Nick Offerman
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As a follow up to his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe, the star of Parks and Recreation now focuses on the lives of those who inspired him. From George Washington to Willie Nelson, he describes twenty-one heroic figures and why they inspire in him such great meaning. He combines serious history with light-hearted humor -- comparing, say, George Washington's wooden teeth to his own experience as a woodworker. The subject matter allows Offerman...
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"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth," the president...
7) The hero
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[2017]
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
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2018.
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1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. In Brooklyn, Sam Fisher and her father Frank form a band together, cleverly titled "We Are Not a Band" based off Sam's sarcastic remark about their endeavor. Sam plays keyboard, while Frank strums the guitar. The two end up achieving unlikely success, but must ultimately decide whether hitting the big time is worth the cost of their close relationship, as well as Sam's plans to head off to college in the fall.
9) The founder
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[2017]
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
10) The Lego movie
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
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Overview: Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline. Today's agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the land-from the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it. Sadly,...
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2015.
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On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was 120,000. Lafayette's arrival in 1824 coincided with one of...