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37.

Ernest Hemingway [CD] : a biography

Dearborn, Mary V.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

CDs

Call Number

928.152 HEM

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:434636

38.

What happened, Miss Simone? : a biography

Light, Alan, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.8242 SIM

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:392744

39.

Einstein's greatest mistake : a biography

Bodanis, David, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

925.3 EIN

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SD_ILS:393037

40.

Peter O'Toole : the definitive biography

Sellers, Robert, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.9143 OTO

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SD_ILS:399264

41.

Orwell's nose : a pathological biography

Sutherland, John, 1938- author.

Publication Date

2016

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Books

Call Number

928.21912 ORW

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SD_ILS:407331

42.

Jane Austen: A Biography [hoopla audiobook]

Jenkins, Elizabeth, author.

Publication Date

2000

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Instantly available on hoopla.
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Call Number

IM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:746592

43.

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

44.

Spillane : King of pulp fiction : a biography

Collins, Max Allan, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

928.154 SPI

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SD_ILS:671738

45.

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

46.

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

47.

Jill : a biography of the First Lady

Pace, Julie, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

923.173 BID

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SD_ILS:654162

48.

Bourdain [large print] : the definitive oral biography

Woolever, Laurie, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

926.415 BOU

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SD_ILS:632732

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