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New & Noteworthy

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- Confessions of a First Born Daughter
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- Ryan, Katherine

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- The Day the Pagers Exploded: A Personal Account of the 2024 Israeli War on Lebanon
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- Cheikh Hassan, Hicham

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- I Can't Stop Thinking About Horses and Sex
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- Hanawalt, Lisa

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- Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo
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- Sundaram, Anjan

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- Nothing Compares to You: What Sinead O'Connor Means to Us
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- Huber, Sonya

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- This Is What Happens When Women Read
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- Glasse, Julianna

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- All the Way to the River: My Story of Love, Loss and Liberation
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- Gilbert, Elizabeth

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- The Death of Socrates: Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint
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- Wilson, Emily R.

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- Adrift in the South
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- Hai, Xiao

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- I Deliver Parcels in Beijing: On Making a Living
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- Hu, Anyan

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- Night People: How to Be a DJ in ‘90s New York City
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- Ronson, Mark

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- Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
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- Morris, Susana M.

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- The Scottish Colourists: Art & Life
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- Strang, Alice

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- Agatha Christie: The Mother of the Cozy Mystery
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- West, Nancy

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- Out of Place
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- Said, Edward W.

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- Welcome to Hell: From the West Bank to Gaza
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- Sabaaneh, Mohammad