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13.

Spying on spies : how Elizebeth Smith Friedman broke the Nazis' secret codes

Moss, Marissa, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

652.8 MOS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:798090

14.

Coretta : the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

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Call Number

323 KIN

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SD_ILS:798066

15.

Ketanji Brown Jackson : a justice for all

Charles, Tami, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

347.732634 CHA

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SD_ILS:682898

16.

Princess Diana

Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

941.085 SAN

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SD_ILS:670171

17.

Sisters in science : Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the atomic power of sisterhood

Marshall, Linda Elovitz, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

540.92 MAR

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SD_ILS:670177

18.

Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll! : presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll

Bolden, Tonya, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

782.254 BOL

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SD_ILS:706689

19.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the world : the story of two groundbreaking environmental artists

Neri, Greg, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

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Call Number

709.22 NER

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SD_ILS:707087

20.

The green piano : how little me found music

Flack, Roberta, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

782.42164 FLA

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SD_ILS:707105

21.

I am Mister Rogers

Meltzer, Brad, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

791.45028 MEL

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SD_ILS:692472

22.

On the tip of a wave : how Ai Weiwei's art is changing the tide

Ho, Joanna, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

709.2 AI

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SD_ILS:692507

23.

Brown boy : a memoir

Aziz, Omer, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

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Call Number

920.71 AZI

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SD_ILS:670227

24.

I felt the end before it came : memoirs of a queer ex-Jehovah's Witness

Cox, Daniel Allen, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

289.92 COX

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SD_ILS:672891

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