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Imagined Lives: Portraits of unknown people by Joanna Trollope, Alexander McCall Smith, Tarnya Cooper, Minette Walters, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Singleton, Tracy Chevalier, Julian Fellowes, John Banville

Imagined Lives: Portraits of unknown people

Joanna Trollope, Alexander McCall Smith, Tarnya Cooper, Minette Walters, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Singleton, Tracy Chevalier, Julian Fellowes, John Banville

96 pages • 2010

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Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen by Mary Hollingsworth

Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

Mary Hollingsworth

448 pages • digital

nonfiction biography history
Holy Shit: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr

Holy Shit: A Brief History of Swearing

Melissa Mohr

316 pages • hardcover • 2013

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Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries by Sarah Gristwood

Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

Sarah Gristwood

525 pages • hardcover • 2024

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Women in Dark Times by Jacqueline Rose

Women in Dark Times

Jacqueline Rose

352 pages • hardcover • 2014

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Travelling to Tomorrow: The Modern Women who Sparked Australia's Romance with America by Yves Rees

Travelling to Tomorrow: The Modern Women who Sparked Australia's Romance with America

Yves Rees

352 pages • paperback

nonfiction history
The Private Life of Spies by Alexander McCall Smith

The Private Life of Spies

Alexander McCall Smith

5 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2023 user-added

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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

Portuguese Irregular Verbs #2

Alexander McCall Smith

3 hours, 54 minutes • audio • 2004

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Imagined Lives: Portraits of unknown people by Joanna Trollope, Alexander McCall Smith, Tarnya Cooper, Minette Walters, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Singleton, Tracy Chevalier, Julian Fellowes, John Banville

Imagined Lives: Portraits of unknown people

Tarnya Cooper, John Banville, Julian Fellowes, Tracy Chevalier, Terry Pratchett, Alexander McCall Smith, Minette Walters, Sarah Singleton, Joanna Trollope

96 pages • 2010

fiction art historical short stories informative fast-paced
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe

Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters

Marilyn Monroe

239 pages • hardcover • 2010

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Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

Brigitta Olubas

576 pages • hardcover

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