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Happy to help : adventures of a people pleaser

Wilson, Amy, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

817.6 WIL

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SD_ILS:724330

Y2K : how the 2000s became everything : essays on the future that never was

Shade, Colette, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.0973 SHA

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SD_ILS:794998

Hey, Jesus, it's me : I have questions, comments, and concerns

Skrmetti, Ellen, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

230 SKR

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SD_ILS:790457

You're gonna die alone : (& other excellent news)

Donalson, Devrie Brynn, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

814.6 DON

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SD_ILS:697817

We're all in this together... : so make some room

Papa, Tom, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

818.602 PAP

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SD_ILS:684194

Quietly hostile [large print] : essays

Irby, Samantha, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

814.6 IRB

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SD_ILS:694795

Is it hot in here (or am I suffering for all eternity for the sins I committed on earth)?

Zimmerman, Zach, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

818.602 ZIM

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SD_ILS:665259

Naked in the rideshare : (stories of gross miscalculations)

Shaw, Rebecca (comedy writer), author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

818.602 SHA

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SD_ILS:708127

Quietly hostile : essays

Irby, Samantha, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

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Call Number

814.6 IRB

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SD_ILS:672909

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Happy-go-lucky [large print]

Sedaris, David, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

814.54 SED

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SD_ILS:655211

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Happy-go-lucky [CD]

Sedaris, David, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

814.54 SED

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SD_ILS:656268

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Escape into meaning [CD] : essays on Superman, public benches, and other obsessions

Puschak, Evan, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

814.6 PUS

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SD_ILS:664156

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