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

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

Publication Date

2025

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Book

Call Number

363.7384 STO

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SD_ILS:791132

Jelly Roll blues : censored songs & hidden histories

Wald, Elijah, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

782.421643 WAL

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SD_ILS:722483

Tiger, Tiger

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

927.96352 WOO

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SD_ILS:715807

Bits and pieces [large print] : my mother, my brother, and me

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

927.9143 GOL

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SD_ILS:716960

Wandering through life [large print] : a memoir

Leon, Donna, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

928.154 LEO

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SD_ILS:707693

The art of power : my story as America's first woman Speaker of the House

Pelosi, Nancy, 1940- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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328.73 PEL

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SD_ILS:726435

Above the noise : my story of chasing calm

DeRozan, DeMar, 1989- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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927.96323 DER

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SD_ILS:726724

Only in America : Al Jolson and The jazz singer

Bernstein, Richard, 1944- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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927.8242 JOL

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SD_ILS:785226

The genius of Judy : how Judy Blume rewrote childhood for all of us

Bergstein, Rachelle, author.

Publication Date

2024

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813.54 BLU

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SD_ILS:715739

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Up periscope! : how engineer Raye Montague revolutionized shipbuilding

Swanson, Jennifer, author.

Publication Date

2024

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623.8 SWA

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SD_ILS:798094

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Go forth and tell : the life of Augusta Baker, librarian and master storyteller

McDaniel, Breanna J., author.

Publication Date

2024

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020.92 MCD

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SD_ILS:795215

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Never forget our people were always free : a parable of American healing

Jealous, Benjamin Todd, 1973- author.

Publication Date

2023

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323.4 JEA

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