Bamford, Maria
Summary: "From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems--from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs. Maria Bamford is a comedian's comedian (an outsider...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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Bamford, James
Summary: "SPYFAIL is about the highly dangerous and growing capability of foreign countries to conduct large-scale espionage within the United States and how the FBI and other agencies have failed to prevent it. These covert operations involve a variety of foreign countries-North Korea, Russia, Israel, China, and others-and include cyberattacks, espionage, psychological warfare, the infiltration of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 BAMMarya, Rupa
Summary: "Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices--and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 MARSummary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "A memoir by the counterculture legend discusses how he formed one of the most successful comedy duos of all time, became a representative of the recreational drug movement, forged a successful solo career, and amassed a collection of renowned Chicano art,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARIN, CHEECH MARGrathwohl, Marya
Summary: "In this memoir, Sister Marya Grathwohl recounts her spiritual journey, how she-a Catholic nun from Ohio-came to be embraced by the Crow and Northern Cheyenne, and how their traditions prompted in her an expanding devotion to the land, its resources, and its connections to faith and God"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023
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Summary: "The story of Abraham Lincoln as it has never been told before: through the strange, even otherworldly, points of contact between his family and that of the man who killed him, John Wilkes Booth. In the 1820s, two families, unknown to each other, worked on farms in the American wilderness. It seemed unlikely that the families would ever meet-and yet, they did. The son of one family, the famed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 ALFKreizman, Maris.
Summary: "The perfect book for anyone with a Netflix account and a library card. "Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book." - Jami Attenberg, bestselling author of The MiddlesteinsSlaughterhouse 90210 pairs literature's greatest lines with pop culture's best moments. In 2009, Maris Kreizman wanted to combine her fierce love for pop culture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.7 KREMcCoola, Marika
Summary: "Most children think twice before braving a haunted wood filled with terrifying beasties to match wits with a witch, but not Masha. Her beloved grandma taught her many things: that stories are useful, that magic is fickle, that nothing is too difficult ortoo dirty to clean. The fearsome witch of folklore needs an assistant, and Masha needs an adventure. She may be clever enough to enter Baba...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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Summary: "Over two years in the making, with Batali searching for truly delicious dishes from all corners of the US, this definitive cookbook features the best America has to offer. With over 250 simple recipes celebrating the treasures of the state fairs and the dishes of the local rotary clubs and ethnic groups. Batali has interpreted these regional gems with the same excitement and passion that he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5973 BATKreutzberger, Mario
Summary: "El octogenario animador repasa lo que ha aprendido en su vasta carrera televisiva y los desafíos que ha enfrentado tanto en su oficio de animador como en su vida."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial 2021
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH KREKobabe, Maia
Summary: "In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 741.5 KOBMagellan, Marta
Summary: "For Mireya Mayor, even as a young child whose house was filed with cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, a chicken, and a snapping turtle, nothing was quite wild enough. Older, she traded her pom-poms as a cheerleader for the National Football League for the swamps of the South American jungle. The first woman wildlife TV reporter for National Geographic, she traveled the world, but things still weren't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 301.92 MAGGoodavage, Maria
Summary: "In an age fraught with terrorism, United States Secret Service canine teams risk their lives to safeguard the president, vice president, their families, visiting heads of state, and a host of others. Unprecedented access to these heroic dog teams has allowed a fascinating first-time-ever look at a very special breed of heroes,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 GOONelson, Maria
Summary: "Called the Higher House of Congress, the US Senate is structured so that older, wiser state representatives hold office in it. The Founding Fathers wanted one part of Congress to have longer terms to take on bigger responsibilities and see them through. Similarly, students running for a leadership position in a school-wide organization need to have experience and vision. Readers explore the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Gov Who NelsonNelson, Maria
Summary: No road in the United States is more iconic than Route 66. From a song named after the route to being a setting in famous books On the Road and The Grapes of Wrath, Route 66 has made an impression on American popular culture. Through this lens, readers are introduced to the almost 100-year old highway as well as the many fun road trip stops along its length. Fun fact boxes offer interesting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.3 NELHinojosa, Maria
Summary: Hinojosa relates the history of US immigration policy that has brought us to where we are today, as she shares her experience growing up Mexican American on the south side of Chicago. For thirty years she has reported on stories and communities in America that often go ignored by the mainstream media, documenting the existential wasteland of immigration detention camps for news outlets that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HINOJOSA HINNelson, Maria
Summary: "When in a position of leadership, there's almost nothing more valuable than a person who always supports and challenges you. The vice president of an organization, much like the vice president of the United States, aids the president in any way they can, including stepping up to the top role if the president can no longer hold it. Readers learn about how one becomes US vice president and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens 2016
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Gov Who NelsonNelson, Maria
Summary: "The House of Representatives is the voice of the American people, just like the student council speaks for the student body or class. Being part of student council or taking another leadership role in school can be a great experience for students. But the road to election can seem like a long one--and even longer for those who aspire to a political career! With main content including the setup...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Gov Who NelsonGoodavage, Maria
Summary: "A look at United States Secret Service canine teams who risk their lives to safeguard the president, vice president, their families, visiting heads of state, and a host of others including the selection of dogs and handlers, their year-round training, their missions around the world, and the bond that holds the teams together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 GOOHarig, Bob
Summary: "Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: "Everyone knows the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. But did you know that it took until July 9th for General George Washington to get his hands on it? Explore the extreme history of our nation's birth certificate"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 ABRMara, Wil
Summary: Introduction to how your taxes are used.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2017