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The hookah girl and other true stories

Dabaie, Marguerite, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

920.71 DAB

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SD_ILS:463813

Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King

Lauterbach, Preston, author

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

781.6408996 LAU

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SD_ILS:790875

American poison : a deadly invention and the woman who battled for environmental justice

Stone, Daniel (Daniel Evan), 1985- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

363.7384 STO

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SD_ILS:791132

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

You'll never believe me : a life of lies, second tries, and things I should only tell my therapist

Ferrell, Kari, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

364.1 FER

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SD_ILS:795001

Antisemitism in America : a warning

Schumer, Charles E., author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.8924 SCH

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SD_ILS:795025

One day, everyone will have always been against this [large print]

El Akkad, Omar, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

819.36 ELA

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SD_ILS:795444

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

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

10.

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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Reading the waves : a memoir

Yuknavitch, Lidia, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

813.6 YUK

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SD_ILS:796447

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Talk to me : lessons from a family forged by history

Benjamin, Rich (Richard M.), author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

929.2 BEN

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SD_ILS:796462

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Amber, Jeannine, author.

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Anderson, Jon Lee, author.

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