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Paul Avrich
Paul Avrich (1931-2006)

historian, pedagogue

  • Cornell University

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Sasha and Emma
The Modern School Movement
Kronstadt, 1921
Anarchist portraits
The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution
Anarchist Voices
The Russian anarchists
The Haymarket tragedy
Sacco and Vanzetti
An American anarchist
Bakunin & Nechaev
Russian rebels
The Avrich
The Russian revolution and the factory committees
Haymarket Tragedy
Ahrne Thorne
Anarchism materials collected by Dr. Paul Avrich
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)

poet, literary critic, journalist, translator

  • Kenyon College, Vanderbilt University

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Randall Jarrell's letters
Raymond F. Dasmann
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
The United States in Literature
The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
The juniper tree, and other tales from Grimm
Poetry and the age
Poems
The animal family
Fly by Night
Pictures from an institution
Kipling, Auden & Co
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
No other book
The Gingerbread Rabbit
The Anchor book of stories
The complete poems
A bat is born, from The bat-poet
The bat-poet
Bat-Poet
Snow-White and the seven dwarfs
The third book of criticism
Randall Jarrell on W.H. Auden
The lost world
The animal family
Kenneth S. Norris, naturalist, cetologist & conservationist, 1924-1998
A sad heart at the supermarket
Bat-Poet
Pictures from an Institution
Jerome: the biography of a poem
Raymond F. Dasmann
Six Russian short novels
Kipling, Auden and Company
Randall Jarrell, selected poems
Kipling, Auden and co
Letters of Randall Jarrell
The seven-league crutches
Goethe's Faust: Part One
The fisherman and his wife
The woman at the Washington Zoo
Losses
The achievement of Randall Jarrell
Poetry and the Age (Faber Library Ser.)
LA Familia Animal/the Animal Family
A Bat Is Born, from the Bat-poet
The Complete poems
Pictures from an Institution
Randall Jarrell's book of stories
The complete poems
Il coniglio di panpepato
Fly by night
Animaux pour toute famille
About popular culture
ANIMAL FAMILY
The Animal Family
Strawberry-growing in the Pajaro Valley
The gingerbread rabbit
THIRD BOOK OF CRITICISM
Lost World
Blood for a stranger
Baixue gong zhu he qi ge xiao ai ren
El murciélago poeta
A sad heart at the supermarket
Randall Jarrell Reads and Discusses His Poems Against War (Swc 1363)
Little friend, little friend
The Fisherman and His Wife
Randall Jarrell on W. H. Auden
Pictures from an institution
Volar de noche
Five young American poets
Poets, critics, and readers
Selected poems
The third book of criticism
Poetry and the age
A sad heart at the supermarket
Le lapin de pain d'épice
Poetry and the age
Poetry and the age
Selected poems
About popular culture
The lost world
A sad heart at the supermarket
The animal family
The gingerbread rabbit
Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle (1853-1911)

illustrator, painter

  • Art Students League of New York

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Howard Pyle
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire
Otto of the Silver Hand
Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers--Volume Two
The story of King Arthur and his knights
The wonder clock
The story of Sir Launcelot and his companions
The Garden Behind the Moon
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Men of Iron
The story of the Grail and the passing of Arthur
Rejected of men
Pepper & salt
Twilight land
The ruby of Kishmoor
King Stork
Pepper & Salt or Seasoning for Young Folk
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
The Book of Pirates
Bearskin
The story of Jack Ballister's fortunes
The Rose of Paradise
A catalogue of drawings illustrating the life of Gen
Men of Iron
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Story King Arthur His Knight Hre)
The Price of Blood: An extravaganza of New York life in 1807
The Garden Behind the Moon: A Real Story of the Moon Angel
Boy's Book of Pirates
The book of King Arthur
The Story of Sir Lancelot and his Companions
The price of blood
The Swan Maiden
The wonder clock, or, Four & twenty marvelous tales
The King Arthur CD Audio Collection
The Garden Behind the Moon ..
Wonder Clock (Starscape)
Men of Iron
Pirates, Patriots, and Princesses
Tales of pirates and buccaneers
Men of Iron
Pepper and Salt & The Wonder Clock
Ruby of Kishmoor, The
Otto of the Silver Hand
Pepper and Salt, or Seasoning for Young Folk
Historia del Rey Arturo y sus caballeros
King Arthur
Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Wonder Clock
The Brandywine heritage
El libro de los piratas
History and romance
Story of the Champions of the Round Table, The
Howard Pyle's Robin Hood
Howard Pyle, the artist, the legacy
A modern Aladdin, or, The wonderful adventures of Oliver Munier, an extravaganza in four acts
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights 1912
Howard Pyle's book of the American spirit
The Book Of Pirates
The story of King Arthur and his knights
King Arthur
King Arthur and the magic sword
Book of the American spirit
Howard Pyle
A modern Aladdin
Stolen Treasure
Yankee Doodle
Within the capes
Men of Iron
Men of Iron
Pepper, seasoning for young folk
Three Famous Adventures
Peninsular canaan
Howard Pyle'e book of pirates
Wondrous & Strange
Classic Starts
The Story of Liberty
The story of the Grail and the passing of Arthur
The buccaneers and marooners of America
El Rey Arturo y Sus Caballeros
The King Arthur Audio Collection
King Arthur Soundbook
King Arthur and his knights
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
The wonder clock; or, Four & twenty marvellous tales, being one for each hour of the day
King Arthur and the Champions of the Round Table
Men of iron
Blueskin, the Pirate
Pepper, seasoning for young folk
The story of King Authur and his knights
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Companion Library)
The Story of Sir Lancelot (Tales of King Arthur and His Knights Audio Cassette Cp 1609)
The Rose of Paradise
Men of iron
The wonder clock; or, Four & twenty marvellous tales, being one for each hour of the day
The price of blood
Strange stories of the revolution
The one-hoss shay, with its companion poems
Adventures of pirates and sea-rovers
The Story of the champions of the Round table
Centuria's greeting, for January 6th, 1906 ...
Chivalry
The man with the hoe
Pepper & salt, or, Seasoning for young folk
Howard Pyle's book of pirates
Men of Iron
The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous ...
Strange stories of the Revolution
The wonder clock
King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table
Pepper & salt, or Seasoning for young folk
Otto of the silver hand
The story of Sir Launcelot and his companions
Stolen treasure
The wonder clock
Twilight land
Mughāmarāt Robin Hood
The garden behind the moon
A Peculiar people
The wonder clock
Within the capes
Otto of the Silver Hand
Stolen treasure
Yankee Doodle
Woman's wit
The buccaneers and marooners of America
Within the capes
Susan Estrich
Susan Estrich (born 1952)

lawyer

  • Harvard Law School, Wellesley College

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The Case for Hillary Clinton
Sex & Power
Getting Away With Murder
Making the case for yourself
Soulless
How to get into law school
Real rape
The Case for Hillary Clinton CD
Dangerous offenders
Making the case for yourself
Soulless CD
Making The Case For Yourself 12f
Making The Case For Yourself 6c
Benedict Anderson
Benedict Anderson (1936-2015)

political scientist, anthropologist, philosopher, historian

  • Eton College, Cornell University

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A life beyond the boundaries
Imagined communities
Under Three Flags
The spectre of comparisons
Mythology and the tolerance of the Javanese
The Fate of Rural Hell: Asceticism and Desire in Buddhist Thailand
In the mirror
Language and power
Violence and the State in Suharto's Indonesia
Coming To Terms With The Nation Ethnic Classification In Modern China
Exploration and irony in studies of Siam over forty years
DEBATING WORLD LITERATURE; ED. BY CHRISTOPHER PRENDERGAST
Indonesia Journal
Java in a time of revolution
Indonesia Journal
Pramoedya Ananta Toer and his work
City in Transgression
Culture and politics in Indonesia
Indonesia Journal
Bibliography of Indonesian publications
Mencari demokrasi
Buried Cities
A preliminary analysis of the October 1, 1965
Indonesia - April 1994
In the Mirror
Why counting counts
Mapping the Nation
Buried City
Indonesia Journal
A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup in Indonesia
Long-distance nationalism
Java in a Time of Revolution
Spectre of Comparisons
Indonesia - April 2003
Java in a time of revolution
Indonesia Journal - April 2006
Indonesia Journal - October 2007
City in Geography
Imagined communities revisited
Indonesia Journal - April 2007
Life Beyond Boundaries
NAÇÕES (AS) UNIDAS, A INDONÉSIA E TIMOR-LESTE -(EURO 14.96)
Some Aspects of Indonesian Politics Under the Japanese Occupation
Xiang xiang de gong tong ti
City in Transgression
City in Geography
Sinirlari Asarak Yasamak - Bir Sosyal Bilimcinin Yasamindan Anilar
Indonesia Journal - April 2008
Buried City, Unearthing Teufelsberg
Indonesia Journal - October 2006
Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia
Indonesia Journal, October 1969, Volume 8
Indonesia - April 2004
Interpreting Indonesian politics
UNA VIDA MAS ALLA DE LAS FRONTERAS
Religion and social ethos in Indonesia
Some aspects of Indonesian politics under the Japanese occupation: 1944-1945
Indonesia - October 2003
Sukarno, Marxisme, dan Bahaya Pemfosilan
想像的共同體
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton (born 1947)

politician, lawyer, diplomat, autobiographer, podcaster, jurist, film producer

  • Wellesley College, Yale Law School

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HARD CHOICES
What Happened
It Takes A Village
Living history
The unique voice of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Remarks and commentary by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
State of Terror
Africa
An invitation to the White House
Hard choices
It takes a village
Dear Socks, Dear Buddy
Remarks by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Eine Welt für Kinder
Off the Sidelines
It Takes a Village, Tenth Anniversary Edition
Stronger together
How I Lost By Hillary Clinton
Living History
LIVING HISTORY 01
Living History
Mon histoire
Remarks and commentary by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton--Vital voices, 1997-1999
Dear Socks, Dear Buddy
Mon Histoire
Women on the Frontlines of Peace and Security with Foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Leon Panetta - Women in the Military, Defense, Foreign Policy, NATO, Crisis, Special Operations Forces
Turnout
Living History (in Traditional Chinese)
It Takes a Village
The West and Islam
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Ti︠a︡zhelye vremena
Decisiones difíciles
And How Are the Children?
Grandma's Gardens
Remarks of the First Lady at Joyce McCartan Memorial Lecture
Remarks and commentary by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton--Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine--November 1997
Gelebte Geschichte
Es Labor de Todos. Dejemos Que
Tworzac historie
Los jardines de la abuela
Civiliser la démocratie
Women on the Frontlines of Peace and Security
Lisa Perry
Staat van terreur
Lo que pasó
Remarks by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Terror de Estado / States of Terror
Book of Gutsy Women
Watashitachi ga kodomo no mirai no tame ni dekiru koto
Vital Voices
Clinton - UN Fourth World Conference on Women
Qin li li shi
Hồi ký Hillary Clinton và chính trường nước Mỹ =
Zor Secimler
#StillWithHer
Sarainnun Yoksa / Living History (In Korean)(Volume 01)
It Takes a Village (Chinese Edition)
Protecting Against Genetic Discrimination
Hillŏri K'ŭllint'ŏn sara innŭn Yŏngŏ
Jue ze
Những lựa chọn khó khăn
It Takes a Village
Something Lost, Something Gained
Entscheidungen
Addressing Unmet Needs in Women's Health
Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer (born 1939)

essayist, journalist, professor, actor, women's rights activist, critic, broadcaster, feminist, anarchist

  • University of Sydney, University of Melbourne

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Daddy we hardly knew you
Shakespeare's wife
Daddy, We Hardly Knew You
White beech
The female eunuch
Shakespeare
The Change
The madwoman's underclothes
Sex and destiny
The obstacle race
The change: women aging and the menopause
The madwoman's underclothes
Slip-Shod Sibyls
Whitefella jump up
Whole Woman
Germaine Greer
Lines of Life
BOY
Whole Woman, The
Change, The
White Beech The Rainforest Years
Winged Words
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
La femme eunuque
The Change - Women, Ageing and The Menopause
On Rage
Poems for Gardeners
101 Poems by Women
The boy
White beech
The female eunuch
Sex and destiny
Daddywe hardly knew you
Martin Creed
Kissing the rod
Tacita Dean (Contemporary Artists)
SHAKESPEARE'S WIFE
Shakespeare's Wife (P.S.)
The female eunuch
Old black ram
Greer Germaine
Change: Women, Aging, and Menopause
La femme eunuque
Kissing the rod
Sexe & destinée
Die ganze Frau. Körper, Geist, Liebe, Macht
Juliet's wedding
Chico, El - El Efebo En Las Artes
WHITEFELLA JUMP UP
The Female Eunuch Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Shakespeare's Wife
Der weibliche Eunuch. Aufruf zur Befreiung der Frau
Kissing the Rod
The Whole Woman
El Cambio
La Mujer Eunuco
Sexo Y Destino/Sex and Destiny
Kissing the rod
Sexe et destinée
Mujer Completa, La
Kissing the rod
Madwomans Underclothes Essays and Occasion
The female eunuch
Gai bian : nü xing, lao hua yü ting jing
La femme entière
Lysistrata
Pavel Florensky
Pavel Florensky (1882-1937)

mathematician, inventor, physicist, philosopher, engineer, priest, poet

  • Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow Imperial University

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Obretai︠a︡ putʹ
Sobranie sochineniĭ
Ikonostas
Beyond vision
La perspective inversée ; L'iconostase et autres écrits sur l'art
Opravdanie Kosmosa
The pillar and ground of the truth
Imena
Arest i gibelʹ
Sochinenii͡a︡ v chetyrekh tomakh
Perepiska svi︠a︡shchennika Pavla Aleksandrovicha Florenskogo so svi︠a︡shchennikom Sergiem Nikolaevichem Bulgakovym
Vse dumy -- o vas
Stolp i utverzhdenie istiny
Maloe sobranie sochineniĭ
Analiz prostranstvennosti i vremeni v khudozhestvenno-izobrazitelʹnykh proizvedenii͡a︡kh
Iconostasis
Salt of the earth, or, A narrative on the life of the Elder of Gethsemane Skete, Hieromonk Abba Isidore
Izbrannye trudy po iskusstvu
Perepiska svi︠a︡shchennika Pavla Aleksandrovicha Florenskogo i Mikhaila Aleksandrovicha Novoselova
Pawel Florenski
Vse dumy--o vas
La colonna e il fondamento della verità / Pavel Florenskij ; traduzione dal russo di Pietro Modesto ; introduzione di Elémire Zolla
Deti͡a︡m moim
La prospettiva rovesciata e altri scritti
Oro
Predpolagaemoe gosudarstvennoe ustroĭstvo v budushchem
Taĭna imeni
Die umgekehrte Perspektive
Iz istorii antichnoĭ filosofii
Imena
[Stolp i utverzhdenie istiny
Ikonostas
Pavel Florenskiĭ i simvolisty
Le porte regali
Cartas de la prisión y de los campos
Filosofii͡a kulʹta
Werke in zehn Lieferungen
Sobranie chastushek Kostromskoĭ gubernii Nerekhtskogo uezda
Smisao idealizma
[U vodorazdelov mysli
Svi︠a︡shchennoe pereimenovanie
Stolp i utverzhdenīe istiny
Bogoslovskie trudy
U vodorazdelov mysli
Troit︠s︡e-Sergieva lavra
La colonne et le fondement de la vérité