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Aristotle: A Graphic Biography [hoopla comic]

Apostolidis, Tassos, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Digital

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Call Number

AM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:793198

Ingenious : a biography of Benjamin Franklin, scientist

Munson, Richard, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

973.3 MUN

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SD_ILS:785210

Songbird : an intimate biography of Christine McVie

Jones, Lesley-Ann, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8242 MCV

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SD_ILS:726849

JFK Jr. [CD] : an intimate oral biography

Terenzio, RoseMarie, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

CDs

Call Number

920.71 KEN

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SD_ILS:785026

Shemp! : the biography of the Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, the face of film comedy

Kearns, Burt, author.

Publication Date

2024

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927.9143 HOW

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SD_ILS:791628

A flash of color & light : a biography of Dale Chihuly

Mentyka, Sharon, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

748 MEN

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SD_ILS:787669

How to know a crow : the biography of a brainy bird

Savage, Candace, 1949- author

Publication Date

2024

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598.864 SAV

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SD_ILS:728510

A few words in defense of our country : the biography of Randy Newman

Hilburn, Robert, author.

Publication Date

2024

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927.8242 NEW

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SD_ILS:726758

The name of this band is R.E.M. : a biography

Carlin, Peter Ames, author.

Publication Date

2024

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927.8242 REM

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SD_ILS:726811

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Catherine, the Princess of Wales [CD] : a biography of the future queen

Jobson, Robert, author.

Publication Date

2024

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CDs

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923.241 CAT

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SD_ILS:785022

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JFK Jr. [large print] : an intimate oral biography

Terenzio, RoseMarie, author.

Publication Date

2024

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920.71 KEN

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SD_ILS:785067

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A Life Observed : A Spiritual Biography of C.S. Lewis [hoopla audiobook]

Brown, Devin, author.

Publication Date

2013

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