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  • 18 and life on skid row [CD book]

    18 and life on skid row2016

    by Sebastian Bach

    (2,217)

    Summary: In his memoir, Bach recounts lurid tales of excess and debauchery as he toured the world with Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Motley Crüe, Soundgarden, Pantera, Nine Inch Nails and Guns N Roses. Filled with...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B BACH

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Al Franken, Giant of the Senate [CD book]

    Al Franken, Giant of the Senate2017

    by Al Franken (read by Author)

    (22,407)

    Summary: The story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. A book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B FRANKEN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Alexander Hamilton [CD book]

    Alexander Hamilton2016

    by Ron Chernow (read by Scott Brick )

    Summary: Ron Chernow tells the story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B HAMILTON

    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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  • 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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  • Bad Mormon [CD book] : a memoir

    Bad Mormon : a memoir2023

    by Heather Gay

    Summary: Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is famous for speaking the gospel truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, Heather is unafraid to blaze a new...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B GAY

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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  • A beautiful mind [CD book]

    A beautiful mind2001

    by Sylvia Nasar (read by Edward Herrmann )

    (130,910)

    Summary: A biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B NASH

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Becoming [CD book]

    Becoming2018

    by Michelle Obama (read by Michelle Obama)

    (942,613)

    Summary: In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B OBAMA

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Becoming Mr. October [CD book]

    Becoming Mr. October2013

    by Reggie Jackson

    (200)

    Summary: Reggie Jackson hit 563 home runs and drove in 1,702 runs over the course of his twenty-one-year career; he played three World Series-winning seasons with the Oakland Athletics, and two with the New...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B JACKSON

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Belonging [CD book] : a daughter's search for identity through loss and love

    Belonging : a daughter's search for identity through loss and love2023

    by Michelle Miller

    Summary: Though Michelle Miller was an award-winning broadcast journalist for CBS News, few people in her life knew the painful secret she carried: her mother had abandoned her at birth. Los Angeles in 1967...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B MILLER

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • The best strangers in the world [CD book] : stories from a life spent listening

    The best strangers in the world : stories from a life spent listening2023

    by Ari Shapiro

    Summary: In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B SHAPIRO

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Big Russ and me [CD book] : father and son : lessons of life

    Big Russ and me : father and son : lessons of life2004

    by Tim Russert (read by Hyperion Assorted Authors)

    (4,452)

    Summary: A collection of personal memories.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B RUSSERT

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Born a crime [CD book] : stories from a South African childhood

    Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood2016

    by Trevor Noah (read by Trevor Noah)

    (620,825)

    Summary: One of the comedy world's fastest-rising stars tells his wild coming of age story during the twilight of Apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B NOAH

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Born standing up [CD book] : a comic's life

    Born standing up : a comic's life2007

    by Steve Martin

    (96,766)

    Summary: Martin reflects on his over 30 years in the comedy business, from writing to performing and everywhere in between. He offers listeners a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to look into the mind of an artist at the top of his game.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B MARTIN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • 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 »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B SPRINGSTEEN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Capital Gaines [CD book]

    Capital Gaines2017

    by Chip Gaines (read by Chip Gaines)

    (16,541)

    Summary: Gaines is an HGTV star, renovation expert, author, and husband and father of four in Waco, Texas. He's also a serial entrepreneur always ready for the next challenge, even if it didn't quite work out...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B GAINES

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Cary Grant [CD book] : a brilliant disguise

    Cary Grant : a brilliant disguise2020

    by Scott Eyman

    (1,101)

    Summary: Born Archibald Leach in 1904, he came to America as a teenaged acrobat to find fame and fortune, but he was always haunted by his past. His father was a feckless alcoholic, and his mother was...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B GRANT

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • 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

  • Cheaper by the dozen [CD book]

    Cheaper by the dozen1994

    by Frank B. Gilbreth (read by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey )

    (42,325)

    Summary: A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children. No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B GILBRETH

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Churchill [CD book]

    Churchill2001

    by J. Rufus Fears

    (293)

    Summary: Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma examines the life of Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain during World War II.

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B CHURCHILL

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Confessions of a dangerous mind [CD book] : an unauthorized biography

    Confessions of a dangerous mind : an unauthorized biography2002

    by Chuck Barris (read by Chuck Barris)

    (1,563)

    Summary: The autobiography of Chuck Barris, flamboyant 1970s television producer, who allegedly spent close to two decades as a decorated covert assassin for the CIA.

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    Call #: CD BOOK B BARRIS

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Cronkite remembers [CD book]

    Cronkite remembers2000

    by Walter Cronkite (read by Walter Cronkite)

    (30)

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B CRONKITE

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Death need not be fatal [CD book]

    Death need not be fatal2017

    by Malachy McCourt (read by Author)

    (318)

    Summary: Before he runs out of time, Irish bon vivant Malachy McCourt shares his views on death -- sometimes hilarious and often poignant -- and on what will or won't happen after his last breath is drawn....  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B MCCOURT

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Destiny and power [CD book] : the American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

    Destiny and power : the American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush2015

    by Jon Meacham (read by Paul Michael )

    (7,758)

    Summary: "In this brilliant biography, Jon Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush. Drawing on President Bush's personal diaries, on the diaries of his...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B BUSH

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Did ye hear mammy died? [CD book] : a memoir

    Did ye hear mammy died? : a memoir2022

    by Seamas O'Reilly

    (4,638)

    Summary: Seamas O'Reilly's mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B O'REILLY

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Elizabeth the Queen [CD book] : the life of a modern monarch

    Elizabeth the Queen : the life of a modern monarch2012

    by Sally Bedell Smith (read by Rosalyn Landor)

    (28,248)

    Summary: From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B ELIZABETH

    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

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • From scratch [CD book] : a memoir of love, Sicily, and finding home

    From scratch : a memoir of love, Sicily, and finding home2019

    by Tembi Locke

    (36,248)

    Summary: A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food and family in her darkest hour....  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B LOCKE

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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  • The girl with the lower back tattoo [CD book]

    The girl with the lower back tattoo2016

    by Amy Schumer (read by Amy Schumer)

    (119,354)

    Summary: Never one to shy away from the uproarious, challenging, and remarkable moments that make up life, this exceptionally candid book will have readers wincing with recognition, nodding their head in...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B SCHUMER

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • 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 »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B WALLS

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Goat [CD book] : [a memoir]

    Goat2004

    by Brad Land (read by Nick Landrum )

    (1,548)

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B LAND

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • Grant [CD book]

    Grant2017

    by Ron Chernow (read by Mark Bramhall)

    (33,284)

    Summary: A sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most complicated generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic...  more »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B GRANT

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • Greenlights [CD book]

    Greenlights2020

    by Matthew McConaughey

    (252,106)

    Summary: "I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five." McConaughey sat down with those...  more »

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    Call #: CD BOOK B MCCONAUGHEY

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

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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 »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B MASTERS

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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  • Harry S. Truman [CD book] : the 33rd president

    Harry S. Truman : the 33rd president2008

    by Robert Dallek (read by William Dufris)

    (483)

    Summary: Robert Dallek chronicles the presidency of one of the nation's most respected and accomplished leaders. Harry Truman led the country into the nuclear age and paved the road for civil rights in America.

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B TRUMAN

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 0 of 1 details

  • 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 »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B DERN

    Location: New 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 »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B YOUSAFZAI

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • I can't make this up [CD book] : life lessons

    I can't make this up : life lessons2017

    by Kevin Hart (read by Kevin Hart)

    (32,200)

    Summary: Actor and comedian Kevin Hart grew up in North Philadelphia. His father was a drug addict who was in and out of jail. His brother was a crack dealer and petty thief. And his mother was overwhelmingly...  more »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B HART

    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.

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B WHITE

    Location: Adult CD Books Biography

    copies in: 1 of 1 details

  • I'm glad my mom died [CD book]

    I'm glad my mom died2022

    by Jennette McCurdy

    Summary: Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So...  more »

    AUDIOBOOK

    Call #: CD BOOK B MCCURDY

    Location: New Adult CD Books Biography

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