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If you can't take the heat : tales of food, feminism, and fury

DeRuiter, Geraldine, author.

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2024

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070.449641 DER

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Did everyone have an imaginary friend (or just me)? : adventures in boyhood

Ellis, Jay, 1981- author.

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2024

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818.603 ELL

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Nearly departed : adventures in loss, cancer, and other inconveniences : a memoir

Pfeffer, Gila, author.

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2024

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616.994 PFE

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The explorers : a new history of America in ten expeditions

Bellows, Amanda Brickell, author.

Publication Date

2024

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910.922 BEL

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Turning pages : the adventures and misadventures of a publisher

Sargent, John, author.

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2023

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920.473 SAR

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The last action heroes : the triumphs, flops, and feuds of Hollywood's kings of carnage

De Semlyen, Nick, author.

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2023

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791.43028 DES

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More : life on the edge of adventure and motherhood

Burhardt, Majka, author.

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2023

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306.874 BUR

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Through the wilderness : my journey of redemption and healing in the American wild

Orsted, Brad, author.

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2023

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796.5 ORS

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SD_ILS:684188

Twentieth-century man : the wild life of Peter Beard

Wallace, Christopher (Author), author.

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2023

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927.7 BEA

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All hands on deck [large print] : a modern-day high seas adventure to the far side of the world

Sofrin, Will, author.

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2023

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910.45 SOF

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Lost in the Valley of Death [CD] : a story of obsession and danger in the Himalayas

Rustad, Harley, author, narrator.

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2022

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Special characters : my adventures with tech's titans and misfits

Segall, Laurie, author.

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2022

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070.92 SEG

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