Biographies
All Creatures Great and Small
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A wonderful memoir from a world-renowned country vet. Warm, wonderful and inspiring.
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Millie, East Shore Area Library
Angela's Ashes
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A remarkable story of overcoming adversity. Told with a lot of humor and charm, the author shows us his impoverished childhood in Limerick. Ireland.
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Pat, East Shore Area Library
Breaking Night: A memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard
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Foraging for food on the streets and completing school assignments in stairwells - the unbelievable & incredible story of going from "Homeless to Harvard."
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Christine, East Shore Area Library
Dewey's Nine Lives
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Wonderful true stories of cats and how they changed their owners' lives.
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Ray, Northern Dauphin Library
Herb & Dorothy
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Meet Herb and Dorothy, my heroes! Phenomenal!
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Diane, East Shore Area Library
James Herriot's Treasury for Children
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A wonderful collection of true stories about the experiences of a country vet.
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Millie, East Shore Area Library
The Professor and the Madman
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A fascinating account of a man in an insane asylum who contributes 10,000 entries to the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Diane, East Shore Area Library
Worn Stories
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The perfect book for anyone that likes interesting stories. There are dozens in this book and every single one is different. Good for adults, teens, and everyone in between.
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Emily Spivack
99 - Stories of the Game
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EXCELLENT look at hockey through the ages by someone who's lived it (Also available in audio)
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Millie, East Shore Area Library
The gratitude diaries : how a year looking on the brightside can transform your life
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Read how the author brought more gratitude & positive thinking into her life.
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Ann Marie, East Shore Area Library
Accidental Saints: Finding God in All The wrong People
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An angry profane stand up comic turned pastor takes readers along on her faith journey with a god who won't leave her alone. Funny and deeply moving.
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Millie
Franz Jagerstatter: A Man of Conscience
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This brief documentary is the Catholic equivalent of Protestantism's Dietrich Bonhoeffer - a person whose faith led them to resist the Nazis, and then suffer martyrdom.
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Ray, Northern Dauphin Library
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1st time author at the age of 80+! An interesting look at growing up during the Great Depression … with wonderful recipes!