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52 McGs. : the best obituaries from legendary New York Times writer Robert McG. Thomas, Jr.


Thomas, Robert McG. (Robert McGill), 1940-2000.
New York : Scribner, [2001] 2001

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80 : from Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, our most famous eighty year olds reveal why they


Gardner, Gerald, 1929-2020
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2007] 2007

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The 100 most important people in the world today


Robinson, Donald B., 1913-
New York : Putnam [1970] 1970

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  920.02    Check Shelf
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1000 makers of the twentieth century.


Smith, Godfrey, 1926-2017
Newton Abbot : David and Charles, 1971. 1971

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After words : obituaries of ordinary people that lead extraordinary lives


Sheeler, Jim.
Boulder, Colo. : Pruett Pub., 2007. 2007

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All we know : three lives


Cohen, Lisa, 1962-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2012] 2012

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Biography for beginners. sketches for early readers



Pleasant Ridge, Mich. : Favorable Impressions, ©2010. 2010

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Biography for beginners. sketches for early readers



Pleasant Ridge, Mich. : Favorable Impressions, ©2011. 2011

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Biography today : profiles of people of interest to young readers.



Detroit, Mich. : Omnigraphics, Inc., [1992-] 1992

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J920 BIOGRAPHY  2001, APR    DUE 04-19-09 Billed
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The bullfighter checks her makeup : my encounters with extraordinary people


Orlean, Susan.
Waterville, ME : G.K. Hall & Co., [2001] 2001

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Cienie sławy


Saint Bris, Gonzague.
Warszawa : Iskry, 2001. 2001

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 New Britain, Main Library - Foreign Language  PO 920 SA22    Check Shelf
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The Cold War, 1945-1991



Detroit : Gale Research, [1992] 1992

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 Avon Free Public Library - Reference Material  R 920 COLD  V.1    In-Library Use Only
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Cold War : biographies


Hanes, Sharon M.
Detroit : U.X.L., [2004] 2004

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Colour bar : the triumph of Seretse Khama and his nation


Williams, A. Susan, author.
London : Penguin Books, 2016. 2016

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Come to judgment


Whitman, Alden, 1913-1990.
New York : Viking Press, 1980. 1980

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  920 W59    Check Shelf
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The company they kept : writers on unforgettable friendships



New York : New York Review Books : Distributed in the United States by Random House, [2006] 2006

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 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  920 COMPANY    Check Shelf
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Encyclopedia of world biography : 20th century supplement



Palatine, Ill. : J. Heraty, . 1900

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 Southington Library - Reference  R 920.02 M  Vol.13    In-Library Use Only
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 Southington Library - Reference  R 920.02 M  Vol.15    In-Library Use Only
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Everyday heroes


Johnson, Beth, 1956-
Marlton, NJ : Townsend Press, [1996] 1996

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 920.073 J66E    Check Shelf
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The Grandes Dames


Birmingham, Stephen.
[Place of publication not identified] : Open Road Distribution, [2016] 2016

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The grandes dames


Birmingham, Stephen, author
New York : Simon and Schuster, [1982] 1982

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  305.42 BIR    Check Shelf
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Great contemporaries


Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. 1937

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  920 C47    Check Shelf
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Great lives from history.



Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, [2008] 2008

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The hero project : 2 teens, 1 notebook, 13 extraordinary interviews


Hatch, Robert.
New York : McGraw-Hill, [2006] 2006

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  920.00904 HATCH    Check Shelf
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Heroes of my time


Salisbury, Harrison E. (Harrison Evans), 1908-1993.
New York : Walker, 1993. 1993

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Historias de mujeres


Montero, Rosa, author.
Barcelona : Debolsillo, 2015. 2015

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 New Britain, Main Library - Foreign Language  SP 920.72 M76    Check Shelf
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Icons of the twentieth century : 200 men and women who have made a difference


Cady, Barbara, 1942-
Woodstock, N.Y. : The Overlook Press, 1998. 1998

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Karuzela z madonnami : 57 bardzo zak̜reconych kobiet


Raczek, Tomasz.
Michałów-Grabina : Instytut Wydawniczy Latarnik, 2003. 2003

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The last leaf : voices of history's last-known survivors


Lutz, Stuart.
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010. 2010

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  GROUP BIOGRAPHY LAST SURVIVORS    Check Shelf
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Legends : women who have changed the world through the eyes of great women writers



Novato, Calif. : New World Library ; [Emeryville, CA] : Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, [1998] 1998

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Lesser-known giants of the 20th century


Aulino, Charles M.
[Charleston, S.C.] : BookSurge Publishing , 2009. 2009

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Letter to the world : seven women who shaped the American century


Ware, Susan, 1950-
New York : W.W. Norton, [1998] 1998

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Life sketches


Hersey, John, 1914-1993.
New York : Knopf, 1989. 1989

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Life stories : profiles from The New Yorker



New York : Random House, [2000] 2000

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Makers of the modern world; the lives of ninety-two writers, artists, scientists, statesmen, invento


Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977.
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1955. 1955

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Men in dark times.


Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
New York : Harcourt, Brace & World [1968] 1968

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Moi︠a︡ portretnai︠a︡ galerei︠a︡


Ri︠a︡zanov, Ėlʹdar, author.
Moskva : "PROZAiK", 2015. 2015

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Welcome Center  RU 920.02 RIAZANOV    Check Shelf
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The New York Times book of the dead : 320 print and 10,000 digital obituaries of extraordinary peopl



New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2016] 2016

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Obit. : inspiring stories of ordinary people who led extraordinary lives


Sheeler, Jim.
Boulder, Colo. : Pruett Pub., 2007. 2007

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obittersweet : Life Lessons from Obituaries


Vukusic, Tamara Macpherson, 1971- author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Mosaic Press / Independent Publishers Group, [2021] 2021

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Of law and men; papers and addresses, 1939-1956


Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
New York : Harcourt Brace [1956] 1956

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People of the century



New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999. 1999

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  920 PEO    Storage
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People who shaped the century



Alexandria, Virginia : Time-Life Books, 1999. 1999

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PEOPLE Yearbook 2020 : Our Extraordinary Year Together.



[Place of publication not identified] : TI Inc. Books, [2020] 2020

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Personal impressions


Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
New York : Viking Press, 1981. 1981

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The Playboy interview



[New York] : Wideview Books, [1981] 1981

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  920 GOLSON    Check Shelf
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The Playboy interviews


Haley, Alex.
New York : Ballantine, 1993. 1993

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Portraits of power; an introduction to twentieth-century history through the lives of seventeen grea


Ayling, Stanley, 1909-
New York : Barnes & Noble [1963] 1963

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Portraits of women in the American West



New York : Routledge, 2005. 2005

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.409 P853P    Check Shelf
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