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The Unwritten. Book one

Carey, Mike, 1959- author, artist.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

CAR

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SD_ILS:446307

A writer's Britain : landscape in literature

Drabble, Margaret, 1939-

Format:

Book

Call Number

820.936 DRA

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SD_ILS:70625

Using literature to support children's mental health

Becnel, Kim, editor.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

025.2187625 USI

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SD_ILS:789010

Baldwin, Styron, and me

Abdelmoumen, Mélikah, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

813.54093529 ABD

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SD_ILS:785722

How sweet the sound

Alexander, Kwame, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

780.8996073 ALE

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SD_ILS:794072

Spring, summer, asteroid, bird : the art of eastern storytelling

Lien, Henry, 1970- author.n

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

808.02 LIE

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SD_ILS:805492

Jane Austen's bookshelf [CD] : a rare book collector's quest to find the women writers who shaped a legend

Romney, Rebecca, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Call Number

823.7 ROM

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SD_ILS:804332

A tale of two titties : a writer's guide to conquering the most sexist tropes in literary history

Vondriska, Meg, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

801.95 VON

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SD_ILS:728885

History comics. Hip-Hop : the beat of America

Williams, Jarrett, 1984- author, artist.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

782.421649 WIL

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SD_ILS:702320

10.

Bite your friends : stories of the body militant

Eberstadt, Fernanda, 1960- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

813.54 EBE

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SD_ILS:711911

11.

The night librarian

Lincoln, Christopher, 1952- author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

LIN

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SD_ILS:716222

12.

Restoring relations through stories : from Dinétah to Denendeh

Watchman, Renae, 1974- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

810.9897 WAT

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