Thompson, Gare.

Summary: A biography of the woman who, with the assistance of her devoted teacher Annie Sullivan, achieved success and fame despite being blind and deaf.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003

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Marshall, Garry.

Summary: In My Happy Days in Holly wood, Marshall takes us on a journey from his stickball-playing days in the Bronx to the joys and challenges of working with the Fonz and the young Julia Roberts, the "street performer" Robin Williams, and the young Anne Hathaway, among many others. This honest, vibrant, and often hilarious memoir reveals a man whose career has been defined by his drive to make people...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2012

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Townsend Gard, Elizabeth

Summary: "Just Wanna Trademark, Second Edition is created for creative entrepreneurs and professionals and gives readers the knowledge they need to have the best chance of securing a trademark. Going beyond the quilt-focused first edition, this version has updated information and examples that show creative entrepreneurs how to navigate the process"

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: C&T Publishing 2023

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Melian, Gaby

Summary: "Chef and activist Gaby Melian shares her personal journey with food--from growing up in Argentina to her time as a street vendor and later as Bon Appetit's test kitchen manager. Melian explores how we can develop a relationship with food that's personal, healthy, and thoughtful"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021

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Summary: An acrobatically inclined free spirit, following a whirlwind engagement, literally tumbles into the lives of his fiancée's aristocratic family, setting up a clash of values with her staid father while firing the rebellious imagination of her brash, black-sheep sister. With a sparkling surface and an undercurrent of melancholy, the film is an enchanting ode to nonconformists and pie-in-the-sky...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Dark, Kimberly

Summary: "Collection of personal essays about what it means to look a certain way. Or rather, certain ways. Navigating Kimberly Dark's experience of being fat since childhood--as well as queer, white-privileged, a gender-confirming 'girl with a pretty face,' active then disabled, and inevitably agin--each piece blends storytelling and social analysis to deftly coax readers into a deeper understanding of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2019

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Agar, Johnny

Summary: "The incredible story of Johnny Agar, born with cerebral palsy and who doctors thought would never walk, overcoming the odds to participate in long-distance endurance races with his dad pushing him, until the final mile when he walks across the finish line." - provided by publisher

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dexterity 2021

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Darby, Tom

Contents: Birmingham jail -- Columbus stockade blues -- After the ball -- I can't tell why I love you -- Alto waltz -- Mexican rag -- Country girl valley -- Lonesome railroad -- Heavy hearted blues -- Slow wicked blues -- Black jack moonshine -- Ain't gonna marry no more -- Birmingham rag -- Little Bessie -- Jack and May -- Freight train ramble -- The black sheep -- The maple on the hill -- Hard time...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Acrobat Music & Media 2003

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Culverhouse, Gay

Summary: "In this book, players open up about the difficulties they face once they leave the NFL. Personal interviews reveal how many have struggled with finances, addiction, depression, violence, and finding a second career. While success stories are also shared, the unfortunate truth is that there are far more players left hurt and broken after retirement"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021

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Gay, Heather

Summary: "Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is known to dish God's honest truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, Heather is unafraid to blaze a new trail; even if at the isolation of her family, friends, and church. Heather was born and bred Mormon. Growing up in Utah, not even the snow-capped mountains could draw attention from the state's most...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023

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Alary, Laura

Summary: "As a child, Maria Mitchell longed to see beyond her little island of Nantucket. With help from her father, she discovered that, if you knew how to read them, the stars could tell you where you were -- and where you needed to go. Maria spent hours on the roof of her house scanning the sky -- finding constellations, nebulae, meteors, double stars. When the King of Denmark offered a prize to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2022

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Gulman, Gary

Summary: "A tour-de-force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond from the beloved stand-up comic and creator of The Great Depresh"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023

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Giddins, Gary

Summary: "Bing Crosby dominated American popular culture in a way that few artists ever have. From the dizzy era of Prohibition through the dark days of the Second World War, he was a desperate nation's most beloved entertainer. But he was more than just a charismatic crooner: Bing Crosby redefined the very foundations of modern music, from the way it was recorded to the way it was orchestrated and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Company 2018

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Sinise, Gary

Summary: As a kid in suburban Chicago, Gary Sinise was more interested in sports and rock 'n' roll than reading or schoolwork. But when he impulsively auditioned for a school production of West Side Story, he found his purpose -- or so it seemed. Within a few years, Gary and a handful of friends created what became one of the most exciting and important new theater companies in America. From its humble...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019

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Higgins, Gary.

Contents: Thicker than a smokey -- It didn't take too long -- Windy child -- Telegraph towers -- I can't sleep at night -- Cuckoo -- I pick notes from the sky -- Stable the spuds -- Down on the farm -- Unable to fly -- Looking for June.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Nufusmoon 1973

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Larson, Gary

Summary: A collection of cartoons featuring a variety of people, animals, and insects, in humorous situations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews, McMeel & Parker 1984

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Summary: "... follows a musician (Pullman) who begins receiving mysterious VHS tapes of him and his wife (Arquette) in their home. He is suddenly convicted of murder, after which he inexplicably disappears and is replaced by a young mechanic (Getty) leading a different life"--cited from Wikipedia, February 17, 2023.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Darby, Giles

Summary: This is the memoir of Giles Darby, a British banker jailed in 2008 for his involvement in a $7m fraud against his employer, NatWest. Giles and his co-defendants, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew, became the subject of extensive media coverage when the US government demanded their extradition in relation to the collapse of the energy giant Enron. The NatWest Three, as they came to be known,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quiller Publishing 2020

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Summary: Viewers will see the nail-biting behind-the-scenes story that traces the marriage equality movement's historic progress and reveals the masterminds who fought.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Goodman, Carly

Summary: "In 1990, the United States Diversity Visa Lottery became part of U.S. immigration policy. As with many U.S. immigration policies over the years, the actual lived experience of the lottery generated unintended and unexpected consequences, becoming more powerful and important than its creators could envision. Dreamland tells the story of the lottery, correcting the sometimes willful...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2023

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Jolson, Al

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Leo Feist Inc. 1923

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Simon, Carly

Summary: A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship between Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. An intimate, vulnerable, and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different American women, this work is a celebration of kinship in all its many forms.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Mills, Travis

Summary: "Retired U.S. Army staff sergeant Travis Mills, one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation, shares the story of his remarkable recovery"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016

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