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Ken Burns [digital video] : Mark Twain.

Burns, Ken, 1953- film director.

Publication Date

2015

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GM I0N A

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For My People [digital video] : The Life And Writing of Margaret Walker.

McCray , Judith film director.

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2015

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Streaming video

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Richard Wright [digital video] : Black Boy.

Lacy, Madison D. film director.

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2015

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Streaming video

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GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:566851

Sympathy for the devil : four decades of friendship with Gore Vidal

Mewshaw, Michael, 1943- author.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

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928.154 VID

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SD_ILS:295837

Hunter killer : inside America's unmanned air war

McCurley, T. Mark, author.

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2015

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Book

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956.7044348 MCC

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Red notice : a true story of high finance, murder, and one man's fight for justice

Browder, Bill, 1964- author.

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2015

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Book

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923.873 BRO

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SD_ILS:298506

Spinster : making a life of one's own

Bolick, Kate, author.

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2015

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Book

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155.6423 BOL

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The life of Saul Bellow : to fame and fortune, 1915-1964

Leader, Zachary, author.

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2015

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928.152 BEL

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Billie Holiday : the musician and the myth

Szwed, John F., 1936- author.

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2015

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927.8242 HOL

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Wisdom from our First Nations

Sigafus, Kim.

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2015

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Book

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970.00497 SIG

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August Wilson : the ground on which I stand [DVD video].

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

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2015

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After Woodstock : the true story of a Belgian movie, an Israeli wedding, and a Manhattan breakdown

Tiber, Elliot, 1935-2016.

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2015

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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent (2016) -- Winner.

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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.

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Didion, Joan.

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Dulles, Allen Welsh, 1893-1969.

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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

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Engle, Margarita.

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Bancroft Library. Mark Twain Project.

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DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.

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Ernst, Lyle, author.

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Gendelman, Max, 1923-2012, author.

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Gessner, David, 1961-

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Gilot, Françoise, 1921- author.

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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, on-screen participant.

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Gornick, Vivian.

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Graham, John W. (John Ware), 1934- author.

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Grant, Richard, 1963- author.

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Graphic novelization of (work): Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.

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Gregorich, Jim, narrator.

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Griffin, Benjamin, 1968-

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Griffin, Benjamin, 1968- editor.

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Gu Yan, Youyun, 1905- author.

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Haley, Alex

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Haley, Alex. Autobiography of Malcom X.

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020 author.

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Lightman, Alan P., 1948- author.

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Little, Troy, 1973- author, artist.

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Manguso, Sarah, 1974- author.

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Mayfield, Katherine, 1958-

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McDowell, Jim, 1934- author.

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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

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