Sundberg, Kelly
Summary: "In this brave and beautiful memoir...a woman chronicles how her marriage devolved from a love story into a shocking tale of abuse--examining the tenderness and violence entwined in the relationship, why she endured years of physical and emotional pain, and how she eventually broke free."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Summary: "A memoir of living with OCD before and after diagnosis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 1974
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace & company 1939
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Mar, Alex
Summary: "A thought-provoking, masterfully told work of literary journalism about a shocking crime committed by a teenager-and its even more shocking aftermath In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a black teenaged girl kills an elderly white woman in a robbery gone wrong. The shock and awe of the case captivates the state, whose citizens cry out for vengeance. Soon after, Paula Cooper, the fifteen-year-old killer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 MARPaz, Octavio
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.08 PAZAndersson, Per J.
Summary: "The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait--it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably. PK was not born in the city. He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India, and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KUMAR, PRADYUMNA. ANDPak, Jung H.
Summary: "A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un, from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump--from a former CIA analyst considered one of the leading American experts on the North Korean leader inside and outside the U.S. government. When Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea following his father's death in 2011, predictions about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KIM, JUNG UN PAKHouston, Pam
Summary: "'How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us,' Pam Houston writes. On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, this beloved writer learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000-acre wildfire, threatening her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio HoustonPark, Jihyun
Summary: The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperNorth 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PARK, JIHYUN PARPollack, Pam
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the creator of the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies, whose technological innovations have had a major impact on the film industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LUCPollack, Pam
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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Summary: Profiles the life and accomplishments of the schoolteacher who became the most famous leader of the women's rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ANTHONYConroy, Pat
Summary: Chronicles the author's efforts to reconcile with his harsh fighter pilot father, who inspired "The Great Santini," recounting how at the end of his father's life, he defended the author from his critics while helping to heal family estrangements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2013
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Summary: Simple text describes how Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, worked hard to become a great magician.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2002
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Contents: It all started with a boy -- Anything is possible -- Imagination unlimited -- Animated leadership -- Betting the studio -- Triumph to tragedy -- The plus factor -- The man with stick-to-it-ivity -- A sponge for ideas -- The man who saw tomorrow -- Living for the next generation -- A man of singular focus -- The show must go on -- The real Walt Disney -- Walt lives!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B DISNEY WILPark, Ina
Summary: "Sexually transmitted diseases have been hidden players in our lives for the whole of human history, with roles in everything from World War II to the growth of the Internet to The Bachelor. But despite their prominence, STDs have been shrouded in mystery and taboo for centuries, which begs the question: why do we know so little about them? Enter Ina Park, MD, who has been pushing boundaries to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.95 PARFlowers, Pam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alaska Northwest Books 2001
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Summary: Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gifted with languages and used this skill as a signals officers in World War II as well as in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TOLKIENPollack, Pam
Summary: Documents the life of the fifteenth-century French teenage peasant who led an army into battle and became a saint.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOAConroy, Pat
Summary: A powerful and intimate memoir by the beloved best-selling author of The Prince of Tides about his father, the inspiration for The Great Santini, and a re-affirmation that love can conquer even the meanest of men.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 CONROY, PAT CONHenry, Pat
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 2003
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Summary: "God has a great plan for you. Sometimes it's difficult to see and hard to find when the only things in front of you are challenging circumstances, lost opportunities, or overwhelming obstacles. Many things in life just happen to you--you don't choose them. But God can turn even the things you have no control over into good, not only for you, but also for someone else. For Pat Smith, former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2016