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Natalie Tan's book of luck & fortune : [Book Club Set] / by Lim, Roselle,author.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Chinese Americans; Cooking, Chinese; Families;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 14
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All the young men : a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South / by Burks, Ruth Coker,author.; O'Leary, Kevin Carr,author.;
"In 1986, twenty-six-year-old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices a door to one of the rooms is painted red. Nurses are drawing straws to see who will tend to the patient crying for his mother on the other side, all of them unwilling to help. Ruth immediately steps into the quarantined space herself, comforting the young man in his last moments. Before she realizes what she's done, word spreads in the community that Ruth is the only person willing to help these young men afflicted by AIDS, and is called upon to nurse them. Shuttling from patient to patient, Ruth forges deep friendships with the men she helps: Paul and Billy, Angel, Chip, Todd and Douglas, working tirelessly to find them housing and jobs, and burying their ashes in her own family's cemetery. She teaches sex-ed to drag queens after hours at secret bars and defies local pastors and nurses to help the men she cares for, ultimately advising then-Governor Bill Clinton on the national HIV-AIDS crisis and becoming a beacon of hope to an otherwise spurned group of ailing gay men on the fringes of an intensely conservative state. This moving and elegiac memoir honors the extraordinary life of Ruth Coker Burks and the beloved men with AIDS who fought valiantly for their lives during a most hostile and misinformed time in America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Burks, Ruth Coker; AIDS (Disease); Caregivers; Gay men; AIDS (Disease);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Viewfinder : a memoir of seeing and being seen / by Chu, Jon M.(Jon Murray),1979-author.; McCarter, Jeremy,1976-author.;
"Long before he directed Wicked, In The Heights, or the groundbreaking film Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu was a movie-obsessed first-generation Chinese American, helping at his parents' Chinese restaurant in Silicon Valley and forever facing the cultural identity crisis endemic to children of immigrants. Growing up on the cutting edge of 21st-century technology gave Chu the tools he needed to make his mark at USC film school, and to be discovered by Steven Spielberg, but he soon found himself struggling to understand who he was. In this book, for the first time, Chu dives deep into his life and work, telling the universal story of questioning what it means when your dreams collide with your circumstances, and showing how it's possible to succeed even when the world changes beyond all recognition. With striking candor and unrivalled insights, Chu offers a firsthand account of the collision of Silicon Valley and Hollywood -- what it's been like to watch his old world shatter and reshape his new one. Ultimately, Viewfinder is about reckoning with your own story, becoming your most creative self, and finding a path all your own"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Chu, Jon M. (Jon Murray), 1979-; Asian American motion picture producers and directors; Chinese Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Era of ignition : coming of age in a time of rage and revolution / by Tamblyn, Amber,author.;
"A passionate manifesto with personal stories, anecdotes, and opinions from the front lines of modern American womanhood from actor, filmmaker, and activist Amber Tamblyn"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Tamblyn, Amber.; Actors; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The house of Kennedy / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Fagen, Cynthia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-421).The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do--but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of Kennedy is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most storied family, as told by America's most trusted storyteller.
Subjects: Biographies.; Biographies.; Biographies.; Biographies.; Kennedy family.; Politicians; Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.; Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1890-1995.; Kennedy, Kathleen, 1920-1948.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005.; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.; Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.; Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1960-1999.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; TRUE CRIME; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.; Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005.; Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1890-1995.; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.; Kennedy, Kathleen, 1920-1948.; Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.; Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1960-1999.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.; Kennedy family.; Politicians.; Presidents; Politicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Energize! : go from dragging ass to kicking it in 30 days / by Breus, Michael,author.; Griffith, Stacey,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Fatigue and a lack of energy are among the top wellness issues facing Americans. There's no two ways about it: we're exhausted and depleted and desperate for practical, long lasting solutions. Most people don't realize that the main reason we're so exhausted is that we're living in a way that's counter to our biological rhythms-our chronobiology-and our innate physical needs. In Energize! renowned sleep doctor Michael Breus and founding instructor of SoulCycle Stacey Griffith team up to help readers get back on track. Using the core principles of chronobiology and fitness, they offer a simple, personalized program of small, daily movements, sleeping and eating on schedule, and mood hacks that will give readers incredible energy, promote happiness, and fight off fatigue for good. Their program boils down to living the way nature and your DNA programmed you to live. With fascinating science, quizzes so that readers can identify their chronotype (Lion, Wolf, Bear, or Dolphin) and their body type (ecto, endo, or mesomorphic), and easily implemented advice, Energize! will have you feeling happier and healthier in no time"--
Subjects: Energy metabolism.; Fatigue; Vitality.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Trejo : my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood / by Trejo, Danny,1944-author.; Logue, Donal,1966-author.;
"For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo's journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood's favorite bad guy with a heart of gold"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Trejo, Danny, 1944-; Actors; Hispanic American actors; Ex-convicts; Drug addicts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sorrowland / by Solomon, Rivers,author.;
"Vern gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong-not with them, but with her own body ... A genre-bending work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the history of American racism"--
Subjects: Gothic fiction.; Twins; Racism; Religious communities; Human experimentation in medicine;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Model home / by Solomon, Rivers,author.;
"The Maxwell siblings return to their childhood home in the Dallas suburbs after the shocking news of their parents' death. They return to find the house, and the family itself, haunted by strange, inexplicable terrors"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; African American families; Family secrets; Haunted houses; Homecoming; Parents; Siblings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The pages / by Hamilton, Hugo,author.;
"A novel in which a book-a first edition of Joseph Roth's masterpiece Rebellion-narrates its own astonishing life story, from 1930s Germany to the present day as an American artist returns to Berlin, the book's birthplace, to decipher a mystery on its last page"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939; Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939.; Books; Jewish authors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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