Palahniuk, Chuck.
Summary: The author takes readers on a walking tour of Portland, Oregon, revealing the city's quirky, cheap, and wild side as he visits unusual museums, offbeat annual festivals, scenes of ghostly hauntings, and strange local customs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Journeys 2003
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Taproot Magazine is an ad-free, independent print publication celebrating food, farm, family, and craft. Our mission is to build and support the vibrant community of people participating in both the practical and fine arts, to craft handmade lives, by producing quality, unique, beautiful, positive, and heartfelt print media.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Magazines - previous years, Call number: 2022-Issue 49 RefreshCall number: 2023-Issue 55 Lunar
Call number: 2023-Issue 57 Blue
Call number: 2023-Issue 59 Stitch
Harding, Robyn
Summary: "Low Morrison is not your average teen. You could blame her hippie parents or her looming height or her dreary, isolated hometown on an island in the Pacific Northwest. But whatever the reason, Low just doesn't fit in-and neither does Freya, a once-famous social media influencer who now owns the pottery studio in town. After signing up for a class, Low quickly falls under Freya's spell. And...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scout Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARTyler, Anne
Summary: "Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and then a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TYLSummary: A troubled young girl must choose between a carefree and exciting life in the city and a hard-work, no frills country lifestyle in order to learn who she really is and what she wants out of life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2018
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD URBAmery, Heather.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Books 2006
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Preschool Amery 2006DePaulo, Bella M.
Summary: "A close-up examination and exploration, How We Live Now challenges our old concepts of what it means to be a family and have a home, opening the door to the many diverse and thriving experiments of living in twenty-first century America. Across America and around the world, in cities and suburbs and small towns, people from all walks of life are redefining our "lifespaces"--the way we live and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books/Beyond Words 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 DEPThomas, Lauren
Summary: Simple + Nostalgic + Sophisticated + Casual = Modern Hippie The Modern Hippie Table invites you to slow down and create a sanctuary at home, using food and conversation to bring people together, strengthen family bonds, and forge lifelong friendships. The more than 70 recipes are elevated, yet simplified, with a mix of fresh fruits and vegetables plus quality prepared ingredients, ensuring the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Collective Book Studio 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642 THOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642 THOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Cook ThomasTyler, Anne
Summary: Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TYLSummary: Hinamatsuri contains episodes one through twelve directed by Kei Oikawa. Yakuza member Yoshifumi Nitta's way of life takes a turn for the absurd when a strange, telekinetic young girl named Hina falls onto his head. Now he's stuck caring for this socially awkward psychic weirdo while struggling to continue his normal criminal lifestyle. With a huge lineup of unique characters, hilarious antics,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME HINSummary: Join the journey and discover the secrets to living a truly happy life as two film-makers travel the country in search of the happiest people in America. Be ready to laugh and cry as they uncover real-life heartfelt stories from the most compelling characters. A young woman battles stage four colon cancer, a single dad who lost both of his arms, an impoverished painter single-handedly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PURArnoux, Alexandra d'.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C. Potter 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 909 D'ArnGoldberg, Whoopi
Summary: From the provocative and hilarious EGOT winner, bestselling author, and host of The View, Whoopi Goldberg, comes the perfect antidote to all those outdated relationship advice books in the world, weighing in on why marriage isn't for everybody and how the life you want shouldn't be the life everyone else expects you to have.Whoopi Goldberg has been an electrifying, envelope-pushing public...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 306.8 GOLProctor, Bob.
Summary: With this book, the reader will become a student of Bob Proctor's, as he teaches lessons and presents jewels of wisdom on living an extraordinary life. Readers will marvel at Proctor's miraculous way of disseminating his decades of business wisdom into easy-to-understand parables, and learn lessons on what our creative faculties are and how to use them, why we need to unlearn most of the false...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 PROReid, Megan
Summary: A collection of the authors' favorite life hacks and mini-upgrades, such as craft cocktails on the cheap or tips for a perfectly planned staycation. Sometimes it takes as little as nine dollars to turn your life around. How to find simple pleasures in a pricey, wellness-obsessed world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Gift 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 REICoyle, McKayla
Summary: Do you ever feel gross, chaotic, underappreciated, or like you don't fit in? You might be a goblin! That means that your imperfections and idiosyncrasies are the most awesome things about you, and you can build a more harmonious life by accepting and honoring them. Coyle shows you how to take inspiration from the frogs, fungi, moss, rocks and dirt that goblins love. She includes life advice for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 645 COYMcEntire, Reba
Summary: In Not That Fancy, GRAMMY-award winning singer and actress Reba McEntire shares life lessons, behind-the-scenes stories and photos, and her favorite comfort food recipes to inspire you to enjoy the simple things in life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Celebrate 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCENTIRE, REBA MCEMcGurk, Linda Åkeson
Summary: "In The Open-Air Life, Swedish-American writer Linda McGurk introduces readers to a wide array of Nordic customs and practices that focus on slowing down and spending more and more of ones' time outdoors. An outdoorsy cousin of hygge, friluftsliv is what Nordic people do outside all day before they cozy up in front of the fireplace with their wool socks on and a cup of hot cocoa"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.50948 MCGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.50948 MCQCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation McGurkMorrissey, Di.
Summary: When Sydney corporate wife Holly Jamieson turns forty-five she shocks her husband by buying an old house in The Bay with plans to transform it into a charming B & B. What began as a gesture of independence changes her life. Holly soon discovers that beneath its tranquil surface, The Bay is a whirlpool of passions and conflict. It was once a whaling town, then a sleepy resort that became trendy,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bolinda Audio 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MORSchotter, Roni.
Summary: Little Green is a proud and strong pickup truck who loves helping with chores, but when Farmer Gray buys a big new blue truck, Little Green is left to rust in a pasture until the farmer's daughter, Fern, suggests they fix him up and use him for such gentle jobs as going to the farmers' market.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Greater physical stamina, better concentration at school or work, a more efficient metabolism-the evidence is overwhelming that a healthy breakfast is the key to a productive day. Yet it's the meal most likely to be skipped by children, teenagers, and adults alike. This video brings home the importance of the day's first meal by exploring the numerous mental and physical benefits of a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
View online at AVOD
Summary: Trendy low-carb diets: healthy or hype? Use this video to give your students a detailed overview of simple and complex carbohydrates and how they work in the body. Also, the video questions the effectiveness and safety of low-carb diets as a weight-loss regimen. A balanced look at a complicated and controversial subject. Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: Fast food often gets a bad rap-and for good reason! High amounts of saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, and sodium, plus a lack of fruits and vegetables, make most fast foods a great choice for flavor but a questionable choice in terms of nutrition. In this video, Rickey and Genevieve explore the world of fast food with humor as they help viewers learn how to make the healthiest choices when...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
View online at AVOD
Summary: In this program cookbook author and world traveler Paulette Mitchell presents food and nutrition know-how gathered from markets around the world, but easily applied to any home-cooked meal. Mitchell demonstrates that fresh items found at most farmer's markets and grocery stores can replace packaged and processed foods, and offers tips for incorporating these ingredients into easy-to-prepare...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011