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A universal history of the destruction of books : from ancient Sumer to modern Iraq

Báez, Fernando, 1970-

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

027.009 BAE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:174176

Women's Power [digital video].

Dashú, Max, film director.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Digital

Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0C A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:579896

The complete book of the Olympics

Wallechinsky, David, 1948-.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

796.48 WAL 2008

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:166607

Sea of poppies

Ghosh, Amitav.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

GHO

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SD_ILS:167999

Show & tell : exploring the fine art of children's book illustration

Evans, Dilys.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

741.6 EVA

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SD_ILS:168475

The Great Race : the amazing Round-the-World Auto Race of 1908

Blackwood, Gary L.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

796.72 BLA

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SD_ILS:169077

The heretic's daughter [CD]

Kent, Kathleen, 1953-

Publication Date

2008

Format:

CDs

Call Number

KEN I25320087

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SD_ILS:171053

Stepping stones : interviews with Seamus Heaney

O'Driscoll, Dennis

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

821.914 ODR

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SD_ILS:171098

Hornblower and the hotspur [CD]

Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

CDs

Call Number

FOR I25308786

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SD_ILS:171679

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Hitler's private library : the books that shaped his life

Ryback, Timothy W.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

027.1092 RYB

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SD_ILS:173340

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Miss Spitfire [CD]: reaching Helen Keller

Miller, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-

Publication Date

2008

Format:

CDs

Call Number

MIL I2513663X

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SD_ILS:175313

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The maze of bones [CD]

Riordan, Rick.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

CDs

Call Number

RIO I25323714

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SD_ILS:176714

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Channel Islands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.

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England -- Fiction.

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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.

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London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction.

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Sea stories.

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Women authors -- Fiction.

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Admirals -- Fiction

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African Americans -- Biography.

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Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950 -- Juvenile fiction

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Alma (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.

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Alma (Personnage fictif) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

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Alphabet books

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Americans -- England -- History -- 21st century.

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Amputees -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.?UNAUTHORIZED

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Anthropology.

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Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction

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Astronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.

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Atlases.

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Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

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Audiobooks, Nonfiction

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Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.

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Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.

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Automobile racing -- History -- 20th century.

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Bible. English -- History.

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Bilingual books -- Juvenile fiction

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Black Sea Region -- History -- Fiction.

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Blind -- Juvenile fiction

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Bolen Books Children's Book Prize (2009) -- Nominee.

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Book editors -- United States -- Biography.

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Books and reading -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction

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Books and reading -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Books and reading.

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British -- South Africa -- Fiction

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California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile fiction.

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Canon (Literature) -- History and criticism.

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Caspian Sea Region -- History -- Fiction.

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Castles -- Europe -- History -- Juvenile literature.

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Censorship -- History

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Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 -- Juvenile literature.

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Chevaliers -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

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Chevaux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

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Children's stories -- Juvenile sound recordings.

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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.

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China -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

(1)

Christmas stories.

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

(1)

Code and cipher stories -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Social aspects -- United States.

(1)

Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.

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Cooking, Italian -- History -- 20th century.

(1)

Cooks -- Biography.

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Cosmology.

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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

(1)

Criticism.

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Current events.

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Deaf people -- Juvenile fiction

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Diaries -- Juvenile fiction

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Discoveries in geography -- History -- Maps.

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Documentary films.

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Douglas, James, 1803-1877 -- Juvenile fiction

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Education, Humanistic -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. -- Juvenile fiction

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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.

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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.

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Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Biography.

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Envie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

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Envy -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Ethics.

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Explorers -- History -- Maps.

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Families -- History -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.

(1)

Fiction.

(1)

Fidelma, Sister (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

(1)

Fortification -- Europe -- History -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643 -- Fiction.

(1)

Free will and determinism.

(1)

Freed persons -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Frontier and pioneer life -- British Columbia -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.

(1)

Gender identity.

(1)

Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.

(1)

Ghosts -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Good and evil.

(1)

Graphic novels

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Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.

(1)

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India.

(1)

Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Fiction.

(1)

Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature.

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Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction.

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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Fiction.

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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction

(1)

Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction.

(1)

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.

(1)

Great Race (1908).

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Great books of the Western world.

(1)

Haiku -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Hazan, Marcella

(1)

Hazan, Victor

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Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 -- Interviews

(1)

High interest-low vocabulary books.

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History -- Philosophy.

(1)

History, Ancient.

(1)

History.

(1)

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Books and reading.

(1)

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Knowledge and learning.

(1)

Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

(1)

Horses -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Hudson's Bay Company -- Juvenile fiction.

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Humorous fiction

(1)

Illustrated children's books -- United States -- History -- 21st century.

(1)

Illustrators -- United States.

(1)

Imaginary creatures -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.

(1)

India -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.

(1)

Ireland -- Fiction.

(1)

Ireland -- History -- To 1172 -- Fiction

(1)

Italian American women -- Biography.

(1)

Italian Americans -- Biography.

(1)

Japan -- History -- 1185-1868 -- Juvenile fiction.

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Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Jews -- Fiction.

(1)

Kamara, Mariatu.

(1)

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Khazars -- Fiction.

(1)

Knights and knighthood -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 -- Appreciation.

(1)

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation.

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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 -- Influence.

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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Chronicles of Narnia.

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Librarians -- Juvenile fiction

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Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- History

(1)

Libraries and state -- History

(1)

Library of Congress catalogs.

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Literature -- History and criticism.

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Literature.

(1)

Local authors.

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London (England) -- Fiction.

(1)

Lost articles -- Juvenile fiction.

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Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

(1)

Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Middle Ages -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Officials and employees -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Moyen Âge -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

(1)

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction

(1)

Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018

(1)

Names, Geographical -- United States.

(1)

Narnia (Imaginary place)

(1)

Natural History Museum (London, England)

(1)

Natural history -- History

(1)

Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods.

(1)

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction (CCBC Book Awards) (2009) -- Winner.

(1)

O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000 -- Manuscripts -- Facsimiles

(1)

Olympics -- History -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Olympics -- History.

(1)

Olympics -- Records -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Olympics -- Records.

(1)

Opium trade -- History -- Fiction.

(1)

Orphans -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

(1)

Orphans -- Great Britain -- Fiction.

(1)

Packhorse librarians -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Pan, Yuliang, 1895-1977 -- Fiction

(1)

People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Philosophy, Modern.

(1)

Philosophy.

(1)

Pitt, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

(1)

Poets, Irish -- 20th century -- Interviews

(1)

Police -- England -- London -- Fiction.

(1)

Police spouses -- Fiction.

(1)

Political science.

(1)

Poneys -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

(1)

Ponies -- Juvenile fiction

(1)

Prohibited books -- History

(1)

Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Allen, Richard, 1957-2013.

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Beam, Alex

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Blackwood, Gary L.

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Boehmer, Paul

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Brake, Donald L., 1939-

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Báez, Fernando, 1970-

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Campbell, Cassandra.

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Chabon, Michael

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Collective Eye Films (Firm), film distributor.

(1)

Cornwell, Bernard.

(1)

Coster, Nicolas, 1934-

(1)

Curless, John

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Dashú, Max, film director.

(1)

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. David Copperfield.

(1)

Donnelly, Terry.

(1)

Downie, Ruth, 1955-

(1)

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870.

(1)

Edwards, Pamela Duncan.

(1)

Epstein, Jennifer Cody

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Eudes-Pascal, Élisabeth

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Evans, Dilys.

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Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966.

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Foster, Mel.

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Galloway, Steven, 1975-

(1)

Gaminara, William.

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Ghosh, Amitav.

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Goto, Scott.

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Gravett, Christopher, 1951-

(1)

Groulx, Diane, 1965-

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Hajdu, David.

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Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018.

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Hazan, Marcella

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Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013

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Hemming, John, 1935-

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Henson, Heather.

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Herman, Arthur, 1956-

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Isaacs, Anne.

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Jeffrey, Gary.

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Jennings, Alex, reader.

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Kamara, Mariatu.

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Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.

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Kent, Kathleen, 1953-

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Mac Adam, Alfred J., 1941-

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Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848. Children of the New Forest.

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Martin, Rosa Maria

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McClelland, Susan.

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McClintock, Barbara.

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Mcmillan, Roy, reader.

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Miller, Laura, 1960-

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Miller, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-

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Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954-

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Morin, Jean, 1959-

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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018

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Nascimbene, Yan

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Nicholson, Geoff, 1953-

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Nietzsche, Friedrich, author.

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O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000

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O'Driscoll, Dennis

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Page, Michael (Michael J.)

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Stewart, George R., 1895-1980.

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Thompson, Jeffrey, 1970-

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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

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Tremayne, Peter

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Wallechinsky, David, 1948-.

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