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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 221 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Olympic runner, actress, filmmaker, and writer Alexi Pappas shares the touchstone moments in her life that helped her learn about confidence and self-reliance, compassion and forgiveness, and loss and hope. Adapted for young readers from Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas (The Dial Press; 2021).
3) Make trouble
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
70 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Description
"When John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015, the speech went viral, in part because it was so brilliantly on point about making a living as a creative person. From an icon of popular culture, here is inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and anyone seeking happiness and success on their own terms. Now we all can enjoy his sly wisdom in a manifesto that reminds us, no...
4) Whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
303 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Reese's southern heritage informs her whole life, and she loves sharing the joys of southern living with practically everyone she meets. She takes the South wherever she goes with bluegrass, big holiday parties, and plenty of Dorothea's fried chicken. It's reflected in how she entertains, decorates her home, and makes holidays special for her kids-not to mention how she talks, dances, and does her hair (in these pages, you will learn Reese's fail-proof,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
106 pages cm
Description
Charlie Chaplin sang on a London stage for the first time at the age of five. Performing proved to be his salvation, providing a way out of a life of hardship and poverty. Success came early and made Chaplin one of the best loved people in the United States until the McCarthy witch hunts drove Chaplin from his adopted country. This is a moving portrait of a multi-talented man?actor, director, writer, even music composer?and the complicated times...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2017].
Physical Desc
xv, 432 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Sam Shepard: A Life details his lifelong bouts of insecurity and anxiety, and delves deeply into his relationship with his alcoholic father and his own battle with the bottle. Also examined for the first time in-depth are Shepard?s tumultuous relationship with Lange, and his decades?long adherence to the teachings of Russian spiritualist G. I. Gurdjieff."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
ix, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"As one of the most famous faces of silent cinema, Buster Keaton was and continues to be revered for his stoic expressions, clever visual gags, and acrobatic physicality in classics such as Sherlock Jr., The General, and The Cameraman. In this spirited biography, every aspect of Buster Keaton's astonishing life is explored, from his humble beginnings in vaudeville with his parents to his meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom during the silent era. Based...
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