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Secret life of the city : how nature thrives in the urban wild

Bjørgaas, Hanna, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

577.56 BJO

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SD_ILS:706081

Built on bones : 15,000 years of urban life and death

Hassett, Brenna, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Books

Call Number

307.7609 HAS

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SD_ILS:424116

Extreme cities : the peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change

Dawson, Ashley, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Books

Call Number

307.76 DAW

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SD_ILS:449683

Graphic quilts from everyday images : 15 patterns inspired by urban life, architecture, and beyond

Scrimsher, Heather.

Publication Date

2014

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Books

Call Number

746.46 SCR

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SD_ILS:309858

Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places

Zukin, Sharon.

Publication Date

2011

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Call Number

307.1 ZUK

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SD_ILS:226446

The English town : a history of urban life

Girouard, Mark, 1931-.

Publication Date

1990

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Call Number

307.76 GIR

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SD_ILS:57535

The death and life of the single-family house : lessons from Vancouver on building a livable city

Lauster, Nathanael Thomas, 1972-

Publication Date

2016

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Call Number

333.338 LAU

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SD_ILS:411297

This beautiful, ridiculous city : a graphic memoir

Sohini, Kay, author illustrator,

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

974.71 SOH

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SD_ILS:795390

One day : a true story of survival in the Holocaust

Rosen, Michael, 1946- author

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

940.5318 ROS

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SD_ILS:794099

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The piano player of Budapest : a true story of hope, survival, and music

De Bastion, Roxanne, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

940.5318 DEB

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SD_ILS:720288

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Wall Street's war on workers : how mass layoffs and greed are destroying the working class and what to do about it

Leopold, Les, author.

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2024

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331.0973 LEO

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Two wheels to freedom : the story of a young Jew, wartime resistance, and a daring escape

Magida, Arthur J., author.

Publication Date

2024

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940.53183 MAG

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Beyond Productions.

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Adaptation of (expression): Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Beautiful struggle.

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Adelstein, Jake, author.

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Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, 1965- contributor.

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Animiki See Distribution, production company.

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Anne Frank House.

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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, issuing body, host institute.

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Atkinson, Lee, 1968- author.

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Aumais, Nicholas, 1982- translator.

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Bat-Zvi, Pnina author.

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Batthyány, Sacha, 1973- author.

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Baum, Dan.

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Belcourt, Herb, 1931- author.

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Bell, Anthea, translator.

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Belleville-Van Stone, France, author.

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Berkovits, Annette Libeskind, 1943- author.

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Berridge, Joe, 1946- author.

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Beutter Cohen, Uli, author.

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Bev (Author of Indigenous women and street gangs), author.

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Bjørgaas, Hanna, author.

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Black, Kate (Kate Grace), author.

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Blackford, Harriet, author.

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Blanchard, Rowan, 2001- contributor.

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Blanco, Victoria, author.

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Blue, Walt, narrator

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Boivin, Valérie, 1980- illustrator.

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Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- narrator.

(1)

Boo, Katherine.

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Booth, Thomas, editor.

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Bowden, Mark, 1951- author.

(1)

Boyle, Greg, author.

(1)

Brabant, Malcolm, author.

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Braddon, Amy, author.

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Brady, Nicola, author.

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Brail, Shauna, editor.

(1)

Brantmark, Niki, author.

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Brennan, Jake, author.

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Brewster, David, 1965- author.

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British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Brokken, Jan, author.

(1)

Bromberg, Serge, producer, director, editor.

(1)

Brown, Carron, author.

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Brown, Nicholas.

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Brown, Ron, 1945- author.

(1)

Brum, Eliane, author.

(1)

Bruno, Iacopo, illustrator.

(1)

Bryck, Nicole, author.

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Bryson, Bill, author.

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Bujan, Bianca, author.

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Burger, Ariel, author.

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Burton, Wilfred, 1958- author.

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Butler, Richard, 1943- editor.

(1)

Butterfield, Fox, author.

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Cadbury, Deborah, author.

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Cahan, Richard.

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Calhoun, Bob, author.

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Cali, Joseph, author.

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Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- author.

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Campanario, Gabriel, author.

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Campanario, Gabriel.

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Campbell, Melanie L., contributor.

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Canadian Museum of Civilization.

(1)

Cardinal, Isabelle, 1969- illustrator.

(1)

Cariou, Warren, 1966- editor, writer of introduction.

(1)

Carmona, Michel.

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Carson, Mary Kay, author.

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Carter, Hilton, 1979- author.

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Carter, Sarah, 1954- writer of foreword.

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Casey, Brian, author.

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Cavitch, Max, editor, author of introduction.

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Channel Four (Great Britain)

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Chantel, author.

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Chaoul, Alejandro, author.

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Charmei, Amber.

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Chauncey, George, author.

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Chiger, Krystyna, 1935-

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Chin, Ava.

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Chiras, Daniel D.

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Christensen, Julia, 1978- author.

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Church, Foster.

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Ciorniciuc, Radu, film director.

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Cizek, Katerina, author.

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Clendenan, Megan, 1977- author.

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Cleveland, John, author.

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Clune, Erin, author.

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi, author.

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi.

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Cocking, Lauren, author.

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Cognard-Black, Jennifer, 1969- editor of compilation.

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Collazo, Julie Schwietert, author.

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Collins, Max Allan, author.

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Collins, Mike, 1961 May 5- illustrator.

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Colville-Andersen, author.

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Condé Nast Publications, editor.

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Cook, Rande, 1977- artist.

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Corbin, Keith, 1980- author.

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Corton, Christine L., 1958-

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Cotter, Tradd, 1973-

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Cousteau Society.

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Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997.

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Crowe, David M.

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Curtis, Simon (Lecturer in international politics), author.

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Cutler, David M., author.

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DK Publishing, Inc.

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DK Publishing, Inc., publisher.

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Davidson, Danica, author.

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Davis, Mike, 1946-

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De Bastion, Roxanne, author.

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DeVries, Todd, on-screen participant.

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Dean, Martin, 1962- editor.

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Deming, Richard, 1970- author.

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Denison, Edward.

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Deschênes, Gaston, 1948-

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Desmarais, France, 1956- author.

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Di Michele, Mary, 1949- author.

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Dick, Francis, 1959- artist.

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Dimant, Ita, author.

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Dodds, Rachel, editor.

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Donald, Betsy, editor.

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Dorries, Heather, 1979- editor.

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Downs, Art, 1924-1996, editor of compilation.

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Downs, Art, 1924-1996, editor.

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Doyle, Marjorie M., 1953- author.

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Draper, Paula, author.

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Duckworth, Tammy, 1968- contributor.

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Dukin, Kerry, narrator.

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Dumont, Yves, 1974- illustrator.

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Dunn, Claire, author.

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Dunn, Rob R., author.

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Dyer, Geoff.

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Dzierżawska, Zosia, 1983- illustrator.

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EYE Film Instituut Nederland, production company.

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Eaton, Isa Hendry, 1976- author.

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Eichler, Jeremy (Music critic), author.

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Eiland, Howard.

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Elkin, Lauren, author.

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Emling, Shelley, author.

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Enache, Gica, on-screen participant.

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Enache, Rica, on-screen participant.

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Enache, Vali, on-screen participant.

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Epstein, Marcia Jenneth, 1951- author.

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Evans, Richard J., author.

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Everett, Laura, 1978- author.

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Faith (Author of Indigenous women and street gangs), author.

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Faloyin, Dipo, author.

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Family Affair Films, Production company.

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