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Garfield classics 55Hiaasen, Carl
Summary: Hiaasen presents "The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear," telling graduates (or new job-holders, or brides-and-grooms, or newly-released ex-convicts) the truth: you need to disregard the lame platitudes, keep disillusionment at bay, and assume that bad things will happen in life. Yes, life is a shit storm. No, you're not all doomed. And you might even survive with a sense of humor intact.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 HIASummary: "Graduation Moments is a collection of the best commencement speeches ever given and the best advice you'll ever hear on living life well, achieving your dream, guarding your integrity, serving your country, and finding true success. In addition, this collection features the wise insights of people like C. S. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, Oswald Chambers, Charles H. Spurgeon, Thomas Merton, Evelyn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Honor Books 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 PRIContents: How to be hopeful / Barbara Kingsolver -- The love of learning / David McCullough -- Go forth unafraid / Molly Ivans -- The reach / Anna Deavere Smith -- Listen to your heart / Thomas L. Friedman -- "Be naked as often as possible": anthropological advice / Genevieve Bell -- You are not alone / Karen Tse -- The approach of danger / Ken Burns -- What the future will bring / Ray Kurzweil -- The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sellers Publishing 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Speech CreatingVonnegut, Kurt.
Summary: "Chiefly consists of selected graduation speeches given by Vonnegut at various educational institutions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 ROWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 170 ROWBush, Barbara
Summary: "Barbara Bush is one of America's most beloved first ladies, and one of only two in our history to be both the wife and mother of a president. Celebrated for her wit, candor, and ebullience, she was embraced on both sides of the political aisle. In the outpouring of national admiration and affection in the days following her death in the spring of 2018 at age ninety-two, many remembered the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 BUSBernstein, Paula
Summary: "An unparalleled American icon, Betty White started show business in 1939 in radio and was a pioneer in the early days of TV. Over eight decades, she's appeared on countless sitcoms, game shows, and talk shows, including the iconic comedy hits The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. Her accolades over the years include two Emmy nominations, a Grammy, and induction into the Television...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 BERBegley, Ed
Summary: The beloved American actor and environmental activist shares humorous and heartfelt stories throughout his life and illustrious career, focusing on his relationship with his legendary father, adventures with Hollywood icons, addiction and recovery and his constant search for wisdom and common ground.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEGLEY, ED, JR. BEGGilpin, Betty
Summary: "Like Jenny Lawson and Caitlin Moran, Emmy-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin delivers a lightning-strike dispatch of hilarious, intimate, and luminous essays on how to navigate this weird and wondrous life. Betty Gilpin has a brain full of women. There's Blanche VonFuckery, Ingrid St. Rash, and a host of others--some cowering in sweatpants, some howling plans for revolution, and some,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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Summary: "Beginning with one-day-old mom, who may feel like she is learning a new language, 'Mom Milestones' is a love letter to the myriad ways moms grow and adapt to motherhood."--Page 2 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Co., Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 FARDavis, Jim
Summary: A compilation of strips featuring the voracious and hedonist orange feline finds him continuing his abuse of the long-suffering Jon and Odie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2013
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Summary: "Before his name became synonymous with a new style of comedy; before he had written, directed, or produced his first movie or TV show; before he and his roommate Adam Sandler were performing stand up at dive bars in LA; before all that, Judd Apatow was a kid in Syosett, Long Island who was utterly obsessed with comedy. At 16, he started hosting a radio show for his local high school station,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 APACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 792.7 APADahl, Michael.
Summary: A collection of jokes, comics, and gags about schools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Book, A Capstone imprint 2013
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 817.54 DAHMorgan, Dan
Summary: The official Minecraft Joke Book is packed with over 200 jokes inspired by the best-selling video game in the world!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: At last, the full story behind the Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, sharing stories, portraits, and the occasional puzzle, all telling the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for over a decade.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 MULH. Belden & Co
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Mika Silk Screening 1972
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1 available in Genealogy Atlas Stand, Call number: R GEN 712.913 ILLRipa, Kelly
Summary: "A sharp, funny, and honest collection of real-life stories from Kelly Ripa, showing the many dimensions and crackling wit of the beloved daytime talk show host"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIPCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIPA, KELLY RIPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio RipaBoozan, Glenn
Summary: A rhyming illustrated humor book for moms who feel they're not doing a good job (and that's <i>all</i> moms, right?). Packed with scientifically true examples of terrible parents in the animal kingdom, to remind and reassure any mother that there are way worse moms out there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 BOOMorrison, Toni
Summary: Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 MORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay MorrisonSummary: "101 reasons to laugh out loud. If laughter is the best medicine, then this book is your prescription. Turn off the news and spend a few days not following current events. Instead, return to the basics -- humanity's ability to laugh at itself. Maybe you should even do a news cleanse for a few days! Hide under the covers and read these stories instead. Or read a chapter a day, or a story a day...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.43 CHILewman, David
Summary: "There are few rivalries across history that are quite as formidable, and in Cat Jokes vs. Dog Jokes/Dog Jokes vs. Cat Jokes, they go head-to-head--with a twist that may give you...paws. Through a recurring cast of characters that present the 200+ jokes in comic-style format, there are added layers of humor in funny visuals and wisecracking canines and felines that don't just tell the jokes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman 2023
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Summary: A collection of comic strips follows the adventures of the lazy, food-loving, wise-cracking feline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1997
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Summary: "An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. These magnificent speakers explore ethics, morality, courage, authenticity, and leadership, and Bell's substantive introductions provide rich new context for each woman's speech, highlighting Black women speaking truth to power in service of freedom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature -- with dignity for few and cookies for all -- with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared-down style. This collection features favorite stories from the webcomic of the same name, as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2011