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Gilliam, Dorothy Butler 1936- Jacobs, Jane 1916-2006 Journalists United States Biography Large type books Pornographic films United States Biography Sex scandals United States History 21st century Sociology, Urban Philosophy Trump, Donald 1946- Relations with women United States Women civil rights workersStabler, David
Summary: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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Summary: A Year and Six Seconds is the true story of New York Times bestselling memoirist Isabel Gillies's valiant yet bumbling efforts to pick herself up after her husband leaves her for another woman--and of how she stumbles upon true love.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 792.028 GILLIES, ISABEL GilGillies, Andrea.
Summary: 'Keeper' is a very humane and honest exploration of living with Alzheimer's, giving an illuminating account of the disease itself. Gillies tells about the time she and her family spent living with someone with dementia, in a big Victorian house in the far, far north of Scotland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 GILSmith, Danyel
Summary: "From one of the preeminent cultural critics of her generation, a radiant weave of memoir, criticism, and biography that tells the story of black women in music--from the Dixie Cups to Gladys Knight to Janet, Whitney, and Mariah-- as the foundational story of American pop"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roc Lit 101, One World 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SMIHemingway, Mariel.
Summary: "A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America's most famous families: the Hemingways"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HEMINGWAY, MARIEL HEMKanigel, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. Scribner's 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAMANUJAN, IYENGAR KANLewis, Damien.
Summary: "An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5449 LEWKanigel, Robert
Summary: Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates--all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACOBS, JANE KANHillier, George
Summary: "Hillier shares experiences that influenced his life using short stories, poetry, and characterizations to give glimpses into the wide spectrum of human emotions that we all share."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HILLIER, GEORGE HILGilliam, Dorothy Butler
Summary: Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose fifty-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the US, covering a wide swath of media history--from the era of game-changing Negro newspapers like the Chicago Defender to the civil rights movement, feminism, and our current imperfect diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street, Hachette Book Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILLIAM, DOROTHY BUTLER GILNéret, Gilles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.36 NERDanler, Stephanie
Summary: "From the author of the best-selling Sweetbitter comes an intimate, searingly honest memoir of growing up the child of addicts, of how that turbulent, often harrowing experience has affected her at every stage of her life, and of how she has struggled totranscend this unwanted legacy. When Sweetbitter was published to great success, the author knew she should be happy, but she felt incapable of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANLER, STEPHANIE DANRodriguez, Janel
Summary: "Series continuation, biographies of women in history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 RODWalden, Tillie
Summary: Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good....
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 WALHanel, Rachael.
Contents: We'll be the last ones to let you down -- Digger O'Dell -- In the midst of life we are in death -- Stormy weather -- Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints -- Break the plow -- As you think, you travel -- When beauty dies -- A gossamer world -- Helter skelter -- Opening night -- The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away -- What was left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANEL, RACHAEL HANHoliday, Billie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOLIDAY, BILLIE HOLLaNier, Carlotta Walls
Summary: A personal account of the nation's most famous school integration recounts the author's decision to attend Little Rock's all-white Central High and describes how subsequent events affected her family's beliefs about dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LANLewis, Damien
Summary: "In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAKER, JOSEPHINE LEWManuel, Ian
Summary: "The ... story of a fourteen-year-old sentenced to life in prison, of the extraordinary relationship that developed between him and the woman he shot, and of his release after twenty-six years of imprisonment through the efforts of ... legal activist Bryan Stevenson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MANUEL, IAN MANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MANUEL MANRoem, Danica
Summary: The first openly trans person elected to a U.S. state legislature discusses her lonely and closeted childhood and how she re-wrote her own future by deciding to run for office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROEM, DANICA ROEMantel, Hilary
Summary: A collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir selected from three decades of the author's contributions to the London review of books. Subjects include Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s), the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, and Helen Duncan, Britain's last witch. There are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 4th Estate 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.8 MANAngel, Ann
Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century French scientist who discovered the process for destroying harmful bacteria with heat and opened the door to the new science of microbiology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Children's Books 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB PASTEUR ANGAdams, Ansel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1985
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770.92 ADADaniels, Anthony
Summary: Discover the incredible untold story of one of Star Wars' most iconic characters, C-3PO, told by the man who knows him best. Now, for the very first time, Anthony Daniels will tell C-3PO's story in its entirety, from seeing the first concept images to the early stages of the final film in the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: Episode IX, and in the process, will also tell his own. This includes his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2019