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Chronicles of a liquid society

Eco, Umberto, author.

Publication Date

2017

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854.914 ECO

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SD_ILS:430759

The end of solitude : selected essays on culture and society

Deresiewicz, William, 1964- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

814.6 DER

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SD_ILS:655286

Encounterism : the neglected joys of being in person

Field, Andy (Artist), author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

302 FIE

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SD_ILS:688916

Maybe it's me : on being the wrong kind of woman

Pollack, Eileen, 1956- author.

Publication Date

2022

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814.6 POL

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SD_ILS:646019

No judgment : essays

Oyler, Lauren, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

814.6 OYL

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SD_ILS:704645

A last supper of queer apostles : selected essays

Lemebel, Pedro, author.

Publication Date

2024

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864.64 LEM

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SD_ILS:719509

All things are too small [CD] : essays in praise of excess

Rothfeld, Becca, author.

Publication Date

2024

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814.6 ROT

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SD_ILS:721350

All that happiness is : some words on what matters

Gopnik, Adam, author.

Publication Date

2024

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152.42 GOP

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SD_ILS:704559

Pourquoi je n'écris pas : réflexions sur la culture de la pauvreté : essai

Jodoin, Benoit, 1984- author.

Publication Date

2024

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801.3 JOD

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SD_ILS:712125

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Democracy : eleven writers and leaders on what it is--and why it matters

Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author.

Publication Date

2024

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321.8 DEM

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SD_ILS:788223

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Remotely : travels in the binge of TV

Thomson, David, 1941- author.

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2024

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791.4575 THO

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SD_ILS:711097

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I just keep talking : a life in essays

Painter, Nell Irvin, author.

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2024

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305.896073 PAI

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