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Actors United States Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs Books and reading Books and reading Psychological aspects Children's stories Children's stories, American Horror tales, American Smith, Will 1968- United StatesWulf, Andrea.
Summary: "From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers. For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty for the nation they were creating. Andrea Wulf...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 712.0973 WULOvid
Summary: Ovid's poem brings together an array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation, often as a result of love or lust, in which men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best known myths and legends of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: 871.01 OVIMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "The detectives who work in Malmo Police's Department of Sensitive Crimes take their job very seriously. The lead detective, Ulf Varg, prioritizes his cases above even his dog's mental health. Then there are detectives Anna Bengsdotter, who keeps her relationship with Varg professional even as she realizes she's developing feelings for him . . . or at least for his car, and Carl Holgersson,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCLawson, Guy
Summary: In January of 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 million Department of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military. Incredibly, instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz bought cheap Communist-style surplus ammunition from Balkan gunrunners. The pair then secretly repackaged millions of rounds of shoddy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364 LAWSchwartz, David Joseph.
Summary: Dr. Schwartz offers a revolutionary program for getting the most out of work, marriage, family life, and community. He advocates that people do not need to be intellectuals or talented to enjoy success, but rather learn how habits and behaviors influence successful outcomes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 SCHShakespeare, William
Summary: "Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian Senator. But Iago, Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness" -- Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHASobel, Dava.
Summary: Sobel paints an unforgettable portrait of the Copernican Revolution. Encouraged by his German protégé, Polish cleric Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric model of the universe, tantalizing 16th-century mathematicians and scientists--and triggering a groundswell of opposition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SOBEL, DAVA SOBSobel, Dava.
Summary: Recounts John Harrison's invention of the marine chronometer in eighteenth-century England.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 526.62 SOBEdwards, Gavin
Summary: Looking back at the history of the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood television show and the creative visionary behind it, Edwards reminds us of the indelible lessons and insights that they conveyed and why they matter. With dozens of interviews of people whose lives were touched by Fred Rogers, this book is a love letter to this unforgettable cultural hero and role model and to the beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 ROGERS, FREDRule, Ann.
Summary: A man is murdered on a sleepy island, and three people are accused of murdering him: an aging beauty queen, her guitar-teacher lover, and the widow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 RULSummary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHERule, Ann.
Summary: About the inexplicable and violent death of Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Chris Northon in a lonely campground in Wallowa County, Oregon.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 RuleWolff, Michael
Summary: Thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff tells the story of the stormy first nine months of Donald Trump's term as President. Among the revelations: What President Trump's staff really thinks of him -- What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama -- Why FBI director James Comey was really fired -- Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump's son-in-law...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.932 WOLRule, Ann.
Summary: In 2004, Jenn Corbin, mother of two and wife of a successful dentist, was found dead in her home with a gunshot wound to her head. Neither her family nor the county sheriff believed she would end her own life, and so began a harrowing search for the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 RULDavis, Viola
Summary: In this memoir, award-winning actress Viola Davis shares her story, in her own words, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 DAVIS VIOLA DAVJessen, Gene Nora
Summary: The inspiring, true story of the first female pilots taking their rightful place in the exciting world of aviation. In 1929, nineteen gutsy women blazed out of the darkness by setting out from California in propeller-driven planes, each competing to be the winner of the first female cross-country air race. The hazards were many, from disastrous weather to possible sabotage, but by facing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 797.5 JESDurant, Will
Summary: The Durants offer profound and insightful interpretation of the most vital lessons of history based on their five decades of research and reflection on philosophy and history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 901.9 DURFinkel, David
Summary: In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced "the surge" as the newest plan for winning the Iraq war. But the strategy's true story remained unknown to many Americans--until now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2011
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Summary: Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities Dave Grohl has decided to tell these stories just as he has always done, in his own voice. The joy that he has felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that he has recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 921 GROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 921 GROLubar, David
Summary: Watch out for the road weenies! A town is overrun by road weenies-a.k.a. joggers-who never smile. A girl thinks she's too old for Halloween ... until she finds a special pair of gloves. A boy takes a shortcut to an unexpected place. A mummy takes his revenge, one little piece at a time ... Welcome to the weird and wacky world of award-winning storyteller and master of the macabre, David Lubar....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUBRemnick, David.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 OBASpade, David
Summary: Comedian David Spade takes fans back to his childhood as a wannabe cool younger brother and recounts his excruciating road-tour to fame, dishing about his time crisscrossing the country as a comedian, for low-paying gigs and dragging along his mother's old suitcase full of props. He also covers his years on SNL, including his close working relationship and friendship with Chris Farley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2021
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 SPADE, DAVID SPAWilcock, David
Summary: Wilcock takes readers on a surprising and enthralling journey through the history of the universe, exploring the great Cosmic Battle surrounding our own Ascension. Through his contact with a positive higher intelligence behind the UFO phenomenon, ground-breaking scientific information, and data from high-ranking government whistle-blowers, Wilcock reveals that the earth is now on the front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 133 WILSchwalbe, Will
Summary: "For Will Schwalbe, reading is a way to entertain himself but also to make sense of the world, to become a better person, and to find the answers to the big (and small) questions about how to live his life. In this delightful celebration of reading, Schwalbe invites us along on his quest for books that speak to the specific challenges of living in our modern world, with all its noise and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016