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In the garden of the righteous [CD] : the heroes who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust

Hurowitz, Richard, author.

Publication Date

2023

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CDs

Call Number

940.531835 HUR

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SD_ILS:672943

Gender rebels : 30 trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive heroes past and present

Locke, Katherine, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.76809 LOC

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SD_ILS:701461

The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary

Ogilvie, Sarah, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

423 OGI

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SD_ILS:695096

The last action heroes : the triumphs, flops, and feuds of Hollywood's kings of carnage

De Semlyen, Nick, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

791.43028 DES

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SD_ILS:684160

Kutuzov : a life in war and peace

Mikaberidze, Alexander, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

923.547 KUT

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SD_ILS:657089

Stan Lee : a life

Batchelor, Bob, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

927.415 LEE

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SD_ILS:678453

Canadian courage : true stories of Canada's everyday heroes

Pruessen, Linda, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

920.071 PRU

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SD_ILS:625090

Three ordinary girls : the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins--and WWII heroes

Brady, Tim, 1955- author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

940.53492 BRA

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SD_ILS:597544

The rise and fall of Charles Lindbergh

Fleming, Candace, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Books

Call Number

629.13092 FLE

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SD_ILS:554834

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Possess the air : love, heroism, and the battle for the soul of Mussolini's Rome

Grescoe, Taras, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Books

Call Number

945.091 GRE

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SD_ILS:508997

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Go show the world : a celebration of Indigenous heroes

Kinew, Wab, 1981- author.

Publication Date

2018

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Call Number

970.004 KIN

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SD_ILS:480545

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Shaking things up : 14 young women who changed the world

Hood, Susan, 1954- author.

Publication Date

2018

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Call Number

305.4 HOO

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SD_ILS:451776

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Anti-fascist movements -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.

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Bagnani, Gilbert, 1900-1985.

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Bagnani, Stewart, 1903-1996.

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Baseball -- United States -- History.

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Beckham, David, 1975- -- Juvenile literature.

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Biographical poetry.

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Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Canada -- Biography.

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Cheng, Long, 1954-

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Child labor -- Pakistan -- Juvenile literature.

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Children's rights -- Pakistan -- Juvenile literature.

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Courage -- Canada.

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Crowther, Welles.

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Damme, Jean-Claude van, 1960-

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De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931.

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Enslaved children -- Pakistan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Environmentalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Escaped prisoners -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography.

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Feminist criticism -- Juvenile literature.

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Generals -- Russia -- Biography.

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Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.

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Governor General's Award for English-language young people's literature - illustrated books (2018) -- Nominee.

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Governors -- Montana -- Biography.

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Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

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Heroes -- Biography.

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History -- Juvenile literature.

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Hockey players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Irish Americans -- Biography.

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Italy -- History -- 1914-1945.

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Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich, svetleĭshiĭ kni͡azʹ Smolenskiĭ, 1745-1813.

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Lee, Stan, 1922-2018.

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Lexicographers -- Biography.

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 -- Juvenile literature.

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Lundgren, Dolph, 1959-

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Masih, Iqbal, 1982-1995 -- Juvenile literature.

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Meagher, Thomas Francis, 1823-1867.

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Multiple personality -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.

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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia.

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National Action Committee on the Status of Women -- Presidents -- Biography.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

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National Hockey League -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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National Hockey League -- Biography.

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Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.

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Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction (CCBC Book Awards) (2019) -- Nominee.

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Norris, Chuck.

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Oxford English dictionary.

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Political activists -- Italy -- Biography.

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Pro-choice movement -- Canada.

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Rebick, Judy.

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Rescue work -- Biography.

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Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography.

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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Biography.

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Role models -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Rug and carpet industry -- Pakistan -- Juvenile literature.

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Schaft, Hannie, 1920-1945.

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Schwarzenegger, Arnold.

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Seagal, Steven.

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Self-realization -- Juvenile literature.

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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Biography.

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Soccer players -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Social role -- Juvenile literature.

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Stallone, Sylvester.

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Transgender people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Transgender people -- History -- Juvenile literature.

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.

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United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.

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United States. Army of the Potomac. Irish Brigade.

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Victims of terrorism -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

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Video game designers -- United States -- Biography.

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Video games -- Design.

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Violence in video games.

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Volunteer fire fighters.

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Williams, Walt.

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Willis, Bruce, 1955-

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Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Women -- History -- Juvenile literature.

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Women adventurers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Women daredevils -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Women social reformers -- Canada -- Biography.

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World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands -- Biography.

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YALSA Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction (2021) -- Winner.

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Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- -- Juvenile literature.

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