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Tim Page
Tim Page (born 1954)

music critic, literary critic, biographer, journalist

  • Columbia University, Mannes College The New School for Music

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Parallel play
Dawn Powell
Music from the road
What's God Got to Do with It?
Selected letters of dawn powell
Carnegie Hall treasures
Tim Page on music
Selected letters of dawn powell
The Hip pocket guide to Los Angeles
Tim Page on Music
Parallel play
Party punches
The Hip pocket guide to New York City
Music from the Road
Tim Page on Music
William Kapell
Dawn Powell
Dawn Powell
The Selected Letters of Virgil Thomson
Instants de grâce
Virgil Thomson
Morton Gould
Party Punches
Nadezhda Mandelstam
Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980)

biographer, poet, teacher, memoirist, linguist, lecturer

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Vtorai︠a︡ kniga
Mozart & Salieri
Poems
Hope Against Hope
Ob Akhmatovoĭ
[Kniga tretʹi͡a︡
Vtoraya kniga
Chapter 42
Mozart and Salieri
Mozart and Salieri
Hope abandoned
Moe zaveshchanie i drugie ėsse
Tretʹi︠a︡ kniga
Dushi vysokai︠a︡ svoboda
Vtorai Ła kniga
Nadejda Mandelshtam. Tretya kniga
Contre tout espoir
Moĭ muzh - Osip Mandelʹshtam
"Posmotrim, kto kogo pereupri︠a︡mit ..."
Chapter 42 and The goldfinch and other poems
Correspondance avec Alexandre Soljenitsyne et Nadejda Mandelstam
Malcolm X
Malcolm X (1925-1965)

politician, autobiographer, political activist, human rights activist, Muslim minister

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The end of white world supremacy
Words of Ages
Autobiografía Malcolm X
Speeches
Malcolm X
Habla Malcolm X
By any means necessary
Nous, les Nègres
Malcolm X Habla a la Juventud
Two speeches by Malcolm X
Afro-American History
The speeches of Malcolm X at Harvard
Malcolm X speaks
February 1965
Two speeches
By any means necessary
Autobiography of Malcolm X (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Two speeches
Le pouvoir noir
Malcolm A to X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcom X (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Malcolm X's By Any Means Necessary
Malcolm X
Biraz Aksiyon; Rahat Durmayacagiz
Autobiografia di Malcolm X
Kardeslige Inaniyorum
Con Ogni Mezzo Necessario. Discorsi e Interviste
Malcolm X speaks out
By Any Means Necessary: Speeches, Interviews and a Letter
Malcolm X Speaks
The diary of Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, 1964
The Ballot or the Bullet
Malcolm X, Derniers Discours
Der schwarze Tribun
Prophetic Voice of Malcolm X
Le Vote Ou Le Fusil. Suivi de Nous Formons Un Seul Et Mme Pays
Malcolm X
The speeches of Malcolm X
Quotations of Malcolm X
Auto Malcolm X Disc Gde
EL VOTO O LA BALA
Köklerimiz
Malcolm X Story
Two speeches by Malcolm X.
By any means necessary
The greatest speeches of all time
Mahpekhah hi kemo śerefah ba-yaʻar
Two speeches
Malcolm X Speeches
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Malcolm X talks to young people
[al-Nuṣūṣ al-muḥarramah wa-nuṣūṣ ukhraʹ]
Ballots or bullets
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

politician, autobiographer, lawyer, political activist, political prisoner

  • University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare

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The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Long Walk to Freedom
Prentice Hall Literature
Nelson Mandela
In the words of Nelson Mandela
In his own words
Conversations with Myself
No Easy Walk to Freedom
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Nelson Mandela speaks
Nelson Mandela, speeches 1990
Mandela
The Struggle Is My Life
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Long Walk to Freedom
Habla Nelson Mandela
For Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (Aesop Accolades (Awards))
One nation, one country (Statements)
Notes to the future
Cuba and Angola
Intensifiquemos la lucha
L' apartheid
A prisoner in the garden
Reader's Digest Great biographies in large type
A prisoner in the garden
Nelson Mandela
Let freedom reign
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Qué lejos hemos llegado los esclavos!
Un Long Chemin Vers La Liberte
Nelson Mandela, symbol of resistance and hope for a free South Africa
Nelson Mandela I Am Prepared to Die
Nelson Mandela: Intersifiguemos LA Lucha
The Mandela document
Favorite African Folktales
Speeches that Changed the World
46664 The Concert
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Embargo
Voices from Robben Island
I am prepared to die
Selected speeches and writings of Nelson Mandela
Azadi ki shahrah par
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 49th ANC National Conference, 17 December 1994, Bloemfontein
Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales
The essential Nelson Mandela
Eye of the Hurricane
Walk the last mile with us
L' Apartheid
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales 2004 Wall Calendar
The Voice of Nelson Mandela
Housing Generator
The story of the Rugby World Cup, South Africa, 1995
Nelson Mandela speaks
A time to build
I have done my duty to my people and to South Africa
South and Southern Africa into the next century
We accuse
How Far We Slaves Have Come!
One nation, one country
The building has begun!
A better life for all
Renewal and renaissance
Long Walk to Freedom : 1962-1994
Invest in peace
Biko
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Violence and Health
A Mandela!
Làpartheid
Madiba Buyusu
Un long chemin vers la liberté
A Mandela!
Prison Letters
El color de la libertad
Mis cuentos africanos
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Un gesto può cambiare il mondo
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom : 1918-1962
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 1 of 2
Illus Long Walk Freedom Hb Bclub
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 2 of 2
Long Walk to Freedom Hb D/Bx12
L'apartheid (Documents)
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
In gesprek met mijzelf
Mis cuentos africanos
Pensêes Pour Moi-même
In gesprek met mijzelf
Nelson Mandela by himself
Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom B D/Bx36
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk Freedom B d/Bx27 Inc3Fr
Une minute peut changer le monde
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations,22 June 1990
Nelson Mandela. Une vie en mots et en images
Pensées pour moi-même
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmarchen
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations, 22 June 1990
Trial of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mā burdagān tā bih kujā āmadahʼīm
Letters to Madiba
Rivonia sabotage trial, Oct. 1963-Sept. 1964
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Letters to Madiba
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Indlela ende eya enkululekweni
An irresistible vision
Freiheit ist ein Ideal
L'Année Mandela
Gehe deinen Weg in Freiheit
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the African National Congress
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmärchen
Fighting on both sides of the law
John Howard
John Howard (born 1939)

politician, autobiographer, lawyer, solicitor, historian

  • University of Sydney

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Lazarus rising
The Menzies era
John howard
Natural asphaltum and its compounds
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)

film actor, film director, diplomat, autobiographer, film producer, television actor, stage actor, actor, theatrical director, television producer, director

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The Measure of a Man
Life beyond measure
This life
Montaro Caine
Life Beyond Measure
Life Beyond Measure CD
The measure of a man
This Life
This Life
Montaro Caine
A raisin in the sun
Life Beyond Measure
Measure of a Man, The
Sidney Poitier
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967-2020)

lawyer, autobiographer, journalist

  • Harvard University, Yale Law School

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More, now, again
Prozac nation
Bitch
Averroes (1126-1198), oder, der Triumph des Rationalismus
The Secret of Life
Nación Prozac
Radi cal sanity
Bitch - Ein Loblied auf gefährliche Frauen
Prozac Nation (Movie Tie-In)
Verdammte Schone Welt Mein Leben Mit Der Psycho-Pille
The Bitch Rules
Nacion Prozac
Radical Sanity
Prozac Nation 8ct
Prozac Nation 12-copy
Full frontal fiction
Het land Ritalin
Laurie Lee
Laurie Lee (1914-1997)

poet, autobiographer, journalist

  • Marling School

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Cider with Rosie
As I walked out one midsummer morning
A moment of war
The illustrated Cider with Rosie
A rose for winter
I can't stay long
Red Sky at Sunrise
Cider with Rosie
Rosie ou le Goût du cidre
Two women
The firstborn
The sun my monument
Selected poems
The Laurie Lee Collection
Des Sommers ganze Fülle
Laurie Lee; [poems]
The voyage of Magellan
The Sun My Monument (Phoenix Living Poets)
To War in Spain
Cider with Rosie & As i walked out one summer morning
All That Glitters... the Show Business Autobiography of Laurie Lee
The wonderful world of transportation
Laurie Lee A Folio
My many-coated man
Transports et civilisations
The wonderful world of transport
THE POCKET POETS LAURIE LEE
Un beau matin d'été
We made a film in Cyprus
Cuando parti una manana de verano
Man must move
Un Instante En La Guerra
The bloom of candles
A Laurie Lee selection
As I walked out one midsummer morning, with a moment of war (cassette) read by Kenneth Branagh. 2cassettes