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Marie-Helene Bertino
(6,509)
Summary: On the streets of Philadelphia, on the night before Christmas Eve, three people will discover the potential for their hopes and happiness.
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Call #: F BERTINO
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 21
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Willie Mays
(224)
Summary: The legendary Willie Mays shares the inspirations and influences responsible for guiding him on and off the field in this reflective and inspirational memoir. President Barack Obama: "It's because of...
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Call #: B MAYS
Location: New Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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Cami Walker
(2,931)
Summary: "At age thirty-five, Cami Walker was burdened by an intensified struggle with multiple sclerosis, a chronic neurological disease that left her debilitated and depressed. Then she received an uncommon...
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Call #: BK CLUB 155.232 WAL
copies in: 15 of 15
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Eric Ripert
(4,875)
Summary: "Before he earned his third Michelin star at his iconic restaurant, Le Bernardin, the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef of the Year, became a regular guest judge on Bravo's Top Chef, even before...
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Call #: B RIPERT
copies in: 1 of 1
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Billy Crystal
(4,983)
Summary: One of America's most beloved entertainers takes us home. Billy Crystal opens the front door to a time in his life when he shared joy, love, music, and laughter with an eccentric family headed by the...
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Call #: B CRYSTAL
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Woody Holton
(2,006)
Summary: Holton reveals that American icon Abigail Adams was far wiser and wilier than previously known.
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Call #: B ADAMS
copies in: 1 of 1
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Peggy Rowe
(947)
Summary: Peggy Rowe is at it again -- this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike's rise to fame. Since the day they said, "I do," Peggy's previous "doting"...
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Call #: B ROWE
Location: New Adult Biographies
copies in: 0 of 1
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Flea
(7,888)
Summary: Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical...
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Call #: B FLEA
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Michael Sims
(261)
Summary: "The Adventures of Henry Thoreau-chronicling the ten years in his life beginning with Harvard in 1837 and ending as he walked away from Walden Pond after living in his long dreamed-of cabin for only...
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Call #: B THOREAU
copies in: 1 of 1
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Michael Hainey
(6,744)
Summary: Michael Hainey had just turned six when his uncle knocked on his family's back door one morning with the tragic news: Bob Hainey, Michael's father, had been found dead near his car on Chicago's North...
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Call #: B HAINEY
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
(304)
Summary: A final collection of selected letters and diary entries by the National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee follows her struggles over an unplanned pregnancy, the evolution of "Gift from the Sea," and her views on politics during the Vietnam War.
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Call #: B LINDBERGH
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Laura Thompson
(2,010)
Summary: It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant and award winning biographer, Laura Thompson now turns her sharp eye...
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Call #: B CHRISTIE
copies in: 1 of 1
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Karen Thompson Walker
(84,802)
Summary: "Spellbinding, haunting, The Age of Miracles is a beautiful novel of catastrophe and survival, growth and change, the story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in an extraordinary time....
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Call #: BK CLUB F WALKER
copies in: 0 of 15
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by
Deirdre Bair
(481)
Summary: "From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone's life has gripped the public imagination, and his gangster persona has been immortalized in the countless movies and books inspired by his exploits....
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Call #: B CAPONE
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Al Franken
(19,203)
Summary: The Harvard-educated comedian, talk-show host, and U.S. Senator chronicles the story of his unlikely senatorial campaign, detailing the ensuing months-long recount and what his service has taught him...
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Call #: B FRANKEN
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Andrew Hodges
(8,028)
Summary: "This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new preface by the author, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and...
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Call #: B TURING
copies in: 1 of 1
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Ron Chernow
(121,385)
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...
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Call #: B HAMILTON
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Jonathan Hennessey
(513)
Summary: This complete graphic novel-style biography presents the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures in United States history. Alexander Hamilton was on hand for the Revolutionary War, the...
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Call #: B HAMILTON
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Jonathan Eig
(1,778)
Summary: The definitive biography of an American icon. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of...
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Call #: B ALI
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Alexandra Wentworth
(4,428)
Summary: Chelsea Handler meets Nora Ephron in this uproarious memoir from the acclaimed actress and comedian.
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Call #: B WENTWORTH
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Decca Aitkenhead
(1,766)
Summary: "A beautifully written, breathtakingly honest, unsentimental, and profound memoir from one of the UK's most popular journalists. On a hot, still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca...
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Call #: B AITKENHEAD
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Philip A. Keith
(317)
Summary: The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French...
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Call #: B BULLARD
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jeff Dunham
(1,058)
Summary: The comedian best known for his Comedy Central "Very Special Christmas Special" shares the story of his career from his efforts to revitalize the art of ventriloquism and the inspirations for his...
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Call #: B DUNHAM
copies in: 1 of 1
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Susan Lucci
(752)
Summary: The four-decade star of "All My Children" offers behind-the-scenes stories from the show and discusses the joys and heartaches of her life.
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Call #: B LUCCI
copies in: 1 of 1
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Ashley Judd
(4,217)
Summary: Ashley Judd is best known as the acclaimed actress in films such as De Lovely and Double Jeopardy, but these days she is more likely to be found wading through an African refugee camp or Asian...
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Call #: B JUDD
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Donald Stratton
(2,812)
Summary: At 8:06 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Seaman First Class Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely...
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Call #: B STRATTON
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by
John Taliaferro
(598)
Summary: John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history--from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude...
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Call #: B HAY
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Joe Willie Namath
(421)
Summary: The NFL icon who first brought show business to sports relates the story of his spectacular rise and reign as "Broadway Joe" and discusses his struggles with alcoholism and the redemption he found in God later in life.
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Call #: B NAMATH
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Anne Lamott
(8,400)
Summary: "I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen," Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of this book. Despair and...
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Call #: B LAMOTT
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Eric Idle
(5,820)
Summary: Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in a memoir that takes us on a journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through his successful career in comedy, television, theater, and...
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Call #: B IDLE
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Michael J Fox
(20,212)
Summary: The popular film and television actor evaluates the personal philosophy that has enabled his positive outlook in spite of his battle with degenerative Parkinson's disease, in an uplifting account...
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Call #: B FOX
copies in: 1 of 1
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Stan Lee
(2,913)
Summary: "In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee--comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel...
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Call #: B LEE
copies in: 1 of 1
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Khizr Khan
(1,534)
Summary: "I am an American patriot not because I was born here but because I was not. I embraced American freedoms, raised my children to cherish and revere them, and lost a son who swore an oath to defend...
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Call #: B KHAN
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