Perry, Matthew
Summary: "The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MATTHEW PERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PerryTroy, Sandy.
Summary: "Captain Trips depicts the life, work, and philosophy of this nonconformist rock legend, counterculture hero, and symbol of the Sixties. It contains exclusive interviews with Phil Lesh, David Nelson, Rock Scully, Jorma Kaukonen, Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia (Jerry's second wife and perhaps closest friend), Jerry himself, and many others. As lead guitarist of the Dead, Garcia has played before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1994
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Summary: "This beautifully written work begins with an overview of the spiritual problematics found in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American poetry. Traveling slightly outside of the realm of the contemporary, Finkelstein's discussions of Emerson, Whitman, and Eliot yield to close readings of the works of Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Ronald Johnson, Michael Palmer, Susan Howe, Nathaniel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2010
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Summary: "With this fascinating synthesis of word and image, internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography. At times whimsical, surreal, challenging, enigmatic, joyful and sobering, these portraits--running adjacent to poems by each of their subjects--highlight some of the most influential poets of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schaffner Press 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.2 VANDu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Summary: A definitive edition of the landmark book that forever changed our understanding of the Civil War's aftermath and the legacy of racism in America. Upon publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois's now classic Black Reconstruction offered a revelatory new assessment of Reconstruction--and of American democracy itself. One of the towering African American thinkers and activists of the twentieth century,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2021
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Summary: "A collection of previously published magazine pieces and essays by Michael Perry. Sources include Backpacker, Outside, Runner's World, Men's Health, No Depression, Oxford American, Best American Science Writing, Wisconsin Trails, Encyclopedia of the Midwest, Minnesota Monthly, liner notes from Blind Boys of Alabama album I'll Find A Way, Wisconsin Humanities Council newsletter."--Provided by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MICHAEL PERLajiness, Katie
Summary: Meet singing sensation Katy Perry! In this engaging title, readers will learn about Perry's childhood in California, and follow her career from her early work in faith-based music, to her first album One Of the Boys with its Grammy Award winning single "I Kissed a Girl, and her second album Teenage Dream which garnered four Grammy Award nominations. Her third album Prism is covered, as is her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PERJamison, Kay R.
Summary: "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, Robert Lowell (1917-1977) put his manic-depressive illness into the public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWELL, ROBERT JAMMoss, David A.
Summary: Historian David Moss adapts the case study method made famous by Harvard Business School to revitalize our conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. These 19 cases ask us to weigh choices and consequences, wrestle with momentous decisions, and come to our own conclusions.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2017