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49.

The power of Adrienne Rich : a biography

Holladay, Hilary, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Books

Call Number

928.154 RIC

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SD_ILS:587533

50.

Venus and Aphrodite : a biography of desire

Hughes, Bettany, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Call Number

292.2 HUG

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SD_ILS:594283

51.

My brother, Muhammad Ali : the definitive biography

Ali, Rahaman, 1940- author.

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

927.9683 ALI

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SD_ILS:605377

52.

Dark star : a biography of Vivien Leigh

Strachan, Alan, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

927.92028 LEI

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SD_ILS:498064

53.

The shadow emperor : a biography of Napoléon III

Strauss-Schom, Alan author.

Publication Date

2018

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923.144 NAP

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SD_ILS:461711

54.

All that heaven allows : a biography of Rock Hudson

Griffin, Mark, 1968- author.

Publication Date

2018

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Call Number

927.9143 HUD

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SD_ILS:475709

55.

The invention of Angela Carter : a biography

Gordon, Edmund, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Call Number

928.21914 CAR

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SD_ILS:426733

56.

Soul survivor : a biography of Al Green

McDonough, Jimmy, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Call Number

927.8242 GRE

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SD_ILS:426044

57.

Folk music : a Bob Dylan biography in seven songs

Marcus, Greil, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

782.42164 MAR

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SD_ILS:672435

58.

His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama : an illustrated biography

Tethong, Tenzin Geyche, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

922.943 BST

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SD_ILS:639432

59.

Phil : the rip-roaring (and unauthorized!) biography of golf's most colorful superstar

Shipnuck, Alan, 1973- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

927.96352 MIC

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SD_ILS:647756

60.

Total f*cking godhead : the biography of Chris Cornell

Reiff, Corbin, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Call Number

782.42166 REI

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SD_ILS:590082

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