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We tell ourselves stories : Joan Didion and the American dream machine

Wilkinson, Alissa, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

813.54 WIL

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SD_ILS:804182

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

Bugsy Siegel : the dark side of the American dream

Shnayerson, Michael, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

364.1 SHN

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SD_ILS:609518

App kid : how a child of immigrants grabbed a piece of the American dream

Sayman, Michael, 1996- author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

005.13 SAY

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SD_ILS:616238

The other side : stories of Central American teen refugees who dream of crossing the border

Villalobos, Juan Pablo, 1973- author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.235 VIL

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SD_ILS:515985

Cover image for Hidden figures [large print] : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race

Hidden figures [large print] : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race

Lee Shetterly, Margot author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

510.92 LEE

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SD_ILS:405432

Famous Nathan : a family saga of Coney Island, the American dream, and the search for the perfect hot dog

Handwerker, Lloyd, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

641.66 HAN

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SD_ILS:425664

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Entre las sombras del sueño Americano : mi historia real de cómo siendo una inmigrante indocumentada llegué a ser una ejecutiva de Wall Street

Arce, Julissa, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

SPA 973.046872 ARC

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SD_ILS:448657

Crumb : a cartoonist's life

Nadel, Dan, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.415973 CRU

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SD_ILS:795057

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Woody Allen : a travesty of a mockery of a sham

McGilligan, Patrick, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.9143 ALL

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SD_ILS:801736

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Harriet Tubman : military scout and tenacious visionary : from her roots in Ghana to her legacy on the Eastern Shore

Wiesen, Jean Marie, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.7115 WIE

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SD_ILS:804122

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Simone Biles

Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.44 SAN

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SD_ILS:715989

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