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Fryderyk Chopin : a life and times

Walker, Alan, 1930- author.

Publication Date

2018

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927.8 CHO

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SD_ILS:469770

Norman Lear : his life and times

Whetsell, Tripp, author.

Publication Date

2025

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927.9145 LEA

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SD_ILS:788593

Gorbachev : his life and times

Taubman, William, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Call Number

923.147 GOR

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SD_ILS:425673

In the early times : a life reframed

Friend, Tad, author.

Publication Date

2022

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929.20973 FRI

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SD_ILS:659480

Hoover : an extraordinary life in extraordinary times

Whyte, Kenneth, author.

Publication Date

2017

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923.173 HOO

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SD_ILS:443248

The life and times of Mickey Rooney

Birnes, William J., author.

Publication Date

2015

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927.9143 ROO

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SD_ILS:363664

Serving herself : the life and times of Althea Gibson

Brown, Ashley, author.

Publication Date

2023

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927.96342 GIB

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SD_ILS:672470

The King's painter : the life and times of Hans Holbein

Moyle, Franny, author.

Publication Date

2021

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927.593 HOL

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SD_ILS:670545

The Commander : the life and times of Harry Steele

Langan, F. F., author.

Publication Date

2019

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923.8718 STE

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SD_ILS:498688

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She came to slay : the life and times of Harriet Tubman

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong, author.

Publication Date

2019

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923.673 TUB

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SD_ILS:516668

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True west : Sam Shepard's life, work, and times

Greenfield, Robert, author.

Publication Date

2023

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928.1254 SHE

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SD_ILS:672925

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The rulebreaker : the life and times of Barbara Walters

Page, Susan, 1951- author.

Publication Date

2024

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920.573 WAL

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