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Books : a memoir.

Authors : McMurtry, Larry

Subjects: Antiquarian booksellers -- United States -- Biography; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography; BiographiesMcMurtry, Larry -- Books and reading; McMurtry, Larry -- Childhood and youth; McMurtry, Larry -- Homes and haunts -- Texas

Availability: 2 Holdings

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Running the books : the adventures of an accidental prison librarian.

Authors : Steinberg, Avi

Subjects: Prison librarians -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography; BiographiesSteinberg, Avi

Availability: 1 Holdings

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The catalogue of shipwrecked books : Christopher Columbus, his son, and the quest to build the world's greatest library.

Authors : Wilson-Lee, Edward, author

Subjects: Book collectors -- Spain -- Biography; Historians -- Spain -- Biography; Bibliographers -- Spain -- BiographyBiblioteca ColombinaColón, Fernando, 1488-1539

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Sentence : ten years and a thousand books in prison.

Authors : Genis, Daniel, 1978-, author

Subjects: Prisoners -- New York (State) -- Biography; Drug addicts -- New York (State) -- Biography; Drug abuse and crime -- New York (State)Genis, Daniel, 1978- -- Imprisonment; Genis, Daniel, 1978- -- Books and reading

Availability: 6 Holdings

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Sigh, gone : a misfit's memoir of great books, punk rock, and the fight to fit in.

Authors : Tran, Phuc, 1974-

Subjects: Vietnamese Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle -- Biography; Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle -- Biography; Refugees -- Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City -- BiographyCarlisle (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryTran, Phuc, 1974-

Availability: 8 Holdings

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Reading Jackie : her autobiography in books.

Authors : Kuhn, William M.

Subjects: Book editors -- United States -- Biography; Editors -- United States -- Biography; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- BiographyOnassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994

Availability: 3 Holdings

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Stan Lee : the man behind Marvel.

Authors : Batchelor, Bob

Subjects: Cartoonists -- Biography; Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism; BiographiesMarvel Comics Group -- HistoryLee, Stan, 1922-2018

Availability: 2 Holdings

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Reading behind bars : a true story of literature, law, and life as a prison librarian.

Authors : Grunenwald, Jill A., author

Subjects: Prison librarians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography; Prisoners -- Books and reading -- United States; AutobiographiesGrunenwald, Jill A.

Availability: 5 Holdings

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Tolstoy and the purple chair : my year of magical reading.

Authors : Sankovitch, Nina

Subjects: Books and reading -- United States; BiographiesSankovitch, Nina -- Books and reading

Availability: 2 Holdings

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The Futilitarians : our year of thinking, drinking, grieving, and reading.

Authors : Gisleson, Anne, author

Subjects: Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Books and reading -- Social aspects; BiographiesNew Orleans (La.) -- BiographyGisleson, Anne

Availability: 8 Holdings

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