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Actor and musician Jon Paul Steuer, who rose to fame as a child star playing Alexander Rozhenko in Star Trek, has died aged 33 https://t.co/kUlPQkwN5b
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 5, 2018

Soap and Battlestar Galactica actor Donnelly Rhodes dies at 81 https://t.co/OgLqyqmxi4
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 9, 2018

Jerry Van Dyke died at his ranch in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, manager says https://t.co/aoJ5Ok4gMo pic.twitter.com/0YiUacQh4h
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 6, 2018

Mötorhead’s 'Fast' Eddie Clarke died this week. RïP. https://t.co/t07spFVPzM pic.twitter.com/ZyHqLJKphc
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 14, 2018

RIP Doug Harvey, 87, Hall of Fame @MLB umpire from 1962-1992, known as “God” by players and managers for his impeccable integrity. #SABR bio: https://t.co/TNtPJfcUrY @SABRbioproject @baseballhall pic.twitter.com/YppxrfxXFO
— SABR (@sabr) January 15, 2018

Dolores O'Riordan had a way of drawing you in with her voice, Irish accent fully and proudly displayed. Hear the archival @WorldCafe session. https://t.co/qfNSqP4150 pic.twitter.com/vMmNVZxzG8
— nprmusic (@nprmusic) January 17, 2018

"Oh Happy Day" is the first record I ever purchased. RIP Edwin Hawkins. https://t.co/VgkEppOYGG
— Stephen Battaglio (@SteveBattaglio) January 17, 2018

RIP Keith Jackson -- one of college football's most iconic voices.

Here's Keith describing Peyton Manning's collegiate debut at UCLA in 1994. pic.twitter.com/VvYXb8N1gO
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) January 13, 2018

RIP Jason King. From Jason King to Flash Gordon: Peter Wyngarde – a life in pictures https://t.co/pxU2zEwcgi
— Lloyd Cole (@Lloyd_Cole) January 18, 2018

"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet" - Professor Stephen Hawking
1942-2018 https://t.co/h8uWznhEpb pic.twitter.com/RVeQx2BTxP
— Cambridge University (@Cambridge_Uni) March 14, 2018

R. Lee Ermey's film credits include "Full Metal Jacket," "Apocalypse Now" and "Toy Story."

The vicious language he unleashed in “Full Metal Jacket” was recalled from his time in boot camp and as a Marine Corps drill instructor during the Vietnam War. https://t.co/BhTNYYamb3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2018

The wife of America's 41st president and mother to its 43rd, Barbara Bush died at her Houston home Tuesday. https://t.co/JgBuFRIc0W pic.twitter.com/FhemMAdsAo
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 18, 2018

My Lois Lane has passed away. RIP Margot Kidder. Thank you for my favourite movie ever. pic.twitter.com/dUmxwOUjyi
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) May 14, 2018

How Tom Wolfe changed music journalism https://t.co/YBhpVs8pQL pic.twitter.com/K1h8ZPGJYE
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 17, 2018

Our thoughts are with the friends and family of Clint Walker. @Variety remembers him here: https://t.co/s3ycZonoZs
— TCM (@tcm) May 23, 2018

"Philip Roth loved fiction and (unlike so many half or three-quarter writers) was never ashamed of it," Zadie Smith writes. https://t.co/2p5p1O4YjM pic.twitter.com/G0UqS5uzWP
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 23, 2018

Kate Spade was a vibrant, colorful and fun presence in fashion, just like her creations https://t.co/ZOpXamHKzk pic.twitter.com/4s6MnynjSx
— Bloomberg (@business) June 6, 2018

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you... You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” — Anthony Bourdain #RIP pic.twitter.com/1X5IoWzLbC
— Tribeca (@Tribeca) June 8, 2018

Who was Koko? The gorilla known for her sign language prowess has died aged at 46 https://t.co/yWwQYuk8sx pic.twitter.com/DroGUsWKIp
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 21, 2018

American actor, 1950s heartthrob and gay icon Tab Hunter died Sunday night at the age of 86. #tabhunter #lgbtq #restinpower pic.twitter.com/u2aJWMMh3q
— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) July 9, 2018

Costars and celebrities pay tribute to ‘incredible force of a woman’ Charlotte Rae https://t.co/8Cmnhb2LKu
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 6, 2018

Aretha Franklin, the most lionized and lauded female R&B vocalist of her era, has died https://t.co/t9TNH5Uf7F pic.twitter.com/CSBsP6O86v
— Variety (@Variety) August 16, 2018

RIP to Robin Leach https://t.co/NfJYoYk7c0 pic.twitter.com/pGNrpnzok5
— Fox5NY (@fox5ny) August 24, 2018

After more than 30 years in the Senate, John McCain has died. He was a politician unlike any other. https://t.co/4YARp7GJea pic.twitter.com/QC4U157M7A
— CNN (@CNN) August 26, 2018

The New York Times obituary for Neil Simon https://t.co/3lB3ah3pC3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 27, 2018

"All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps!" - Apone

Farewell and rest in peace, Al Matthews, aka Gunnery Sergeant Al Apone from #ALIENS pic.twitter.com/a3c7S9iU3O
— Alien (@AlienAnthology) September 24, 2018

Scott Wilson, known for his roles in #TheWalkingDead & 'In the Heat of the Night', has passed away. #RIP pic.twitter.com/CLYbYWL4c2
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) October 7, 2018

Bill Daily, witty sidekick on "I Dream of Jeannie," dies at 91 https://t.co/MEJ8yi0tGS pic.twitter.com/YvvW8dLQqD
— CNN (@CNN) September 8, 2018

Noted playwright, poet, novelist, and activist, Ntozake Shange died on Saturday morning.

We will always remember her work uplifting Black women and girls, and encouraging all women to live with dignity and respect in the midst of systemic racism and misogyny. pic.twitter.com/5t39bDeVNP
— Women's March (@womensmarch) October 28, 2018

Tony Joe White, the Louisiana singer-guitarist known for his style of "swamp rock," has died at 75 https://t.co/zsTgA1r0NE pic.twitter.com/gJ2xYdaTv7
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 25, 2018

Dude, thanks for making us laugh. Danny Leiner, best known for directing 'Dude, Where's My Car?' and 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle', has passed away. RIP. pic.twitter.com/4XQoiDRCKK
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) October 21, 2018

RIP Todd Bol. The creator of the Little Free Library movement, dies at 62. https://t.co/HXbxKs5D5L pic.twitter.com/JJAy5EPnU4
— goodreads (@goodreads) October 19, 2018

The ‘grandmother’ of the green bean casserole Dorcas Reilly has died pic.twitter.com/HH4zl6Hd8v
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 26, 2018

James Karen, actor in 'Poltergeist' and so much more, dies at 94 https://t.co/CqHrxQsi2A pic.twitter.com/5bsfMbfXLm
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 24, 2018

Harry L. Ettlinger, who was one of World War II’s “Monuments Men” that recovered valuable artwork stolen by Nazis, has died. https://t.co/PZ5fxRWEQg pic.twitter.com/iCxSvd9GV2
— Legacy.com (@LegacyObits) October 23, 2018

World War II saboteur Joachim Roenneberg, who headed a team that blew up a plant producing heavy water which Nazi Germany could have used to produce nuclear weapons, is dead at 99. https://t.co/Ogn0ztHwqW
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) October 22, 2018

Today, we pause and reflect with great sadness on the passing of Stan Lee: https://t.co/J0cwgdn677 pic.twitter.com/eOBdZAqdZ0
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) November 12, 2018

The Secret Service sends our heartfelt condolences on the passing of Former President George H.W. Bush. Timberwolf, you defined patriotism and leadership throughout your life of service to this country and you will be sorely missed. pic.twitter.com/qof2DRNX0B
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) December 1, 2018

Actress Sondra Locke has died at age 74.

Locke was nominated for an Oscar for her first film role in 1968's "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," but was best known for the six films she made with Clint Eastwood, starting with "The Outlaw Josey Wales" in 1976. https://t.co/OH0vNEoRjs pic.twitter.com/hstqRyHptu
— ABC News (@ABC) December 14, 2018

Nancy Wilson, a three-time Grammy winning artist who called herself a "song stylist," has died, her manager says https://t.co/gCyuURwbyr
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 14, 2018

RIP Penny Marshall https://t.co/4b5iYsP4AW pic.twitter.com/ot6W1GYJjg
— Variety (@Variety) December 18, 2018

The @USArmy’s oldest #WWII Soldier, Richard Overton has passed away at the age of 112. AFC would like to send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Overton for his dedication to duty and years of selfless service to this great Nation. https://t.co/B5r2REanu7 pic.twitter.com/5ko4E7gYZj
— Army Futures Command (@armyfutures) December 28, 2018

A surprising rise to fame catapulted Sister Wendy Beckett into television stardom, where she used her platform to share artistic masterpieces with the public. https://t.co/Wb1dqIZZnp
— Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) December 29, 2018

Notable Passings

Jon Paul Steuer (3/27/84 - 1/1) • Jerry Van Dyke (7/27/31 - 1/5) • Donnelly Rhodes (12/4/37 - 1/8)
Eddie Clarke (10/5/50 - 1/10) • Doug Harvey (3/13/30 - 1/13) • Hugh Wilson (8/21/43 - 1/14)
Dolores O'Riordan (9/6/71 - 1/15) • Edwin Hawkins (8/19/43 - 1/15) • Peter Wyngarde (8/23/33 - 1/15)
Dorothy Malone (1/29/24 -1/19) • Naomi Parker Fraley (8/26/21 - 1/20) • Connie Sawyer (11/27/12 - 1/21)
Ursula K. Le Guin (10/21/29 - 1/22) • Robert Dowdell (3/10/32 - 1/23) • Jack Ketchum (11/10/46 - 1/24)
Mort Walker (9/3/23 - 1/27) • Coco Schumann (5/14/24 - 1/28) • Dennis Edwards (2/3/43 - 2/1)
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler (7/1/52 - 2/3) • John Mahoney (6/20/40 - 2/4) • Mickey Jones (6/10/41 - 2/7)
Vic Damone (6/12/28 - 2/11) • Billy Graham (11/7/18 - 2/21) • Millie Dunn Veasey (1/31/18 - 3/9)
Stephen Hawking (1/8/42 - 3/14) • Ed Charles (4/29/33 - 3/15) • Frank Avruch (5/21/28 - 3/20)
Charles Lazarus (10/4/23 - 3/22) • Johan van Hulst (1/28/11 - 3/22) • Linda Brown (2/20/42 - 3/25)
Anita Shreve (10/7/46 - 3/29) • Steven Bochco (12/16/43 - 4/1) • R. Lee Ermey (3/24/44 - 4/15)
Barbara Bush (6/8/25 - 4/17) • Margot Kidder (10/17/48 - 5/13) • Tom Wolfe (3/2/30 - 5/14)
Clint Walker (5/30/27 - 5/21) • Philip Roth (3/19/33 - 5/22) • Kate Spade (12/24/62 - 6/5)
Anthony Bourdain (6/25/56 - 6/8) • Steve Ditko (11/2/27 - 6/29) • Koko (7/4/71- 6/19)
Tab Hunter (7/11/31 - 7/8) • Charlotte Rae (4/22/26 - 8/5) • Aretha Franklin (3/25/42 - 8/16)
Robin Leach (8/29/41 - 8/24) • John McCain (8/29/36 - 8/25) • Neil Simon (7/4/27 - 8/26)
Bll Daily (8/30/27 - 9/4) • Burt Reynolds (2/11/36 - 9/6) • Al Matthews (11/21/42 - 9/22)
Scott Wilson (3/29/42 - 10/6) • Dorcas Reilly (7/22/26 - 10/15) • Danny Leiner (5/13/61 - 10/18)
Todd Bol (1/2/56 - 10/18) • Harry L. Ettlinger (1/28/26 - 10/21) • Joachim Ronneberg (8/30/19 - 10/21)
James Karen (11/28/23 - 10/23) • Tony Joe White (7/23/43 - 10/24) • Ntozake Shange (10/18/48 - 10/27)
Sondra Locke (5/28/44 - 11/3) • Stan Lee (12/28/22 - 11/12) • William Goldman (8/12/331 - 11/16)
George H. W. Bush (6/12/24 - 11/30) • Pete Shelley (4/17/55 - 12/6) • Nancy Wilson (2/20/37 - 12/13)
Penny Marshall (10/15/43 - 12/17) • Wendy Beckett (2/25/30 - 12/26) • Richard Overton (5/11/06 - 12/27)

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ISBN: 9781476759654
Publication Date: 2014-11-11
John McCain's evocative history of Americans at war, told through the personal accounts of thirteen remarkable soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and a long-time student of history, John McCain brings a distinctive perspective to this subject. Thirteen Soldiers tells the stories of real soldiers who personify valor, obedience, enterprise, and love. You'll meet Joseph Plumb Martin, who at the tender age of fifteen fought in the Revolutionary War; Charles Black, a freeborn African American sailor in the War of 1812; and Sam Chamberlain, of the Mexican American War, whose life inspired novelist Cormac McCarthy. Then there's Oliver Wendell Holmes, an aristocratic idealist disillusioned by the Civil War, and Littleton "Tony" Waller, court-martialed for refusing to massacre Filipino civilians. Each account illustrates a particular aspect of war, such as Mary Rhoads, an Army reservist forever changed by an Iraqi scud missile attack during the Persian Gulf War, and Monica Lin Brown, a frontline medic in rural Afghanistan who saved several lives in an ambushed convoy. From their acts of self-sacrifice to their astonishing bravery, these thirteen soldiers embody the best America has to offer.
Style by Kate Spade
Call Number: 391.2 SPADE
ISBN: 0743250672
Publication Date: 2004-04-14
Doyenne of modern, twenty-first century style Kate Spade offers unique advice about style and dress - from which artists to emulate, to finding your glove size, to what to wear to an outdoor event when it is raining - in this volume dedicated to all things elegant and appropriate. Devoid of condescension and fussiness, STYLE provides valuable, practical guidance on what to wear (colours, flattering cuts) and modern 'dress' etiquette. In three sections, Style and the World, 24-Hour Style and Maintaining Style, Kate makes her modern, clean design aesthetic accessible to everyone through inspiring ideas and suggestions.
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: 523.1 HAWKING
ISBN: 0553109537
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Published more than two decades ago to great critical acclaim and commercial success, A Brief History of Time has become a landmark volume in science writing. Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds of our time, explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin--and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending--or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends? Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and "arrows of time," of the big bang and a bigger God--where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.
The Illustrated Theory of Everything by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: 523.1 HAWKING
ISBN: 1932407073
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Now, available for the first time in a deluxe full-color edition with never-before-seen photos and illustrations, Hawking presents an even more comprehensive look at our universe, its creation, and how we see ourselves within it.
The theory of everything : the origin and fate of the universe by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: 523.1 HAWKING 2006
Publication Date: 2006
My Brief History by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: 530.092 HAWKING BIOGRAPHY 2013
ISBN: 9780345535283
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Lavishly illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this concise, witty, and candid account introduces readers to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him Einstein; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a particular black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of physics and cosmology. Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of ALS at age twenty-one. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onward through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece A Brief History of Time--one of the iconic books of the twentieth century. Clear-eyed, intimate, and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawking's personal cosmos.
The Nature of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking; Roger Penrose
Call Number: 530.11 HAWKING
ISBN: 0691037914
Publication Date: 1996-01-28
Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united in a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? On this issue, two of the world's most famous physicists--Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time) and Roger Penrose (The Emperor's New Mind and Shadows of the Mind)--disagree. Here they explain their positions in a work based on six lectures with a final debate, all originally presented at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. How could quantum gravity, a theory that could explain the earlier moments of the big bang and the physics of the enigmatic objects known as black holes, be constructed? Why does our patch of the universe look just as Einstein predicted, with no hint of quantum effects in sight? What strange quantum processes can cause black holes to evaporate, and what happens to all the information that they swallow? Why does time go forward, not backward? In this book, the two opponents touch on all these questions. Penrose, like Einstein, refuses to believe that quantum mechanics is a final theory. Hawking thinks otherwise, and argues that general relativity simply cannot account for how the universe began. Only a quantum theory of gravity, coupled with the no-boundary hypothesis, can ever hope to explain adequately what little we can observe about our universe. Penrose, playing the realist to Hawking's positivist, thinks that the universe is unbounded and will expand forever. The universe can be understood, he argues, in terms of the geometry of light cones, the compression and distortion of spacetime, and by the use of twistor theory. With the final debate, the reader will come to realize how much Hawking and Penrose diverge in their opinions of the ultimate quest to combine quantum mechanics and relativity, and how differently they have tried to comprehend the incomprehensible.
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: 530.12 HAWKING
ISBN: 055380202X
Publication Date: 2001-11-06
Stephen Hawking's phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years since the release of his acclaimed first book. The Universe in a Nutshell * Quantum mechanics * M-theory * General relativity * 11-dimensional supergravity * 10-dimensional membranes * Superstrings * P-branes * Black holes One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Stephen Hawking is an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas but for the clarity and wit with which he expresses them. In this new book Hawking takes us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth is often stranger than fiction, to explain in laymen's terms the principles that control our universe. Like many in the community of theoretical physicists, Professor Hawking is seeking to uncover the grail of science -- the elusive Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. In his accessible and often playful style, he guides us on his search to uncover the secrets of the universe -- from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from holography to duality. He takes us to the wild frontiers of science, where superstring theory and p-branes may hold the final clue to the puzzle. And he lets us behind the scenes of one of his most exciting intellectual adventures as he seeks "to combine Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman's idea of multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe." With characteristic exuberance, Professor Hawking invites us to be fellow travelers on this extraordinary voyage through space-time. Copious four-color illustrations help clarify this journey into a surreal wonderland where particles, sheets, and strings move in eleven dimensions; where black holes evaporate and disappear, taking their secret with them; and where the original cosmic seed from which our own universe sprang was a tiny nut. The Universe in a Nutshell is essential reading for all of us who want to understand the universe in which we live. Like its companion volume, A Brief History of Time, it conveys the excitement felt within the scientific community as the secrets of the cosmos reveal themselves.
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking; Leonard Mlodinow
Call Number: 530.142 HAWKING
ISBN: 9780553805376
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT THINKERS--A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE nbsp; When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned as to allow for the existence of beings like ourselves? And, finally, is the apparent "grand design" of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion--or does science offer another explanation? The most fundamental questions about the origins of the universe and of life itself, once the province of philosophy, now occupy the territory where scientists, philosophers, and theologians meet--if only to disagree. In their new book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by both brilliance and simplicity. In The Grand Design they explain that according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. When applied to the universe as a whole, this idea calls into question the very notion of cause and effect. But the "top-down" approach to cosmology that Hawking and Mlodinow describe would say that the fact that the past takes no definite form means that we create history by observing it, rather than that history creates us. The authors further explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the "multiverse"--the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. Along the way Hawking and Mlodinow question the conventional concept of reality, posing a "model-dependent" theory of reality as the best we can hope to find. And they conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing us and our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a complete "theory of everything." If confirmed, they write, it will be the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, and the ultimate triumph of human reason. A succinct, startling, and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, The Grand Design is a book that will inform--and provoke--like no other.
The Education of Koko by Francine Patterson; Eugene Linden
Call Number: 599.8846 PATTERSON
ISBN: 0030461014
Publication Date: 1981-10-01
Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain; Breaulove Swells Whimsy
Call Number: 614.5112 TYPHOID MARY BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 1582341338
Publication Date: 2001-05-04
From the best-selling author of Kitchen Confidential comes this true, thrilling tale of pursuit through the kitchens of New York City at the turn of the century. By the late nineteenth century, it seemed that New York City had put an end to the outbreaks of typhoid fever that had so frequently decimated the city's population. That is until 1904, when the disease broke out in a household in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Authorities suspected the family cook, Mary Mallon, of being a carrier. But before she could be tested, the woman, soon to be known as Typhoid Mary, had disappeared. Over the course of the next three years, Mary worked at several residences, spreading her pestilence as she went. In 1907, she was traced to a home on Park Avenue, and taken into custody. Institutionalized at Riverside Hospital for three years, she was released only when she promised never to work as a cook again. She promptly disappeared. For the next five years Mary worked in homes and institutions in and around New York, often under assumed names. In February 1915, a devastating outbreak of typhoid at the Sloane Hospital for Women was traced to her. She was finally apprehended and reinstitutionalized at Riverside Hospital, where she would remain for the rest of her life. Typhoid Mary is the story of her infamous life. Anthony Bourdain reveals the seedier side of the early 1900s, and writes with his renowned panache about life in the kitchen, uncovering the horrifying conditions that allowed the deadly spread of typhoid over a decade. Typhoid Mary is a true feast for history lovers and Bourdain lovers alike.
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Call Number: 629.40973 WOLFE 1979
ISBN: 0312427565
Publication Date: 2008-03-04
From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review) Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic.
No Reservations by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: 641.013 BOURDAIN
ISBN: 1596914475
Publication Date: 2007-11-06
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A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: 641.013 BOURDAIN
ISBN: 0060012781
Publication Date: 2002-11-05
From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's New York Times-bestselling chronicle of travelling the world in search the globe's greatest cuilnary adventures The only thing "gonzo gastronome" and internationally bestselling author Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling. Inspired by the question, "What would be the perfect meal?," Tony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail, and in the process turns the notion of "perfection" inside out. From California to Cambodia, A Cooks' Tour chronicles the unpredictable adventures of America's boldest and bravest chef. Fans of Bourdain will find much to love in revisting this classic culinary and travel memoir.
Appetites by Anthony Bourdain; Laurie Woolever
Call Number: 641.5 BOURDAIN 2016
ISBN: 9780062409959
Publication Date: 2016-10-25
Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he's cooking, it's for family and friends. Appetites, his first cookbook in more than ten years, boils down forty-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight repertoire of personal favorites--dishes that everyone should (at least in Mr. Bourdain's opinion) know how to cook. Once the supposed "bad boy" of cooking, Mr. Bourdain has, in recent years, become the father of a little girl--a role he has embraced with enthusiasm. After years of traveling more than 200 days a year, he now enjoys entertaining at home. Years of prep lists and the hyper-organization necessary for a restaurant kitchen, however, have caused him, in his words, to have "morphed into a psychotic, anally retentive, bad-tempered Ina Garten." The result is a home-cooking, home-entertaining cookbook like no other, with personal favorites from his own kitchen and from his travels, translated into an effective battle plan that will help you terrify your guests with your breathtaking efficiency.
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: 641.5092 BOURDAIN
ISBN: 158234082X
Publication Date: 2000-05-22
Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Last summer,The New Yorker published Chef Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bourdain spared no one's appetite when he told all about what happens behind the kitchen door. Bourdain uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable book, sure to delight gourmands and philistines alike. From Bourdain's first oyster in the Gironde, to his lowly position as dishwasher in a honky tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown (where he witnesses for the first time the real delights of being a chef); from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, to drug dealers in the east village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable. Kitchen Confidential will make your mouth water while your belly aches with laughter. You'll beg the chef for more, please.
The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: 641.5092 BOURDAIN
ISBN: 1582344515
Publication Date: 2006-05-16
In the multiweek New York Times bestseller The Nasty Bits, bestselling chef and No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. Whether surviving a lethal hot pot in Chengdu, splurging on New York's priciest sushi, or singing the praises of Ecuadorian line cooks and Hell's Kitchen dives, Bourdain is as provocative, engaging, and opinionated as ever. The Nasty Bits is an irresistible tasting menu of food writing at its outrageous best--served up Bourdain style. Anthony Bourdain is the author of seven books, including the bestselling Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour. A thirty-year veteran of professional kitchens, he is the host of the television series No Reservations and the executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan. He lives in New York City. Praise for The Nasty Bits: New York Times bestseller * Book Sense bestseller "High- and low-lights from the culinary world by the delightfully jaded chef."--People "His writing is at its most savory in passages about the joys of sharing food with people who love it. His words are not always gentlemanly, but they vividly convey how, say, sitting on the plastic-covered kitchen floor of an Inuit family's house and joining in as they eagerly tear into the raw liver, brain and blubber of a freshly killed seal can be, as Mr. Bourdain says, a moment of rare intimacy, pleasure and indeed beauty."--Wall Street Journal "Lovable rogue chef and author of Kitchen Confidential describes stomach-roiling feasts in exotic lands and snipes at celebrity chefs in this entertaining tome."--Chicago Tribune "A vivid and witty writer...[Bourdain's] greatest gift is his ability to convey his passion for professional cooking...In Bourdain's telling this is inspiring, band-of-brothers stuff, a tale of the trenches where ends almost always justify means."--New York Ti
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: 641.5092 BOURDAIN BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9780061718946
Publication Date: 2010-06-08
Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV's Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, "A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook," and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, Alice Waters, the Top Chef winners and losers, and many more. If Hunter S. Thompson had written a book about the restaurant business, it could have been Medium Raw.
Anthony Bourdain's les Halles Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain; Jose De Meirelles; Philippe LaJaunie; Breaulove Swells Whimsy
Call Number: 641.5944 BOURDAIN 2004
ISBN: 158234180X
Publication Date: 2004-10-19
Before stunning the world with his bestselling Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain spent years serving some of the best French brasserie food in New York. With its no-nonsense, down-to-earth atmosphere, Les Halles matched Bourdain's style perfectly: a restaurant where you can dress down, talk loudly, drink a little too much wine, and have a good time with friends. Now, Bourdain brings you his Les Halles Cookbook, a cookbook like no other: candid, funny, audacious, full of his signature charm and bravado. Bourdain teaches you everything you need to know to prepare classic French bistro fare. While you're being guided, in simple steps, through recipes like roasted veal short ribs and steak frites, escargots aux noix and foie gras au pruneaux, you'll feel like he's in the kitchen beside you-reeling off a few insults when you've scorched the sauce, and then patting you on the back for finally getting the steak tartare right. As practical as it is entertaining, Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook is a can't-miss treat for cookbook lovers, aspiring chefs, and Bourdain fans everywhere.
Occasions by Kate Spade
Call Number: 642.4 SPADE
ISBN: 0743250656
Publication Date: 2004-04-14
In this relaxed witty guide, Kate Spade provides creative and practical suggestions for every aspect of planning, throwing and enjoying the perfect event. Divided into three sections - The Mise-en-Scene, Tried 'N True Party Standards and An Alphabet of Special Events - OCCASIONS covers all the basics as well as details that can turn a regular get-together into a special event. From setting the scene to music selection, linens to lighting, guest rooms to hostess gifts, Kate's unique blend of imagination and stylish propriety make OCCASIONS the perfect guide to innovative, easy-going entertaining.
Sister Wendy's American Collection by Wendy Beckett; Toby Eady Associates Staff
Call Number: 709 BECKETT
ISBN: 0060195568
Publication Date: 2000-10-24
Sister Wendy Beckett has been dubbed a "pop star" by the New York Times and "a phenomenon" by the Washington Post. She is certainly one of the world's best-known and best-loved art critics, familiar to millions from her wildly popular art series on PBS. In Sister Wendy's American Collection, she visits six of America's most prestigious museums: the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, Texas), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In each, Sister Wendy chooses a wide variety of artpaintings, sculpture, porcelain figures-and draws attention to the small details of the work, revealing hidden meanings and symbolism. She relates the background of the artist and explains the techniques and the histories behind each work in a straightforward language that speaks to all with humor and insight. More than 250 full-color illustrations illuminate Sister Wendy's text. Sister Wendy's American Collection is a wonderful tour of six great American museums -- it is also the equivalent of taking a personal tour with Sister Wendy, studying and enjoying her favorite pieces of art, chosen from across the whole breadth of history to the present. It is a fascinating journey, one that can be taken again and again. Sister Wendy's American Collection is soon to be a PBS miniseries.
My Favorite Things by Wendy Beckett
Call Number: 709 BECKETT
ISBN: 0810943875
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
The 75 artworks Siter Wendy showcases here are among the ones that have intrigued and impressed her the most over the years. As well as popular works by Michaelangelo and van Gogh, less well known pieces, such as a Chinese painting and a chess piece, are featured.
Sister Wendy's Grand Tour by Wendy Beckett
Call Number: 709.1094 BECKETT
ISBN: 1556705093
Publication Date: 1996-09-01
Includes works from museums in Madrid, Florence, Rome, and St. Petersburg, featuring the art of such masters as Goya, Rembrandt, El Greco, Titian, and Caravaggio.
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by Stan Lee; John Buscema; John Buscema
Call Number: 741.5 LEE
ISBN: 0671530771
Publication Date: 1984-09-14
One of the first and still one of the best, Stan Lee'sHow to Draw Comics the Marvel Way has been the primary resource for any and all who want to master the art of illustrating comic books and graphic novels. Stan Lee, the Mighty Man from Marvel, and John Buscema, active and adventuresome artist behind the Silver Surfer, Conan the Barbarian, the Mighty Thor and Spider-Man, have collaborated on this comics compendium: an encyclopedia of information for creating your own superhero comic strips. Using artwork from Marvel comics as primary examples, Buscema graphically illustrates the hitherto mysterious methods of comic art. Stan Lee's pithy prose gives able assistance and advice to the apprentice artist. Bursting with Buscema's magnificent illustrations and Lee's laudable word-magic, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way belongs in the library of everyone who has ever wanted to illustrate his or her own comic strip.
Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics by Stan Lee; Neal Adams (Illustrator); Gil Kane (Illustrator); Jack Kirby (Illustrator); John Romita (Illustrator)
Call Number: 741.51 LEE
ISBN: 9780823000838
Publication Date: 2010-11-16
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Strange and Stranger by Blake Bell
Call Number: 741.5092 DITKO
ISBN: 9781560979210
Publication Date: 2008-07-15
Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is a coffee tableart book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylisticinnovations, his strict adherence to his own (and Randian) principles, with lushdisplays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he'sdrawn over the last 55 years.
Stan Lee by Jeff McLaughlin (Editor)
Call Number: 741.5092 STAN
ISBN: 9781578069842
Publication Date: 2007-07-06
Stan Lee (b. 1922), cocreator of the Amazing Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, and the Uncanny X-Men, is one of the most successful writers and publishers of comics. During the 1960s and 1970s, he wrote superhero adventures for Marvel Comics. His storylines imbued the genre with angst and contemporary politics and focused as much on the personal lives of his characters as on heroics. His work, in collaboration with cartoonists such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, remains deeply influential. His role as a spokesperson and impresario for Marvel paved the way for the superhero genre to be taken seriously by the critical establishment and for the penetration of Marvel Comics into mainstream American culture. Stan Lee: Conversations collects interviews ranging from 1968 to 2005. Lee's charm, good humor, and keen business sense are on display. He has spirited conversations with cartoonists Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, and Roy Thomas, talk show host Dick Cavett, and Jenette Kahn (head of DC Comics, Marvel's rival), among others. He talks with candor about his creative process, publishing, film and television adaptations of his comic books, and the evolution of the comics industry. The volume concludes with a new interview conducted by the editor.
Kate Spade New York by Kate Spade New York Staff; Deborah Lloyd (Introduction by)
Call Number: 746.92 KATE 2012
ISBN: 9781419705663
Publication Date: 2013-01-15
within the four walls of kate spade new york, personal style is applauded and cultural curiosity is encouraged. long before the days of pinboards and social sharing, the brand's in-house creative team began amassing a collection of things we love on their website: a crayon ring, a cocktail doodle, a particularly dreamy photograph.people began visiting and chiming in with suggestions. now, the things we love have come to life in celebration of the brand's 20th anniversary. each of the book's 20 chapters is filled with things we love--from the color red to a well-placed bow to a sense of humor and handwritten notes. part visual diary, part inspirational reference and sprinkled throughout with playful tips and practical advice, things we love is a beautiful compilation that visually represents the spirit of kate spade new york--a place where the colors are bold, smart design is key and fashion is fun. Praise for kate spade new york: things we love: "the brand has a vibrant new tome to celebrate."-- Harper's Bazaar.com
Sister Wendy's Story of Painting by Wendy Beckett
Call Number: 759 BECKETT
ISBN: 1564586154
Publication Date: 1997-03-15
Not since Gombrich's Story of Art has a popular guide to painting been so accessible and influential. This stunning guide to 800 years of Western art moves effortlessly from Byzantium to Bauhaus via 750 full-color photographs and illustrations, and Sister Wendy's benchmark style: informative, conversational, engaging. Movements are highlighted, as are individual artists, and the various techniques they use as masters are brilliantly exposed.
The Story of Painting by Wendy Beckett; Patricia Wright
Call Number: 759 BECKETT
ISBN: 0789468050
Publication Date: 2000-09-20
Sister Wendy is back with this expanded version of her popular book, which features more than 450 masterpieces, 150 oversized details from key paintings, and 250+ photos, drawings, and documents that place paintings in their historical context.
Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces by Wendy Beckett
Call Number: 759 BECKETT
ISBN: 0789446030
Publication Date: 1999-10-04
The nun who is well-known for her art programs on PBS applies her intensity to what most inspires her in artists' work.
Aretha by Aretha Franklin; David Ritz (As told to)
Call Number: 782.42164 FRANKLIN BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0375500332
Publication Date: 1999-09-28
America's Queen of Soul recounts the story of her life, from her childhood as a minister's daughter in Detroit to her rise to success, offering insights into the faith and determination that have taken her to the top.
Tab Hunter Confidential by Tab Hunter; Eddie Muller (As told to)
Call Number: 791.4302 HUNTER BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 1565124669
Publication Date: 2005-10-14
Welcome to Hollywood, circa 1950, the end of the Golden Age. A remarkably handsome young boy, still a teenager, gets "discovered by a big-time movie agent. Because when he takes his shirt off young hearts beat faster, because he is the picture of innocence and trust and need, he will become a star. It seems almost preordained. The open smile says, "You will love me," and soon the whole world does. The young boy's name was Tab Hunter--a made-up name, of course, a Hollywood name--and it was his time. Stardom didn't come overnight, although it seemed that way. In fact, the fame came first, when his face adorned hundreds of magazine covers; the movies, the studio contract, the name in lights--all that came later. For Tab Hunter was a true product of Hollywood, a movie star created from a stable boy, a shy kid made even more so by the way his schoolmates--both girls and boys--reacted to his beauty, by a mother who provided for him in every way except emotionally, and by a secret that both tormented him and propelled him forward. In Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, Hunter speaks out for the first time about what it was like to be a movie star at the end of the big studio era, to be treated like a commodity, to be told what to do, how to behave, whom to be seen with, what to wear. He speaks also about what it was like to be gay, at first confused by his own fears and misgivings, then as an actor trapped by an image of boy-next-door innocence. And when he dared to be difficult, to complain to the studio about the string of mostly mediocre movies that were assigned to him, he learned that just like any manufactured product, he was disposable--disposable and replaceable. Hunter's career as a bona fide movie star lasted a decade. But he persevered as an actor, working continuously at a profession he had come to love, seeking--and earning--the respect of his peers, and of the Hollywood community. And so, Tab Hunter Confidential is at heart a story of survival--of the giddy highs of stardom, and the soul-destroying lows when phone calls begin to go unreturned; of the need to be loved, and the fear of being consumed; of the hope of an innocent boy, and the rueful summation of a man who did it all, and who lived to tell it all.
My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall
Call Number: 791.43023 MARSHALL BIOGRAPHY 2012
ISBN: 9780547892627
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
Most people know Penny Marshall as the director ofBigandA League of Their Own. What they don't know is her trailblazing career was a happy accident. In this funny and intimate memoir, Penny takes us from the stage of TheJackie Gleason Show in 1955 to Hollywood's star-studded sets, offering up some hilarious detours along the way. My Mother Was Nuts is an intimate backstage pass to Penny's personal life, her breakout role onThe Odd Couple, her exploits with Cindy Williams and John Belushi, and her travels across Europe with Art Garfunkel on the back of a motorcycle. We see Penny get married. And divorced. And married again (the second time to Rob Reiner). We meet a young Carrie Fisher, whose close friendship with Penny has spanned decades. And we see Penny at work with Tom Hanks, Mark Wahlberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro, and Whitney Houston. Throughout it all, from her childhood spent tap dancing in the Bronx, to her rise as the star ofLaverne & Shirley, Penny lived by simple rules: "try hard, help your friends, don't get too crazy, and have fun." With humor and heart,My Mother Was Nuts reveals there's no one else quite like Penny Marshall.
The Good, the Bad, the Very Ugly by Sondra Locke
Call Number: 791.43028 LOCKE
ISBN: 068815462X
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
"Sondra Locke's fairy-tale story took her from a small town in Tennessee to the impossible heights of Hollywood. And as in a fairy tale, she found herself on the arm of Prince Charming - Clint Eastwood, one of the film world's biggest stars. But this story turned dark when their high-profile breakup became ugly. Now, for the first time, she writes openly and emotionally about their relationship and how it ended; about how she came to Hollywood; her years there as an actress and director, and what these experiences have taught her."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
They Called Me God by Doug Harvey; Peter Golenbock
Call Number: 796.35709 HARVEY BIOGRAPHY 2014
ISBN: 9781476748788
Publication Date: 2014-03-25
The incredible memoir from the man voted one of the “Best Umpires of All Time” by the Society of American Baseball Research—filled with more than three decades of fascinating baseball stories. In the pageantry of baseball, one select group is virtually unknown in the outside world, derided by fans, faced with split-second choices that spell victory or defeat. These men are up-close observers of the action, privy to inside jokes, blood feuds, benches-clearing brawls, and managers’ expletive-filled tirades. In this wonderful memoir, Hall of Fame umpire Doug Harvey takes us within baseball as you’ve never seen it, with unforgettable inside stories of baseball greats such as Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, and Whitey Herzog. Doug Harvey was a California farm boy, a high school athlete who nevertheless knew that what he really wanted was to become an unsung hero—a major league umpire. Working his way through the minor leagues, earning three hundred dollars a month, he survived just about everything, even riots in stadiums in Puerto Rico. And while players and other umps hit the bars at night, Harvey memorized the rule book. In 1962, he broke into the bigs and was soon listening to rookie Pete Rose worrying that he would be cut by the Reds and laying down the law with managers such as Tommy Lasorda and Joe Torre. This colorful memoir takes the reader behind the plate for some of baseball’s most memorable moments, including: · Roberto Clemente’s three thousandth and final hit · The “I don’t believe what I just saw” heroic three-and-two pinch-hit home run by Kirk Gibson in the ’88 World Series · The nail-biting excitement of the close-fought ’68 World Series, when Doug called St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock out at home plate and turned the trajectory of the series But beyond the drama, Harvey turned umpiring into an art. He was a man so respected, whose calls were so feared and infallible, that the players called him God. And through it all, he lived by three rules: never take anything from a player, never back down from a call, and never carry a grudge. A book for anyone who loves baseball, They Called Me God is a funny and fascinating tale of on- and off-the-field action, peopled by unforgettable characters from Bob Gibson to Nolan Ryan, and a treatise on good umpiring techniques. In a memoir that transcends sport, Doug Harvey tells a gripping story of responsibility, fairness, and honesty.
Carrying Jackie's Torch by Steve Jacobson
Call Number: 796.35709 JACOBSON
ISBN: 1556526393
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
The real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into major and minor league baseball from 1947 through 1968 are chronicled in this compelling volume. Players share their personal and often heart-wrenching stories of intense racism, both on and off the field, mixed with a sometimes begrudged appreciation for their tremendous talents. Stories include incidents of white players who gave up promising careers in baseball because they wouldn't play with a black teammate, the Georgia law that forbade a black player from dressing in the same clubhouse as the white players, the quotas for the number of blacks on a team, and how salary negotiations without agents or free agency were akin to a plantation system for both black and white players. The 20 players profiled include Ernie Banks, Alvin Jackson, Charlie Murray, Chuck Harmon, Frank Robinson, Bob Gibson, Hank Aaron, Curt Flood, Lou Brock, and Bob Watson.
Nappy Edges by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: 811.54 SHANGE
ISBN: 0312559054
Publication Date: 1978-08-01
Completely repackaged, this spirited celebration of the African-American soul breathes new life in the rhythmic poetry of beats and movements for which she is renowned. Winner of the Tony Award and the Obie Award for "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Ntozake Shange's poetry is considered some of the most influential in African-American culture.
The Love Space Demands by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: 811.54 SHANGE
ISBN: 0312058926
Publication Date: 1991-04-01
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: 811.54 SHANGE
ISBN: 0684843269
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it is to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975 when it was praised by The New Yorker for "encompassing...every feeling and experience a woman has ever had," for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be read and performed for generations to come. Here is the complete text, with stage directions, of a groundbreaking dramatic prose poem written in vivid and powerful language that resonates with unusual beauty in its fierce message to the world.
Wild Beauty by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: 811.54 SHANGE 2017
ISBN: 9781501169939
Publication Date: 2017-11-14
From the poet, novelist, and cultural icon behind the award-winning and celebrated Broadway play, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, comes an evocative and moving bilingual collection of new and beloved poems. In this stirring collection of more than sixty original and selected poems in both English and Spanish, Ntozake Shange shares her utterly unique, unapologetic, and deeply emotional writing that has made her one of the most iconic literary figures of our time. With a clear, raw, and affecting voice, Shange draws from her experience as a feminist black woman in American to craft groundbreaking poetry about pain, beauty, and color. In the bestselling tradition of Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey, Wild Beauty is more than a poetry collection; it is an exquisite call to action for a new generation of women, people of color, feminists, and activists to follow in the author's footsteps in the pursuit of equality and understanding. As The New York Times raves, "Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message."
Lost in Language and Sound by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: 812.54 SHANGE 2011
ISBN: 9780312206161
Publication Date: 2011-12-06
A vibrant and vital collection that celebrates the three most important muses in the life and work of Ntozake Shange--language, music, and dance. In this deeply personal book, the celebrated writer reflects on what it means to be an artist, a woman,and a woman of color through a beautiful combination of memoir and essay. She describes where her love for creative forces began--in her childhood home, a place where imagination reigned and boredom wasn't allowed. The essays tell stories ranging from the poignant origin of her celebrated play "for colored girls" to why Shange needed to deconstruct the English language to make that production work, from the intensity of the female experience and the black experience as separate entities to the difficulty of living both lives simultaneously; from the intense love of jazz bestowed on her by her father to a similar obsession with dance, which came from her mother. With deep sincerity, attention, and her legendary candor, Shange's collection progresses from the public arena to the private, gathering along the way the passions and insights of an author who writes with "such exquisite care and beauty that anybody can relate to her message" (Clive Barnes,The New York Times).
The Collected Plays of Neil Simon by Neil Simon; Neil Simon
Call Number: 812.54 SIMON
ISBN: 0452258707
Publication Date: 1986-11-01
"If Broadway ever erects a monument to a patron saint of laughter, Neil Simon will have to be it." --Time Magazine This first volume of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon contains the triumphs that put Neil Simon's unique brand of comic genius on the American stage, and made him the most successful playwright of his generation. His mixture of verbal wit and beautifully crafted farce, ethnic humor and insight into universal foible, and above all compassion and understanding, make even his sharpest barbs touch the heart as well as the funny bone. These seven plays, beginning with his unforgettable debut, Come Blow Your Horn, make us laugh uproariously even as we indelibly identify with the objects of our laughter.
Collected Plays of Neil Simon by Neil Simon
Call Number: 812.54 SIMON
ISBN: 0394507703
Publication Date: 1979-10-12
This volume includes such plays as The Sunshine Boys and California Suite. Earlier plays are found in volume one, published by NAL.
The Collected Plays of Neil Simon by Neil Simon
Call Number: 812.54 SIMON
ISBN: 0679408894
Publication Date: 1992-03-10
Hard Call by John McCain
Call Number: 920 MCCAIN
ISBN: 9780446580403
Publication Date: 2007-08-14
At some point in our lives, we all face tough decisions and have to make that hard call. In this remarkable book, Senator McCain and Mark Salter use experiences of both extraordinary people and people in extraordinary circumstances to dramatically describe the anatomy of a great decision. Highlights include: - Henry Ford's decision to sacrifice his company's competitive edge by reducing the work day and guaranteeing a minimum wage. - Branch Rickey's decision to offer Jackie Robinson a contract to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the face of public opposition. - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf 's decision to return to wartorn Liberia after receiving an economics degree from Harvard. - General Fred Weyand's decision to redeploy fifteen of his battalions despite resistance from senior American military commanders in Vietnam. - And much more.
The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel; Bret Witter (As told to)
Call Number: 940.531 EDSEL
ISBN: 9781599951508
Publication Date: 2010-09-17
At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.
American First Ladies by Robert P. Watson (Editor); Christina J. Moose (Editorial Coordinator)
Call Number: 973.099 AMERICAN
ISBN: 0893560707
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
This companion to ""The American Presidents"" takes a look at the ""other"" occupant of the White House. All 44 First Ladies are included, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush. Each life is detailed in a biographical essay (2000 - 5000 words), with sidebars discussing the President and a well-known anecdote or episode about the First Lady herself. As well as looking at the First Ladies themselves, the guide also contains articles on their roles as the nation's social hostess, their campaigns, legislative activism, and presidential partners. There is also a look at family life in the White House. The volume concludes with a section on ""other White House Hostesses"" and finally a special essay on ""State First Ladies"".
First Mothers by Bonnie Angelo; Barbara Bush (Epilogue by)
Call Number: 973.099 ANGELO
ISBN: 0060937114
Publication Date: 2001-10-16
Bonnie Angelo, a veteran reporter and writer for Time, has captured the daily lives, thoughts, and feelings of the remarkable women who played such a large role in developing the characters of the modern American presidents. From formidably aristocratic Sara Delano Roosevelt to diehard Democrat Martha Truman, champion athlete Dorothy Bush, and hard-living Virginia Clinton Kelley, Angelo blends these women's stories with the texture of their lives and with colorful details of their times. First Mothers is an in-depth look at the special mother-son relationships that nurtured and helped propel the last twelve American presidents to the pinnacle of power.
First Ladies by Susan Swain; C-SPAN
Call Number: 973.099 FIRST 2015
ISBN: 9781610395663
Publication Date: 2015-04-14
A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians C-SPAN's yearlong history series,First Ladies: Influence and Image, featured interviews with more than fifty preeminent historians and biographers. In this informative book, these experts paint intimate portraits of all forty-five first ladies--their lives, ambitions, and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. Susan Swain and the C-SPAN team elicit the details that made these women who they were: how Martha Washington intentionally set the standards followed by first ladies for the next century; how Edith Wilson was complicit in the cover-up when President Wilson became incapacitated after a stroke; and how Mamie Eisenhower used the new medium of television to reinforce her, and her husband's, positive public images. This book provides an up-close historical look at these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the White House, sometimes at great personal cost, while supporting their families and famous husbands--and sometimes changing history. Complete with illustrations and essential biographical details, it is an illuminating, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring read.
George H. W. Bush by Curt Smith
Call Number: 973.9 BUSH BIOGRAPHY 2014
ISBN: 9781612346854
Publication Date: 2014-11-15
George H. W. Bush ranks among America's most distinguished men of the last century. A war hero, businessman, politician, and the forty-first president of the United States, Bush has spent most of his life dedicated to public service. Curt Smith worked with Bush for more than twenty years, including during his presidency, when Smith wrote more speeches for Bush than anyone else. Smith's exploration of Bush's service includes in-depth narratives on the invasion of Panama, the first Gulf War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain. He also chronicles the contrasting presidential elections of 1988 and 1992, examining the successes and failures of each. Smith profiles the people germane to Bush's life and career: his wife, Barbara; mentors such as Ronald Reagan; and political allies such as Margaret Thatcher, and many more. George H. W. Bush: Character at the Core shows how Bush's courtesy and belief in work, religion, and American exceptionalism helped the patrician connect with Middle America and take his place among the most revered statesmen of his time.
Heartbeat by George H. W. Bush; Jim McGrath (Compiled by)
Call Number: 973.928 BUSH
ISBN: 0743224795
Publication Date: 2001-11-06
A charming collection of excerpts from the former president's speeches and other writings, Heartbeat reveals the basic values and beliefs that have served George H. W. Bush throughout his public and private life. Photos.
My Father, My President by Doro Bush Koch
Call Number: 973.928 BUSH BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0446579904
Publication Date: 2006-10-06
'My Father, My President' takes a fascinating look at the life of former United States President George Bush. The book, written by his only daughter, Doro Bush Koch, is filled with personal stories, family memories and never-before-seen photos.
Barbara Bush by Myra G. Gutin
Call Number: 973.928 BUSH BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9780700615834
Publication Date: 2008-06-16
Wife of one president and mother of another, Barbara Bush was an outspoken first lady who looked more like her constituents than did her predecessors. A White House resident for only four years, she nevertheless became and remains one of the most admired women in the world. This new look at Barbara Bush draws on recently opened records at the Bush library, the first lady's many speeches, interviews with the first lady's staff, and an exclusive interview with Mrs. Bush to impart a new appreciation for this beloved former first lady. And while other biographies--and her own memoir--have hinted at seeming contradictions in the Barbara Bush persona, Myra Gutin looks squarely at her White House years to set the record straight and show that she was more than "America's Grandmother" in faux pearls. Gutin's portrait reveals a woman who was more of a success as first lady than her husband was as president--who in many ways was the public face of the George H. W. Bush administration. And while she wasn't an innovator as presidential wife, Gutin shows how the "Silver Fox" used her rich experience in politics to master the public relations side of first ladyship with as much skill as any White House spouse. Gutin argues that Barbara was more politically astute than George--even though she denied any input into policymaking and maintained an apolitical image. In fact, she played an integral role in campaigning, fund-raising, and other activities that often blurred the line between the humanitarian and the political. Piercing through the first lady's public persona, Gutin reveals Barbara's backstage political skills in action--along with her closely held views on social issues like gun control and abortion. From behind the faade of an ideal American family, Gutin also includes frank accounts of George H. W. Bush's alleged adultery and of the death of the Bushes' daughter Robin. In addition, she lends new insight into Barbara's relationship with her mother, her role as entertainer, and her role in wartime. Gutin gives us a vibrant woman who lent warmth to her husband's cool image and whose legacy lives in the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and several best-selling books. It is a richly textured narrative that depicts a woman of loyalty, candor, and common sense, who knew when and how to apply those qualities in the service of her husband.
Reflections by Barbara Bush
Call Number: 973.928 BUSH BIOGRAPHY 2005
ISBN: 9780743255820
Publication Date: 2004-10-12
"There is a myth in the United States -- you've heard it many times. It says that all American mothers hope that their child will grow up to be President of the United States...." -- Barbara Bush Not since Abigail Adams has one woman been both the wife and mother of presidents. Barbara Bush's prominent place in American history is matched only by her extraordinary popularity: Republicans and Democrats alike appreciate her wit, her compassion, and her devotion to her family. Dignified, loyal, and unpretentious, the former First Lady defied skeptics to become one of the most admired first ladies in history -- and she remains a beloved public figure today. In this inspiring follow-up to her number-one bestselling memoir, Mrs. Bush covers the momentous eight years between President George H. W. Bush's leaving office and President George W. Bush's 2001 inauguration. Reflections comprises Mrs. Bush's diary entries, travelogues, family photographs, even secret recipes. She discusses her experiences in the White House, on the campaign trail, and in the public eye, as well as her own views about such controversial issues as her husband's resignation from the NRA, the caning of an American student in Singapore, and -- in her candid epilogue -- her family's reactions to September 11, 2001. Throughout, the extraordinary amount of love and pride Mrs. Bush feels for her husband, five children, and fourteen grandchildren is always clear. Reflections will delight Barbara Bush's millions of admirers with her touching anecdotes and personal revelations from the past decade of a full and fascinating life.
41 by George W. Bush
Call Number: 973.928 BUSH BIOGRAPHY 2014
ISBN: 0553447785
Publication Date: 2014-11-11
George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President. Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, the book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and President. The book shines new light on both the accomplished statesman and the warm, decent man known best by his family. In addition, George W. Bush discusses his father's influence on him throughout his own life, from his childhood in West Texas to his early campaign trips with his father, and from his decision to go into politics to his own two-term Presidency.
Barbara Bush by Barbara Bush
Call Number: 973.928 BUSH BIOGRAPHY 2015
ISBN: 9781501117787
Publication Date: 2015-05-26
The classic #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, celebrating the life and legacy of First Lady Barbara Bush--now updated with new forewords from her five children, including reflections from George W. and Jeb, as featured on A&E's Biography. Barbara Bush endures as one of America's most popular First Ladies. She has won worldwide acclaim for her wit, compassion, and candor as both a presidential wife and mother. In this fascinating memoir, Mrs. Bush offers a heartfelt portrait of her life in and out of the White House, from her small-town schoolgirl days in Rye, New York, to her fateful union with George H.W. Bush, to her role as First Lady of the United States. Here, she writes candidly about her early years with George Bush in West Texas and the tragic death of their young daughter, Pauline. She also discusses the world of Washington politics and the famous figures she's met, as well as the disappointment of the 1992 presidential campaign--and the mixed blessing of regaining her private life, including her role as the nation's leading literacy champion. Filled with entertaining anecdotes, thirty-two pages of personal photographs, and a healthy dose of introspection, this memoir is "a book of good grace and humor--written in a style that, like the author herself, is straightforward, unembellished, generous, good-hearted, and wise...A pleasure" (The Washington Times).
Destiny and Power by Jon Meacham
Call Number: 973.928 BUSH BIOGRAPHY 2015
ISBN: 9781400067657
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST 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 wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the forty-first president and his family, Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. From the Oval Office to Camp David, from his study in the private quarters of the White House to Air Force One, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the first Gulf War to the end of Communism, Destiny and Power charts the thoughts, decisions, and emotions of a modern president who may have been the last of his kind. This is the human story of a man who was, like the nation he led, at once noble and flawed. His was one of the great American lives. Born into a loving, privileged, and competitive family, Bush joined the navy on his eighteenth birthday and at age twenty was shot down on a combat mission over the Pacific. He married young, started a family, and resisted pressure to go to Wall Street, striking out for the adventurous world of Texas oil. Over the course of three decades, Bush would rise from the chairmanship of his county Republican Party to serve as congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, head of the Republican National Committee, envoy to China, director of Central Intelligence, vice president under Ronald Reagan, and, finally, president of the United States. In retirement he became the first president since John Adams to see his son win the ultimate prize in American politics. With access not only to the Bush diaries but, through extensive interviews, to the former president himself, Meacham presents Bush's candid assessments of many of the critical figures of the age, ranging from Richard Nixon to Nancy Reagan; Mao to Mikhail Gorbachev; Dick Cheney to Donald Rumsfeld; Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton. Here is high politics as it really is but as we rarely see it. From the Pacific to the presidency, Destiny and Power charts the vicissitudes of the life of this quietly compelling American original. Meacham sheds new light on the rise of the right wing in the Republican Party, a shift that signaled the beginning of the end of the center in American politics. Destiny and Power is an affecting portrait of a man who, driven by destiny and by duty, forever sought, ultimately, to put the country first. Praise for Destiny and Power "Altogether fair, insightful . . . a portrait made especially compelling by the author's remarkable access to Bush's private White House diaries. This is a timely, first-rate book!"--David McCullough "What a spectacular and moving portrait this is--not only of a remarkably classy man but of the era that shaped him! It is hard to imagine a biographer more fitted than Jon Meacham to write what will surely be the definitive work on George Herbert Walker Bush."--Doris Kearns Goodwin "This astonishing book is both timely and timeless. . . . A fascinating and insightful portrayal of the life of an exemplary American citizen."--Walter Isaacson "Jon Meacham's timely and intimate biography of George Bush 41 is a welcome reminder of this modest president's call to service, from the cockpits of World War II to the Oval Office and the end of the Cold War."--Tom Brokaw "This riveting biography by the incomparable Jon Meacham gives George H. W. Bush his well-deserved place in history."--Michael Beschloss
The Leadership of George Bush by Roman Popadiuk; George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: 973.928 POPADIUK
ISBN: 9781603441124
Publication Date: 2009-09-28
Author Roman Popadiuk served in the Bush White House from 1989 to 1992 as deputy assistant to the president and deputy press secretary for foreign affairs. In that capacity, he was closely involved with many of the day-to-day decisions of the administration during a momentous period that saw the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the rise of a new global coalition, the curbing of a dictator's expansionist policies in the Middle East, and shifting domestic, economic, and political currents. In this important volume, Popadiuk examines the ways in which the personal leadership style of George Bush influenced the formation and execution of policy. Popadiuk composes a mosaic of events, quotations, and observations that yield a broad view of the ways in which a president's personal qualities and philosophies impinge upon leadership options. General readers and public service professionals will find The Leadership of George Bush informative and enlightening, and scholars of the presidency and public policy will discover new avenues for research on both the Bush administration and executive leadership and policy.
George and Barbara Bush by Kelly Anne Chase; Ellie LeBlond Sosa
Call Number: 973.928 SOSA 2018
ISBN: 9781608939732
Publication Date: 2018-06-01
Ellie LeBlond Sosa has fond memories of summers spent at her grandparents' Kennebunkport, Maine home. Though that home is a heavily protected compound and her grandparents are George and Barbara Bush, life at the Bush family home was not that different from most American families, with football and tennis matches, taco Tuesdays, and holiday gatherings. The Bushes always made a deliberate effort to connect and be involved with their small Maine community, attending church, going for walks, watching parades, and they have become beloved members of that community. In this highly readable biography, Sosa and co-author Kelly Anne Chase explore the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush. From its heady beginnings at the outbreak of World War II, through his time in the Navy and his long career of service, they trace the Bushes' 75-year love affair. Sharing intimate interviews with the Bushes and family friends, this is a never-before-seen look into the private life of a very public couple.
Faith of My Fathers by John McCain; Mark Salter
Call Number: 973.90922 MCCAIN
ISBN: 0060957867
Publication Date: 2000-08-22
Senator John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. Both their careers and their courage helped prepare McCain for the biggest challenge of his life when, as a naval aviator, he was shot down over Hanoi in 1967 and seriously injured. When his captors realized McCain's impressive military legacy, they offered him early release. In what has now become a legendary act of heroism, McCain refused the offer and was subsequently tortured, held in solitary confinement, and imprisoned for more than five years. Faith of My Fathers is about what McCain learned from his father and grandfather, and how their example enabled him to survive. Told with humility, grace, and humor, it is a story of three imperfect men who faced adversity and emerged with their honor intact. It is a story to inspire and instruct, one that shows what fathers give to their sons, and what, ultimately, endures.
My First Ladies by Nancy Clarke; Christie Matheson (As told to)
Call Number: 973.92092 CLARKE 2011
ISBN: 9781416206392
Publication Date: 2011-09-14
In this book Nancy Clarke reveals the touching, funny, and illuminating story of what it was like to serve under six presidential administrations and to help each first lady find her own personal style when it came to planning flower designs, state dinners, and holiday festivities in the White House. You'll learn how Nancy gave comfort to Nancy Reagan when she discovered she had cancer and how she helped Laura Bush to gain the confidence to select bright, bold flower arrangements over the more conservative palettes she had used in her first years as first lady. You'll see the deep bond that developed between Nancy Clarke and Barbara Bush. You'll learn about the warmth and spontaneity of Hillary Clinton and you'll feel what it was like to be standing in a bunker right next to President Bush in the days following 9/11. Nancy shares her experiences and insights with a chapter devoted to each first lady from Rosalynn Carter to Michelle Obama. Only Nancy Clarke can reveal the inside story of what it was like to work for more than 30 years in the White House she called her second home.
All the Best, George Bush by George H. W. Bush; George W. Bush
Call Number: 973.92809 BUSH
ISBN: 068483958X
Publication Date: 1999-10-05
Though reticent in public, George Bush openly shared his private thoughts in correspondence throughout his life. This collection of letters, diary entries, and memos is the closest we’ll ever get to an autobiography. Organized chronologically, the volume begins with eighteen-year-old George’s letters to his parents during World War II, when, at the time he was commissioned, he was the youngest pilot in the Navy. Readers will gain insights into Bush’s career highlights—the oil business, his two terms in Congress, his ambassadorship to the U.N., his service as an envoy to China, his tenure with the Central Intelligence Agency, and of course, the vice presidency, the presidency, and the post-presidency. They will also observe a devoted husband, father, and American. Ranging from a love letter to Barbara and a letter to his mother about missing his daughter, Robin, after her death from leukemia to a letter to his children two weeks before Nixon’s resignation to one written to them just before the beginning of Desert Storm, the writings are remarkable for their candor, humor, and poignancy. This new edition includes new letters and photographs that cover the last fifteen years, highlighting the Bush family’s enduring influence on history and including letters that cover topics such as George W. Bush’s presidency, 9/11, Bush senior’s work with President Clinton to help the victims of natural disasters, and the meaning of friendship and family. All the Best, George Bush provides a memorable, surprisingly intimate, and insightful portrayal of the forty-first president of the United States.
Barbara Bush by Barbara Bush
Call Number: 973.92809 BUSH
ISBN: 0025196359
Publication Date: 1994-09-09
The former First Lady recounts the events in her life, from her secret engagement to George Bush, to the loss of her three-year-old daughter to leukemia, to daily life at the White House.
Barbara Bush by Pamela Kilian
Call Number: 973.92809 BUSH BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0312286597
Publication Date: 2002-09-17
Few First Ladies matched Barbara Bush's remarkable popularity. Even her husband's detractors often spoke glowingly of the "Silver Fox," whose warmth and generosity have won her friends and admirers across the country. Pamela Kilian, a reporter for Scripps Howard News Service, has known George and Barbara Bush for over twenty years. Here, she paints an unforgettable portrait of the woman who quietly became an American icon. Her dark side: She occasionally uses her sharp wit to skewer critics, particularly anyone who has maligned her husband or children. Her eccentricities: She hated being called "First Lady," cringed at the idea of being more popular than her husband, and is closer to her husband's family than her own. Her tragedies: The death from leukemia of Robin Bush at age three turned Barbara's hair white, and she suffered heavily when son Neil was under fire in the savings and loan scandal. The attacks on her son, George W. Bush's character in the 2000 presidential campaign, and the ensuing months of debate after the election tore at her heart. Her philosophy: Make the most of life and don't complain. If it's at all possible, do what your husband asks of you. Pamela Kilian tells Barbara's life story, from her protected childhood, to her early marriage and motherhood, to her adventures as a young wife, to her journey to the White House and beyond. She includes Barbara's feelings about George W. Bush's Texas governorship, Jeb Bush's Florida governorship, and George W.'s later presidential election. This riveting and well-respected biography gives a new perspective on the woman who was married to one President, and gave birth to our current President.
The counterlife by Philip Roth
Call Number: eAudiobook OverDrive
Publication Date: 1986
Now Nathan's married brother, Henry the dentist, is suffering from impotence as a result of taking heart medication--and he's willing to risk his life in a dangerous operation just to regain his sexual prowess in order to satisfy the needs of his office assistant.
Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo by Ntozake Shange; Allyson Johnson (Narrated by)
Call Number: eAudioBook OverDrive
ISBN: 9781441765604
Publication Date: 2012-01-20
Hello World in SOM. Understanding the Basics CORBA Compliant. A Complement to C++. A Complement to Object REXX. Distributing Your Objects. How SOM and DSOM Relate to OpenDoc and OLE. Making Your Objects Persistent. Using Replicated Objects. Working with the Interface Repository. Writing Your Own Remitter. Future Directions. Index.
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth; David Dukes (Read by)
Call Number: eAudioBook OverDrive
ISBN: 9780787105549
Publication Date: 1995-08-01
Sabbath, an aging puppeteer, embarks on a journey into his past after his long-time mistress dies. Besieged by the ghosts of those who loved & hated him most, he contrives farcical disasters that take him to the brink of madness
A briefer history of time by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: eBook Overdrive
ISBN: 9780307417848
Publication Date: 2005
In the years since the publication of Hawking's A Brief History of Time, readers have repeatedly told Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book's most important concepts. This is the reason for A Briefer History: his wish to make its content more accessible to readers--as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings. Purely technical concepts, such as the mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions, are gone. Conversely, subjects of wide interest that have now been given entire chapters of their own, including relativity, curved space, and quantum theory. This reorganization has allowed the authors to expand areas of recent progress, from string theory to exciting developments in the search for a unified theory of all the forces of physics.

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A Moveable Feast by Anthony Bourdain; Matthew Fort; Stefan Gates; Don George; Matt Preston; Lonely Planet Food Staff; Pico Iyer; Mark Kurlansky; David Lebovitz; Andrew McCarthy; Jan Morris; Simon Winchester; Andrew Zimmern; Lonely Planet Publications Staff
Call Number: eBook OverDrive
ISBN: 9781742205960
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
From bat on the island of Fais to chicken on a Russian train to barbecue in the American heartland, from mutton in Mongolia to couscous in Morocco to tacos in Tijuana - on the road, food nourishes us not only physically, but intellectually, emotionally,and spiritually too. It can be a gift that enables a traveler to survive, a doorway into the heart of a tribe, or a thread that weaves an indelible tie; it can be awful or ambrosial - and sometimes both at the same time. Celebrate the riches andrevelations of food with this 38-course feast of true tales set around the world. Edited by Don George Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
Call Number: eBook Overdrive
ISBN: 9780547345765
Publication Date: 1989-10-18
National Book Award Winner Philip Roth's brilliant career was launched when the unknown twenty-five-year-old writer won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship for a collection that was to be called Goodbye, Columbus, and which, in turn, captured the 1960 National Book Award. In the famous title story, perhaps the best college love story ever written, Radcliffe-bound Brenda Patimkin initiates Neil Klugman of Newark into a new and unsettling society of sex, leisure, and loss. Over the years, most of the other stories have become classics as well.
A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: eBook OverDrive
ISBN: 9781608195176
Publication Date: 2010-09-17
Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal. The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, and A Cook's Tour is the shotgun marriage of his two greatest passions. Inspired by the question, 'What would be the perfect meal?', Anthony sets out on a quest for his culinary holy grail. Our adventurous chef starts out in Japan, where he eats traditional Fugu, a poisonous blowfish which can be prepared only by specially licensed chefs. He then travels to Cambodia, up the mine-studded road to Pailin into autonomous Khmer Rouge territory and to Phnom Penh's Gun Club, where local fare is served up alongside a menu of available firearms. In Saigon, he's treated to a sustaining meal of live Cobra heart before moving on to savor a snack with the Viet Cong in the Mecong Delta. Further west, Kitchen Confidential fans will recognize the Gironde of Tony's youth, the first stop on his European itinerary. And from France, it's on to Portugal, where an entire village has been fattening a pig for months in anticipation of his arrival. And we're only halfway around the globe. . . A Cook's Tour recounts, in Bourdain's inimitable style, the adventures and misadventures of America's favorite chef.
Stan Lee's How to write comics! by Stan Lee
Call Number: eBook OverDrive
ISBN: 9780823000869
Publication Date: October 11, 2011
Bone in the Throat by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: eBook OverDrive
ISBN: 9781596917231
Publication Date: 2008-12-01
When up-and-coming chef Tommy Pagana settles for a less than glamorous stint at his uncle's restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy, he unwittingly finds himself a partner in big-time crime. And when the mob decides to use the kitchen for a murder, nothing Tommy learned in cooking school has prepared him for what happens next. With the FBI on one side, and his eccentric wise guy superiors on the other, Tommy has to struggle to do right by his conscience, and to avoid getting killed in the meantime.In the vein of Prizzi's Honor, Bone in the Throat is a thrilling Mafia caper laced with entertaining characters and wry humor. This first novel is a must-have for fans of Anthony Bourdain's nonfiction."A prodigiously self-assured first novel. . . the author's comic vision goes beyond original. It is deliciously depraved."-The New York Times Book Review
Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: FICTION BOURDAIN
ISBN: 0679448802
Publication Date: 1997-08-19
This wry, blistering thriller by the author of Bone in the Throat pits a CIA-trained assassin and his equally hard-nosed wife against two governments and a cross-dressing Mafioso. Sexy, raucous, and funny, Gone Bamboo is destined to burnish Bourdain's reputation and bring him the reader attention he so richly deserves.
The Bobby Gold Stories by Anthony Bourdain; Breaulove Swells Whimsy
Call Number: FICTION BOURDAIN
ISBN: 1582342334
Publication Date: 2003-05-13
Bestselling author Tony Bourdain is back with a new novel, his first fiction since the groundbreaking success of Kitchen Confidential. Bobby Gold is a loveable criminal. After doing ten years in the clinker, he's out and ready for work. With not even an attempt to play it straight, he's back to breaking bones for tough guys. His turf: the club scene and restaurant racket. It's not that he enjoys the job-Bobby has real heart-but he's good at it and a guy has to make a living. Things change when he meets Nikki, the cook at a club most definitely not in his territory. Smitten, he can't stay away. Bobby Gold had known trouble before, but with Nikki the saut#65533; bitch in his life, things take a turn for life or death. Inspired by Fitzgerald's Pat Hobby stories, The Bobby Gold Stories is a gem of a novel featuring the best of Bourdain's work. Fans will recognize the gangster riffs of Bone in the Throat, the antics of the sexy criminal couple of Gone Bamboo, and the brilliant restaurant scenes from Kitchen Confidential. Distilled into a fast and furious, pitch-perfect story of food, sex, crimes and mayhem, The Bobby Gold Stories is sure to become a modern classic.
Everyman by Philip Roth
Call Number: FICTION ROTH
ISBN: 061873516X
Publication Date: 2006-05-09
Philip Roth's new novel is a candidly intimate yet universal story of loss, regret, and stoicism. The best-selling author of The Plot Against America now turns his attention from "one family's harrowing encounter with history" (New York Times) to one man's lifelong skirmish with mortality. The fate of Roth's everyman is traced from his first shocking confrontation with death on the idyllic beaches of his childhood summers, through the family trials and professional achievements of his vigorous adulthood, and into his old age, when he is rended by observing the deterioration of his contemporaries and stalked by his own physical woes. A successful commercial artist with a New York ad agency, he is the father of two sons from a first marriage who despise him and a daughter from a second marriage who adores him. He is the beloved brother of a good man whose physical well-being comes to arouse his bitter envy, and he is the lonely ex-husband of three very different women with whom he's made a mess of marriage. In the end he is a man who has become what he does not want to be. The terrain of this powerful novel -- Roth's twenty-seventh book and the fifth to be published in the twenty-first century -- is the human body. Its subject is the common experience that terrifies us all. Everyman takes its title from an anonymous fifteenth-century allegorical play, a classic of early English drama, whose theme is the summoning of the living to death.
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Call Number: FICTION ROTH
ISBN: 9780375701429
Publication Date: 1998-02-03
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Here is Philip Roth's masterpiece--an elegy for the American century's promises of prosperity, civic order, and domestic bliss. Roth's protagonist is Swede Levov, a legendary athlete at his Newark high school, who grows up in the booming postwar years to marry a former Miss New Jersey, inherit his father's glove factory, and move into a stone house in the idyllic hamlet of Old Rimrock. And then one day in 1968, Swede's beautiful American luck deserts him. For Swede's adored daughter, Merry, has grown from a loving, quick-witted girl into a sullen, fanatical teenager--a teenager capable of an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism. And overnight Swede is wrenched out of the longed-for American pastoral and into the indigenous American berserk. Compulsively readable, propelled by sorrow, rage, and a deep compassion for its characters, American Pastoral gives us Philip Roth at the height of his powers.
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Call Number: FICTION ROTH
ISBN: 0618059458
Publication Date: 2000-05-10
It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town, an aging classics professor, Coleman Silk, is forced to retire when his colleagues decree that he is a racist. The charge is a lie, but the real truth about Silk would have astonished his most virulent accuser. Coleman Silk has a secret. But it's not the secret of his affair, at seventy-one, with Faunia Farley, a woman half his age with a savagely wrecked past--a part-time farmhand and a janitor at the college where, until recently, he was the powerful dean of faculty. And it's not the secret of Coleman's alleged racism, which provoked the college witch-hunt that cost him his job and, to his mind, killed his wife. Nor is it the secret of misogyny, despite the best efforts of his ambitious young colleague, Professor Delphine Roux, to expose him as a fiend. Coleman's secret has been kept for fifty years: from his wife, his four children, his colleagues, and his friends, including the writer Nathan Zuckerman, who sets out to understand how this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, had fabricated his identity and how that cannily controlled life came unraveled. Set in 1990s America, where conflicting moralities and ideological divisions are made manifest through public denunciation and rituals of purification,The Human Stain concludes Philip Roth's eloquent trilogy of postwar American lives that are as tragically determined by the nation's fate as by the "human stain" that so ineradicably marks human nature. This harrowing, deeply compassionate, and completely absorbing novel is a magnificent successor to his Vietnam-era novel,American Pastoral, and his McCarthy-era novel,I Married a Communist.
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Call Number: FICTION ROTH
ISBN: 0618509283
Publication Date: 2004-10-05
When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America. Not only had Lindbergh, in a nationwide radio address, publicly blamed the Jews for selﬁshly pushing America toward a pointless war with Nazi Germany, but upon taking ofﬁce as the thirty-third president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial "understanding" with Adolf Hitler, whose conquest of Europe and virulent anti-Semitic policies he appeared to accept without difﬁculty. What then followed in America is the historical setting for this startling new book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roth, who recounts what it was like for his Newark family -- and for a million such families all over the country -- during the menacing years of the Lindbergh presidency, when American citizens who happened to be Jews had every reason to expect the worst.
Operation Shylock by Philip Roth
Call Number: FICTION ROTH
ISBN: 0671703765
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
"What if a look-alike stranger stole your name, usurped your biography, and went about the world pretending to be you?" "In his extraordinary new book, his most ingenious and original work since Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth confronts his double, an impostor whose self-appointed task is to lead the Jews out of Israel and back to Europe, a Moses in reverse and a monstrous nemesis to the "real" Philip Roth." "Suspenseful, hilarious, hugely impassioned, pulsing with intelligence and narrative energy, Operation Shylock is at once a spy story, a political thriller, a meditation on identity, and a confession." "This master novelist has never been more demonically brilliant than in the re-creation of his frightening and mysterious journey through the volatile Middle East. Operation Shylock is Philip Roth's twentieth published book - and perhaps his very best."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange; Ifa Bayeza
Call Number: FICTION SHANGE
ISBN: 9780312198992
Publication Date: 2010-09-14
Award-winning writer Ntozake Shange and real-life sister, award-winning playwright Ifa Bayeza achieve nothing less than a modern classic in this epic story of the Mayfield family. Opening dramatically at Sweet Tamarind, a rice and cotton plantation on an island off South Carolina's coast, we watch as recently emancipated Bette Mayfield says her goodbyes before fleeing for the mainland. With her granddaughter, Eudora, in tow, she heads to Charleston. There, they carve out livesfor themselves as fortune-teller and seamstress. Dora will marry, the Mayfield line will grow, and we will follow them on an journey through the watershed events of America's troubled, vibrant history--from Reconstruction to both World Wars, from the Harlem Renaissance to Vietnam and the modern day. Shange and Bayeza give us a monumental story of a family and of America, of songs and why we have to sing them, of home and of heartbreak, of the past and of the future, bright and blazingahead.
Liliane by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: FICTION SHANGE
ISBN: 0312113102
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
"In Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter, Ntozake Shange brings the strands of memories, dreams, and expectations of a young black woman's life into ours. Through the voices of her childhood friends, Roxie, Lollie, and Bernadette, we encounter the last moments of legal segregation in Mississippi and the beginnings of class war within the black community of Queens. The voices of her lovers, Victor-Jesus, Zoom, Thayer, and Sawyer, reveal Liliane in the more closeted dynamics of romance, both colored and not so colored." "But it is in her own works as an artist that Liliane reveals most of what she knows about herself to her world and our own. Yet what Liliane does not know of herself, that which is buried, the underneath, the riches of the unconscious, become present during the years and hours of Liliane's classic analysis." "By brilliantly interweaving the voices of Liliane and her analyst with monologues from the friends and lovers who have formed the geography of her experience, the actualities and eccentricities of Liliane's past come to use through her, and what were pieces of a young girl's life become the landscape of her future."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Call Number: FICTION SHREVE
ISBN: 0316789976
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Journeying to Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, to shoot a photo essay about a century-old double murder, a photographer becomes absorbed by the crime and increasingly obsessed with jealousy over the idea that her husband is having an affair.
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
Call Number: FICTION SHREVE
ISBN: 0316789089
Publication Date: 1998-05-06
Anita Shreve's hauntingly beautiful #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection about tragedy, grief, betrayal, and the 'impossibility of knowing another person.' As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for a late-night knock that lets her know her husband has died in a crash. Until now, Kathryn Lyons's life has been peaceful if unextraordinary: a satisfying job teaching high school in the New England mill town of her childhood; a picture-perfect home by the ocean; a precocious, independent-minded fifteen-year-old daughter; and a happy marriage whose occasional dull passages she attributes to the unavoidable deadening of time. As Kathryn struggles with her grief, she descends into a maelstrom of publicity stirred up by the modern hunger for the details of tragedy. Even before the plane is located in waters off the Irish coast, the relentless scrutiny of her husband's life begins to bring a bizarre personal mystery into focus. Could there be any truth to the increasingly disturbing rumors that he had a secret life?
Resistance by Anita Shreve
Call Number: FICTION SHREVE
ISBN: 0316789992
Publication Date: 1995-04-01
A tale of impossible love in Nazi-occupied Belgium, where forbidden passions have catastrophic consequences. Claire Daussois, the wife of a Belgian resistance worker, shelters a wounded American bomber pilot in a secret attic hideaway. As she nurses him back to health, Claire is drawn into an affair that seems strong enough to conquer all--until the brutal realities of war intrude, shattering every idea she ever had about love, trust, and betrayal. Resistance is a tender but tragic love story, told with the same narrative grace and keen eye for human emotion that have distinguished all of Anita Shreve's cherished bestsellers.
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Call Number: FICTION WOLFE
ISBN: 9780312427573
Publication Date: 2008-03-04
Vintage Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities, the #1 bestseller that will forever define late-twentieth-century New York style. "No one has portrayed New York Society this accurately and devastatingly since Edith Wharton" (The National Review)"A page-turner . . . Brilliant high comedy." (The New Republic)
Get Jiro! by Anthony Bourdain; Joel Rose; Langdon Foss (Artist, Cover Design by)
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL BOURDAIN
ISBN: 9781401228279
Publication Date: 2012-06-27
Don't miss this original graphic novel from Anthony Bourdain, renowned chef, New York Times bestselling author (Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw) and star of the Emmy-winning hit travel show No Reservations and the brand new series The Layover! Co-written
Get Jiro - Blood and Sushi by Anthony Bourdain; Joel Rose (Artist); Alé Garza (Artist); Dave Johnson (Cover Design by)
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL BOURDAIN
ISBN: 9781401252267
Publication Date: 2015-10-27
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Acclaimed chef, writer and television personality, Anthony Bourdain, and Joel Rose (Kill The Poor) return for the follow-up to their #1 New York Times bestseller GET JIRO! In a prequel to The New York Times best-selling comic from renowned chef Anthony Bourdain (CNN's Parts Unknown), Jiro is a young man learning his craft. The son of one of Tokyo's most powerful gangsters, he is torn between his father's plans for him and his own desire to master the art of sushi. The family is making a bold move in the Tokyo underworld, and if Jiro isn't going to get with the program, his half-brother Ichigo is more than happy to step in and do the dirty work. This bloody take on a classic crime and revenge tale adds an irreverent sense of humor and a futuristic vision of foodie culture, all with a flavor only Anthony Bourdain can cook up. Co-written by Joel Rose (The Blackest Bird) with art by Al#65533; Garza (Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day) and Jos#65533; Villarrubia (Promethea, BATMAN: YEAR 100).
A Child's Book of Prayer in Art by Wendy Beckett
Call Number: JUVENILE 242 BECKETT
ISBN: 1564588750
Publication Date: 1995-03-01
. . . introduces children to art as a means of discovering faith . . . this is a remarkable book, not only for its innate spirituality and wisdom, but also for its harmonious partnership of great art and astute interpretation.--Booklist.
Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone by Joyce Carol Thomas; Curtis E. James (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE 305.89609 LINDA
ISBN: 0786808217
Publication Date: 2003-12-01
When the Supreme Court decision to desegregate public schools was handed down in 1954, the course of American history was forever changed. Here are personal reflections, stories, and poems from ten of today's most accomplished writers for children, all young people themselves at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Included are Michael Cart, Jean Craighead George, Eloise Greenfield, Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, Ishmael Reed, Jerry Spinelli, Quincy Troupe, Joyce Carol Thomas, and Leona Nicholas Welch. With a compelling introduction by editor Joyce Carol Thomas and stunning pastel artwork by Curtis E. James, this collection celebrates the hard-earned promise of equality in education.
Koko Love! by Francine Patterson
Call Number: JUVENILE 599.88 PATTERSON
ISBN: 0525463194
Publication Date: 1999-09-01
In 1972 Dr. Francine Patterson began teaching American Sign Language to a 1-year-old gorilla named Koko. In the longest running animal language exit to date, Koko spent 27 years developing a vocabulary of over 1,000 words. Even more impressive than the breadth of Koko's vocabulary is the way in which she uses these signs to express herself. Koko is able to do so much more than simply identify objects; she has a very active emotional life and often conveys feelings of love, grief and even embarrassment. When asked who she is, Koko has been known to sign "Fine animal gorilla." When given a pet kitten, she named it "All Ball" because it had no tail, and when bitten by the kitty, Koko would sign "Cat bit. Obnoxious." But ever patient and caring, Koko loved and nurtured Ball as any mother would. Beautiful full-color photographs help to demonstrate Koko's enormous sensitivity end understanding.
The Duke and the Peasant by Wendy Beckett
Call Number: JUVENILE 745.67 BECKETT
ISBN: 3791318136
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Sister Wendy's lively and amusing narrative describes the magical calendar pictures of the Duc de Berry's "Tres Riches Heures". A colorful, richly detailed account of noble and peasant life in the Middle Ages.
Sister Wendy's Story of Christmas by Wendy Beckett
Call Number: JUVENILE 755.53 BECKETT
ISBN: 379131887X
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
In her Story of Christmas, Sister Wendy uses her refreshing skills of observation to open the eyes of the young reader to the very different ways twenty artists depict the elements of the Christmas Story.
We Troubled the Waters by Ntozake Shange; Rod Brown (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE 811.54 SHANGE
ISBN: 9780061337352
Publication Date: 2009-10-20
Jim Crow; Brown v. Board of Education; Bull Connor; KKK; Birmingham; the Lorraine Motel; Rosa; Martin; and Malcolm. From slavery to the separation of "colored" and "white" and from horrifying oppression to inspiring courage, there are countless stories--both forgotten and immortalized--of everyday and extraordinary people who acted for justice during the civil rights movement that changed our nation. Award-winning poet Ntozake Shange and illustrator Rod Brown give voice to all those who fought for their unalienable rights in a triumphant book about the power of the human spirit.
Freedom's a-Callin Me by Ntozake Shange; Rod Brown (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE 811.54 SHANGE 2012
ISBN: 9780061337413
Publication Date: 2012-01-03
Award-winning poet Ntozake Shange and artist Rod Brown reimagine the journeys of the brave men and women who made their way to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Fleeing on the Underground Railroad meant walking long distances; swimming across streams; hiding in abandoned shanties, swamps, and ditches, always on the run from slave trackers and their dogs. ah might get hungry ah may get tired good Lawd / ah may be free The Underground Railroad operated on secrecy and trust. But who could be trusted? There were free black and white men and women helping, risking their lives, too. Because freedom was worth any risk. Celebrated collaborators Ntozake Shange and Rod Brown pay tribute to the Underground Railroad, a universal story about the human need to be free. ah am a livin bein' & ah got to be free
A Kids' Guide to America's First Ladies by Kathleen Krull; Anna DiVito (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE 920 KRULL 2017
ISBN: 9780062381071
Publication Date: 2017-01-03
Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award-winner Kathleen Krull is an expert at bringing history to life in her engaging titles and series, including Women Who Broke the Rules, Lives of . . . , Giants of Science, and A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights. This time, she introduces readers to the women of the White House in A Kid's Guide to America's First Ladies! The book includes a section introducing kids to Melania Trump. Find out what our country's First Ladies thought, did, and advocated for as they moved into the White House. Why did the Patriots love Martha Washington? What causes did Eleanor Roosevelt support and lead? What did Jacqueline Kennedy do to establish her legacy long after she left the White House? How did Hillary Clinton turn her role as First Lady into a political career of her own? Packed with anecdotes and sidebars, a timeline of the advancement of women's rights, and humorous illustrations and portraits, Kathleen Krull's introduction to the First Ladies of the United States brings vividly to life the women to hold the role as they paved the way for American women in times of change.
Legends, Icons and Rebels by Robbie Robertson; Jim Guerinot; Sebastian Robertson; Jared Levine
Call Number: JUVENILE 920 ROBERTSON 2013
ISBN: 9781770495715
Publication Date: 2013-10-08
"Music industry veterans Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Jared Levine, and Sebastian Robertson invite young readers to share with them in celebrating twenty-seven musical legends. Short profiles chronicle personal stories and achievements of extraordinarily talented artists whose innovations changed the landscape of music for generations to come. Carefully compiled like any great playlist, the line-up features originators, rebels, and risk-takers across diverse genres. From Ray Charles to Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan, Robertson shares anecdotes about these artists and the influence they had on his own musical journey. Always respectful of their reader, the writers never shy away from speaking about the difficult challenges these recording artists faced and the very human foibles that sometimes led to their tragic end. Most of all, it's the authors' passion and insights into these personal stories of creativity and collaboration -- and the power of music to shine a light on injustice and foster change -- that will fascinate, enlighten, and inspire music fans of all ages."
Sabotage by Neal Bascomb
Call Number: JUVENILE 940.54 BASCOMB 2016
ISBN: 9780545732437
Publication Date: 2016-05-31
The author of the award-winning The Nazi Hunters returns with another thrilling true story of WWII espionage! April 9, 1940. The invasion begins at night, with German cruisers slipping up a silent fjord. Soon planes full of paratroopers roar over the mountains, and in two months, the Nazis occupy all of Norway. They cripple food supplies to the Norwegian people. And at the Vemork power plant, they gain access to an essential ingredient in the weapon that could end the war: Hitler's very own nuclear bomb. February 24, 1943. When the Allies discover the plans for the bomb, they agree Vemork must be destroyed. But after a British operation fails to stop the Nazis' deadly designs, the task falls to a band of passionate Norwegian commandos - young men who long to free their country from Nazi rule. Armed with little more than parachutes, skis, explosives, and great courage, they will survive months in the snowy wilderness and execute two desperately dangerous missions. The result? The greatest act of sabotage in all of World War II.
Float Like a Butterfly by Ntozake Shange; Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY ALI
ISBN: 1368008275
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
Muhammad Ali is considered by many to have been the finest athlete of the twentieth century. Here is a compelling testimony to his courage, resilience in the face of controversy, and boxing prowess by Obie Award-winning author Ntozake Shange. In her own words, Shange shows us Ali and his life, from his childhood in the segregated South, to his meteoric rise in boxing to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Edel Rodriguez's stunning artwork combines pastels, monoprint woodblock ink linework and spray paint on colored papers to capture Ali's power, spontaneity, and energy. A timeline and list of additional resources in the backmatter help make this a standout picturebook biography of the man known around the world as "The Greatest." The reissue of this compelling portrait will have readers cheering once again for the late American icon.
Barbara Bush by Joanne Mattern
Call Number: JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY BUSH
ISBN: 9781599287904
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
This book introduces young readers to the life of Barbara Bush, beginning with her childhood in Rye, New York. Readers will become familiar with her caring personality as they learn about her marriage to George Bush in the wake of World War II, her life as a young mother near the oil fields of Midland, Texas, and her hardships such as losing a child to leukemia. Details of Mrs. Bush's years as a political wife are also discussed, which include her time as First Lady when she supported children, the homeless, and her campaign for family literacy. Informative sidebars and full-color photos accompany easy-to-read, engaging text. Includes timeline, fun facts, index, and glossary.
George Bush by Sandra Francis
Call Number: JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY BUSH
ISBN: 9781602530690
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of George Herbert Walker Bush, forty-first president of the United States.
Whitewash by Ntozake Shange; Michael Sporn (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE EASY SHANGE
ISBN: 0802784917
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
A young African-American girl is traumatized when a gang attacks her and her brother on their way home from school and spray-paints her face white. Based on a true story.
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE EASY SHANGE
ISBN: 0689828845
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of vision, brought to life in the majestic paintings of artist Kadir Nelson, lived at a time when the color of their skin dictated where they could live, what schools they could attend, and even where they could sit on a bus or in a movie theater. Yet in the face of this tremendous adversity, these dedicated souls and others like them not only demonstrated the importance of Black culture in America, but also helped issue in a movement that "changed the world." Their lives and their works inspire us to this day, and serve as a guide to how we approach the challenges of tomorrow.
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE EASY SHANGE
ISBN: 9780061253645
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
Walking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta knew, too well, the unfairness of life in the segregated south. A yearning for equality began to grow. Together with Martin Luther King, Jr., she gave birth to a vision and a journey--with dreams of freedom for all. This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by Kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United States and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Shannon Hale; Dean Hale; Vitale Mangiatordi (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUVENILE FICTION HALE
ISBN: 9781484781548
Publication Date: 2017-02-07
WHO RUNS THE WORLD? SQUIRRELS! Fourteen-year-old Doreen Green moved from sunny California to the suburbs of New Jersey. She must start at a new school, make new friends, and continue to hide her tail. Yep, Doreen has the powers of . . . a squirrel! After failing at several attempts to find her new BFF, Doreen feels lonely and trapped, liked a caged animal. Then one day Doreen uses her extraordinary powers to stop a group of troublemakers from causing mischief in the neighborhood, and her whole life changes. Everyone at school is talking about it! Doreen contemplates becoming a full-fledged Super Hero. And thus, Squirrel Girl is born! She saves cats from trees, keeps the sidewalks clean, and dissuades vandalism. All is well until a real-life Super Villain steps out of the shadows and declares Squirrel Girl his archenemy. Can Doreen balance being a teenager and a Super Hero? Or will she go . . . NUTS?
Toy Story by Disney Press Staff (Prepared for Publication by); Disney Book Group Staff
Call Number: JUVENILE READ-ALONG KIDD
ISBN: 9781423133490
Publication Date: 2010-01-05
Join Woody and Buzz Lightyear for their first adventure! Woody the cowboy is Andy's favorite toy. But when a high-tech newcomer named Buzz Lightyear becomes Andy's new favorite, Woody and Buzz will end up on an adventure like no other! Experience the magic in a brand new way with this storybook and read-along CD that features word-for-word narration, plus the voices of the beloved characters and sound effects from the hit film!
The Alien Factor by Stan Lee; Stan Timmons (As told to)
Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION LEE
ISBN: 0743434757
Publication Date: 2001-10-02
The first ever ibooks novel by the legendary Stan Lee, founding father of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man and the X-men The German war machine rolls across Europe, crushing everything in its path. America and her Allies have only recently entered the war, but is seems both sides are too evenly matched. The war could drag on for years, could go either way...until the day the saucer fell like an arrow from the heavens, bringing with it secrets of world-shattering consequence. The Nazis are quick to capture the spacecraft and its unearthly occupants; the Allies send in a suicide squad, a group snidely referred to as 'Logan's Losers' - to either retrieve the aliens and their secrets...or destory them. Russia, too, learns of the downed UFO and sends their own agent into the heart of Germany. But there is a traitor among the Allied invasion force, working to bring the Allics down from within, and when Logan at last reaches his objective, it is a prisoner of the Third Reich, sentenced to die at the hand of an old, implacable enemy.
Ridin' the Moon in Texas by Ntozake Shange
Call Number: TEXANA 811.54 SHANGE
ISBN: 0312889291
Publication Date: 1987-03-01
Simply Barbara Bush by Donnie Radcliffe
Call Number: TEXANA 973.928 BUSH BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0446515531
Publication Date: 1989-09-01
The first complete biography of Barbara Bush celebrates her upbringing and devotion to family values, her work on behalf of literacy, education, and cancer research, and the emergence of her popular cloth-coat style. Photos.
Out of the Shadow by Christopher Maynard
Call Number: TEXANA 973.928 MAYNARD
ISBN: 9781603440394
Publication Date: 2008-10-08
As America watched the fall of the Berlin Wall with great enthusiasm, President George H. W. Bush called the incident simply "a good development." He knew that the Cold War was far from over and that bringing it to an end would require not only symbolic gestures but also practical diplomacy. During Bush's presidency (1989-93), the Berlin Wall fell, the Warsaw Pact dissolved, Germany was reunified, and the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Yet, many people believe the Cold War ended under Reagan and that Bush's foreign policy achievements were merely an extension of Reagan's policies. In this in-depth look at the Bush administration's handling of the end of the Cold War, author Christopher Maynard argues that Bush actually made a fundamental shift in foreign policy regarding the Soviet Union. In part, he believes, historians have downplayed Bush's contribution because they have focused on the strong ideological rhetoric of Reagan and Gorbachev without looking at the day-to-day process of policymaking during the Cold War. Out of the Shadow incorporates a variety of important, previously unused sources. Its focused treatment of the topic will appeal to scholars interested in both the first Bush presidency and the Cold War.
Barbara Bush by Rose Blue; Corinne J. Naden
Call Number: TEXANA 973.92809 BUSH BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0894903500
Publication Date: 1991-06-01
A biography of the down to earth First Lady, describing her childhood, marriage, family life, campaign work, and volunteer work as a literacy advocate and as chairperson of the Leukemia Society of America.
Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Vol. 6 by Brian Michael Bendis; Mark Bagley (Artist)
Call Number: YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL BENDIS
ISBN: 9780785196327
Publication Date: 2016-04-19
One of the most ruthless villains in Marvel history, the fan-favourite Carnage, gets the Ultimate treatment! And though young Peter Parker has proven himself time and again on the field of battle, can even he hope to defeat this heartless killing machine? Then, a bizarre occurrence brings Spider-Man and Wolverine together for the weirdest team-up in superhero history! As the two struggle to get to the bottom of this mystery, their lives literally unravel. What bizarre phenomenon has both heroes too distracted to work together? Collecting: Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) 60-71
The Illustrated a Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
ISBN: 0553103741
Publication Date: 1996-10-01
In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific writing.nbsp;nbsp;It has become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies.nbsp;nbsp;The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of macrocosmic worlds.nbsp;nbsp;These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawkin's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the fabric of space-time that he had projected. Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these many observations, as well as his recent research, for this expanded edition Professor Hawking has prepared a new introduction to the book, written an entirely new chapter on the fascinating subject of wormholes and time travel, and updated the original chapters. In addition, to heighten understanding of complex concepts that readers may have found difficult to grasp despite the clarity and wit of Professor Hawking's writing, this edition is enhanced throughout with more than 240 full-color illustrations, including satellite images, photographs made made possible by spectacular technological advance such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and computer generated images of three and four-dimensional realities.nbsp;nbsp;Detailed captions clarify these illustrations, enable readers to experience the vastness of intergalactic space, the nature of black holes, and the microcosmic world of particle physics in which matters and antimatter collide. A classic work that now brings to the reader the latest understanding of cosmology, A Brief History Of Time is the story of the ongoing search for t he tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.

Aliens by featuring Al Matthews
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE ALIENS
ISBN: 0024543711216
Publication Date: 1986
Ripley returns to the alien planet to stop them from killing off an entire colony. But when she gets there, along with a group of marines, they only find one survivor, a small girl. Now they must fight hordes of aliens to save her.
Anthony Bourdain : no reservations. Collection 1 by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 ANTHONY
Publication Date: 2006
Join Anthony Bourdain on his journey that takes him to people and places far beyond the realm of food.
Avengers : Age of Ultron by Stan Lee
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE AVENGERS
ISBN: 0786936846713
Publication Date: 2015
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth2s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
Awakenings by Directed by Penny Marshall
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE AWAKENINGS
ISBN: 0014381699456
Publication Date: 1990
Dr. Oliver Sacks experiments with the drug L-dopa, which inspires the 'awakening' of a number of catatonic patients, some of whom had been sleeping for as long as 30 years.
Battlestar Galactica. Season one by featuring Donnelly Rhodes
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 BATTLESTAR
ISBN: 1417054069
Publication Date: 2004 - 2005
After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
Big by Directed by Penny Marshall
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE BIG
Publication Date: 1988
A 13-year-old boy wishes to be big-- and his wish is granted. He must live in the adult world with work and romance until he finds a cure for his 'bigness.'
The big sleep by featuring Dorothy Malone
Call Number: DVD MOVIE BIG
ISBN: 1419817647
Publication Date: 1946
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
The Bob Newhart show. Season one by featuring Bill Daily
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 BOB
Publication Date: 1972 - 1973
The professional and personal misadventures of a psychologist and his family, patients, friends and colleagues.
Boogie nights by featuring Burt Reynolds
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE BOOGIE
ISBN: 0794043132926
Publication Date: 1997
This is a classic back stage tale about a group of actors and producers who try to create artistic porn films.
Bronco Billy by featuring Sondra Locke
Call Number: DVD MOVIE BRONCO
ISBN: 1419893637
Publication Date: 1980
Bronco Billy McCoy is the proud owner of a down-on-its-luck traveling Wild West show. Along the way he picks up a snooty, rich young woman who was left in the desert by her fiancé without any money. He likes her spirit and hires her as his assistant.
Burn, witch, burn by featuring Peter Wyngarde
Call Number: DVD MOVIE BURN
ISBN: 0883904244561
Publication Date: 1962
A college psychology professor sets out to debunk the occult, only to find himself under attack by a practitioner of the .
Coach. The first season by featuring Jerry Van Dyke
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 COACH
ISBN: 1417009071
Publication Date: 1989 - 1990
Hayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football. His wife is not passionate about sports, which tends to frequently causes friction in their relationship. While Hayden often fits the stereotype of dumb jock (as do his co-workers Luther and Dauber), he sincerely cares about his friends and family, and tries his best to make things work out.
A conversation with Koko by Koko
Call Number: DVD 599.884 CONVERSATION
Publication Date: 1999
Documents Koko's ability to understand English and communicate using facial expression, body language, and a vocabulary of over 1,000 word signs based on American Sign Language.
A cook's tour : in search of the perfect meal. The complete series. by Anthony Bourdain
Call Number: DVD 641.5 COOK'S
ISBN: 0033937040610
Publication Date: 2012
In his groundbreaking first series, Bourdain travels around the world indulging his taste for local cuisine and eccentric characters. Join Tony as he feasts on sushi in Tokyo, enjoys authentic Mexican cuisine, and traverses the Australian Outback on a memorable food journey. You never know what he'll say, who he'll meet, or what they'll have for dinner.
Damn Yankees by featuring Tab Hunter
Call Number: DVD MOVIE DAMN
Publication Date: 1958
Starring the original Broadway cast, this is the musical adaptation of the novel 'The Year The Yankees Won The Pennant'. A Washington Senators fan sells his soul to the devil to become a great baseball player and to help his favorite team win the pennant.
Da Vinci's inquest. Season 2 by featuring Donnelly Rhodes
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 DA
ISBN: 00054961982998
Publication Date: 1998 - 1999
Follows the adventures of Dominic Da Vinci, coroner of Vancouver, British Columbia, as he investigates suspicious deaths along side the police.
Deliverance by featuring Burt Reynolds
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE DELIVERANCE
ISBN: 1419849409
Publication Date: 1972
The Cahulawassee River is soon to be destroyed, along with the beautiful country that surrounds it. Eager to see it before it's gone, adventurer and outdoor fanatic, Lewis, organizes a trip for himself and his three friends, Ed, Drew and Bobby. They will canoe their way from top to bottom in search of great adventure. What they don't know is that they are in for much more than they originally bargained. Two mountain men take Ed and Bobby hostage. In a brave attempt to save his friends, Lewis kills one of the mountain men. A weekend of male bonding turns into a gut-wrenching fight for survival.
Diff'rent strokes. The complete first season. by featuring Charlotte Rae
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 DIFF'RENT
ISBN: 0683904533784
Publication Date: 1979
The story of two African-American kids from Harlem who move to Park Avenue to live with a wealthy white widower and his precocious teenage daughter not only gave audiences lots of laughs, but also something to talk about. Along with their no-nonsense housekeeper, the group was anything but average. They reflected the changing face of the American family and brought issues of race and class into households across the nation.
The dirty dozen by featuring Clint Walker
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE DIRTY
ISBN: 1419844504
Publication Date: 1967
Twelve tough criminals are offered absolution if they undertake a suicide mission into Nazi Germany.
Divas live : the one and only Aretha Franklin by featuring Aretha Franklin
Call Number: DVD 782.42164 DIVAS
Publication Date: 2001
All star tribute recorded live at Radio City Music Hall pays tribute to one of this country's national treasures.
Doctor Strange by Stan Lee
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE DOCTOR
Publication Date: 2016
A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Dude, where's my car? by Directed by Danny Leiner
Call Number: DVD MOVIE DUDE
ISBN: 0024543017936
Publication Date: 2000
Jesse and Chester are friends who wake up after a very long night partying on the town to discover they've forgotten where Jesse's car is. Jesse and Chester set out to find their wheels and along the way they discover that they had an even more eventful evening than they had imagined. Strippers, aliens, a suitcase full of money, and a kitchen full of pudding become important clues to the whereabouts of the missing car.
Elegy by Philip Roth
Call Number: DVD MOVIE ELEGY
ISBN: 143593170X
Publication Date: 2008
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story is born.
The facts of life. The complete third season by featuring Charlotte Rae
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 FACTS
ISBN: 1424829291
Publication Date: 1981 - 1982
A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett.
Flash Gordon by featuring Peter Wyngarde
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE FLASH
ISBN: 0025192046872
Publication Date: 1980
When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where, with the assistance from beautiful Dale Arden, he will take on Ming the Merciless and rescue humankind.
For colored girls by Adapted from Ntozake Shange
Call Number: DVD MOVIE FOR
ISBN: 0031398131212
Publication Date: 2011
A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world.
Full metal jacket by Featuring R. Lee Ermey
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE FULL
ISBN: 1419863142
Publication Date: 1987
Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968.
The gauntlet by featuring Sondra Locke
Call Number: DVD MOVIE GAUNTLET
ISBN: 1419893661
Publication Date: 1977
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley's dream of breaking 'the big case' has faded over time. His assignment to escort from Las Vegas 'a nothing witness for a nothing trial' seems like another meaningless exercise. Until the fireworks start.
The goodbye girl by Neil Simon
Call Number: DVD MOVIE NEIL
ISBN: 0883929155392
Publication Date: 1977
When a woman's ex-husband sublets her apartment right out from under her and she refuses to move, the new tenant, a Chicago actor, moves in, touching off a comic, hate-love relationship.
Harold & Kumar go to White Castle by Directed by Danny Leiner
Call Number: DVD MOVIE HAROLD
ISBN: 0780649621
Publication Date: 2004
Two twenty-something stoner roommates, one a Korean-American investment banker, Harold, and the other an Indian-American medical school candidate, Kumar, go through a life-changing journey. They are on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers and spend the night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers running into one screwy obstacle after another.
Hawking by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: DVD 510.92 HAWKING
ISBN: 0841887018753
Publication Date: 2014
The film features exclusive access to Hawking's life story, told largely in his own words. It includes dramatic accounts of his life from childhood through university, intimate footage of Hawking today, including his home routine and his work life at the University of Cambridge, archival footage and candid insights from family members, friends and colleagues.
Hill Street blues. The complete first season by Steven Bochco
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 HILL
Publication Date: 1981
Follow the lives of cops at an urban police station, from the traffic cops to the police chief himself, as they hit the streets of the city.
The humbling by Philip Roth
Call Number: DVD MOVIE HUMBLING
ISBN: 0687797158697
Publication Date: 2017
Over-the-hill stage actor Simon Axler struggles to find his passion for life again. Near his breaking point, he finds motivation in the form of a young and lustful lesbian Pegeen Stapleford, but as their relationship heats up Simon has a hard time keeping up with the youthful Pegeen.
I am Big Bird : the Caroll Spinney story by featuring Frank Avruch
Call Number: DVD 791.45092 I
Publication Date: 2015
For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping. A loving portrait of the man in the yellow suit, features extraordinary footage of Spinney's earliest collaborations with Jim Henson as it traces his journey from bullied child to childhood icon.
I am Divine by featuring Tab Hunter
Call Number: DVD 791.43028 I
Publication Date: 2013
The dynamic, fun, and often poignant portrait of the legendary Divine. Learn about his humble beginnings as an overweight, teased Baltimore youth, and his rise to fame as an internationally recognized drag superstar.
I dream of Jeannie. The complete first season by featuring Bill Daily
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 I
ISBN: 1404912827
Publication Date: 1965 - 1966
Situation comedy in which an astronaut inadvertently becomes the master of a beautiful genie and tries to hide her presence from his superiors at NASA.
Indignation by Philip Roth
Call Number: DVD MOVIE INDIGNATION
Publication Date: 2016
Passion ignites culture clash in this provocative coming-of-age story, based on the best-selling novel by Philip Roth. Marcus, a student from New Jersey arrives at a small conservative college in Ohio. He becomes infatuated with his class mate Olivia. The mutual attraction sparks a torried encounter with consequences no one ever could have imagined. He puts his family's best-laid plans and his own beliefs to the ultimate test.
The innocents by featuring Peter Wyngarde
Call Number: DVD MOVIE INNOCENTS
ISBN: 024543202950
Publication Date: 1961
Adaptation of Henry James' Turn of the screw. A governess suspects her young charges are demonically possessed.
In the heat of the night by featuring Scott Wilson
Call Number: DVD MOVIE IN
ISBN: 027616098610
Publication Date: 1967
A black homicide expert is asked to help solve the murder of a wealthy businessman in a small town.
Into the universe with Stephen Hawking by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: BLU-RAY 523.1 INTO
Publication Date: 2012
The famous scientific mind of Stephen Hawking is set free, powered by the limitless possibilities of computer animation. An animated Stephen Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of space and time.
Koko : the gorilla who talks by Koko
Call Number: DVD 599.884 KOKO
Publication Date: 2016
In 1971, graduate student Penny Patterson began teaching sign language to a gorilla named Koko. What started out as a scientific experiment evolved into an intimate friendship, which for almost half a century has challenged the way we think about animals and changed the course of many lives. It is a unique window into this incredible relationship.
L.A. law. Season one by Steven Bochco
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 L.A.
ISBN: 0826663146417
Publication Date: 1986-1987
First season of this award-winning television series, L.A. Law, portraying the battles inside and outside the courtroom of a prominent Los Angeles legal firm.
Laverne & Shirley. The complete first season by Starring Penny Marshall
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 LAVERNE
ISBN: 1415700788
Publication Date: 1976 - 1977
Laverne & Shirley are a hilarious duo who are roommates and work together as bottlecappers at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. See the sidesplitting situations the girls get themselves into - between themselves and with friends Lenny & Squiggy and Mrs. Babish and Carmine "The Big Ragu."
A league of their own by Directed by Penny Marshall
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE LEAGUE
ISBN: 0043396392717
Publication Date: 1992
The first female professional baseball league is joined by two sisters, who work to help it succeed.
The life and times of Judge Roy Bean by featuring Tab Hunter
Call Number: DVD MOVIE LIFE
ISBN: 0883316487846
Publication Date: 1972
An outlaw establishes his own brand of law and order, building a town on the edge of civilization in this farcical Western.
Little Giants by featuring Jon Paul Steuer
ISBN: 0790779358
Publication Date: 1994
A tale of brotherly love on trial and fatherly love in action, as the brother of an ex-football star coaches a team of misfits that includes his daughter.
Lover come back by featuring Clint Walker
Call Number: DVD MOVIE LOVER
Publication Date: 1961
Lover come back: Business gets mixed with pleasure when two advertising executives go after the same account.
Send me no flowers: A hypochondriac gets the wrong diagnosis and decides to arrange for a 'future' husband for his very confused wife.
The Lucy show. The official fourth season by featuring Clint Walker
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 LUCY
Publication Date: 1965-1966
This season, scatterbrained Lucy Carmichael relocates to Southern California, only to discover that her banker-nemesis, Mr. Mooney, has done the same. With her children off at school, Lucy discovers the life of a 'single girl, ' meeting new friends, going on dates, and trying to make ends meet with part-time jobs.
Marvel's the Avengers by Stan Lee
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE MARVEL'S
Publication Date: Sep. 25, 2012
Marvel makes cinematic history as it unites the superhero team-up of a lifetime. Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, and Captain America assemble together for the very first time ever in this epic, action-packed blockbuster alongside Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Nick Fury.
The Mary Tyler Moore show. The complete second season by featuring Bill Daily
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 MARY
Publication Date: 1971 - 1972
No longer the new girl in town, Mary has come to think of the newsroom staff as family. But along with the good times and close friendships come the often trying and ultimately hilarious situations every family faces. From Mary explaining the facts of life to Phyllis' daughter to going on a blind date to attending her disastrous high school reunion, Mary has to cope with every situation thrown at her.
The Mary Tyler Moore show. The complete third season by featuring Jerry Van Dyke
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 MARY
ISBN: 0024543221739
Publication Date: 1972 - 1973
Join Mary and the rest of the crew from the WJM-TV newsroom as this groundbreaking comedy explores topics previously taboo on network television. Deftly woven in with the hilarity of the busy newsroom and repeated outrageous attempts by Mary's friends to set her up with Mr. Right come episodes dealing with divorce, meddling parents, self-esteem, and the inevitable mid-life crisis when one fears that life has somehow passed them by.
Maverick. The complete fourth season by featuring Clint Walker
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 MAVERICK Discs 1 - 4
ISBN: 0883316951514
Publication Date: 1960-1961
It's the Moore the merrier as Jack Kelly teams up with new cast member Roger Moore for the fourth rollicking season of Maverick. Faces may change, but the card and con games remain the same, as Beau Maverick deals himself in with his cousin Bart, and they take on murder frame-ups, crooked sheriffs, cursed goldmines, comely witches, and more in the complete 32-episode collection. Featuring appearances by spaghetti western icon Lee Van Cleef and Oscar-winner George Kennedy.
The monuments men by featuring Harry L. Ettlinger
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE MONUMENTS
Publication Date: 2014
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect mankind's greatest achievements.
Mulholland Dr. by featuring James Karen
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE MULHOLLAND
ISBN: 0715515159319
Publication Date: 2001
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Murder by death by Neil Simon
Call Number: DVD MOVIE NEIL
ISBN: 0043396079342
Publication Date: 1976
An invitation to dinner and a murder is sent to five world famous detectives by Lionel Twain, an eccentric millionaire living in an isolated, gloomy estate in northern California.
Murder one. The complete first season by Steven Bochco
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 MURDER
Publication Date: 1995-1996
Theodore Hoffman is a prominent defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. After successfully defending the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a lurid murder trial, he is now involved in the defense of Neil Avedon. Neil is a famous young actor who has had severe drug and alcohol problems and was subsequently charged with the murder, after Cross was acquitted. This single case will run an entire television season (interspersed with bits from other cases that the firm is involved in).
The ninth configuration by featuring Scott Wilson
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE NINTH
Publication Date: 1979
In an experimental government center for troubled Vietnam veterans, the inmates run the asylum. One works on an adaptation of Shakespeare ... for dogs. Another fancies himself a caped superhero. Still others masquerade as frogmen, nurses, nuns, pirates, doctors. Yet Colonel Hudson Kane, the psychiatrist in charge, eyes all with a stoic reserve. Maybe too stoic: there's a mystery here. And its final resolution is like a thunderclap.
NYPD blue. Season 01 by Steven Bochco
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 NYPD
Publication Date: 1993-1994
The gritty reality of life in the New York City 15th Precinct as the police detectives go about their work with grim determination.
The odd couple by Neil Simon
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE ODD
ISBN: 0883929329670
Publication Date: 1968
Following the collapse of his marriage, TV newswriter Felix Ungar decides to commit suicide in a cheap hotel room and fails. He dejectedly makes his way to the weekly poker game being held at the Riverside Drive apartment of his best friend, Oscar Madison, a divorced sportswriter. Felix accepts an invitation to share the eight room apartment, but his hypochondria and his compulsion for order and cleanliness drive the slovenly Oscar to distraction, and the two men are soon quarreling.
The outlaw Josey Wales by featuring Sondra Locke
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE OUTLAW
ISBN: 0883929215485
Publication Date: 1976
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is on the lam, pursued by a pack of killers. He travels alone, but a ragtag group of outcasts (including Sondra Locke and Chief Dan George) is drawn to him and Wales can't leave his motley surrogate family unprotected. Eastwood's skills behind and in front of the camera connected with audiences for its humor and tenderness as well as its hair-trigger action.
Peyton Place - Part One by featuring Dorothy Malone
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 PEYTON
Publication Date: 1964-1968
Based on the Grace Metalious novel. Set in a small New England town, Peyton Place deals with the secrets and scandals of two generations of the town's inhabitants. An unmarried woman, Constance, and her daughter Allison are at the dramatic center of the story.
Poltergeist by featuring James Karen
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE POLTERGEIST
ISBN: 0780663241
Publication Date: 1982
A young family is visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts seem friendly, then they turn nasty and terrorize the family before they 'kidnap' the youngest daughter.
Prefontaine by Featuring R. Lee Ermey
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE PREFONTAINE
Publication Date: 1997
Features the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track."
The pursuit of happyness by featuring James Karen
Call Number: DVD MOVIE PURSUIT
ISBN: 142481748X
Publication Date: 2006
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire.
The reef by Featuring R. Lee Ermey
Call Number: JUVENILE DVD ANIMATED REEF
ISBN: 0796019805636
Publication Date: 2006
When Pi, an orphaned fish, escapes the fisherman's net to move in with his aunt on an exotic coral reef, he meets his true love, Cordelia. But before Pi can start his life with Cordelia, he must outsmart the bully tiger shark also determined to win her heart.
The return of the living dead by featuring James Karen
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE RETURN
ISBN: 826663168150
Publication Date: 1985
On his first day on the job at an army surplus store, poor Freddy unwittingly release nerve gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas re-animates a corps of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger for human brains! Luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten!
The return of the living dead by featuring James Karen
ISBN: 027616085474
Publication Date: 1984
On Freddy's first day of work at an army surplus store, he accidentally releases nerve gas vapors that cause the dead to re-animate.
The right stuff by Philip Roth
Call Number: DVD MOVIE RIGHT
ISBN: 079077769X
Publication Date: 1983
The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton-- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.
Smokey and the Bandit by featuring Burt Reynolds
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE SMOKEY
ISBN: 0025192195068
Publication Date: 1977
Two truckers trying to transport 400 cases of beer from Texas to Atlanta get pursued by a sheriff after they pick up a hitch-hiking runaway bride-to-be who happens to have left the sheriff's son.
Soap. The complete third season by featuring Donnelly Rhodes
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 SOAP
ISBN: 1404971424
Publication Date: 1979 - 1980
All 22 episodes from the third season (1979-1980).
The Sopranos. Season six, Part I
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 SOPRANOS
ISBN: 0783142048
Spider-Man: homecoming by Stan Lee
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE SPIDER-MAN
Publication Date: 2017
A young Peter Parker, who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May, under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark. Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine, distracted by thoughts of proving himself.
Star trek, the next generation. Season 4 by featuring Jon Paul Steuer
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 STAR
ISBN: 0792180380
Publication Date: 1990-1991
Collects the original broadcast episodes from the fourth season of Star trek, the next generation. Picking up decades after Gene Roddenberry's original, it follows the intergalactic adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard an all-new USS Enterprise.
Stephen Hawking's grand design by Stephen Hawking
Call Number: DVD 523.1 STEPHEN
Publication Date: 2012
Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion, or does science offer another explanation? Delve into the mind of Stephen Hawking as he attempts to answer some of life's biggest questions. Is there a god? What is the meaning of life? And why does the universe exist? From Newton's discovery of gravity to the latest advances in quantum physics, Hawking will explore some fascinating territory with his famous fearless zeal.
Sudden impact by featuring Sondra Locke
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE SUDDEN
Publication Date: 1983
Callahan is sent to San Paulo to investigate a series of murders. The killer, out for revenge, is murdering the rapists that gang-raped her and her sister 10 years ago. Bonus features: commentary; featurette.
The sunshine boys by Neil Simon
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE SUNSHINE
ISBN: 0888574284954
Publication Date: 1975
Al Lewis (George Burns) and Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) are a pair of feuding vaudeville comedians (Lewis and Clark, naturally) who performed together for 47 years before finally calling it quits. A network genius then has the brilliant idea of reuniting the duo for a TV special about the history of comedy. Once the reunion is on, the sparks and one-liners start to fly with equal speed.
Superman by featuring Margot Kidder
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE SUPERMAN
ISBN: 1419847309
Publication Date: 1978
A child from a dying planet is sent to Earth, where he is brought up by human parents and poses as a newspaper reporter, becoming Superman when necessary to use his special powers to save others.
Superman II by featuring Margot Kidder
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE SUPERMAN
ISBN: 1419847317
Publication Date: 1980
With Jor-El in recently discovered key scenes and different Lois Lane scenes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman, this Superman II is an eye-opening alternate experience. Now, for the first time, director Richard Donner's never-before-seen vision is here.
Superman III by featuring Margot Kidder
Call Number: DVD MOVIE SUPERMAN
ISBN: 1419841556
Publication Date: 1983
Meet Gus Gorman, a naïve computer programming natural. For Gus, a keyboard is a weapon - and, as a result Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life. Superman's human side comes out as he sees Lana Lang at his Smallville High School class reunion. Superman becomes his own worst enemy after a Kryptonite exposure.
Superman IV by featuring Margot Kidder
Call Number: DVD MOVIE SUPERMAN
ISBN: 1419841564
Publication Date: 1987
To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, Lex Luthor creates a new super being to challenge Superman: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man. The two foes clash in an explosive extravaganza that sees Superman saving the Statue of Liberty, pluging a volcanic eruption at Mount Etna and rebuilding the demolished Great Wall of China.
The Texas chainsaw massacre by Featuring R. Lee Ermey
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE TEXAS
ISBN: 0794043131615
Publication Date: 2003
Driving through the backwoods of Texas, five friends pick up a traumatized hitchhiker, who shoots herself in their van. Shaken by the suicide, the group seeks help from the locals. Their situation becomes even more strange when they knock on the door of a remote farmhouse. It's quickly apparent the residents are a family of inbred psychopaths. The unlucky group of young adults suddenly find themselves running for their lives. In hot pursuit is a disfigured, chainsaw-wielding cannibal known as Leatherface.
Toy story by Featuring R. Lee Ermey
Call Number: JUVENILE BLU-RAY ANIMATED TOY
ISBN: 0786936798340
Publication Date: 1995
Woody the cowboy and Buzz Lightyear, two talking toys, have a fantastic adventure when they go out into the world.
Toy story 2 by Featuring R. Lee Ermey
Call Number: JUVENILE DVD ANIMATED TOY
ISBN: 0786936798807
Publication Date: 1999
The fun and adventure continues when Andy goes off to cowboy camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody, who hasn't the slightest clue that he's a greatly valued collectible.
The walking dead. Season 2 by featuring Scott Wilson
Call Number: DVD 791.4572 WALKING
ISBN: 0013132524795
Publication Date: 2011
'The Walking Dead' is a drama where personal struggles are magnified against a backdrop of crises. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the walking dead.
Willard by Featuring R. Lee Ermey
Call Number: DVD MOVIE WILLARD
ISBN: 0780643763
Publication Date: 2003
Willard has been picked on and pushed around his whole life and is a twentysomething man who still lives at home with his nagging mother. He works at a shipping company for a stern, authoritarian supervisor. When Willard becomes fascinated with a hidden nest of rats living in his decrepit home, they become both his friends and his aggressors. He sics them upon anyone who crosses his path. But one rat, Ben, isn't so amenable to Willard's orders, and a horrifying test of wills begins.
Willard by featuring Sondra Locke
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE WILLARD
Publication Date: 1971
Nagged by his mother, bullied by his boss, a young man trains mansion rats to kill for him.
Written on the wind by featuring Dorothy Malone
Call Number: DVD MOVIE WRITTEN
ISBN: 9781559409131
Publication Date: 1956
A Texas oil tycoon loses his wealth and power through the actions of his spoiled children.
Sister Wendy's American collection. Art Institute of Chicago ; Cleveland Museum of Art by featuring Wendy Beckett
Call Number: DVD 708.13 SISTER
ISBN: 1578078628
Publication Date: 2001
The Art Institute of Chicago: Discover intriguing facts behind Grant Wood's classic painting 'American gothic,' the brilliance of a gold ceremonial knife from Peru's lost Chimu empire, and Marc Chagall's stained glass epic 'America windows'. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Explore rare Asian art and Medieval European pieces, as well as Rodin's sculpture 'The thinker,' an elaborately detailed suit of armor, and Rousseau's richly fantastic painting 'The fight of a tiger and a buffalo'
Sister Wendy : the complete collection by featuring Wendy Beckett
Call Number: DVD 709 SISTER
ISBN: 1419838199
Publication Date: 2002
Art critic Sister Wendy Beckett visits some of Europe's greatest museums and galleries, as well as the chapel of King's College at Cambridge University, to give us her insights into many famous works of art.

30 greatest hits by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2000
Amazing grace : the complete recordings by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 1999
Aretha, Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: LP R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2016
Aretha Franklin sings the great diva classics by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2014
Aretha now by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: LP R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2005
Are you listening? by Dolores O'Riordan
Call Number: CD ROCK O'RIORDAN
ISBN: 060768479524
Publication Date: 2007
The best of soul train live by featuring Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B BEST
Publication Date: 2011
A brand new me by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2017
The essential Aretha Franklin : the Columbia years by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2010
God's problem child by featuring Tony Joe White
Call Number: CD COUNTRY NELSON
ISBN: 889854157326
Just one day before his birthday, Willie Nelson releases a brand new studio album, his first collection of all new songs in nearly three years. One of the tracks, He Won't Ever Be Gone, pays homage to the late Merle Haggard.
I never loved a man the way I love you by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: LP R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 1967
Jewels in the crown : all star duets with the queen by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2007
Live at Fillmore West by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 2006
A Nancy Wilson Christmas by Nancy Wilson
Call Number: CD SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
Publication Date: 2001
Out of the ashes by featuring Tony Joe White
Call Number: CD COUNTRY COLTER
ISBN: 826663976403
Publication Date: 2006
Stars : best of 1992-2002 by Cranberries
Call Number: CD ROCK CRANBERRIES
ISBN: 044006327723
Publication Date: 2002
Contains previously released and unreleased material.
Superstars of the 80's by featuring Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD ROCK SUPERSTARS
Publication Date: 2006
Turned to Blue by Nancy Wilson
Call Number: CD JAZZ WILSON
Publication Date: 2006
The very best of Aretha Franklin. The 60's by Aretha Franklin
Call Number: CD R&B FRANKLIN
Publication Date: 1994
Watch your mouth : gems from the Warner Brothers vaults, 1957-1962. by featuring Tab Hunter
Call Number: CD POPULAR WATCH
Publication Date: 1957-1962
75 original recordings on 3 CDs featuring The Everly Brothers, Johnny Nash, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens, Peter Paul & Mary, Bob Luman and many more.

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