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Avoid the day : a new nonfiction in two movements / by Kirk, Jay,author.;
"Seeking to answer the mystery of a missing manuscript by Béla Bartók, and using the investigation to avoid his father's deathbed, award-winning magazine writer Jay Kirk heads off to Transylvania, going to the same villages where the "Master," like a vampire in search of fresh plasma, had found his new material in the folk music of the peasants. With these stolen songs, Bartók redefined music in the 20th Century. Kirk, who is also seeking to renew his writing, finds inspiration in the composer's unorthodox methods, but begins to lose his tether as he sees himself in Bartók's darkest and most personal work, the Cantata Profana, which revolves around the curse of fathers and sons. After a near-psychotic episode under the spell of Bartók, the author suddenly finds himself on a posh eco-tourist cruise in the Arctic. There, accompanied by an old friend, now a documentary filmmaker, the two decide to scrap the documentary and make a horror flick instead-shot under the noses of the unsuspecting passengers and crew. Playing one of the main characters who finds himself inexplicably trapped on a ship at the literal end of the world, alone, and under the influence of the midnight sun, Kirk gets lost in his own cerebral maze, struggling to answer his most plaguing question: can we find meaning in experience?"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Kirk, Jay;
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Sunny days : the children's television revolution that changed America / by Kamp, David,author.; Questlove,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1970, in soundstage on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of men and women of various ages and races met to finish the first season of a children's TV program. They had identified a social problem: poor children were entering kindergarten without the learning skills of their middle-class counterparts. They hoped, too, that they had identified a solution: to use television to better prepare these disadvantaged kids for school. No one knew then, but this children's TV program would go on to start a cultural revolution. It was called Sesame Street. Sesame Street was part of a larger movement that saw media professionals and thought leaders leveraging their influence to help children learn. A year and a half earlier, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiered. Fast on its heels came Schoolhouse Rock!, a video series dreamed up by Madison Avenue admen to teach kids times tables, civics, and grammatical rules, and Free to Be ... You and Me, the TV star Marlo Thomas's audacious multi-pronged campaign (it was first a record album, and then a book and a television special) to instill the concept of gender equality in young minds. There was more: programs such as The Electric Company, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, ZOOM, and others followed, and captivated young viewers. In Sunny Days, bestselling author David Kamp takes readers behind the scenes to show how these programs made it on air. He draws on hundreds of hours of interviews from the creators and participants of these programs-among them Joan Ganz Cooney, Lloyd Morrisett, Newton Minow, Sonia Manzano, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath, Marlo Thomas, and Rita Moreno-as well as archival research. Kamp explains how these like-minded individuals found their way into television, not as fame- or money-hungry would-be auteurs and stars, but as people who wanted to use TV to help children. This is both a fun and fascinating story, and a masterful work of cultural history. Sunny Days captures a period in children's television where enlightened progressivism prevailed, and shows how this period changed the lives of millions. Nothing had ever happened like this before, Kamp forcefully and eloquently argues, and nothing has ever happened like it since"--
Subjects: Children's television programs; Television programs;
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Happy days : the guided path from trauma to profound freedom and inner peace / by Bernstein, Gabrielle,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What if you could wake up every day without anxiety? View your past with purpose, not regret? Live happy, peaceful, and free from fear? You can - and Gabrielle Bernstein will show you the way. Gabby has long been loved by her listeners as a spiritual teacher, motivational speaker, and catalyst for profound inner change. Her new book presents her most powerful teaching yet: a plan for transforming the pain of your past, whatever that may be, into newfound strength and freedom"--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Peace of mind.; Psychic trauma; Self-actualization (Psychology); Self-care, Health.;
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D-Day! : the Canadians and the Normandy landings, June 1944 / by Roy, Reginald H.,1922-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 42).
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2001., CEF Books,
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On powwow day / by Sorell, Traci.; Goodnight, Madelyn.;
"On powwow day, there's so much to see, count, and hear!"--
Subjects: Board books.; Festivals; Powwows; Festivals; Counting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A perfect day / by Smith, Lane.;
"A perfect day means different things to different animals in Bert's backyard"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Animals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A good day / by Henkes, Kevin.;
A bird, a fox, a dog, and a squirrel overcome minor setbacks to have a very good day.LSC
Subjects: Animals; Optimism; Happiness;
© c2007., HarperCollins,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Picture day perfection / by Diesen, Deborah.; Santat, Dan.;
After planning for months to have the perfect school picture taken, a boy's moment of weakness ruins everything.LSC
Subjects: Photographs; Schools; Conduct of life;
© 2013., Abrams Books for Young Readers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The gray day / by Bolling, Valerie.; Robinson, Kai(Illustrator);
On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.
Subjects: Colors; Painting; Color; Rain and rainfall;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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So many days / by McGhee, Alison,1960-; Yoo, Taeeun.;
A reflection in rhythmic text on the options and opportunities possible in a beloved child's future.LSC
Subjects: Growth; Hope; Children; Life;
© c2010., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,
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