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37.

Oprah Winfrey : media legend and inspiration to millions

Dakers, Diane, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

791.4502 DAK

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:387922

38.

Albert Einstein : forging the path of modern physics

Dakers, Diane, author.

Publication Date

2014

Format:

Book

Call Number

530.092 DAK

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SD_ILS:387918

39.

The Beatles : leading the British invasion

Dakers, Diane, author.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Book

Call Number

782.42166 DAK

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SD_ILS:289067

40.

Elie Wiesel : Holocaust survivor and messenger for humanity

Dakers, Diane.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Book

Call Number

940.5318 DAK

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SD_ILS:289065

41.

Wayne Gretzky : greatness on ice

Morrison, J. A. (Jessica A.), 1984-

Publication Date

2011

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.962092 MOR

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SD_ILS:215243

42.

Cesar Chavez : champion and voice of farmworkers

Slade, Suzanne.

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Book

Call Number

331.8813 SLA

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SD_ILS:405263

43.

Joan of Arc : the teenager who saved her nation

Wilkinson, Philip, 1955-

Publication Date

2007

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Book

Call Number

944.026 WIL

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SD_ILS:172719

44.

Eleanor of Aquitaine : the queen who rode off to battle

Kramer, Ann.

Publication Date

2006

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Book

Call Number

941.031 KRA

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SD_ILS:137100

45.

The art of power [large print] : my story as America's first woman Speaker of the House

Pelosi, Nancy, 1940- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

Call Number

328.73 PEL

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SD_ILS:801525

46.

Doppelganger [large print] : a trip into the mirror world

Klein, Naomi, 1970- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

302.231 KLE

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SD_ILS:704439

47.

Rhythm man : Chick Webb and the beat that changed America

Stein Crease, Stephanie, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

Call Number

927.869 WEB

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SD_ILS:685068

48.

Insomnia [large print]

Benjamin, Marina, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Book

Call Number

362.1968 BEN

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SD_ILS:503797

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Eversmann, Matt, author.

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Fisher, David, 1946- author.

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Guinn, Jeff, author.

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Howe, Katherine, 1977- author.

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Norman, Philip, 1943- author.

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Sherman, Casey, 1969- author.

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De Visé, Daniel, author.

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Hodge, Susie, 1960- author.

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Innerst, Stacy, illustrator.

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Jobson, Robert, author.

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Leung, Julie, author.

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Meacham, Jon, author.

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Newbern, George, 1964- narrator.

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Smith, Sally Bedell, 1948- author.

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Bissinger, Buzz, 1954- author.

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Bourrie, Mark, 1957- author.

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Bower, Tom, author.

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Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.

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Brown, Craig, 1957- author.

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Brown, Monica, 1969- author.

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Byrne, Paula, author.

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Campbell, Cassandra, narrator.

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Chambers, Veronica, author.

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Cohen, Rachel, 1973- author.

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Cohen-Solal, Annie, 1948- author.

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Colón, Raúl, illustrator.

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Crowther, Gail, author.

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D'Antonio, Michael, author.

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Damrosch, Leopold, author.

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Dennison, Matthew, author.

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Dryden, Ken, 1947- author.

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Edmonds, Chris (Christopher Waring), 1957- author.

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Edwards, Gavin, 1968- author.

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Eggers, Dave, author.

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Engle, Margarita, author.

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Ernaux, Annie, 1940- author.

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Favilli, Elena, author.

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Fleming, Candace, author.

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Fraser, Antonia, 1932- author.

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Fuller, Alexandra, 1969- author.

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Geanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer, author.

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George-Warren, Holly, author.

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Gigliotti, Jim, author.

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Glenn, Ebony, illustrator.

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Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon, author.

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Golio, Gary, author.

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Goodwin, Doris Kearns, author.

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Grolleau, Fabien, 1972- author.

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Grush, Loren, author.

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Harrison, Lindsay, author.

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Heinecke, Liz Lee, author.

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Henican, Ellis, author.

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Hilburn, Robert, author.

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Hochschild, Adam, author.

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Holt, Nathalia, 1980- author.

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Hooper, Hadley, illustrator.

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Hope, Bradley, author.

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Horn, Jonathan, 1982- author.

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Iperen, Roxane van, author.

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Jones, Dan, 1977- author.

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Kalman, Maira, illustrator.

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Kashner, Sam, author.

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Keating, Jess, author.

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Kirtzman, Andrew, author.

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Kozinn, Allan, author.

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Krensky, Stephen, author.

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Lamott, Anne, author.

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Larman, Alexander, 1981- author.

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Lasky, Kathryn, author.

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Lee, Heath Hardage, author.

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Leslie, Jay, author.

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020, writer of afterword.

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Liftin, Hilary, author.

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Lownie, Andrew, author.

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Mackrell, Judith, author.

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Magoon, Kekla, author.

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Markel, Michelle, author.

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McCarten, Anthony, 1961- author.

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McDowell, Marta, author.

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McGilligan, Patrick, author.

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McGrath, Ben, author.

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Meadows, Michelle, author.

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Mensch, Josh, author.

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Messner, Kate, author.

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Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.

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Moorehead, Caroline, author.

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Morey, Arthur, narrator.

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Mynett, Geoff, 1946- author.

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Ménard, Johanne, 1955- author.

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O'Brien, Keith, 1973- author.

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Olson, Lynne, author.

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Ottaviani, Jim, author.

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Page, Susan, 1951- author.

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Palmer, Charly, illustrator.

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Pasternak, Anna, 1967- author.

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Pearlman, Jeff, author.

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Petkoff, Robert, narrator.

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