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- Sammy Davis, Jr. : a personal journey with my father / by Davis, Tracey.; Pierce, Nina Bunche.;
Includes discography (p. 192), filmography (p. 193-198) and index."In this intimate volume, the entertainment legend's story comes to life through rare family photos and a compelling narrative based on conversations between Sammy Davis Jr. and his daughter, Tracey Davis. The story of a future superstar unfolds beginning with his bittersweet childhood days, raised primarily by his grandmother in Harlem. On the stage by age three, he first became a star in vaudeville with the Will Mastin Trio. Davis was already an up-and-coming performer by the time he was recruited into the Army during World War II. As Tracey Davis candidly relates, it was there that her father first learned to use his talent -- singing and dancing -- as a weapon against racial bigotry. Davis's career took off in the 1940s through his sheer determination, talent, and the support of friends like Frank Sinatra. With tenderness and humor Tracey describes her father<U+2019>s friendship with Sinatra, and how he stood by him when Davis married Tracey's Swedish actress mother. In a time when interracial marriages were forbidden by law in thirty-one states, both bride and groom endured an onslaught of negative press and even death threats. Davis's adventures through the Rat Pack era, and the extraordinary obstacles he overcame to become a 5'6", 120-pound legend who across six decades packed in more than forty albums, seven Broadway shows, twenty-three films, and countless nightclub and concert performances. A uniquely personal perspective on one of the greatest pop culture icons of the twentieth century. Tracey Davis is the only daughter of Sammy Davis Jr. and Swedish actress May Britt. A television and commercial producer, she is the mother of four children: Sam, Montana, Greer, and Chase. She lives in Tennessee"--Provided by publisher.LSC
- Subjects: Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990.; Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990; Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990; Davis, Tracey.; Entertainers; Children of entertainers; Singers; Fathers and daughters;
- © c2014., Running Press,
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- Maybe next time : a novel / by Major, Cesca,author.;
"One Day meets Groundhog Day, in this heartwarming and emotionally poignant novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Husbands; Married people; Space and time; Time perception;
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- The last queen : Elizabeth II's seventy year battle to save the House of Windsor / by Irving, Clive,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 349) and index.A timely and revelatory new biography of Queen Elizabeth and her family, this work explores how the Windsors have evolved and thrived as the modern world has changed around them.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-; Windsor, House of.; Monarchy; Queens;
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- The Smeds and the Smoos [videorecording] / by television adaptation of (work):Donaldson, Julia.Smeds and the Smoos.; Cutler, Samantha,television director.; Snaddon, Daniel,television director.; Hawkins, Sally,1976-narrator,voice actor.; Bailey, Bill,1965-voice actor.; Rabheru, Ashna,voice actor.; Louw, Julia Smuts,screenwriter.; Giant Pictures (Firm),publisher.;
Sally Hawkins, Bill Bailey, Ashna Rabheru.Bill and Janet fall in love while their families are at war. Faced with disapproval, they flee to a distant planet and Grandma Smoo and Grandpa Smed must put aside their differences and work together to bring them back home.G.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Science fiction television programs.; Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Families; Life on other planets; Love; Extraterrestrial beings; Prejudices; Interplanetary voyages; Grandparents;
- For private home use only.
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- Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Storage in the home.; Built-in furniture.; Do-it-yourself work.;
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- The cancer journey : understanding diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and prevention / by Nabhan, Chadi,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This work is a guide to everything cancer from A to Z, simplifying ALL cancer concepts for patients, families, and the non-oncologist"--
- Subjects: Cancer.;
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- Mr. Wilder and me / by Coe, Jonathan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In the summer of 1977, a young woman named Calista finds work on famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder's film set. The filming takes them to Munich, where Wilder grapples with his family history. This tender and intimate novel examines the nature of time and fame, of family, and of the treacherous lure of nostalgia.
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002; Motion picture industry; Motion picture producers and directors; Young women;
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- Runs with the stars / by Whitecrow, Darcy.; O'Connor, Heather,1960-; Lishchenko, Lenny.;
The inspiring story of a multigenerational family working together to bring a herd of Ojibwe Horses back home, years after they all but disappeared. A grandfather and grandchild share the work of breeding and caring for the horses, remembering the story of a daring rescue from the grandfather's childhood, and building a loving bond of family and animals. Inspired by real events.LSC
- Subjects: Ojibwa Indians; Horses; Families; Ojibwe;
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- The long road home : on Blackness and belonging / by Thompson, Debra(Debra E.),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From a leading scholar on the politics of race comes a work of family history, memoir, and insight gained from a unique journey across the continent, on what it is to be Black in North America."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Thompson, Debra (Debra E.); Black people; Black people; Black people; Women college teachers, Black; Women, Black;
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- Ink blood sister scribe : a novel / by Törzs, Emma,1987-author.;
"Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power."--
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Estranged families; Family secrets; Magic; Rare books; Sisters;
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