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Driven to succeed : from poverty to podium

Netmaker, Kendal, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

338.74 NET

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SD_ILS:478279

With the devil's help : a true story of poverty, mental illness, and murder

Wooten, Neal, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

364.1523 WOO

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SD_ILS:661993

Cover image for Becoming Superman : my journey from poverty to Hollywood with stops along the way at murder, madness, mayhem, movie stars, cults, slums, sociopaths, and war crimes

Becoming Superman : my journey from poverty to Hollywood with stops along the way at murder, madness, mayhem, movie stars, cults, slums, sociopaths, and war crimes

Straczynski, J. Michael, 1954- author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.9145 STR

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SD_ILS:497481

My brother Moochie : regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South

Bailey, Issac J. author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

306.85 BAI

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SD_ILS:477718

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

Naomi's houses : a memoir

Tennison, Rosalie I., author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

Call Number

306.8743 TEN

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SD_ILS:804660

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

Chasing hope : a reporter's life

Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

920.573 KRI

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SD_ILS:707716

How the boogeyman became a poet

Keith, Anthony R., Jr., author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

811.6 KEI

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SD_ILS:708004

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Chasing hope [large print] : a reporter's life

Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- author.

Publication Date

2024

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920.573 KRI

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SD_ILS:723961

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Citizen : my life after the White House

Clinton, Bill, 1946- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

923.173 CLI

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SD_ILS:726743

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Above the noise : my story of chasing calm

DeRozan, DeMar, 1989- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

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Call Number

927.96323 DER

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SD_ILS:726724

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