Lisk, Jenny
Summary: "Jenny Lisk had no idea what was coming. At forty-three, she had a lot going on. A full-time job. Two young kids. A home to manage. And suddenly--a husband with inoperable brain cancer. How could this be her life? In between surgeries, ER visits, thousands of pills, and ultimately, hospice at home, Jenny kept her corner of the world updated through a CaringBridge online journal, and found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluhen Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LISK, JENNY LISDiski, Jenny
Summary: Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own diagnosis with cancer. Her columns in the London Review of Books -- selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, ranged from subjects as various as happiness, social psychology, self-absorption and cats -- have been described as 'virtuoso performances', and 'small masterpieces'.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 824 DISLiao, Jenny
Summary: Even though Zia loves the Cantonese food her parents prepare at home, she is embarrassed to eat it at school, but when she realizes each meal has a special meaning, she begins to look forward to lunchtime. Includes a recipe for Zia's lucky yi mein.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIADiski, Jenny
Summary: In July 2014, Jenny Diski was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and given "two or three years" to live. She didn't know how to react. All responses felt scripted, as if she were acting out her part. To find the response that felt wholly her own, she had to face the cliches and try to write about it. And there was another story to write, one she had not yet told: that of being taken in at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DISKI, JENNY DISDiski, Jenny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 DISLily, Fenne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LILSummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OSummary: It's the wackiest animated adventure of all space-time when the world's favorite Modern Stone Age Family comes face to face with the First Family of the Future in a matchup that only Hanna-Barbera Studios can delightfully make possible!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JETSummary: Join Mary and the rest of the crew from the WJM-TV newsroom for another season of the classic sitcom. This time around Mary deals with more adventures, both in the newsroom and with her romantic life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARBigelow, Lisa Jenn
Summary: Hazel knows a lot about the world but feels insecure dealing with the changes in her life as she enters eighth grade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BIGSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Surfin' bird (The Trashmen) -- Tutti frutti (Little Richard) -- Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis) -- Cotton picker (Eddie Cochran) -- Tall cool one (The Fabulous Wailers) -- Scorpio (Dennis Coffey) -- Rumble (Link Wray) -- Moanin' at midnight (Howlin' Wolf) -- Crawling king snake (Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys) -- Drug store woman (John Lee Hooker) -- Say man (Bo Diddley) -- Help, I'm a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2007
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJSummary: Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1995
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN QUEBigelow, Lisa Jenn
Summary: Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. Not to be missed by fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever ! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It's the only time she doesn't feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BIGSummary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATLambert, Lisa
Contents: Overture (2:23) -- Hello (1:16) -- Fancy dress (4:55) -- Percy Hyman (0:20) -- Cold feets (3:51) -- The ooops girl (0:24) -- Show off (4:41) -- Beatrice Stockwell (0:26) -- As we stumble along (3:25) -- Roman Bartelli (0:24) -- I am Aldolpho (2:34) -- Accident waiting to happen (3:05) -- The Tall Brothers (0:22) -- Toledo surprise (4:31) -- Act 1 finale (0:47) -- Bride's lament (5:13) -- Love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC DROYeager, Jeana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.41 YEASummary: "Inside the walls of St. Vincent's Orphanage, young boys fall victim to sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their guardians. Henry Czerny gives a terrifying performance as Brother Lavin, the head of the orphanage who must juggle the teachings of the church with his own personal demons. The plight of the boys under his care remains a secret until the orphanage janitor and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 12Summary: Silas and Jamal are buddies who enjoy smoking voluminous amounts of marijuana. They end up in the possession of some magical weed that enhances their brainpower during college entrance exams, thus enabling them to enter that esteemed institution of learning, Harvard University. Once firmly ensconced in the halls of academia, however, the pals run out of their supernatural supply and are forced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOWHill, Jenna Miscavige
Summary: The niece of controversial Scientology leader David Miscavige presents a tell-all memoir about her life in the Church of Scientology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HILL, JENNA MISCAVIGE HILSummary: Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THIWiehl, Lis W.
Summary: When a key witness goes missing in the case she is prosecuting, Mia Quinn discovers that her case is linked to two murder investigations led by Seattle homicide detective Charlie Carlson and together they must race against time to find the truth before another crime hits too close to home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIESummary: Lassie come home: A collie braves storms, hunger, and peril to return to her young master. Son of Lassie: On a bombing run over enemy-occupied Norway, a bomber crewman and his devoted dog, Lassie's son Laddie, parachute from their damaged aircraft into a series of wartime adventures. Courage of Lassie: Lassie is in the Army now. Follows the canine's new adventures form his wilderness puppyhood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011