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25.

Spitfire : the biography

Glancey, Jonathan

Publication Date

2006

Format:

Books

Call Number

623.7464 GLA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:137776

26.

Shackleton : a biography

Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir, 1944- author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

919.8904 FIE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:588538

27.

Orlando : a biography

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Books

Call Number

WOO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:548795

28.

A. Lincoln : a biography

White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939-

Publication Date

2009

Format:

Books

Call Number

923.173 LIN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:177220

29.

Maeve Binchy : the biography

Dudgeon, Piers.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Books

Call Number

928.21914 BIN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:287289

30.

Joss Whedon : the biography

Pascale, Amy.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.9145 WHE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:298332

31.

Superman : the unauthorized biography

Weldon, Glen.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Books

Call Number

741.5973 WEL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:264847

32.

Michael Douglas : a biography

Eliot, Marc.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.9143 DOU

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:253155

33.

Saul Steinberg : a biography

Bair, Deirdre.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.4173 STE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:262993

34.

Steve McQueen : a biography

Eliot, Marc

Publication Date

2011

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.9143 MCQ

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:234383

35.

Trotsky : a graphic biography

Geary, Rick.

Publication Date

2009

Format:

Books

Call Number

923.247 TRO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:194202

36.

Michael Bublé : the biography

Peel, Juliet.

Publication Date

2009

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8242 BUB

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:196628

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