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Meet Chris Hadfield

MacLeod, Elizabeth, author.

Publication Date

2018

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Book

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629.450092 MAC

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Chris Hadfield : inspiring new generations to explore space

Dakers, Diane, author.

Publication Date

2016

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Book

Call Number

629.450092 DAK

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Amelia Earhart : pioneering aviator and force for women's rights

Dakers, Diane, author.

Publication Date

2016

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Book

Call Number

629.13092 DAK

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Wayne Gretzky : greatness on ice

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

Publication Date

2011

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Book

Call Number

796.962092 MOR

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Young Elizabeth [large print] : the making of the queen

Williams, Kate, 1974- author.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

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923.141 ELI II

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Conversations with RBG [large print] : Ruth Bader Ginsburg on life, love, liberty, and law

Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964- author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

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923.473 GIN

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The Duchess [large print] : Camilla Parker Bowles and the love affair that rocked the crown

Junor, Penny, author.

Publication Date

2018

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Book

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923.141 CAM

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Prince Charles [large print] : the passions and paradoxes of an improbable life

Smith, Sally Bedell, 1948- author.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

Call Number

923.141 CHA III

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The bright hour [large print] : a memoir of living and dying

Riggs, Nina, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

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362.19699449 RIG

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Chris Hadfield

Donaldson, Chelsea, 1959- author.

Publication Date

2015

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629.450092 DON

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Norman Lear : his life and times

Whetsell, Tripp, author.

Publication Date

2025

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927.9145 LEA

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Ira Gershwin : a life in words

Owen, Michael, 1962- author.

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2025

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927.8214 GER

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Butler, Jennifer L., 1958- author.

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Campbell, Nancy, 1965- author.

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Cauchi, Caroline, 1973- author.

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