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Happy to help : adventures of a people pleaser

Wilson, Amy, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

817.6 WIL

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SD_ILS:724330

America, let me in : a choose your immigration story

Torres Medina, Felipe, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

325.73 TOR

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SD_ILS:802790

Lifeform

Slate, Jenny, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.6 SLA

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SD_ILS:720269

What this comedian said will shock you [CD]

Maher, Bill, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Call Number

818.602 MAH

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SD_ILS:723687

Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix: Crushing Love [hoopla comic]

Kahn, Ben, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Digital

Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image

Call Number

AM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:782083

Hey, Jesus, it's me : I have questions, comments, and concerns

Skrmetti, Ellen, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

230 SKR

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SD_ILS:790457

The dreamcatcher in the wry

Midge, Tiffany, 1965- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.6 MID

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SD_ILS:790447

Quietly hostile [large print] : essays

Irby, Samantha, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.6 IRB

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SD_ILS:694795

Naked in the rideshare : (stories of gross miscalculations)

Shaw, Rebecca (comedy writer), author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

818.602 SHA

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SD_ILS:708127

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We're all in this together... : so make some room

Papa, Tom, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

818.602 PAP

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SD_ILS:684194

11.

Congratulations, the best is over! : essays

Thomas, R. Eric, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

818.603 THO

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SD_ILS:685761

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Is it hot in here (or am I suffering for all eternity for the sins I committed on earth)?

Zimmerman, Zach, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

818.602 ZIM

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SD_ILS:665259

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Political satire, American.

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Sedaris, David. To Serbia with love.

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Allen, Woody, 1935- author.

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Barry, Dave. author.

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Lamar, Lacey, author.

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Lawson, Jenny, 1973- author.

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Lord Birthday, author, illustrator.

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Lord Birthday, author.

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Maher, Bill, author, narrator.

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Martin, Steve, 1945- author.

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Merkin, Daphne, writer of introduction.

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Mihesuah, Devon A., 1957- writer of introduction.

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Offerman, Nick, 1970- author, narrator.

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Quinn, Colin, 1959- author.

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Ruffin, Amber, author.

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Sedaris, David. Better place.

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Sedaris, David. Card wired.

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Sedaris, David. Christmas means giving.

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Sedaris, David. Fresh-caught haddock.

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Sedaris, David. Glen's homophobia newsletter vol. 3, no. 2.

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