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Cover image for Orphan bachelors : a memoir : on being a confession baby, Chinatown daughter, baa-bai sister, caretaker of exotics, literary balloon peddler, and grand historian of a doomed American family

Orphan bachelors : a memoir : on being a confession baby, Chinatown daughter, baa-bai sister, caretaker of exotics, literary balloon peddler, and grand historian of a doomed American family

Ng, Fae Myenne, 1956- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

823 NG

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SD_ILS:684170

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The world according to Joan Didion [CD]

McDonnell, Evelyn, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

CDs

Call Number

928.154 DID

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SD_ILS:691661

15.

On the tip of a wave : how Ai Weiwei's art is changing the tide

Ho, Joanna, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

709.2 AI

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SD_ILS:692507

16.

Kati's tiny messengers : Dr. Katalin Karikó and the battle against COVID-19

Hoyt, Megan, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

614.2 HOY

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SD_ILS:692859

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The upstairs delicatessen : on eating, reading, reading about eating, and eating while reading

Garner, Dwight, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

818.603 GAR

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SD_ILS:696923

18.

The extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela [literacy]

Alexander, Saffron, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

968.07 ALE

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SD_ILS:715223

19.

The works of Vincent van Gogh [literacy]

Myers, Jenna, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

759.9492 GOG

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SD_ILS:715249

20.

Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll! : presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll

Bolden, Tonya, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

782.254 BOL

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SD_ILS:706689

21.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the world : the story of two groundbreaking environmental artists

Neri, Greg, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

709.22 NER

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SD_ILS:707087

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Door by door : how Sarah McBride became America's first openly transgender senator

Pincus, Meeg, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

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Call Number

328.73 PIN

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SD_ILS:707092

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Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Germany

Sheinkin, Steve, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.5318 SHE

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SD_ILS:712078

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The hyacinth girl : T. S. Eliot's hidden muse

Gordon, Lyndall, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

928.219 ELI

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SD_ILS:664792

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Aziz, Omer.

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Barkley, Frances, 1769-1845.

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Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Biography.

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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.

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Garner, Dwight.

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Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Gerber, Henry, 1892-1972.

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Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.

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Jackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970- -- Juvenile literature.

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Jeanne-Claude, 1935-2009 -- Juvenile literature.

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Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- Juvenile literature.

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Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937.

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Judges -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Karikó, Katalin -- Juvenile literature.

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Kidd, Sarah, -1744.

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Kidd, William, -1701.

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Lambda Literary Awards (2023) -- Nominee.

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Lambda Literary Awards (2024) -- Nominee.

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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.

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Marital conflict.

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McBride, Sarah, 1990- -- Juvenile literature.

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Muir, John, 1838-1914.

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National parks and reserves -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.

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Nature conservation -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

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Nazi concentration camp escapes -- Juvenile literature.

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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

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Ng, Fae Myenne, 1956-

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Painters -- Netherlands -- Biography.

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Rock music -- History -- Juvenile literature.

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Rogers, Fred -- Juvenile literature.

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Sierra Club -- Biography.

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Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 -- Juvenile literature.

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Vaccination -- Juvenile literature.

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