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Smalltime : a story of my family and the mob

Shorto, Russell, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

364.1 SHO

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SD_ILS:595408

38.

Black ballerinas : my journey to our legacy

Copeland, Misty, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

792.8028 COP

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SD_ILS:643805

39.

American oligarchs : the Kushners, the Trumps, and the marriage of money and power

Bernstein, Andrea, 1961- author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.933 BER

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SD_ILS:552911

40.

Jesse Owens

Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.42 SAN

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SD_ILS:556924

41.

The undocumented Americans

Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

Call Number

364.137 COR

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SD_ILS:561640

42.

Yogi : a life behind the mask

Pessah, Jon, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

Call Number

922.945 BER

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SD_ILS:520139

43.

The Compton cowboys : the new generation of cowboys in America's urban heartland

Thompson-Hernandez, Walter, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

Call Number

979.49 THO

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SD_ILS:523164

44.

The promise and the dream [DAISY talking book] : the untold story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy

Margolick, David, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Digital

Call Number

923.673 KIN

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SD_ILS:622646

45.

Aretha Franklin

Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

Call Number

782.421644 SAN

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SD_ILS:602591

46.

Wally Funk's race for space : the extraordinary story of a female aviation pioneer

Nelson, Sue, 1961- author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

629.13 NEL

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SD_ILS:497561

47.

Here we are : American dreams, American nightmares

Shahani, Aarti Namdev, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.891411073 SHA

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SD_ILS:503497

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The grave on the wall

Shimoda, Brandon, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.04956 SHI

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SD_ILS:520064

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