Biographies and autobiographies

  • Heaven and hell : my life as an Eagle

    Creator

    Holden, Wendy

    Felder, Don

    Abstract

    The Eagles are the bestselling, and arguably the tightest-lipped, American group ever. Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles' years of public silence to take fans behind the scenes. He shares every part of the band's wild ride, from the pressure-packed recording studios and trashed hotel rooms to the tension-filled courtrooms and from the joy of writing powerful new songs to the magic of performing in huge arenas packed with roaring fans.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • He came in with it : a portrait of motherhood and madness

    Creator

    Feldman, Miriam

    Abstract

    In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations of families enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O'Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens permanently off the conventional course.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Triumph of hope : from Theresienstadt and Auschwitz to Israel

    Creator

    Elias, Ruth

    Abstract

    Ruth Elias, a Jewish woman who was taken to Auschwitz while several months pregnant, recounts her challenging and unthinkable story of confronting perhaps the most agonizing choice so that she and her newborn infant would not die. Taken for Nazi medical experimentation, she confronted the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele and saved the life of not only herself but her child as well.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Sembrando historias : Pura Belpré : bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos

    Creator

    Denise, Anika

    Abstract

    Cuando llegó a Estados Unidos, en 1921, Pura traía los cuentos folclóricos de su querido Puerto Rico. Al encontrar un nuevo hogar en la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York como asistente bilingüe, convirtió sus historias populares en libros y esparció semillas de historias por todo el país.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Planting stories

    Creator

    Denise, Anika Aldamuy

    Abstract

    This inspiring biography tells the story of New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, a woman who championed bilingual literature. When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular retellings into libros and spread story seeds across the land.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • But what I really want to do is direct : lessons from a life behind the camera

    Creator

    Kwapis, Ken

    Abstract

    For over three decades, director Ken Kwapis has charted a career full of exceptional movies and television, from seminal shows like The Office to beloved films like He's Just Not That Into You.He is among the most respected directors in show business, but getting there wasn't easy. He struggled just like everyone else. With each triumph came the occasional faceplant. Using his background and inside knowledge, But What I Really Want to Do is Direct tackles Hollywood myths through Ken's highly entertaining experiences.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Apple : (skin to the core)

    Creator

    Gansworth, Eric

    Abstract

    How about a book that makes you barge into your boss's office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way? The term Apple is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly red on the outside, white on the inside. Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • From here to there : inventions that changed the way the world moves

    Creator

    Ford, Gilbert

    Kirkfield, Vivian

    Abstract

    In a time when people believed flying was impossible, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier proved that the sky wasn't the limit. When most thought horseback was the only way to race, Bertha and Karl Benz fired up their engines. From the invention of the bicycle and the passenger steam locomotive to the first liquid-fuel propelled rocket and industrial robot, inventors across the world have redefined travel. Informative and celebratory, this collective biography tells the story of the experiments, failures, and successes of visionaries who changed the way the world moves.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • I overcame my autism and all I got was this lousy anxiety disorder : a memoir

    Creator

    Kurchak, Sarah

    Abstract

    Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn't let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Drinking and tweeting and other Brandi blunders

    Creator

    Glanville, Brandi

    Abstract

    Fans have been waiting for Brandi's scoop on one of the biggest divorces of the decade since her husband of eight years abandoned her and their two sons to marry country-singer LeAnn Rimes. Not only does Brandi spill the beans about her side of the split, but the lovable housewife also shares the incredible wild ride that took her from a life in the ghetto to Hollywood's most elite circles.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Straw Hut Media

    Non spécifié