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Luxenberg, Steve.

Summary: Traces the author's surprise discovery that his late mother had a sister who was sent away under mysterious circumstances and never mentioned by the family again, his efforts to research his long-lost aunt's story and whereabouts, and his struggles to understand the secrecy of her existence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2009

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.875 LUX

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.875 LUX

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.875 LUX

Henry, Marian S.

Summary: "This book paints a picture of the early settlers of the Genesee Country who were among the first wave of migrants moving westward after the Revolutionary War. Author Marian Henry begins with families enumerated in the 1790 Federal Census and links these first settlers of present-day Steuben County to their eastern origins -- usually New England, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey. The sketches cover...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 Henry

Summary: This documentary traces the unorthodox path of Daniel Smith - eccentric musician, visual artist and devout Christian - as he creates a musical phenomenon with family and friends, and mentors an unknown singer-songwriter whose subsequent success stands in contrast to the music world's uneasy reception of Danielson just a few years earlier.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DAN

Brennan, Chrisann.

Summary: "An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child and a complement to Walter Isaacson's biography, providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years. Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOBS, STEVE BRE

Summary: Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a down-on-her-luck diva who finds herself hired for a job for which she never even applied. Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with a blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, the comedy is red hot.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NAN

Brennan-Jobs, Lisa

Summary: A frank, smart, and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents, artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs, Lisa Brennan-Jobs' childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BRENNAN-JOBS BRE

Krosoczka, Jarrett

Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Summary: Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a down-on-her-luck diva who finds herself hired for a job for which she never even applied. Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with a blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, the comedy is red hot.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NAN

Summary: This compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese offers a fascinating window onto his artistic development. Spanning the years from Scorsese's time at NYU in the mid-1960s to the late '70s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SCO

Rushin, Steve

Summary: A bittersweet memoir of the author's 1970s childhood nostalgically shares observations of his family life as it was shaped by influences ranging from the Steve Miller Band and Saturday morning cartoons to Bic pens and Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSHIN, STEVE RUS

Summary: After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Master Splinter, their sensei, is struggling to keep them together. He becomes worried when strange things begin brewing in New York City. Tech-industrialist tycoon Max Winters revives four ancient stone warriors and enlists the help of the foot clan to help capture ancient monsters.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TMN

White, Jonathan W.

Summary: "The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.6092 WHI

Harrison, Marvyn

Summary: From Marvyn Harrison, the founder of Dope Black Dads, and illustrator Diane Ewen, comes a joyful first book of positive affirmations. Every week, we choose words to help us feel brave, beautiful, and powerful! I Love Me! celebrates building confidence and self-esteem through uplifting statements that little ones and parents can say each day. The book's days-of-the-week structure provides...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAR

Jagger, Steph

Summary: "In this heart wrenching and inspirational memoir a woman and her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, embark on a road trip through national parks, revisiting the memories, and the mountains, that made them who they are. Steph Jagger lost her mother before she lost her. Her mother, stricken with an incurable disease that slowly erases all sense of self, struggles to remember her favorite...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAGGER, STEPH JAG

Kessler, Liz

Summary: Emily Windsnap's best friend, Shona Silkfin, is a mermaid who loves to sing . . . but only when she is by herself. So when Shiprock School announces a talent show whose winner will have the honor of meeting King Neptune, everyone is excited to perform--except Shona, who is too nervous to sign up. But when Emily overhears her friend singing, she's amazed by Shona's beautiful voice. With Emily's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022

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Burke, Diane

Summary: "The moment Diane Burke, an author and mother of two grown sons, received an unexpected certified letter in the mail, she had no idea her life would be shaken to its core. Memories of a past she had buried more than forty years ago suddenly resurfaced and she wasn't prepared to deal with them. Steve Orlandi, happily married, father of two and step-father of three, was living the typical middle...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BURKE, DIANE BUR

O'Brien, Patricia.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC OBR

Brown, Monica

Summary: "Lola Levine is given a non-speaking part after getting stage fright during her class play audition. She saves the play after a couple of obstacles with the help of her grandmother"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC BRO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BRO

Roberts, Steven V.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.9 ROB

O'Brien, Patricia.

Summary: A novelization based on a nineteenth-century sex scandal traces how the downfall of Henry Ward Beecher divided the nation and severed the loving relationship between his sisters, author Harriet Beecher Stowe and suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBR

Ostrom, Melissa

Summary: In 1807, Harriet Winter leaves her family's New Hampshire farm with her brother to settle in the Genesee Valley to avoid being pushed into marriage with her neighbor, Daniel Long.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OST

Summary: Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah, living right next door, and makes a quick friend in Champ. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah's mysterious dad is in fact R.L. Stine, the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. As Zach starts learning about...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Goosebumps 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOO RATED PG

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Go

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV GOO

Summary: Goosebumps: Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets the next-door neighbor Hannah, daughter of the best-selling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. Stine is very mysterious and a prisoner of his own imagination - the monsters that his books made famous are real, and he protects his readers by keeping them locked in his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Goosebumps 2018

Glaser, Karina Yan

Summary: One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GLA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLA

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