Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+3475 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758262 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687140 The author is the thirty-year-old proprietor of Baohaus, the hot East Village hangout where foodies, stoners, and students come to stuff their faces with delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night, and one of the food worlds brightest and most controversial young stars. But before he created the perfect home for himself in a small patch of downtown New York, he wandered the American wilderness looking for a place to call his own. He grew up in theme-park America, on a could-be-anywhere cul-de-sac in suburban Orlando, Florida raised by a wild family of FOB (fresh off the boat) hustlers and hysterics from Taiwan. While his father improbably launched a series of successful seafood and steak restaurants, the author burned his way through American culture, defying every model minority stereotype along the way. He obsessed over football, fought the all-American boys who called him a chink, partied like a gremlin, sold drugs with his crew, and idolized Tupac. His anchor through it all was food, from making Southern ribs with the Haitian cooks in his dads restaurant to preparing traditional meals in his mothers kitchen to haunting the midnight markets of Taipei when he was shipped off to the homeland. After misadventures as an unlikely lawyer, street fashion renegade, and stand-up comic, he finally threw everything he loved, past and present, family and food, into his own restaurant, bringing together a legacy stretching back to China and the shards of global culture he had melded into his own identity. This book is the immigrants story for the twenty-first century; a story of food, family, and the forging of a new notion of what it means to be an American. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715488 In the tradition of Escape and Stolen innocence, the first look behind the curtains of the Westboro Baptist Church, by a young woman cast out from its clutches--Provided by the publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731253 From his turbulent childhood in Kentucky to the trials and tribulations of raising a family, Hillbilly Heart shines a revealing light on one of country musics most enduring icons. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1752790 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743605 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739382 An account of the acclaimed actors Hollywood career and struggles with methamphetamine addiction covers his Detroit background, his relationships with various co-stars, and his experiences as a father of twin boys. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732553 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696590 A collection of accounts about life in the servants halls of Englands great houses shares the true story of under-parlourmaid Rose, who after eloping with her employers only son was swept up in a maelstrom of gossip. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742129 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682769 In this much-anticipated, controversial memoir, Dara-Lynn Weiss chronicles the struggle and journey to get Bea, her seven year old daughter, healthy. In describing their process, complete with frustrations, self-recriminations, dark humor, and some surprising strategies, Weiss reveals the hypocrisy inherent in the debates over many cultural hot-button issues. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693097 The Grammy Award-winning American soul and gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston reflects on her daughters life, the events that led up to her death and the aftermath of a senseless tragedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667778 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695916 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713063 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732165 Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They lived in a closeted community, and little is known of their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows all too well. Growing up, he didnt go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies and the caravan became his world. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision - to stay and keep secrets, or escape to find somewhere to belong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750484 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683356 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753445 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687306 A vivid, funny, and poignant memoir that celebrates the distinct lure of the camaraderie and community one finds drinking in bars. Rosie Schaap has always loved bars: the wood and brass and jukeboxes, the knowing bartenders, and especially the sometimes surprising but always comforting company of regulars. Starting with her misspent youth in the bar car of a regional railroad, where at fifteen she told commuters fortunes in exchange for beer, and continuing today as she slings cocktails at a neighborhood joint in Brooklyn, Schaap has learned her way around both sides of a bar and come to realize how powerful the fellowship among regular patrons can be. In Drinking with Men, Schaap shares her unending quest for the perfect local haunt, which takes her from a dive outside Los Angeles to a Dublin pub full of poets, and from small-town New England taverns to a character-filled bar in Manhattans TriBeCa. Drinking alongside artists and expats, ironworkers and soccer fanatics, she finds these places offer a safe haven, a respite, and a place to feel most like herself. In rich, colorful prose, Schaap brings to life these seedy, warm, and wonderful rooms. Drinking with Men is a love letter to the bars, pubs, and taverns that have been Schaaps refuge, and a celebration of the uniquely civilizing source of community that is bar culture at its best-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758112 A diagnosed non-criminal sociopath explains how her charisma and penchant for convincing lies enables her to influence and seduce others, offering insight into her system of ethics while offering advice on how to manage a relationship with a sociopath.--Novelist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731791 Shares the authors assessment of how a seductive cowboy challenged her feminist beliefs, describing how as an embittered, middle-aged divorce she began to question her staunch beliefs before being swept off her feet by a very masculine lover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738348 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695920 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679421 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664003 An extraordinary and literary love story between a young mother and a much older Holocaust survivor that celebrates the unique and powerful bonds of friendship. It explores a complex relationship with someone from a different generation and socioeconomic background, and someone who happened to be one of the last surviving Holocaust witnesses of our time--Publishers summary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1760187 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731472 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738008 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748522 From the moment Breanda first held her baby brother David she was hooked. She became a second mother to him, changing his nappies, reading him stories and giving all the love her warm heart had. Knowing a career caring for children was her only calling in life, Brenda attended Londons prestigious Norland Institute, famous for producing top-class nannies. Brenda recalls her years at Norland, her experiences during the war, and recounts a life devoted to the care of other peoples children. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704979 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738337 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743620 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753407 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741987 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753319 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754574 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694338 Eddie Huang is the 30-year-old proprietor of Baohaus - the hot East Village hangout where foodies, stoners, and students come to stuff their faces with delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night - and one of the food worlds brightest and most controversial young stars. But before he created the perfect home for himself in a small patch of downtown New York, Eddie wandered the American wilderness looking for a place to call his own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693194 A memoir by the author of And I shall have some peace there about how [her] surrender to gardening saved her life--Provided by the publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694402 In the slums of Kampala, Uganda, Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and three siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona is also one of the worlds best chess players. One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Phiona met Robert Katende, a war refugee turned missionary. Katende had an improbable dream: to empower slum kids through chess - a game for which there is no word in their language. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716141 In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the authors early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their reunion a decade later began a story that has never before been told. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713115 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758113 Edna OBrien, the author of The Country Girls trilogy, The Light of Evening, and Byron in Love, portrays the events, people, emotions, and landscape that contributed to her rich and heady life. She is the recipient of the James Joyce Ulysses Medal, and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715593 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1757388 The original MTV VJs offer a behind-the-scenes oral history of the early years of MTV, circa 1981 to 1985, when it was exploding, reshaping the culture, and forming the MTV generation.MTVs first VJs (along with the late J.J. Jackson) had front-row seats to a cultural revolution--and the hijinks of rock stars from Adam Ant to Cyndi Lauper. Their worlds collided, of course: John Cougar invited Nina Blackwood to a late night party that proved to be a seduction attempt. Mark Goodman partied with David Lee Roth, who offered him cocaine and groupies. Aretha Franklin made chili for Alan Hunter. After Martha Quinn interviewed Bob Dylan, he whisked her off to Ireland in his private jet. While the book has plenty of dish--secret romances, nude photographs, incoherent celebrities--it also tells the story of four VJs growing up alongside MTVs devoted viewers. Using MTV as a focal point, the book tells the story of the 1980s, from the neon-colored drawstring pants to the Reagan administration. Readers dont just get the inside scoop on music stars like Bob Dylan, Madonna, and Duran Duran, but a deeper understanding of how MTV changed our culture. Or as the VJs put it: Were the reason you have no attention span.-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712584 A revered yoga instructor reveals her own struggles with body image and the student-prompted journey of self-discovery that led her to visit other world regions, including the drought-stricken Indian countryside and the center of the 2011 earthquake in Japan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738973 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731346 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750712 A no-holds-barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis. Jimmy Connors ignited the tennis boom in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into prizefights. But it was his prolonged dedication to his craft that won him the publics adoration. He capped off one of the most remarkable runs in tennis history at the age of 39 when he reached the semifinals of the 1991 U.S. Open, competing against players half his age. Here is the uncensored account of Connors life, from his complicated relationship with his formidable mother and his storybook romance with tennis legend Chris Evert, to his battles with gambling and fidelity that threatened to derail his career and his long-lasting marriage to Playboy playmate Patti McGuire. When he retired twenty years ago, Connors all but disappeared from public view--but here he is, as feisty, outspoken, and defiant as ever.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742052 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696361 Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. In this book, Dr. Davis looks at the health-care crisis in the inner city from a rare perspective: that of a doctor who works on the front line of emergency medical care in the community where he grew up and as a member of that community who has faced the same challenges as the people he treats every day. He also offers invaluable practical advice for those living in such communities, where conditions like asthma, heart disease, strokes, obesity, and AIDS are disproportionately endemic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731473 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744320 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750481 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687259 The author of The Rose of Martinique presents a history of the interdependence of sugar, slavery and colonial settlement in the New World through the story of the authors ancestors, exploring the myriad connections between sugar cultivation and her familys identity, genealogy and financial stability. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748523 Glennon Melton believes that by shedding our weapons and armor, we can stop hiding, competing, striving for the mirage of perfection, and ultimately build a better life in our hearts, homes, and communities. Readers will find a wise and witty friend who will embolden them to cut themselves a break and commit to small acts of love that can have an extraordinary impact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682862 Illuminates the friendships that have influenced, nourished, inspired, and haunted the author--and sometimes torn her apart--each of which has its own lessons that she seeks to understand. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1752854 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754591 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743703 The story of how a Mormon kid with Tourettes found salvation in books and weight-lifting. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750562 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758119 [A] memoir ... that juxtaposes two fascinating lives--the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the authors own mother--to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732179 A memoir from the travel writer and editor who spent her childhood moving between her Great Alaskan father on the tundra in the summer and her more urbane mother in Baltimore during the school year, a lifestyle that led to an adult who both feared and idolized human connection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712336 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682781 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753972 Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons and daughters of lords ensconced in their grand estates to the children of tough war evacuees in Londons East End, Brenda has taught countless little ones to be happy, healthy, and thoroughly well bred--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748527 The Emanuels are a hard-driving family in perpetual motion--three brothers reign at the top of three very different fields: medicine, politics, and Hollywood. Author Dr. Ezekiel Zeke Emanuel is the eldest of the brothers and describes the family history, unique upbringing, and dynamic social atmosphere that produced Zeke, Rahm, and Ari--three intensely driven boys who became remarkably successful men. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734637 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715487 On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously clenched against a reality that she cannot face and cannot deny; and then, over the ensuing years, as she emerges reluctantly, slowly allowing her memory to take her back through the rich and joyous life shes mourning, from her familys home in London, to the birth of her children, to the year she met her English husband at Cambridge, to her childhood in Colombo; all the while learning the difficult balance between the almost unbearable reminders of her loss and the need to keep her family, somehow, still alive within her.--Publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687339 Suggestions, tips, and ideas on how to finish what you start. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705578 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682812 The popular television personality discusses his battle with weight loss, describing his initial successes after bypass surgery, his efforts to get back on track after regaining lost weight, and his confrontation with goal-compromising childhood issues. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1722575 In this beautiful and poignant tribute to her late daughter, award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Carol Burnett presents a funny and moving memoir about mothering an extraordinary young woman through the struggles and triumphs of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750483 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683353 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687305 A weekly columnist for The Daily Beast recounts the story of the launch of her career, a period marked by her graduation from Yale, unanticipated setbacks that culminated in brief homelessness in New York, and a Russian rabbi roommate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713111 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1757386 One day I will tell you the story of my life, promises Emma Brockess mother, and you will be amazed. Brockes grew up hearing only pieces of her mothers past--stories of a rustic childhood in South Africa, glimpses of a bohemian youth in London--and yet knew that crucial facts were still in the dark. A mystery to her friends and family, Paula was clearly a strong, self-invented woman; glamorous, no-nonsense, and frequently out of place in their quaint English village. Looking to unearth the truth after Paulas death, Brockes begins a dangerous journey into the land--and the life--her mother fled from years before. As she follows her mothers footsteps back to South Africa, Brockes begins to find the wellsprings of her mothers strength, the tremendous endurance which allowed Paula to hide terrible secrets from even her closest friends and family.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738270 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731341 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693622 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1760186 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1760221 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738964 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687221 An autobiography from the television and Broadway actress, outlining her life and career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738341 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743595 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694353 Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. In this book, Dr. Davis looks at the health-care crisis in the inner city from a rare perspective: that of a doctor who works on the front line of emergency medical care in the community where he grew up and as a member of that community who has faced the same challenges as the people he treats every day. He also offers invaluable practical advice for those living in such communities, where conditions like asthma, heart disease, strokes, obesity, and AIDS are disproportionately endemic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731469 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684974 A book for every woman whose children have grown up, but whos not done growing herself, in which the author explores the belief that even as old identities are outgrown, new ones begin to beckon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696181 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1752856 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753491 Describes the authors wrenching loss of his son to melanoma, a tragedy also marked by the imminent birth of another child and the spiritual lessons imparted by the young man throughout the end of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734598 A portrait of the dynamic Emanuel brothers cites their achievements in medicine, politics, and Hollywood, offering insight into the family history, unique upbringing, and social atmosphere that influenced their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750373 Helgas Diary is a young girls remarkable first-hand account of life in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II. The drawings and paintings that Helga made during her time in Terezin, which accompany this diary, were published in 1998 in the book Draw What You See (Zeichne, was Du siehst). http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748544 In this haunting memoir of identity and love, photographer Parravani deconstructs the intense bonds between identical twins, as she struggles with the trauma of her charismatic sisters self-destruction, and an unexpectedly rising tide of similar self-destruction in herself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754671 City girl Torre DeRoche isnt looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? Hes just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick Torre determines that to keep the man of her dreams, she must embark on the voyage of her nightmares, so she waves good-bye to dry land and braces for a life-changing journey thats as exhilarating as it is terrifying--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750561 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1760401 A harrowing and heart-wrenching memoir of humanitarian aid worker Buchanans kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the Navy SEALs, and her husbands extraordinary efforts to help bring her home.