Roosevelt, Eleanor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOKamenetz, Rodger
Contents: Sparks -- Flames -- Roadblocks -- Heights -- Blessings -- Contact -- The angel of Tibet and the angel of the Jews -- Always remind -- Debating monks and angels -- Shabbat Shalom and Tashe Delek -- Jewish Buddhists, Buddhist Jews -- JUBUs in America -- Tibetan intellectuals, Tibetan orphans -- An interview with the oracle -- Secret doors -- Tantra and Kabbalah -- Survival strategies -- One last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3 KAMHodge, Roger D.
Summary: "An intoxicating, singularly illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching family. What brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers? In search of answers, Hodge travels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976 HODRoeper, Richard
Summary: Follows the author on his quest to gamble at least a thousand dollars a day for thirty days using every method he could find on a trip across America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press, Inc. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793 ROERadner, Gilda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RADNER, GILDA RADSafranski, Rüdiger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH WILHELM SAFRosser, Kareem
Summary: "An inspiring memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo championship. "Crossing the Line will not just leave you with hope, but also ideas on how to make that hope transferable" (New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore). Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROSSER, KAREEM ROSRogen, Seth
Summary: "A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys. (All of these words have been added to help this book show up in people's searches using the wonders of algorithmic technology. Thanks for bearing with us!) Hi! I'm Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROGEN, SETH ROGBarth, Rüdiger
Summary: November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between rival political parties, the Weimar Republic is on its last legs. In the halls of the Reichstag, party leaders scramble for power and influence as the elderly president, Paul von Hindenburg, presides over a democracy pushed to the breaking point. Chancellors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher spin a web of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.085 BARHodges, Margaret
Summary: Relates the story of Offero, whose service to Jesus brought him the name of Christopher the Christ-bearer and caused him to be the patron saint of travelers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.1 HODKroeger, Brooke
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Random House 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLY, NELLIE KRORoker, 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 ROKRoper, Lyndal
Summary: "Examining the inner life of Martin Luther, the founding leader of the Reformation, the author reveals a literary genius who was full of contradictions and whose Ninety-Five Theses began the greatest upheaval and transformation of Christianity in history"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUTHER, MARTIN ROPRopper, Allan H.
Summary: "Tell the doctor where it hurts." It sounds simple enough, unless the problem affects the very organ that produces awareness and generates speech. What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this book, Dr. Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell take the reader behind the scenes at Harvard Medical School's neurology unit to show how a seasoned diagnostician faces down...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 ROPRoker, Al
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 ROKRoper, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 ROPLodge, Tom
Contents: Childhood and upbringing -- Becoming a notable -- Volunteer-in-chief -- Making a messiah -- Trials -- Prisoner 466/64 -- Leading from prison -- Messianic politics and the transition to democracy -- Embodying the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MANDELA, NELSON LODDangerfield, Rodney
Summary: The comedic actor traces his rise from a disadvantaged Long Island child, to a debt-ridden aluminum siding salesman, to a multimedia star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperEntertainment 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANGERFIELD, RODNEY DANRothman, Rodney.
Summary: A former writer for David Letterman's show recounts his decision to retire from big-city life in his mid-twenties, his relocation to South Florida, and his humorous experiences with the older retired crowd that comprised his new neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.38 ROTStotts, Rodney
Summary: "In Bird Brother, Rodney [Stotts] shares his remarkable journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. For Rodney, a job pulling trash from the Anacostia River with the Earth Conservation Corps began as a side gig to dealing drugs--a way to get a paystub necessary to rent his own apartment. But then something incredible happened: the river's health began...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STOTTS, RODNEY STOBeresford-Kroeger, Diana
Summary: "Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. Now, in a captivating account of how her life led her to these illuminating and crucial ideas, she shows us how forests can not only heal us but save the planet. When Diana...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Canada 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERESFORD-KROEGER, DIANA BERBolger, Daniel P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 959.704 BOLBolzan, Scott
Summary: Describes how a former NFL player suffered permanent amnesia after a head injury--losing all of his memories of his past, his wife and children, and the imprint of a lifetime of learning--and describes how he reinvented himself with the help of his wife and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOLZAN, SCOTT BOLHodges, Margaret.
Summary: A young man rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty and good works, always befriending animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1991