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Spiritus mundi : essays on literature, myth, and society

Frye, Northrop, 1912-1991.

Publication Date

2006

Format:

Book

Call Number

809 FRY

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SD_ILS:387904

Haida dictionary

Lawrence, Erma

Publication Date

1977

Format:

Book

Call Number

497.2 HAI

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SD_ILS:95728

Ancient history magazine [digital magazine].

Overdrive Inc.

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Digital

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XX(721521.2)

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SD_ILS:721521

The american scholar [digital magazine].

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ASKA0N A

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SD_ILS:615309

Bodies of art, bodies of labour

Beaton, Kate, 1983- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

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305.562097 BEA

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SD_ILS:802311

To save and to destroy : writing as an other

Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- author.

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2025

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813.6 NGU

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SD_ILS:804682

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Weird but true! World 2025 : incredible facts, awesome photos, and weird wonders-- for this year and beyond!

National Geographic Society (U.S.), editor.

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2024

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031.02 WEI 2025

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SD_ILS:728548

Bizarre mais vrai! Les requins : 300 faits complètement marteaux

Groupe Syntagme Inc., translator.

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2024

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597.3 BIZ

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SD_ILS:712658

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The playbook : a story of theater, democracy, and the making of a culture war

Shapiro, James, 1955- author.

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2024

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Book

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792.0973 SHA

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SD_ILS:718223

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My Happy Family [digital video].

Ekvtimishvili, Nana, film director.

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2017

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5,000 awesome facts (about everything!) : updated and expanded!

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2024

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