Darius Rucker founded Hootie & the Blowfish with three classmates at the University of South Carolina in 1986. What began as a party band playing frat houses and dive bars quickly became a global rock pop phenomenon through their Diamond-certified debut album Cracked Rear View. ... Later, Darius would also chart a pioneering path as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DeySt., an imprint of William Morrow 2024
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Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.53 MEAHall, Sam
Summary: On cover: The first person account of the former businessman and olympic athlete who became "a soldier of democracy," commanding world attention with his arrest as a spy in Nicaragua.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D.I. Fine 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.35 HALPrange, Gordon W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brassey's (US) 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 PRAHowe, Gordie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Power Play Pub. 1995
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 796.962 HOWWilliams, Ben.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.12 WILSummary: The Dream Children are about to be written out of Mozart's most famous opera. In the hopes of changing their fate, they enlist the help of the composer's young son Karl. Together the children embark on an incredible journey that takes them back in time to Mozart's childhood and ahead to the future. Along the way, Karl comes to understand his father's legacy of timeless music.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: The Children's Group 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV MOZConrad, Nancy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONRAD, PETE CONHannan, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.4 HANHollander, Xaviera.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.742 HOLKrull, Kathleen
Summary: "Biography of Frances Perkins, the first female member of the presidential cabinet, and architect of much of the New Deal legislation as Secretary of Labor."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PERKINS KRULouganis, Greg
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.24 LOUMitchell, Joni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MITCHELL, JONI MITYoung Bear, Severt
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1994
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Summary: "Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera. Surely You Can't Be Serious is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redfines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COODirie, Waris.
Summary: Fashion model and UN ambassador Waris Dirie recounts her life, from her roots as a desert nomad in Somalia, her escape from an arranged marriage, her modeling career, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virago 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.152 DIRIE, WARIS DIRGies, Miep
Summary: An autobiography by the woman who helped hide the Frank family in Amsterdam during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 GIEHackworth, David H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 HACCrouch, Tom D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.13 CROFrith, Uta
Summary: "Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. Here, in Two Heads, their distinguished careers serve as a prism through which they share the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 FRIMuir, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Utah Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.72 MUIStobart, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1985