Lauer, Betty
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 LAURoker, Al
Summary: The "Today Show" co-anchor shares his life lessons on success and happiness in a humorous essay collection. These days, the road to success can feel jam-packed with scheduling, networking, nonstop hustle, and flat-out absurdity. And no one knows that better than Al Roker-beloved cohost of the Today Show, weatherperson extraordinaire, and the man we all secretly wish we could turn to for wisdom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 ROKBarnes, Al
Summary: The Traverse region gave birth to at least two classic tales. One was the Indian legend of the sleeping mother bear and her two lost cubs. The other was the true story of the region's first settlement in 1839 by Indian Missionary Peter Dougherty and his wife Martha That tale is told beautifully by Al Barnes in this, his first book. But "100 YEARS" is only a part of the book. Barnes goes on to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: fHenderson Print Shop 1939
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Pacino, Al
Summary: A portrait based on twenty-five years of interviews explores some of the Hollywood giant's most crucial life periods, from his childhood and adult relationships to his work in the "Godfather" trilogy and his eight Academy Award nominations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PACINO, AL PACMichaels, Al
Summary: No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. During the course of his forty-plus-year career, he has logged more hours on live primetime network television than anyone in history, having covered all four major sports championships -- the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA finals, and the Stanley Cup final -- as well as the Olympic Games, the Triple Crown, and many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports. No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MICHAELS, AL MICSharpton, Al
Summary: "While the world may know the major names of the Civil Rights movement, there are countless lesser-known heroes fighting the good fight to advance equal justice for all, heeding the call when no one else was listening, often risking their lives and livelihoods in the process. This book shines a light on everyday people called to do extraordinary things--like Pauli Murray, whose early work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.092 SHAStump, Al.
Summary: Biography of American baseball player Ty Cobb discussing his life, baseball career, and personality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 COBB, TY STUHeuer, Karsten.
Summary: In April 2003, newlyweds Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison embarked on a five-month research journey to migrate more than 2,000 miles with a herd of 120,000 Porcupine Caribou.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.658 HEUGeter, Hafizah
Summary: "Hafizah Augustus Geter disrupts the myths of America's origins and contemporary America through her experiences as the queer Nigerian-born daughter of a Muslim Nigerian woman and a Black American man from a Southern Baptist family in Jim Crow Alabama. A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Summary: The Harvard-educated comedian, talk-show host, and U.S. Senator chronicles the story of his unlikely senatorial campaign, detailing the ensuing months-long recount and what his service has taught him about America's deeply polarized political culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2017
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Summary: The popular television personality discusses his battle with weight loss, describing his initial successes after bypass surgery, his efforts to get back on track after regaining lost weight, and his confrontation with goal-compromising childhood issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 ROKJal, Emmanuel.
Summary: In the mid-1980s, Emmanuel Jal was a seven-year-old Sudanese boy, living in a small village. But as Sudan's civil war moved closer, his family moved again and again, seeking peace. Then, one terrible day, Jal was separated from his mother, and later learned she had been killed; his father Simon rose to become a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Army, fighting for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 962.404 JAL, EMMANUEL JALGrue, Jan
Summary: "In this essayistic autobiography, Jan Grue reflects on social structures, disability, loss, relationships, and the body: in short, on what it means to be human"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: FSG Originals/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRUE, JAN GRUGruber, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.6 GRUGruen, Bob
Summary: The veteran rock-and-roll photographer shares memories from nearly half a century in the industry, from his cross-country trip with the Ike and Tina Turner band to his backstage encounters with KISS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRUEN, BOB GRUAl Abed, Bana
Summary: When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AL ABED, BANA ALDurán, Cristina
Summary: "A narrative, in graphic novel format, following Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner Bou as they rebuild and reinvent themselves after their daughter Laia is born with cerebral palsy. Their story continues through the arduous process of adopting their second daughter, Selam, from Ethiopia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Mundi 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 920 DURIacono, Sal
Summary: "Over the last forty years, Cousin Sal has made bets with doctors, lawyers, teachers, agents, bookies, writers, comedians, radio DJs, tv producers, baseball players, front office executives, bandleaders, movie stars, publicists, weed lab owners, hedge fund operators, and even professional wrestlers. From his early days growing up in Brooklyn and Long Island flipping baseball cards to now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IACONO, SAL IACPenn, Kal
Summary: "Kal Penn's unlikely career arc has taken him from nerdy American kid from an immigrant family in the New York suburb of Montclair, New Jersey, to world-famous actor, to White House staffer under President Obama, and back to actor again. Now, in You Can'tBe Serious, he reflects on the most ridiculous, offensive, and rewarding moments that have stood out during his journey. With intelligence,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PENN, KAL PENAi, Weiwei
Summary: "As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei often found himself with nothing to read but government-approved comic books. Although they were restricted by the confines of political propaganda, Ai Weiwei was struck by the artists' ability to express their thoughts on art and humanity through graphic storytelling. Now, decades later, Ai Weiwei and Italian comic artist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 AI, WEIWEI AIMyer, Caitlin
Summary: "A literary memoir of one woman's journey from wife to warrior, in the vein of breakout hits like Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle. At thirty-six years old, Caitlin Myer is ready to start a family with her husband. She has leftbehind the restrictive confines of her Mormon upbringing and early sexual trauma and believes she is now living her happily ever after . . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pubilshing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MYER, CAITLIN MYEMyer, Sarah
Summary: "Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she grows up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors. People whisper in the supermarket. Classmates bully her. She has trouble containing her anger in these moments--but through it all, she has her art. She's always been a compulsive drawer, and when she discovers anime, her hobby becomes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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Summary: "At nine years old, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh watched from her home in New Jersey as two planes crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. That same year, she heard her first racial slur. At age eleven, when the United States began their invasion in Iraq and the television was flooded with anti-Muslim commentary, Amani felt overwhelmed with feelings of intense alienation from American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016