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Spiritus mundi : essays on literature, myth, and society

Frye, Northrop, 1912-1991.

Publication Date

2006

Format:

Book

Call Number

809 FRY

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SD_ILS:387904

Haida dictionary

Lawrence, Erma

Publication Date

1977

Format:

Book

Call Number

497.2 HAI

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SD_ILS:95728

Ancient history magazine [digital magazine].

Overdrive Inc.

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Digital

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XX(721521.2)

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SD_ILS:721521

The american scholar [digital magazine].

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Digital

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ASKA0N A

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SD_ILS:615309

Bodies of art, bodies of labour

Beaton, Kate, 1983- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

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305.562097 BEA

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SD_ILS:802311

To save and to destroy : writing as an other

Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- author.

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2025

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Book

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813.6 NGU

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SD_ILS:804682

Ancient history magazine [digital magazine].

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My language rights : a child's right to their language

Thompson, Judy (Australian author), author.

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2024

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Book

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306.44 THO

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SD_ILS:794094

My Happy Family [digital video].

Ekvtimishvili, Nana, film director.

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2017

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Streaming video

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SD_ILS:721925

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The modern fairies

Pollard, Clare, author.

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2024

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Book

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POL

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SD_ILS:722998

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5,000 awesome facts (about everything!) : updated and expanded!

National Geographic Society (U.S.), issuing body.

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2024

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031.02 FIV

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Dangerous fictions : the fear of fantasy and the invention of reality

Gold, Lyta, author.

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2024

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Graphic novelization of (work): Natsume, Sōseki, 1867-1916. Wagahai wa neko de aru. English

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