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Publisher
Sweet Lemon Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's ski week in everyone's favorite Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington. Sloan Krause and her brewing partner in crime Garrett Strong are pouring pints of their deliciously decadent obsidian IPA and serving up slices of peanut butter chocolate pretzel bars. The mid-winter has everyone buzzing with excitement, especially Garrett. His family is arriving for a long overdue visit to Nitro. He can't wait to show them around the village, spend...
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English
Description
In Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, Raoul Duke (Thompson) and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (inspired by a friend of Thompson) are quickly diverted to search for the American dream. Their quest is fueled by nearly every drug imaginable and quickly becomes a surreal experience that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. But there is more to this hilarious tale than reckless behavior--for underneath the hallucinogenic facade is a stinging criticism...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Elissa and Rita have forever struggled to find their place in each other's worlds. Rita, an overreaching, makeup-addicted, narcissistic Manhattan singer couldn't be more different from Elissa, her gay, taciturn New England writer daughter. Stuck in an outrageous maelstrom of codependency, mother and daughter cannot seem to extricate themselves from the center of each other's lives. Motherland is their universal story: a kaleidoscopic journey built...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
An anthology of top-selected "Rolling Stone" articles offers insight into both the late Thompson's early career and the magazine's fledgling years, in a volume that includes the stories of his infamous Freak Party sheriff campaign and his observations about the Bush-versus-Kerry presidential rivalry.
Author
Series
Gonzo letters volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Letters spanning the years between 1968 and 1976 highlight the author's biting wit, scary powers of observation, and encounters with such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut.
Author
Series
Fear and loathing letters volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Jokes and haikus have a common goal: to pack the greatest punch in the most succinct way possible. In Eating Salad Drunk, today's biggest names in comedy come together to do just that, with hilarious, poignant, and (sometimes) dirty haikus about living and coping in our modern "burnout age." *All author proceeds go towards Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit that provides mental health, medical, and crisis support resources for comedians"--
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between an African American father and a white British mother, she shows indelibly how so-called microaggressions, in addition to blunt-force insults, can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp...
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English
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"In Comet Madness, author and historian Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception. The result is a fascinating and illuminating narrative history that underscores how we behave in the face of potential calamity - then and now"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Yahoo Sports lead columnist and author of Death to the BCS examines the franchise lifeblood role of pitchers in Major League Baseball and the considerable vulnerability of pitching arms, drawing on rare interviews with Daniel Hudson, Todd Coffey and Sandy Koufax to share insights into the impact of injuries on careers and teams.
15) The ministry of common sense: how to eliminate bureaucratic red tape, bad excuses, and corporate BS
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A humorous, yet practical five-step guide to ridding ourselves-and our companies-of commonplace, bureaucratic bottlenecks that plague every office around the world"--
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"In Ninety Percent Mental, Bob Tewksbury shows readers a side of the game only he can provide, given his singular background as both a longtime MLB pitcher and a mental skills coach for two of the sport's most fabled franchises, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. Fans watching the game on television or even at the stadium don't have access to the mind games a pitcher must play in order to get through an at-bat, an inning, a game. Tewksbury...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, with its constant influx of visitors, criminals are provided with ripe targets of all varieties. Luckily for the victims, the Las Vegas Police Department's night shift Crime Scene Investigations unit is led by Gil Grissom. With almost obsessive dedication towards his quest for the facts, he and his elite team of criminalists work various perplexing cases using scientific skills and equipment that are capable of finding...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bugs and gang give their take on classic blockbusters, pop culture, and a few celebrities along the way. Included are twenty of the funniest toons in this A-list collection. Enjoy intrigue and romance, rabbit style, with Bugs as Bogey in Carrotblanca. Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote tangle for Southwestern supremacy in Chariots of Fur, Daffy investigates some paranormal activity in The Duxorcist, and more! Also included is what many consider the greatest...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jason Gideon is the head of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and mentor to an elite team of profilers, including family man Aaron Hotchner, sex-crimes expert Elle Greenaway, hunky Derek Morgan, genius-geek Dr. Spencer Reid, department liaison "JJ" Jareau, and computer whiz Penelope Garcia. Joining them this season is Emily Prentiss who quickly learns there's nothing these agents would rather do than profile murderers and put them away.
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Black women who have learned through hard lessons the importance of self-care and how to break through the cultural and family resistance to seeking therapy and professional mental health care. The Strong Black Woman Syndrome. For generations, in response to systemic racism, Black women and African American culture created the persona of the Strong Black Woman, a woman who, motivated by service and sacrifice, handles, manages, and overcomes...
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