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Meet Viola Desmond

MacLeod, Elizabeth, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.600496 MAC

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SD_ILS:476846

Insomnia [large print]

Benjamin, Marina, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

362.1968 BEN

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SD_ILS:503797

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

Williams, Kate, 1974- author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

Call Number

923.141 ELI II

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SD_ILS:382496

Carson the magnificent [large print]

Zehme, Bill, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.9145 CAR

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SD_ILS:791125

In the weeds [large print] : around the world and behind the scenes with Anthony Bourdain

Vitale, Tom, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

926.415 VIT

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SD_ILS:647077

Dinners with Ruth [large print] : a memoir on the power of friendships

Totenberg, Nina, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.9144 TOT

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SD_ILS:672850

Group [large print] : how one therapist and a circle of strangers saved my life

Tate, Christie, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

616.89152 TAT

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SD_ILS:616110

Coming to my senses [large print] : the making of a counterculture cook

Waters, Alice, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

926.415 WAT

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SD_ILS:467434

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

Riggs, Nina, author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Book

Call Number

362.19699449 RIG

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SD_ILS:443904

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Browsings [large print] : a year of reading, collecting, and living with books

Dirda, Michael, author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

Call Number

028.9 DIR

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SD_ILS:382450

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The life of Herod the Great : a novel

Hurston, Zora Neale, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

HUR

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SD_ILS:792161

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Allegro

Dorfman, Ariel, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author.

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Howe, Katherine, 1977- author.

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King, Laurie R., author.

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Lewis, Michael (Michael M.), author.

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Macintyre, Ben, 1963- author.

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Morris, Heather (Screenwriter), author.

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Morton, Andrew, 1953- author.

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Murphy, Lisa (Colorist), illustrator.

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Murray, Victoria Christopher, author.

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Page, Susan, 1951- author.

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Paul, Gill, 1960- author.

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Picoult, Jodi, 1966- author.

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

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Preston, John, 1953- author.

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Quinn, Tom, 1956- author.

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Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968- author.

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Robbins, Dean, 1957- author.

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Slater, Lyn, author.

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Sternfeld, Jon, author.

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Turnbull, Bryn, author.

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Vitale, Tom, author.

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Weir, Alison, 1951- author.

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You, Peiyun, 1967- author.

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Zhang, Qian, author.

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translation of: Escobar, Mario, 1971- Maestro. English.

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Abel, Jordan, 1985- author.

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Albom, Mitch, 1958- author.

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Andrews, Julie, author.

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Anthony, Carl Sferrazza, author.

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Appelbaum, Frederick R., author.

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Arserio, Shiromi, narrator.

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Art Canada Institute, publisher.

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Arthur, Alua, author.

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Asay, Paul, author.

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Babitz, Eve. Slow days.

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Bell, Jason (Professor of philosophy), author.

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Berti, Eduardo, 1964- author.

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Bertinelli, Valerie, 1960- author.

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Bickerdike, Jennifer Otter, author.

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Bilger, Burkhard, author.

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Bird, Sarah, author.

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Bissinger, Buzz, 1954- author.

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Black Thought, 1973- author.

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Blackstone Publishing, publisher.

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Blain, Ewen, artist.

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Blain, Keisha N., 1985- editor.

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Blais, Madeleine, author.

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Bloom, Amy, 1953- author.

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Borman, Tracy, author.

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Bowie, John Ross, 1971- author.

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Bowman, Donna Janell, author.

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Brackett, Donald, 1951- author.

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Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.

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Brady, Tim, 1955- author.

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Breen, Mary Fairhurst, 1963- author.

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Brewster, Hugh, author.

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Brooks, Ben, 1992- author.

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Brooks, Geraldine.

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Broome, Brian, author.

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Brown, Cole, author.

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Brown, Jason, 1983- author.

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Brown, Liz, 1971 May 20- author.

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Brown, Tameka Fryer, author.

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Brunt, Douglas, author.

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Bryant, Jen, 1960- author.

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Burton, Cate May, 1991- author.

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Buttrose, Larry, 1952-

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Campbell, Jim (Radio show host), author.

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Campbell, Wanda, 1963- editor.

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Cantor, Jillian, author.

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Carder, Mary-Clare, author.

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Carlin, Peter Ames, author.

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Carlisle, Clare, 1977- author.

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Carnarvon, Fiona, Countess of, author.

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Carr, Cynthia, 1950- author.

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Carrau, Bob, author.

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Castro, Beatriz, 1985- illustrator.

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Cave, Nick, 1957- author.

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Cecchi-Azzolina, Michael, author.

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Chafkin, Max, author.

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Chaline, Thomas, 1973- author.

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Chase-Riboud, Barbara, author.

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Chen, Katherine J., 1990- author.

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Cheng, Cynthia Yuan, illustrator.

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Cheng, Wen, 1974- translator.

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Chin-Quee, Anthony, author.

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Chin-Tanner, Tyler, publisher.

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Chute, Hannah, 1992- translator.

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Clavin, Thomas, author.

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Clavin, Tom, 1954- author.

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Cocca-Leffler, Maryann, 1958- author.

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Coelho, Paulo, author.

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