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25.

Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey : a biography

Manguel, Alberto

Publication Date

2007

Format:

Books

Call Number

883.01 MAN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:153106

26.

Gandhi

Pastan, Amy

Publication Date

2006

Format:

Books

Call Number

954.035092 PAS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:128942

27.

Meet Elsie MacGill

MacLeod, Elizabeth, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Books

Call Number

629.13 MAC

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SD_ILS:498799

28.

Traitor king [large print] : the scandalous exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

Lownie, Andrew, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

941.084 LOW

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SD_ILS:662396

29.

Poet warrior [large print] : a memoir

Harjo, Joy, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

928.154 HAR

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SD_ILS:645458

30.

Hope [large print] : entertainer of the century

Zoglin, Richard, author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.927 HOP

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SD_ILS:305073

31.

The Brontë sisters [DVD video].

A & E Home Video (Firm)

Publication Date

2006

Format:

DVDs & blu-rays

Call Number

928.218 BRO I24529400

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:168804

32.

Shirley Temple [DVD video] : the biggest little star.

A & E Home Video (Firm)

Publication Date

2005

Format:

DVDs & blu-rays

Call Number

927.9143 TEM I24553608

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SD_ILS:164587

33.

Grief is for people [large print]

Crosley, Sloane, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

155.93 CRO

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SD_ILS:723964

34.

Conversations with RBG [large print] : Ruth Bader Ginsburg on life, love, liberty, and law

Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964- author.

Publication Date

2020

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Books

Call Number

923.473 GIN

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SD_ILS:588008

35.

Bruce Lee [DVD video] : the immortal dragon

A & E Home Video (Firm)

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Call Number

927.968 LEE I24548662

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SD_ILS:164577

36.

Ira Gershwin : a life in words

Owen, Michael, 1962- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Books

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927.8214 GER

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SD_ILS:788239

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Adaptation of (expression): Lee Shetterly, Margot. Hidden figures.

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