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Code name: Pale Horse : how I went undercover to expose America's Nazis

Payne, Scott (FBI agent), author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

335.60973 PAY

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SD_ILS:715715

Ruby Bridges : a talk with my teacher

Bridges, Ruby, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

379.2 BRI

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SD_ILS:794108

You'll never believe me : a life of lies, second tries, and things I should only tell my therapist

Ferrell, Kari, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

364.1 FER

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SD_ILS:795001

Take my name but say it slow : essays

Dai, Thomas, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.6 DAI

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SD_ILS:794985

This changes everything : a surprisingly funny story about race, cancer, faith, and other things we don't talk about

Merritt, Tyler, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

616.994 MER

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SD_ILS:794988

When you're ready : a love story

Rosser, Kareem, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.96353 ROS

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SD_ILS:798213

The art of power [large print] : my story as America's first woman Speaker of the House

Pelosi, Nancy, 1940- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

328.73 PEL

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SD_ILS:801525

Bone of the bone [large print] : essays on America by a daughter of the working class

Smarsh, Sarah, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.5620973 SMA

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SD_ILS:801526

Alligator tears : a memoir in essays

Gomez, Edgar (Writer), author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

306.7662 GOM

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SD_ILS:804084

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Firstborn girls : a memoir

McFadden, Bernice L., author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

Call Number

928.154 MCF

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SD_ILS:804111

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Good soil : the education of an accidental farmhand

Chu, Jeff, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

635.01 CHU

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SD_ILS:804121

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How to be a good girl : a miscellany

Hood, Jamie author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

818.603 HOO

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