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American heroes

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

355.13409 PAT

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SD_ILS:725205

American heroes [large print]

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

355.13409 PAT

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SD_ILS:788351

Lou Reed : the king of New York

Hermes, Will, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8242 REE

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SD_ILS:691406

History comics. Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin : civil rights heroes

Baptiste, Tracey, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

323.092 BAP

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SD_ILS:670507

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

De Semlyen, Nick, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

791.43028 DES

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SD_ILS:684160

Little Black lives matter

Dill, Khodi, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

323 DIL

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SD_ILS:660964

The girls who stepped out of line : untold stories of the women who changed the course of World War II

Eder, Mari K., author.

Publication Date

2021

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Books

Call Number

940.5308 EDE

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SD_ILS:609535

The York patrol : the real story of Alvin York and the unsung heroes who made him World War I's most famous soldier

Nelson, James Carl, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Books

Call Number

940.41273 NEL

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SD_ILS:595463

The hero code [CD] : lessons learned from lives well lived

McRaven, William H. (William Harry), 1955- author, narrator.

Publication Date

2021

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CDs

Call Number

202.13 MCR

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SD_ILS:597004

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The hero code : lessons learned from lives well lived

McRaven, William H. (William Harry), 1955- author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

202.13 MCR

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SD_ILS:596896

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Young heroes of the Soviet Union : a memoir and a reckoning

Halberstadt, Alex, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Books

Call Number

305.8924 HAL

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SD_ILS:516632

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The saint makers : inside the Catholic Church and how a war hero inspired a journey of faith

Drape, Joe, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Call Number

282 DRA

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SD_ILS:607329

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Colvin, Marie.

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Cyberbullying -- United States -- Prevention.

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Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez 1959-1998.

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Muir, John, 1838-1914.

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