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Dear mom and dad : a letter about family, memory, and the America we once knew

Davis, Patti, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.927 DAV

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SD_ILS:708745

How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer [digital video].

Zimbalist, Jeff, film director.

Publication Date

2023

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Digital

A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:791417

Young queer America : real stories and faces of LGBTQ+ youth

Poth, Maxwell, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

306.760835 POT

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SD_ILS:676859

Our secret society : Mollie Moon and the glamour, money, and power behind the civil rights movement

Ford, Tanisha C., author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

323.1196073 FOR

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SD_ILS:701381

Overlooked : a celebration of remarkable, underappreciated people who broke the rules and changed the world

Padnani, Amisha, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

Call Number

920 PAD

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SD_ILS:692773

Not that fancy : simple lessons on living, loving, eating, and dusting off your boots

McEntire, Reba, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

782.421642 MCE

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SD_ILS:691427

The life she wished to live : a biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The yearling

McCutchan, Ann, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.1852 RAW

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SD_ILS:590042

Ethel Rosenberg : an American tragedy

Sebba, Anne, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Book

Call Number

920.932712 ROS

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SD_ILS:601300

JFK : coming of age in the American century, 1917-1956

Logevall, Fredrik, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.922 LOG

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SD_ILS:587483

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The Lincoln conspiracy : the secret plot to kill America's 16th president--and why it failed

Meltzer, Brad, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.7 MEL

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SD_ILS:555510

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Our time is now : power, purpose, and the fight for a fair America

Abrams, Stacey, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

324.60973 ABR

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SD_ILS:556178

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Out of the Gobi : my story of China and America

Shan, Weijian, 1953- author.

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

338 SHA

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SD_ILS:505043

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