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3) Bossypants
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Description
Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL" (Sunday Telegraph).
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had...
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had...
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
345 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Eliza Blake, host of the top-rated KEY News morning show, has witnessed tragedy and danger in her career. But nothing the accomplished professional has experienced has prepared her for when her seven-year-old daughter, Janie, is snatched from summer camp. She and the rest of the Sunrise Suspense Society--brilliant producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman extraordinaire B.J. D'Elia, and psychiatrist Dr. Margo Gonzalez--will band together to outwit a cunning...
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Series
Gardening mysteries (Ann Ripley) volume 6
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 18 cm.
Author
Series
Sunrise Suspense Society volume 2
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (7 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Catching the attention of the entire country when her seven-year-old daughter is kidnapped, news anchor Eliza Blake becomes increasingly frustrated by authorities and enlists the help of her producer, cameraman, and psychiatrist to outwit the kidnappers.
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Pub. Date
2006
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238 p. ; 22 cm.
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A wilderness kayak adventure brings together two very different women--Chaz Herrick, a laid-back outdoorswoman, and Megan Maxwell, a workaholic news executive. As they battle the challenges of nature for survival, they discover that true love may be nothing at all like they imagined.
10) Bossypants
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Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
vii, 277 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
11) Going there
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In this memoir, the iconic media star discusses her professional and personal life, including losing her husband at a young age, her historic turn as anchor of the CBS Evening News, and experiences dealing with gender inequality.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xix, 220 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
Khloé Kardashian shares her secrets for finding strength of body, mind, and heart with stories of her own struggles with weight, relationships, and her self-image. In a culture that worships skinny, Kardashian writes with passion about the power of strength: a strong body lays the foundation for a strong mind, which leads to strength of heart, character, and ultimately spirit. Filled with practical advice, recipes, and personal anecdotes, Strong...
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Pub. Date
p1999
Physical Desc
12 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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A sentimental look at small-town life featuring Dena Nordstrom, a New York TV show hostess. Sent by her doctor home to Missouri to nurse her ulcer, she hopes to learn why her mother abandoned her when she was 15 years old.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
En la vida hay un momento para contarlo todo, y este es el mío. Yo soy Paquita Salas, la original, y por eso he pensado que ya va siendo hora de que la gente conozca mi historia al completo. Sin censuras. Al desnudo. Porque se ha hablado mucho de actrices, directores, presentadoras y modelos. Pero ya es hora de mostrar quién está detrás de todo ese mundo de glamour y luces. La gente no para de preguntarse datos clave mi vida y de PS Management,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
ix, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits ; 24 cm
Description
"BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is the nation's favourite (and naughtiest) treasure. Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story - and it's well worth the wait. Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
vii, 247 pages ; 21 cm
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"In her first solo memoir, New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her story--and helps shine a light on the beauty of our own--guiding us to release the weights that hold us back so we may live and share our story in truth. We've all dropped anchor in places that suited us for a time: a city, a perspective, a lie we mistook as truth. This book is an invitation to a kind of life...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (approximately 9 3/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women, each an independent visionary, saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way people...
20) Oprah Winfrey
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
54 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"A biography of Oprah Winfrey, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
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