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13.

King of the North : Martin Luther King's life of struggle outside the South

Theoharis, Jeanne, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

323 THE

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SD_ILS:802832

14.

Last seen : the enduring search by formerly enslaved people to find their lost families

Giesberg, Judith Ann, 1966- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.0496073 GIE

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SD_ILS:802836

15.

Scout camp : sex, death, and secret societies inside the Boy Scouts of America

Renner, James, 1978- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

364.1536 REN

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SD_ILS:802862

16.

The trouble of color : an American family memoir

Jones, Martha S., author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

929.20973 JON

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SD_ILS:802870

17.

Alligator tears : a memoir in essays

Gomez, Edgar (Writer), author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

306.7662 GOM

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SD_ILS:804084

18.

Edgar Allan Poe : a life

Kopley, Richard, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.13 POE

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SD_ILS:804106

19.

How to sell out : the (hidden) cost of being a Black writer

Sanders, Chad, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

814 SAN

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SD_ILS:804128

20.

Homestand : small town baseball and the fight for the soul of America

Bardenwerper, Will, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.357640973 BAR

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SD_ILS:804645

21.

Fearless and free : a memoir

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.928 BAK

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SD_ILS:791146

22.

The invisible spy : Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II

Maier, Thomas, 1956- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

327.1273 MAI

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SD_ILS:796418

23.

Legends and soles : the memoir of an American original

Vaccaro, Sonny, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

658.8 VAC

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SD_ILS:796421

24.

The maverick's museum : Albert Barnes and his American dream

Gopnik, Blake, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

709 GOP

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SD_ILS:796430

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