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Trauma, tresses & truth : untangling our hair through personal narratives

Wanzer, Lyzette, editor.

Publication Date

2023

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391.508996 TRA

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SD_ILS:790945

Raiders overhead : a diary of the London blitz.

Nixon, Barbara.

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940.5481 NIX

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SD_ILS:56776

How to share an egg : a true story of hunger, love, and plenty

Reichert, Bonny, author.

Publication Date

2025

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926.415 REI

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SD_ILS:788235

Darkmotherland

Upadhyay, Samrat, author.

Publication Date

2025

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UPA

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SD_ILS:792333

The stories of us. Volume 1 [literacy] : a collection of stories by newcomers

Living Hyphen, publisher.

Publication Date

2022

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325.210971 STO

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SD_ILS:723913

Without her : a chronicle of grief and love

Spiegel, Rebecca.

Publication Date

2024

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814.6 SPI

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SD_ILS:729869

Alha disnii : my truth : words from a Wet'suwet'en woman

George, Corinne.

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2024

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305.89707 GEO

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SD_ILS:729876

Bone of the bone : essays on America by a daughter of the working class, 2013-2024

Smarsh, Sarah, author.

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2024

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305.5620973 SMA

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SD_ILS:729887

No Jews live here

Lorinc, John, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2024

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940.5318 LOR

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SD_ILS:729942

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Born to walk : my journey of trials and resilience

Nkuranga, Alpha, author.

Publication Date

2024

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967.5710431 NKU

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SD_ILS:724298

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Creep : acusaciones y confesiones

Gurba, Myriam, author.

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2024

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SPA 813.6 GUR

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SD_ILS:726291

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Gates of Gaza : a story of betrayal, survival, and hope in Israel's borderlands

Tibon, Amir, 1989- author.

Publication Date

2024

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956.9405 TIB

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Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 -- Personal narratives, Belarusian.

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Kovic, Ron.

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Leadership.

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Literary criticism.

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New Video Group.

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Arts and Entertainment Network.

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France. Ministère de la culture.

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Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

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Koepcke, Juliane.

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Lamb, Christina, author.

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Lambert, Ray (Arnold Ray), author.

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Langrehr, Henry, author.

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Lanthimos, Yorgos, 1973- film director, film producer.

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Lanzmann, Claude, film director, screenwriter.

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Lançon, Philippe, author.

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Lee, Maya, author.

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Levine, Joshua, 1970-

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Maarleveld, Saskia, narrator.

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Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

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Malloy, Tim (Journalist), author.

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Maurer, Kevin, author.

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McGuinness, Nanette, translator.

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McNamara, Tony (Director), screenwriter.

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Moskovskai͡a kinostudii͡a "Mosfilʹm."

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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Gray, Alasdair. Poor things.

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Murphy, Frank, 1921-2007, author.

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O'Neill, Robert, 1976- author.

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PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

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Paul, Aaron, 1979- actor.

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Perre, Selma van de, 1922- author.

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Pezzullo, Ralph, author.

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Prado, Ric, author.

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Rearden, Don, author.

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Robinson, John Drake, author.

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Ryan, Debby, 1993- actor.

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Schumer, Amy, editor.

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Searchlight Pictures, presenter.

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Sedaris, David. Bruised.

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Sedaris, David. Father time.

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Sedaris, David. Highfalutin.

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Sedaris, David. Hurricane season.

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Sedaris, David. Speech to the graduates.

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Sedaris, David. Themes and variations.

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Sedaris, David. To Serbia with love.

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Sedaris, David. Unbuttoned.

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Sedaris, David. Vacuum.

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Shepitʹko, Larisa, 1938-1979.

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Siegal, Nina, 1969- author.

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Sisson, Frank, 1925- author.

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Southard, Susan, author.

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Stone, Emma, 1988- film producer, actor.

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Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm), publisher.

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Toubiana, Serge, interviewer (expression)

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Truong, Marcelino, author, illustrator.

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Turlington, Christy, 1969- editor.

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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher.

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

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Vermette, Katherena, 1977- author.

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Videoville Showtime, publisher.

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Waldstein Wilkes, Helen, 1936-

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War Amputations of Canada.

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Why Not Productions Inc.

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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016, author.

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Wiesel, Marion, translator.

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Willink, Jocko, author.

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Youssef, Ramy, actor.

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Abū Saif, ʻĀṭef, author.

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Achebe, Chinua.

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Adamovich, Alesʹ, 1927-1994, author.

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Adelstein, Jake, author.

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Aderer, Konrad, film director.

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Ades, Lisa, film director, film producer.

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Adorf, Mario, actor.

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Affleck, Ben, 1972- actor.

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Agarwal, Kajal.

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Ahmed, Riz, 1982- actor.

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Ahnert, Margaret Ajemian

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Ai, Weiwei, author.

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Aikens, Gwladys M. Rees (Gwladys May Rees), 1916-

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Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, 1965- contributor.

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Al Samawi, Mohammed, 1986-

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Al-Arian, Laila.

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Al-Sabouni, Marwa, author.

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Al-Zubaidi, Layla, editor of compilation.

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Alberta Records Publication Board.

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Aldrich, Emilio Ortega, screenwriter.

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Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986, author.

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Alhaw, Sami auteur.

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Allan, Diana (Diana Keown), editor.

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Allen, Richard, 1957-2013.

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Allende, Isabel, author, translator.

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Allende, Isabel, author.

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Allrich, Steve (Screenwriter)

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Almodóvar, Pedro, author.

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Alperin, Eric, author.

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Alternês, Serge, 1961- writer of supplementary textual content.

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Ambarīsha, author.

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American Documentary, Inc.

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Amstutz, Larry, author.

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Andalibian, Rahimeh

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Angel, Sara, editor.

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Antoniak, Urszula.

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Arbour, Louise, 1947- writer of preface.

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Archer, Amye, editor.

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Archibald-Varley, Amie, author.

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Arjona, Adria, actor.

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Arkin, Alan, actor.

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Arnothy, Christine, 1930- author.

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Art Canada Institute, publisher.

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Art Gallery of Sudbury, issuing body, organizer.

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Arthur, Max, 1939-

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Assu, Sonny, 1975- contributing author.

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Aster, Ari, essayist.

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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.

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Aubé, Julie, 1983- author.

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Audet, François, 1972- ditor.

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Avey, Denis, 1919-

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