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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. weaves together genealogical detective work with cutting-edge DNA analysis to trace the ancestry of a diverse array of trailblazing public figures. The result is a captivating cross-section of history, illustrating that diversity is both America's strength and its constant.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Told from two viewpoints, teens Lucky, a very famous K-pop star, and Jack, a part-time paparazzo who is trying to find himself, fall for each other against the odds through the course of one stolen day.
84) Ruby reinvented
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Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Ruby worries that she will lose her new friends at the boarding school she attends when they find out her secret.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
c2022.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
What do you get when you mix Jeopardy-style fun facts with the subjects in the ever-popular Who Was? series? The Who Was? Trivia Book! Jam-packed with brain-busting questions about some of your favorite trailblazing figures throughout history, this addition to Who HQ library is sure to keep readers on their toes.
Author
Publisher
Forefront Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
240 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : portraits (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Description
"Peggy Rowe is at it again--this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike's rise to fame. Since the day they said, "I do," Peggy's previous "doting" lifestyle met with her husband John's minimalist ways and became the backdrop for years of adventure and a quirky sense of humor because of their differences. From thoughts of wearing headlamps in the house to save energy, to squeezing out the last drop of toothpaste...
89) The afterward
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
337 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Description
In the aftermath of a successful quest, Apprentice Kalanthe and Olsa-the-thief-of-the-realm must cope with their newfound fame and find a way to overcome the forces that would drive them apart.
90) Even more fantastic failures: true stories of people who changed the world by falling down first
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered, whether it was over grades, fitting in, or simply getting things right the first time. Even More Fantastic Failures is a second installment in Reynolds a personal campaign to show kids it's ok fall down or make a mistakes, just so...
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
295 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
An unconventional self-portrait by the son of "Star Trek" celebrity Leonard Nimoy describes his experiences growing up in his father's shadow and the midlife descent into drug addiction that cost him his marriage and prompted numerous career changes.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through true stories of excess, drama, and hope. In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to the glitter of A-list celebrity and entertainment." --
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xviii, 203 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
"More than thirty years after the publication of his acclaimed memoir The Eden Express, Mark Vonnegut continues his remarkable story in this searingly funny, iconoclastic account of coping with mental illness, finding his calling as a pediatrician, and learning that willpower isn't nearly enough. Here is the world after Mark was released from a mental hospital to find his family forever altered. After nineteen rejections, Mark was accepted to Harvard...
Author
Series
Killing volume 12
Description
The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 418 pages (large print) 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Description
"Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher invites readers into the intimate world of her career and family with this hilarious, irreverent, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited the writer in her. Growing up in an iconic Hollywood dynasty, Joely Fisher knew a show-business career was her destiny. The product of world-famous crooner Eddie Fisher...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and...
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