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The Ruby Canton Collection is named in honor of a beloved Librarian who worked in the library from 1908-1928 when UCO was Central State Teachers' College. Ruby Canton's private library comprised the first titles in this collection.
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E160 .P43 2022 | 100 great American parks / | Pearson, Stephanie, 1970- (author) | 2022 |
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N7349.A5 A2 2021 | 1000 years of joys and sorrows : a memoir / | Ai, Weiwei, (author) | 2021 |
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PR6051.D3352 A3 2023 | 42 : the wildly improbable ideas of Douglas Adams / | Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3603.H35727 A615 2024 | 888 love and the divine burden of numbers / | Chang, Abraham, (author) | 2024 |
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PS3566.O83578 C68 2023 | A council of dolls : a novel / | Power, Mona Susan, 1961- (author) | 2023 |
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PR6115.N64 O56 2022 | A dance for the dead / | Onoh, Nuzo, (author) | 2022 |
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F R278d | A door in the dark / | Reintgen, Scott, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3606.O774 F6 2023 | A footnote to Plato : a novel / | Forsee, Tina Lee, (author) | 2023 |
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PN6733.C38 G84 2023 | A guest in the house / | Carroll, Emily, (author, artist) | 2023 |
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302.231 SL15a | Accountable : the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed / | Slater, Dashka, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3601.N552625 A64 2024 | Act of defiance / | Andrews, Brian, 1973- (author) | 2024 |
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G156 .H33 2023 | Airplane mode : an irreverent history of travel / | Habib, Shahnaz, (author) | 2023 |
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973.2 Ab37a | America redux : visual stories from our dynamic history / | Aberg-Riger, Ariel, (author) | 2023 |
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NX440 .A785 2018 | Art : the definitive visual guide / | 2018 | |
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BF335 .C525 2018 | Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones / | Clear, James, (author) | 2018 |
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PN2287.W497 A3 2023 | Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond / | Winkler, Henry, 1945- (author) | 2023 |
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QL684.O5 T45 2025 | Birds of Oklahoma field guide / | Tekiela, Stan, (author) | 2024 |
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ML3534.3 .B523 2023 | Black punk now : fiction, nonfiction, and comics / | 2023 | |
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PS3611.N64 B75 2023 | Bright young women / | Knoll, Jessica, (author) | 2023 |
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QL950.39 .R33 2022 | Butts : a backstory / | Radke, Heather, (author) | 2022 |
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PS3620.I534 C36 2023 | Camp Damascus / | Tingle, Chuck, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3601.D49 C48 2023 | Chain-gang all-stars / | Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame, (author) | 2023 |
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F G127co | Coraline / | Gaiman, Neil. | 2002 |
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F SL5c | Counting by 7s / | Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958- (author) | 2021 |
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P G127cr | Crazy hair / | Gaiman, Neil. | 2009 |
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PS3573.H4768 C76 2023 | Crook manifesto : a novel / | Whitehead, Colson, 1969- (author) | 2023 |
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F N811d | Danger and other unknown risks / | North, Ryan, 1980- (author) | 2023 |
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PS3561.O55 D48 2020 | Devoted / | Koontz, Dean R. 1945- (author) (Dean Ray), | 2020 |
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BL795.G63 H39 2024 | Divine might : goddesses in Greek myth / | Haynes, Natalie, (author) | 2024 |
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CT3262.I2 W47 2018 | Educated : a memoir / | Westover, Tara (author) | 2018 |
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PS3611.A368 A6 2023 | Every drop is a man's nightmare : stories / | Kakimoto, Megan Kamalei, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3613.A272544 E94 2024 | Every time I go on vacation, someone dies : a novel / | Mack, Catherine, (author) | 2024 |
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P F193e | Everything is Mama / | Fallon, Jimmy, (author) | 2019 |
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GV709 .B28 2023 | Fair play : how sports shape the gender debates / | Barnes, Katie (Journalist), (author) | 2023 |
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E184.C5 H8596 2024 | Feeding ghosts : a graphic memoir / | Hulls, Tessa, 1984- (author, illustrator) | 2024 |
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PN6071.D58 F68 2024 | Fourteen days : a literary project of the Authors Guild of America / | 2024 | |
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PS3625.A7384 F68 2023 | Fourth wing / | Yarros, Rebecca, (author) | 2023 |
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F Sp23f | Fox Point's own Gemma Hopper / | Spangler, Brie, (author, illustrator) | 2023 |
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PS3612.O369 F86 2022 | Funeral train / | Loewenstein, Laurie, (author) | 2022 |
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UB270 .H275 2023 | Ghosts of Honolulu : a Japanese spy, a Japanese American spy hunter, and the untold story of Pearl Harbor / | Harmon, Mark, 1951- (author) | 2023 |
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ML421.T762 W55 2019 | Go ahead in the rain : notes to A Tribe Called Quest / | Abdurraqib, Hanif, 1983- (author) | 2019 |
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E185.93.M8 W38 2023 | Great Falls, MT : fast times, post-punk weirdos, and a tale of coming home again / | Watts, Reggie, (author) | 2023 |
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PN6790.J34 M364 2023 | Haruki Murakami manga stories / | Deveney, Jean-Christophe, 1977- (adapter) | 2023 |
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PS3561.I483 H56 2023 | Holly : a novel / | King, Stephen, 1947- (author) | 2023 |
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PS3602.R3855 H68 2023 | House of cotton / | Brashears, Monica, (author) | 2023 |
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HQ76.98.K55 A3 2006 | I am not myself these days : a memoir / | Kilmer-Purcell, Josh, 1969- | 2006 |
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F Sh31i | I feed her to the beast and the beast is me / | Shea, Jamison, (author) | 2023 |
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PN2287.C532 A3 2023 | I'm no philosopher, but I got thoughts : mini-meditations for saints, sinners, and the rest of us / | Chenoweth, Kristin, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3625.A7384 I76 2023 | Iron flame / | Yarros, Rebecca, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3626.H35 L36 2023 | Land of milk and honey / | Zhang, C Pam, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3607.A756 L47 2022 | Lessons in chemistry / | Garmus, Bonnie, (author) | 2022 |
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PN6120.95.S33 L54 2023 | Life beyond us : an original anthology of SF stories and science essays / | 2023 | |
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GV1785.C635 C66 2014 | Life in motion : an unlikely ballerina / | Copeland, Misty. | 2014 |
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HV7436 .D86 2018 | Loaded : a disarming history of the Second Amendment / | Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938- (author) | 2018 |
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PS3612.E35554 L65 2023 | Loki's Ring / | Leicht, Stina, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3562.A8458 L66 2023 | Lone women : a novel / | LaValle, Victor, 1972- (author) | 2023 |
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PS3616.E439 L68 2023 | LoteriÌa / | Pelayo, Cynthia, (author) | 2023 |
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PN2598.S747 A3 2023 | Making it so : a memoir / | Stewart, Patrick, 1940- (author) | 2023 |
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PN6727.C565 M665 2023 | Monica / | Clowes, Daniel, (author, artist) | 2023 |
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PR9200.9.S16 M66 2023 | Monstrilio / | SaÌmano CoÌrdova, Gerardo, (author) | 2023 |
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PL870.J56 T7813 2023 | Nails and eyes / | Fujino, Kaori, 1980- (author) | 2023 |
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G226.M314 A3 2024 | Never leave the dogs behind : a memoir / | Madia, Brianna, (author) | 2024 |
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PS647.I5 N48 2023 | Never whistle at night : an Indigenous dark fiction anthology / | 2023 | |
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TX360.U6 K46 2023 | No meat required : the cultural history and culinary future of plant-based eating / | Kennedy, Alicia (author) (Food writer), | 2023 |
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BQ9800.T5392 N454617 2014 | No mud, no lotus : the art of transforming suffering / | NhaÌ‚Ìt HaÌ£nh, ThiÌch, (author) | 2014 |
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PS3612.O27 N6 2021 | No one is talking about this / | Lockwood, Patricia, (author) | 2021 |
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PS3613.A816 N67 2023 | North woods : a novel / | Mason, Daniel (author) (Daniel Philippe), | 2023 |
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E175 .D86 2021 | Not "a nation of immigrants" : settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion / | Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938- (author) | 2021 |
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ML420.M34125 A3 2023 | Not that fancy : simple lessons on living, loving, eating, and dusting off your boots / | McEntire, Reba, (author) | 2023 |
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PR6106.L37 N68 2023 | Nothing special : a novel / | Flattery, Nicole, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3603.H655 O232 2024 | Ocean's Godori / | Cho, Elaine U., (author) | 2024 |
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BV4527 .L63334 2023 | On our best behavior : the seven deadly sins and the price women pay to be good / | Loehnen, Elise, (author) | 2023 |
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F P442o | On the edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness / | Peterson, Andrew, 1974- (author) | 2020 |
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PS3613.C587545 O54 2023 | One last stop / | McQuiston, Casey, (author) | 2023 |
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P D626o | Oona / | DiPucchio, Kelly, (author) | 2021 |
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PS3808.E5527 O84 2023 | Other people's clothes : a novel / | Henkel, Calla, 1988- (author) | 2023 |
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PR6115.Y49 P37 2021 | Parasol against the axe / | Oyeyemi, Helen, (author) | 2024 |
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PS3607.O895 P56 2023 | Piñata / | Gout, Leopoldo, (author) | 2023 |
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N6537.H348 G66 2024 | Radiant : the life and line of Keith Haring / | Gooch, Brad, 1952- (author) | 2024 |
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JK468.A8 P35 2023 | Recoding America : why government is failing in the digital age and how we can do better / | Pahlka, Jennifer, (author) | 2023 |
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F Sa21s | Secrets so deep / | Sain, Ginny Myers, (author) | 2022 |
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PQ7798.29.C5388 S5413 2022 | Seven empty houses / | Schweblin, Samanta, 1978- (author) | 2022 |
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PS3552.A244 A6 2016 | Slow days, fast company : the world, the flesh, and L.A. / | Babitz, Eve, (author) | 2016 |
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HC79.L3 N497 2024 | Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout / | Newport, Cal, (author) | 2024 |
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PR9199.3.H3676 S66 2023 | Snow Road Station : a novel / | Hay, Elizabeth, 1951- (author) | 2023 |
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RC438.6.G34 A3 2024 | Sociopath : a memoir / | Gagne, Patric, (author) | 2024 |
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E185.61 .G4 2023 | Stamped from the beginning : a graphic history of racist ideas in America / | Gill, Joel Christian, (adapter, artist) | 2023 |
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PS3545.I5286 S7 2003 | Stoner / | Williams, John, 1922-1994, (author) | 2003 |
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QL782 .B37 2020 | Supernavigators : exploring the wonders of how animals find their way / | Barrie, David, 1953- (author) | 2020 |
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PN2287.B16355 A3 2023 | Sure, I'll join your cult : a memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere / | Bamford, Maria, 1970- (author) | 2023 |
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RC88.9.S94 F858 2023 | Survive and thrive : how to prepare for any disaster without ammo, camo, or eating your neighbor / | Fulton, Bill (Undercover operative), (author) | 2023 |
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PS3558.I347 S936 2024 | Swan song / | Hilderbrand, Elin, (author) | 2024 |
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PS3620.O945 T33 2024 | Table for two : fictions / | Towles, Amor, (author) | 2024 |
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ML420.E88 A3 2023 | Talking to my angels / | Etheridge, Melissa, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3566.A822 A619396 2024 | The 24th hour / | Patterson, James, 1947- (author) | 2024 |
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HG179 .G267 2024 | The algebra of wealth : a simple formula for financial security / | Galloway, Scott, 1964- (author) | 2024 |
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HQ792.U5 H23 2024 | The anxious generation : how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness / | Haidt, Jonathan, (author) | 2024 |
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N8795.5.B74 F56 2023 | The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession / | Finkel, Michael, (author) | 2023 |
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F C696b | The ballad of songbirds and snakes / | Collins, Suzanne, (author) | 2020 |
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PS3570.O22 B37 2012 | The barbarian nurseries / | Tobar, HeÌctor, 1963- | 2012 |
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PR9199.4.S726 B66 2022 | The book of cold cases / | St. James, Simone, (author) | 2022 |
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PS3557.R5355 B69 2023 | The boys from Biloxi / | Grisham, John, (author) | 2023 |
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GV796 .B76 2013 | The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics / | Brown, Daniel James, 1951- (author) | 2013 |
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PR6113.A486 C46 2023 | The Centre / | Manazir Siddiqi, Ayesha, (author) | 2023 |
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TX837 .C683 2020 | The complete plant based cookbook : 500 inspired, flexible recipes for eating well without meat / | 2020 | |
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BF408 .R7368 2023 | The creative act : a way of being / | Rubin, Rick, (author) | 2023 |
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F L629d | The dragon's promise / | Lim, Elizabeth, (author) | 2022 |
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PS3604.U385 E87 2018 | The extraordinary life of Sam Hell : a novel / | Dugoni, Robert, (author) | 2018 |
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PR6037.H513 F67 2021 | The fortnight in September : a novel / | Sherriff, R. C. 1896-1975, (author) (Robert Cedric), | 2021 |
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PR6069.M59 F73 2023 | The fraud / | Smith, Zadie, (author) | 2023 |
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RM222.2 .H312 2023 | The Galveston diet : the doctor-developed, patient-proven plan to burn fat and tame your hormonal symptoms / | Haver, Mary Claire (Medical doctor), (author) | 2023 |
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PN6733.S625 G85 2024 | The gulf / | De Souza, Adam, (author, illustrator) | 2024 |
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PS3604.A938 L37 2021 | The last thing he told me : a novel / | Dave, Laura, (author) | 2021 |
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PS3605.A765 L68 2023 | The lost journals of Sacajewea : a novel / | Earling, Debra Magpie, (author) | 2023 |
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N610 .A6736 2016 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art : masterpiece paintings / | Galitz, Kathryn Calley, 1964- (author) | 2016 |
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PS3604.E5355 M7 2023 | The missing morningstar : and other stories / | Denetsosie, Stacie Shannon, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3566.A822 M87 2024 | The murder inn / | Patterson, James, 1947- (author) | 2024 |
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PS3553.O42434 N48 2021 | The Netanyahus : an account of a minor and ultimately even negligible episode in the history of a very famous family / | Cohen, Joshua, 1980- (author) | 2021 |
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RG186 .H38 2024 | The new menopause : navigating your path through hormonal change with purpose, power, and facts / | Haver, Mary Claire (Medical doctor), (author) | 2024 |
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F M699o | The ones we burn / | Mix, Rebecca, (author) | 2022 |
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PS3608.A783293 O85 2021 | The other Black girl : a novel / | Harris, Zakiya Dalila, (author) | 2021 |
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F R278p | The problem with prophecies / | Reintgen, Scott, (author) | 2022 |
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SF422.86 .G635 2023 | The purest bond : understanding the human-canine connection / | Golbeck, Jen, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3613.I344475 Q54 2023 | The quiet tenant / | Michallon, CleÌmence, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3607.U54827 R33 2022 | The rabbit hutch / | Gunty, Tess, (author) | 2022 |
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Z278 .P38 2024 | The secret lives of booksellers and librarians : true stories of the magic of reading / | Patterson, James, 1947- (author) | 2024 |
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F G127s | The sleeper and the spindle / | Gaiman, Neil, (author) | 2015 |
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PS3603.O4865 S65 2023 | The spite house / | Compton, Johnny, (author) | 2023 |
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ND623.L5 A7 2023 | The thefts of the Mona Lisa : the complete story of the world's most famous artwork / | Charney, Noah, (author) | 2024 |
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ND646 .M78 2023 | The upside-down world : meetings with the Dutch masters / | Moser, Benjamin, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3607.R6344 V37 2023 | The vaster wilds / | Groff, Lauren, (author) | 2023 |
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G530.W25 G73 2023 | The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder / | Grann, David, (author) | 2023 |
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ML420.S714 A3 2023 | The woman in me / | Spears, Britney, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3558.A4763 W66 2024 | The women / | Hannah, Kristin, (author) | 2024 |
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PN6231.M68 B66 2022 | There are moms way worse than you : irrefutable proof that you are indeed a fantastic parent / | Boozan, Glenn, (author) | 2022 |
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F Sp83t | There's no way I'd die first / | Springer, Lisa, (author) | 2023 |
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PN2287.W356 A3 2023 | Thicker than water : a memoir / | Washington, Kerry, 1977- (author) | 2023 |
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TR727 .S6584 2023 | This book is literally just pictures of tiny animals that will make you smile / | 2023 | |
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PS3604.O554 T46 2023 | Those empty eyes / | Donlea, Charlie, (author) | 2023 |
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PR6108.A737 T58 2023 | Titanium noir : a novel / | Harkaway, Nick, 1972- (author) | 2023 |
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PS3503.R2736 T76 2010 | Trout fishing in America / | Brautigan, Richard, (author) | 2010 |
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PS3604.I17 T78 2023 | Trust / | DiÌaz, HernaÌn, 1973- (author) | 2023 |
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PS3603.A533 V36 2023 | Vampires of El Norte / | Cañas, Isabel, (author) | 2023 |
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ND653.G7 A4 2015 | Vincent van Gogh : the complete paintings / | Metzger, Rainer, (author) | 2015 |
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QL676 .S57 2020 | What it's like to be a bird : from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and why / | Sibley, David, 1961- (author, illustrator) | 2020 |
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HD6054.3 .B667 2022 | When women lead : what they achieve, why they succeed, and how we can learn from them / | Boorstin, Julia, (author) | 2022 |
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PS3618.E4327 W45 2024 | Where butterflies wander : a novel / | Redfearn, Suzanne, (author) | 2024 |
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QK98.5 .K364 2021 | Wild edible plants of Oklahoma / | Kane, Charles W., (author) | 2021 |
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PN2287.S612 A3 2021 | Will / | Smith, Will, 1968- (author) | 2021 |
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HQ1735.2 .F4613 2024 | Woman, life, freedom / | Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- (creator, author, artist) | 2024 |
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PN2287.S59 A3 2023 | Worthy / | Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971- (author) | 2023 |
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PN6728.X2 W539 2023 | X-Terminators / | Williams, Leah, (author) | 2023 |
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PS3561.I483 Y68 2024 | You like it darker : stories / | King, Stephen, 1947- (author) | 2024 |
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N7349.A5 A2 2024 | Zodiac : a graphic memoir / | Ai, Weiwei, (author) | 2024 |
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