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  • The hard parts [CD book] : a memoir of courage and triumph

    The hard parts : a memoir of courage and triumph2023

    by Oksana Masters

    Summary: Oksana was born in Ukraine -- in the shadow of Chernobyl. She was born with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep, and no thumbs. Her left leg was six...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B MASTERS

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Honey, baby, mine [CD book] : a mother and daughter talk life, death, love (and banana pudding)

    Honey, baby, mine : a mother and daughter talk life, death, love (and banana pudding)2023

    by Laura Dern

    Summary: Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other....  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B DERN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • The love you save [CD book] : a memoir

    The love you save : a memoir2023

    by Goldie Taylor

    Summary: An acclaimed journalist and human rights activist shares the harrowing yet deeply hopeful story of her troubled childhood in East St. Louis -- a memoir of family, faith and the power of books.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B TAYLOR

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Sink [CD book] : a memoir

    Sink : a memoir2023

    by Joseph Earl Thomas

    Summary: Stranded in a volatile, ever-shifting family, saddled with a mercurial mother mired in crack addiction, and demeaned daily for his perceived weakness, Joseph Earl Thomas was under constant threat....  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B THOMAS

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Jackie [CD book] : public, private, secret

    Jackie : public, private, secret2023

    by J. Randy Taraborrelli

    Summary: Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period -- as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library -- Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B KENNEDY

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Thicker than water [CD book]

    Thicker than water2023

    by Kerry Washington

    Summary: While on a drive in Los Angeles, on a seemingly average afternoon, Kerry Washington received a text message that would send her on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. In an instant, her very...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B WASHINGTON

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Making it so [CD book] : a memoir

    Making it so : a memoir2023

    by Patrick Stewart

    Summary: From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B STEWART

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Scattershot [CD book] : life, music, Elton & me

    Scattershot : life, music, Elton & me2023

    by Bernie Taupin

    Summary: This is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B TAUPIN

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Like a Rolling stone [CD book] : a memoir

    Like a Rolling stone : a memoir2022

    by Jann Wenner

    (1,567)

    Summary: Rolling Stone founder, editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offers a memoir from the heart of the rock and roll generation: from the triumphs of the Beatles and the Stones to Bono and the Boss, from...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B WENNER

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Will [CD book]

    Will2021

    by Will Smith

    (57,037)

    Summary: Will Smith's transformation from a West Philadelphia kid to one of the biggest rap stars of his era, and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, is an epic tale -- but it's only...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B SMITH

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • This time next year we'll be laughing [CD book] : a memoir

    This time next year we'll be laughing : a memoir2020

    by Jacqueline Winspear

    Summary: Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, Jacqueline Winspear's memoir tackles such difficult, poignant, and fascinating family memories as her paternal grandfather's shellshock, her mother's...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B WINSPEAR

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • The autobiography of Malcolm X [CD book]

    The autobiography of Malcolm X2020

    by Malcolm X

    (254,279)

    Summary: In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B X

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Where the past begins [CD book] : a writer's memoir

    Where the past begins : a writer's memoir2017

    by Amy Tan

    Summary: In this memoir, Amy Tan is at her most intimate, revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction. By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childhood, confessions...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B TAN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Born to run [CD book]

    Born to run2016

    by Bruce Springsteen

    (45,817)

    Summary: Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B SPRINGSTEEN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • American heiress [CD book] : the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of Patty Hearst

    American heiress : the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of Patty Hearst2016

    by Jeffrey Toobin (read by Paul Michael)

    (11,161)

    Summary: On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbionese...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B HEARST

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Elon Musk [CD book] : Tesla, Spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future

    Elon Musk : Tesla, Spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future2015

    by Ashlee Vance

    Summary: An exciting narrative in the tradition of Michael Lewis which uses the extraordinary life of the entrepreneur Elon Musk, arguably the most powerful man in Silicon Valley, to look at America's return...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B MUSK

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • My beloved world [CD book]

    My beloved world2013

    by Sonia Sotomayor (read by Rita Moreno )

    (31,428)

    Summary: "An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B SOTOMAYOR

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Sum it up [CD book] : 1,098 victories, a couple of irrelevant losses, and a life in perspective

    Sum it up : 1,098 victories, a couple of irrelevant losses, and a life in perspective2013

    by Pat Head Summitt

    (4,280)

    Summary: "Pat Summitt was only 21 when she became head coach of the Tennessee Vols women's basketball team. For 38 years, she has broken records, winning more games than any NCAA team in basketball history....  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B SUMMITT

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • I am Malala [CD book] : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban

    I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban2013

    by Malala Yousafzai (read by Archie Panjabi)

    (542,931)

    Summary: When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. She was shot in the head at...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B YOUSAFZAI

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Open heart [CD book]

    Open heart2012

    by Elie Wiesel (read by Mark Bramhall )

    (2,337)

    Summary: "Eighty-two years old, facing emergency heart surgery and his own mortality, Elie Wiesel reflects back on his life."--Container.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B WIESEL

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • If you ask me [CD book] : (and of course you won't)

    If you ask me : (and of course you won't)2011

    by Betty White

    (41,364)

    Summary: A personal account by the popular actress shares stories from her decades in Hollywood while offering her lighthearted perspectives on topics ranging from sex and aging to animal welfare and television.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B WHITE

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • The glass castle [CD book] : a memoir

    The glass castle : a memoir2010

    by Jeannette Walls (read by Jeannette Walls)

    (1,117,210)

    Summary: Journalist Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary and their four children lived like nomads, moving among Southwest...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B WALLS

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • The last lecture [CD book]

    The last lecture2008

    by Randy Pausch (read by Erik Singer)

    (334,189)

    Summary: "A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." While they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B PAUSCH

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • President Reagan [CD book] : the triumph of imagination

    President Reagan : the triumph of imagination2005

    by Richard Reeves

    (340)

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B REAGAN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • John Paul Jones [CD book] : sailor, hero, father of the American Navy

    John Paul Jones : sailor, hero, father of the American Navy2003

    by Evan Thomas (read by Dan Cashman )

    (1,495)

    Summary: John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B JONES

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Catch me if you can [CD book]

    Catch me if you can2001

    by Frank W Abagnale (read by Barrett Whitener)

    (57,689)

    Summary: Abagnale's first-person narrative of his misadventures as a conman, forger, imposter, and escape artist before the age of 21.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B ABAGNALE

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details