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Countdown to Christmas / by Smith, Nikki Shannon,1971-; Moreno, Leticia(Illustrator);
s"It's 10 days til Christmas! A little girl and her family prepare by putting up the tree, wrapping presents, baking delicious treats, and much more. Read along as they count down to Christmas Day"--
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Board books.; African Americans; African American families; Families; Christmas; Counting;
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You better not cry : stories for Christmas / by Burroughs, Augusten.;
In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection Augusten Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present--as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, he shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best.You better not cry -- And two eyes made out of coal -- Claus and effect -- Ask again later -- Why do you reward me thus -- The best and only everything -- Silent night.
Subjects: Burroughs, Augusten.; Novelists, American; Christmas; American wit and humor.;
© 2009., St. Martin's Press,
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The night before Christmas : a brick story / by Moore, Clement Clarke,1779-1863.; Brack, Amanda.;
"Spread the Christmas cheer with this whimsical retelling of Clement C. Moore's cherished poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." This new edition of the classic features the text of Moore's original poem, illustrated with beautifully detailed LEGO brick scenes and characters"--Provided by publisher.Ages 3-6.LSC
Subjects: Santa Claus; Christmas poetry.; Children's poetry, American.; LEGO toys;
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A Christmas story. [videorecording] / by Goldfine, Phillip B.; Lemasters, Braeden.; Levant, Brian.; Mauldin, Nat.; Stern, Daniel,1957-; Travis, Stacey.; Hollywood Media Bridge (Firm); Telvan Productions.; Warner Home Video (Firm); Warner Premiere (Firm);
Director of photography, Jan Kiesser ; editor, Roger Bondelli ; music, David Newman.Daniel Stern, Braeden Lemasters, Stacey Travis.Ralphie and his friends Flick and Schwartz are almost old enough to drive, which means only one thing to the all-American teenager, and Ralphie has his heart set on a beauty of a car. Unfortunately, he wrecks it before it even leaves the lot, and he and his friends must find jobs to pay off the damage. Meanwhile, the Old Man continues fighting his suburban war, while Randy plays soldier, and Mother stands patiently by to clean up the battlefield.MPAA Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, "matted" widescreen, dual-layer; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Automobiles; Christmas films.; Christmas; Comedy films.; Families; Feature films.; Gifts;
© c2012., Warner Home Video,
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A Christmas story. [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Goldfine, Phillip B.; Lemasters, Braeden.; Levant, Brian.; Mauldin, Nat.; Stern, Daniel,1957-; Travis, Stacey.; Hollywood Media Bridge (Firm); Telvan Productions.; Warner Home Video (Firm); Warner Premiere (Firm);
Director of photography, Jan Kiesser ; editor, Roger Bondelli ; music, David Newman.Daniel Stern, Braeden Lemasters, Stacey Travis.Ralphie and his friends Flick and Schwartz are almost old enough to drive, which means only one thing to the all-American teenager, and Ralphie has his heart set on a beauty of a car. Unfortunately, he wrecks it before it even leaves the lot, and he and his friends must find jobs to pay off the damage. Meanwhile, the Old Man continues fighting his suburban war, while Randy plays soldier, and Mother stands patiently by to clean up the battlefield.MPAA Rating: PG.Blu ray, region 1, "matted" widescreen, dual-layer; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Automobiles; Christmas films.; Christmas; Comedy films.; Families; Feature films.; Gifts;
© c2012., Warner Home Video,
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Almost Christmas [videorecording] / by Mo'Nique,actor.; Epps, Omar,actor.; Glover, Danny,actor.; Malco, Romany,actor.; Parker, Nicole Ari,actor.; Smoove, J. B.,1964-actor.; Talbert, David E,film director.; Union, Gabrielle,actor.; Usher, Jessie,1992-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Gabrielle Union, Danny Glover, Jessie Usher, Nicole Ari Parker, Omar Epps, Mo'Nique, J. B. Smoove, Romany Malco.Oh, the joy of family. Almost Christmas tells the festive story of a beloved patriarch who asks his family for one gift this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Christmas films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Feature films.; African American families; Christmas; Dysfunctional families;
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Snow place for murder / by Kelly, Diane,author.;
"International resort developer Nigel Goodwin has traveled all the way from London, England to Misty Murphy's little corner of North Carolina and bought out the Mountaintop Lodge for the week prior to Christmas. Their intention? To pitch an exclusive new resort concept to wealthy American investors. But locals are at odds over the idea, and when a group comes to the lodge to express their worries to Mr. Goodwin and the potential investors, a blizzard hits Beech Mountain. Like the weather outside, things quickly get frosty, and Misty has to call local police to intervene. Handyman Rocky Crowder plows the lodge's drive and, in an attempt to regain a jovial holiday atmosphere, smooths the snow pile into a makeshift sledding hill for the guests to enjoy. Misty's boys have finished their exams and are "home" from college for the winter break, planning to spend most of their time snowboarding at the ski resort. While taking a few runs down Rocky's sledding hill, they discover a funny-looking, nose-shaped rock. Only it's not a rock. It's the frozen nose of Nigel Goodwin, who's found dead and buried under the mound of snow. Who put the developer on ice and why?"--
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Novels.; Christmas stories.; Hotelkeepers; Murder; Winter storms;
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The best of me [sound recording] / by Sedaris, David,author,narrator.; Sedaris, David.Works.Selections.2020[sound recording].; Sedaris, David.Card wired.; Sedaris, David.Christmas means giving.; Sedaris, David.Front row center with Thaddeus Bristol.; Sedaris, David.Girl crazy.; Sedaris, David.Glen's homophobia newsletter vol. 3, no. 2.; Sedaris, David.How to spend the budget surplus.; Sedaris, David.Incomplete quad.; Sedaris, David.Jesus shaves.; Sedaris, David.Me talk pretty one day.; Sedaris, David.You can't kill the rooster.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.The American humorist, author, and radio contributor shares his most memorable work in a collection of stories and essays that feature him shopping for rare taxidermy, hitchhiking with a quadriplegic, and hand-feeding a carnivorous bird.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Audiobooks.; Essays.; Humor.; Personal narratives.; Sedaris, David.; American wit and humor.;
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Bits and pieces : my mother, my brother, and me / by Goldberg, Whoopi,1955-author.;
If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010 -- and then her older brother, Clyde, five years later -- she felt deeply alone; the only people who truly knew her were gone. Emma raised her children not just to survive, but to thrive. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, Whoopi shares many of the deeply personal stories of their lives together for the first time. Growing up in the projects in New York City, there were trips to Coney Island, the Ice Capades, and museums, and every Christmas was a magical experience. To this day, she doesn't know how her mother was able to give them such an enriching childhood, despite the struggles they faced -- and it wasn't until she was well into adulthood that Whoopi learned just how traumatic some of those struggles were. Fans of personal memoirs such as Finding Me by Viola Davis and In Pieces by Sally Field will be touched by Bits and Pieces: a moving tribute from a daughter to her mother, and a beautiful portrait of three people who loved each other deeply. Whoopi writes, "Not everybody gets to walk this earth with folks who let you be exactly who you are and who give you the confidence to become exactly who you want to be. So, I thought I'd share mine with you."
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-; Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-; Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-; Johnson, Clyde, 1949-2015.; Johnson, Emma, 1931-2010.; African American actors; African American entertainers;
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Vanderbilt : the rise and fall of an American dynasty / by Cooper, Anderson,author.; Howe, Katherine,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts. When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father's small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires-one in shipping and another in railroads-that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by "the Commodore," subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers-the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius's grandson and namesake had built-the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all. Now, the Commodore's great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family's empire, basked in the Commodore's wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider's viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.
Subjects: Biographies.; Vanderbilt family.; Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.; Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877; Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-2019; Businessmen; Millionaires; Railroads; Rich people; Socialites; Steamboats; Upper class families; Upper class; Wealth;
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