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37.

Enid Blyton : the biography

Stoney, Barbara.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Books

Call Number

928.21 BLY

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:25262

38.

Billy Joel : the biography

Bego, Mark

Publication Date

2007

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8242 JOE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:148808

39.

George Michael : the biography

Jovanovic, Rob.

Publication Date

2007

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8242 MIC

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:166753

40.

Jimmy Stewart : a biography

Eliot, Marc.

Publication Date

2006

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.9143 STE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:130434

41.

Timothy Leary : a biography

Greenfield, Robert

Publication Date

2006

Format:

Books

Call Number

921.1 LEA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:123574

42.

Kate Bush : the biography

Jovanovic, Rob

Publication Date

2005

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8242 BUS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:121466

43.

The Beatles : the biography

Spitz, Bob.

Publication Date

2005

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8454 BEA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:621421

44.

Spike Milligan : the biography

Carpenter, Humphrey

Publication Date

2003

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.9145 MIL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:15339

45.

The Pound : a biography

Sinclair, David

Publication Date

2000

Format:

Books

Call Number

332.4941 SIN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:81928

46.

George Santayana : a biography

McCormick, John.

Publication Date

1987

Format:

Books

Call Number

921.1 SAN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:3836

47.

The universe : a biography

Murdin, Paul, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

523.109 MUR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:661987

48.

Led Zeppelin : the biography

Spitz, Bob, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8454 LED

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SD_ILS:621329

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Beatles.

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