Blount, Roy.
Summary: An autobiographical account of the life of Roy Blount that discusses his childhood, his relationship with his mother, his desire to be funny, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 BLOBlount, Roy.
Summary: "Hard-working humorist Roy Blount Jr. lives in the North but he's from the South, a delicious tension that has always informed and shaped his work. In this new collection, he directs his acerbic wit and finely-tuned insight toward the persistent and colorful differences between the two. His essays treat every conceivable topic on which North and South misunderstand each other, from music to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 BLOMullen, Jim (Jim R.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001
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Summary: "A literary travelogue that ventures deep into the heart of classic Southern literature. As the writer Elif Batuman did for Russian literature in The Possessed, Margaret Eby does for Southern literature in this charming book of literary exploration. From Mississippi (William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Barry Hannah) to Alabama (Harper Lee, Truman Capote) to Georgia (Flannery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810 EBYLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASHickam, Homer H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.41 GRIDavies, Ray
Summary: The British Invasion musician discusses his love/hate relationship with America, from his first U.S. tour in the early 1960s to being nearly murdered during a botched robbery in New Orleans in 2004.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub Co Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 DAVCobb, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 COBSummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMDickinson, Amy.
Summary: In The Mighty Queens of Freeville, Amy Dickinson, syndicated advice columnist and weekly National Public Radio celeb, shares her remarkable story--a tale of Amy and her daughter and the people who helped raise them after Amy found herself a reluctant single parent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: In the summer of '61, Homer "Sonny" Hickam, a year of college behind him, is dreaming of sandy beaches and rocket ships. But before Sonny can reach the seaside fixer-upper where his mother is spending the summer, a telephone call sends him back to the place he thought he had escaped, the gritty coal-mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. There, Sonny's father, the mine's superintendent, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2001
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Summary: "Sometimes snakes can be scary, but sometimes they can be silly! This accessible joke book shows the silly side of snakes as readers learn a variety of funny jokes starring these cool creatures. This reading experience isn't just entertaining, though. It's educational too! Readers discover fun facts about snakes that help supplement basic life science curriculum topics. This shows even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, DEE WILVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: John F. Blair, Publisher 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 JOHBelleville, Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Florida 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 BELWatterson, Bill.
Summary: The final collection of comic strips from the popular syndicated series follows the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews and McMeel Publishing 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J741.5 WATLaRose, Lawrence.
Summary: Describes how an recently unemployed writer and Manhattanite and his new wife purchased a decrepit fixer-upper in Sag Harbor, New York.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.7 LARSummary: A death row inmate in a Southern prison possesses the unusual gift of healing. A guard discovers the inmate's miraculous power and begins to question the man's guilt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Green 2007Kaplan, Alice Yaeger.
Summary: Examines how spending time abroad in Paris changed the lives and outlooks of three notable American women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.361 KAPSteig, William
Summary: A peak at the life of William Steig in 1916 when he was a young boy living in the Bronx.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joanna Cotler Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC STEYolen, Jane
Summary: Dinosaurs tell funny jokes to make each other laugh.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books 2010