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Head over heels : Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman : a love affair in words and pictures

Newman, Melissa, 1961- author, compiler.

Publication Date

2023

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927.9143 NEW

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SD_ILS:701545

14.

Think you'll be happy : moving through grief with grit, grace, and gratitude

Avant, Nicole, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

155.937 AVA

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SD_ILS:708148

15.

I'll build a stairway to paradise : a life of Bunny Mellon

Griswold, Mac K., author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

920.72 MEL

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SD_ILS:664248

16.

Heiresses [large print] : the lives of the million dollar babies

Thompson, Laura, 1964- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

305.48 THO

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SD_ILS:657043

17.

What we give : from marine to philanthropist : a memoir

Salman, Terry, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

338 SAL

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SD_ILS:664281

18.

An unplanned life : a memoir

Thomas, Franklin A., author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

923.673 THO

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SD_ILS:668566

19.

Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies

Thompson, Laura, 1964- author.

Publication Date

2022

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305.48 THO

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SD_ILS:635875

20.

Phantom plague : how tuberculosis shaped history

Krishnan, Vidya, author.

Publication Date

2022

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616.995 KRI

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SD_ILS:641861

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Between the mountain and the sky : a mother's story of love, loss, healing, and hope

Doyne, Maggie, author.

Publication Date

2022

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362.73 DOY

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SD_ILS:643006

22.

Stronger [DAISY talking book] : courage, hope, & humor in my life with John McCain

McCain, Cindy, 1954- author, narrator.

Publication Date

2021

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923.273 MCC

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SD_ILS:727057

23.

The good American : the epic life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian

Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

923.573 GER

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SD_ILS:586217

24.

Madam C.J. Walker : the making of an American icon

Ball, Erica L., 1971- author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

923.873 WAL

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SD_ILS:669176

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