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Gatsby's Oxford : Scott, Zelda, and the Jazz Age invasion of Britain : 1904-1929 / by Snyder, Christopher A.(Christopher Allen),1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-323) and index.
Subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.; University of Oxford; Americans; Rhodes scholarships;
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The Christmas note [videorecording] / by Boyd, Lynda,1965-actor.; Gibson, Leah,actor.; Ingram, Terry(Film director),film director.; Sigler, Jamie-Lynn,1981-actor.; Bishop, Wesley,screenwriter.; Scott, Jessica,screenwriter.; Patterson, Erik,screenwriter.; television adaptation of (work):VanLiere, Donna,1966-Christmas note.; Hallmark Channel (Television network),publisher.; Cinedigm (Firm),publisher.;
Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Leah Gibson, Lynda Boyd.Gretchen returns to her hometown with son Ethan and meets her new neighbor Melissa under unusual circumstances. Melissa's mother has passed away, and the two form a reluctant friendship when Melissa discovers she has a sibling she never knew about. Through their detective work, Gretchenn and Melissa grow closer and uncover a huge surprise that will change everything.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Romance television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Christmas films.; VanLiere, Donna, 1966-; Friendship; Neighbors; Sisters;
For private home use only.
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Over the fence is out! : the Larry Walker story and more of Canada's baseball legends / by Shearon, Jim,1936-;
Includes index.
Subjects: Walker, Larry, 1966-; Baseball players; Baseball players;
© c2009., Malin Head Press,
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Baddest man : the making of Mike Tyson / by Kriegel, Mark,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose coverage of Mike Tyson and his inner circle dates back to the 1980s, a magnificent noir epic about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history. On an evening that defined the Greed is Good 1980s, Donald Trump hosted a raft of celebrities and high rollers in a carnival town on the Jersey Shore to bask in the glow created by a 21-year-old heavyweight champion. Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks that night, and in 91 frenzied seconds earned more than the annual payrolls of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics combined. It had been just eight years since Tyson, a feral child from a dystopian Brooklyn neighborhood was delivered to boxing's forgotten wizard, Cus D'Amato, living a self-imposed exile in upstate New York. Together, Cus and the Kid were an irresistible story of mutual redemption-darlings to the novelists, screenwriters and newspapermen long charmed by D'Amato, and perfect for the nascent industry of cable television. Long before anyone heard of Tony Soprano, Mike Tyson was HBO's leading man. It was the greatest sales job in the sport's history, and the most lucrative. But the business of Tyson concealed truths that were darker and more nuanced than the script would allow. The intervening decades have seen Tyson villainized, lionized, and fetishized-but never, until now, fully humanized. Mark Kriegel, an acclaimed biographer regarded as "the finest boxing writer in America," was a young cityside reporter at the New York Daily News when first swept up in the Tyson media hurricane, but here measures his subject not by whom he knocked out, but by what he survived. Though Tyson was billed as a modern-day Jack Dempsey, the truth was closer to Sonny Liston. Tyson was Black, feared, and born to die young. What made Liston a pariah, though, would make Tyson-in a way his own handlers could never understand-a touchstone for a generation raised on a soundtrack of hip hop and gunfire. What Peter Guralnick did for Elvis in Train to Memphis and James Kaplan for Sinatra in Frank, Kriegel does for Tyson. It's not just the mesmerizing ascent that he captures, but Tyson's place in the American psyche"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Tyson, Mike, 1966-; African American boxers; Boxing;
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The double life of Bob Dylan : a restless, hungry feeling, 1941-1966 / by Heylin, Clinton,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the world's leading authority on Bob Dylan comes the definitive biography that promises to transform our understanding of the man and musician--thanks to early access to Dylan's never-before-studied archives"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Dylan, Bob, 1941-; Singers;
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The holy or the broken : Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the unlikely ascent of "Hallelujah" / by Light, Alan.;
Discography: p. [237]-240.LSC
Subjects: Cohen, Leonard, 1934- Hallelujah.; Buckley, Jeff, 1966-1997.; Popular music;
© 2012., Atria Books,
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These are my words : the residential school diary of Violet Pesheens / by Slipperjack, Ruby,1952-;
Violet Pesheens struggles to adjust to her new life at residential school. She fears forgetting the things she treasures most, such as her traditional customs and Anishnabe language.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Native girls; Native peoples;
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The darkest white : a mountain legend and the avalanche that took him / by Blehm, Eric,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless, comes an extraordinary new book in the vein of Into the Wild, the story of the legendary snowboarder Craig Kelly and his death in the 2003 Durrand Glacier Avalanche--a devastating and controversial tragedy that claimed the lives of seven people. On January 20, 2003, a thunderous crack rang out and a 100-foot-wide tide of snow barreled down the Northern Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. More than a dozen skiers and snowboarders were thrust down the mountain, buried beneath several tons of rock-hard snow and ice in the Durrand Glacier Avalanche. A heroic search and rescue ensued. Among those buried was Craig Kelly--"the Michael Jordan of snowboarding"--a man who had propelled the sport into the mainstream before walking away from competitions, to rekindle his passion in the untamed alpine wilds of North America. The Darkest White is the story of Craig Kelly's life, a heartbreaking but extraordinary and inspiring odyssey of a latchkey kid whose athletic prowess and innovations would revolutionize winter sports, take him around the globe, and push him into ever more extreme environments that would ultimately take his life. It is also a definitive, immersive account of snowboarding and the cultural movement that exploded around it, growing the sport from minor Gen X cult hobby to Olympic centerpiece and a billion-dollar business full of feuds and rivalries. Finally, The Darkest White is a mesmerizing, cautionary portrait of the mountains, of the allure and the glory they offer, and of the avalanches they unleash with unforgiving fury"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Kelly, Craig Elmer, 1966-2003.; Avalanches; Snowboarders;
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Forbidden city : a novel / by Hua, Vanessa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child for the Cultural Revolution--in this provocative, poignant novel from the bestselling author of A River of Stars On the eve of China's Cultural Revolution, and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished village. It is only when Mei arrives at the Chairman's opulent residence--a forbidden city unto itself--that she learns that the girls' job is to dance with the Party elites. Ambitious and whip-smart, Mei makes a beeline toward the Chairman. Mei gradually separates from the other recruits to become the Chairman's confidante--and paramour. As he fends off political rivals, Mei faces down schemers from the dance troupe who will stop at nothing to take her place, as well as the Chairman's imperious wife, who has schemes of her own. When the Chairman finally gives Mei a political mission, she seizes it with fervor, but the brutality of this latest stage of the revolution makes her begin to doubt all the certainties she has held so dear. Forbidden City is an epic yet intimate portrayal of one of the world's most powerful and least understood leaders during the most turbulent period of modern Chinese history. Mei's harrowing journey toward truth and disillusionment raises questions about power, manipulation, and belief, as seen through the eyes of a passionate teenage girl"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976; Communism; Teenage girls;
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A beautiful rival : a novel of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden / by Paul, Gill,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In this stunning new novel, Gill Paul reveals the unknown history of cosmetic titans Helena Rubinstein and Canadian-born Elizabeth Arden. It explore their infamous rivalry that spanned not only decades, but also broken marriages, personal tragedies, and a world that was changing dramatically for women. From the author of 'The Manhattan Girls'.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Arden, Elizabeth, 1878-1966; Rubinstein, Helena, 1870-1965; Businesswomen; Cosmetics industry;
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