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Biographies of B.C. postcard photographers

Waddington, Margaret, 1931-

Publication Date

2006

Format:

Book

Call Number

770.922711 BIO

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SD_ILS:155315

Women warriors in history : 1,622 biographies worldwide from the Bronze age to the present

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

REF 355.0082 SNO

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SD_ILS:796616

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Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound : portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of Northwestern America

Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935

Format:

Book

Call Number

910.9 MEA

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SD_ILS:62262

Nikkei fishermen on the BC coast : their biographies and photographs

Fukawa, Masako, 1940-

Publication Date

2007

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.1004956 NIK

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SD_ILS:155186

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Deep sea stories from the Thermopylae Club : tales of old-time deep-sea ships and fresh water craft, told by the sailors who manned these vessels, with short biographies of the story-tellers

Jupp, Ursula.

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Book

Call Number

910.45 JUP

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SD_ILS:9393

Who was who : a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died. --

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Book

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REF 920.041 WHO V.1 (1897-1915)

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SD_ILS:13307

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Men of the Pacific coast; containing portraits and biographies of the professional, financial and business men of California, Oregon and Washington, 1902-1903.

Publication Date

1903

Format:

Book

Call Number

920 MEN

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SD_ILS:101671

Galileo : the genius who faced the inquisition

Steele, Philip, 1948-

Publication Date

2005

Format:

Book

Call Number

520.92 STE

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SD_ILS:152382

Héros de chez nous

Trottier, Maxine

Publication Date

2003

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Book

Call Number

971.0099 TRO

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SD_ILS:44605

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Cary Grant : the making of a Hollywood legend

Glancy, Mark, 1962- author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

Call Number

927.9143 GRA

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SD_ILS:596520

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Wendy Carlos : a biography

Sewell, Amanda, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2020

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Call Number

927.8 CAR

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SD_ILS:562136

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A woman in engineering : memoirs of a trailblazer

Frize, Monique, 1942- author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

926.171 FRI

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SD_ILS:521875

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