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Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor (born 1942)

radio personality, voice actor, comedian, television producer, humorist, singer

  • University of Minnesota

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The Keillor Reader
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level
Prentice Hall Literature--Copper
Lake Wobegon summer 1956
Homegrown Democrat
Pontoon
Liberty
Wobegon boy
The old man who loved cheese
Good Poems
Daddy's Girl
A Prairie Home Companion
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Copper Level
Pilgrims
The Best American short stories, 1998
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Life among the Lutherans
A prairie home companion pretty good joke book
A Prairie Home Companion Commonplace Book
In search of Lake Wobegon
Good Poems for Hard Times
A Prairie home companion pretty good joke book.
APHC Anniversary 1st 5 Yrs
A Prairie Home Companion Commercial Radio
Local Man Moves to the City
Happy to be here
APHC Christmas
Horrors!
The Adventures of Guy Noir
APHC 10 Anniv Show
Good Poems American Places
Guy Noir and the straight skinny
Summer
It's Only a Show (Prairie Home Companion)
More News from Lake Wobegon Humor
Fall
Mother Father Uncle Aunt
The Minnesota homegrown cookbook
Prairie Home Commonplace Book
Life These Days
Prairie Home Comedy
More News from Lake Wobegon Love
A Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary
More News from Lake Wobegon Hope
APHC Comedy
Garrison Keillor
More News from Lake Wobegon: Faith
A Prairie Home Companion 10th Anniversary
Winter
Humor
More News from Lake Wobegon Love (More News from Lake Wobegon)
A Christmas blizzard
Me
Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye
The Family Radio
Songs Of The Cat
Love Me
Lake Wobegon USA (Lake Wobegon)
Spring Stories from the Collection News from Lake Wobegon
A Prairie Home Companion Duets
When I Get Home
Home on the Prairie
Dusty and Lefty, The Lives of Cowboys
Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary Collection
The Christmas Companion
O What A Luxury Verses Lyrical Vulgar Pathetic Profound
New and Not Bad Pretty Good Jokes (Prairie Home Companion)
Horrors (Prairie Home Companion)
Lake Wobeon USA (Lake Wobegon)
Never Better (Prairie Home Companion)
Definitely Above Average
Stories
A Prairie Home Companion 25th Anniversary Collection
Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes (Prairie Home Companion)
A Few More Pretty Good Jokes
Gospel Birds and Other Stories of Lake Wobegon
A Prairie Home Christmas (Lake Wobegon)
The Lake Wobegon Virus
Mother Father Uncle Aunt (Stories from Lake Wobegon)
More News from Lake Wobegon
A Prairie Home Companion Song Book
News from Lake Wobegon
The Family Radio (Prairie Home Companion)
The Best American short stories, 1998
Life & Love
APHC 4th Final Perform
Even More Pretty Good Jokes November 6 2004 February 6 2004 March 8 2008
The book of guys
APHC 2nd Final Perform
News from Lake Wobegon Fall
Rhubarb Stories From The Collection Lake Wobegon Usa
News from Lake Wobegon
APHC 3rd Final Performance
My Little Town
Three Dozen Poems
Stories
Motherhood A Radio Collection
Radio Romance
Sandy Bottom Orchestra
A prairie home companion folk song book
Patience Stories From The Collection Lake Wobegon Usa
Pretty Good Joke Book 4th edition
A Visit to Mark Twain's House
A Radio romance
Garrison Keillor's Comedy Theater
News from Lake Wobegon Summer
The Best American Short Stories 1998
APHC Final Performance
Threebies
News from Lake Wobegon Winter
Church People The Lutherans Of Lake Wobegon
Lake Wobegon Loyalty
Summer Love
We Are Still Married
A Prairie Home Companion Pretty Good Joke Book 6th Edition
Great houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District
Boom Town
Tourists with Garrison Keillor (Prairie Home Companion)
Es könnte schlimmer sein
Le Vieil Homme Qui Aimait Le Fromage = the Old Man Who Loved Cheese
Lake Wobegon USA Youth (Lake Wobegon)
Garrison Keillor Comedy Gift Pack
The Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra
Ten Years
That Time of Year
APHC Movie Tie-In
Pretty Good Joke Book
Ain't that Good News
Cheerfulness
Cat, you better come home
Mrs. Sundberg's Recipes
The Best American Short Stories 1998
Don the True Story of a Young Person
Life & love
Leaving Home
Sommerstücke.
Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company
Lake Wobegon USA Rhubarb (Lake Wobegon)
Katz, komm bitte nach Haus
Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes Lib/E
A Prairie home companion pretty good joke book
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Lib/E
Lake Wobegon Days (lake wobegon days)
Lake Wobegon USA Patience (Lake Wobegon)
The Old Man Who Loved Cheese
Das Buch der Kerle
Lake Wobegon USA
Down-home-news
Lake Wobegon USA Fertility (Lake Wobegon)
Truckstop and Other Lake Wobegon Stories
Tom Keith Lib/E
Hope
A Prairie Home Companion Pretty Good Jokes Live!
A Life in Comedy
A Life in Comedy
Never Better Lib/E
Aphc Show Collection
Keillor Christmas
A Prairie Home Companion Anniversary Album
Parables That Jesus Told
The Christmas Companion
Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores
The Christmas Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
News from Lake Wobegon
Prairie Home Comedy
The Road Home
A Prairie Home Companion Lib/E
When I Get Home
The Family Radio
77 love sonnets
The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952
Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Collection
Climbing Up on the Rough Side
Minnesota days
Lake Wobegon Family Reunion
News from Lake Wobegon
Misunderestimated & overunderappreciated
The Book of Guys
Luxury of Limericks
A Prairie Home Companion
More News from Lake Wobegon
Serenity at 70, Gaiety At 80
We Are Still Married by Keillor Garrison (1989) Paperback
Pretty Good Joke Book
Guy Noir
A book will wait
The Gospel of Jesus Lib/E
The Garrison Keillor box
Afscheid van Lake Wobegon
Michael Palin
Michael Palin (born 1943)

actor, comedian, diarist, singer, film actor, television presenter, television actor

  • University of Oxford, Shrewsbury School

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Travelling to work
Hemingway's chair
Sahara
Michael Palin's Hemingway adventure
Diaries 1969-1979
Pole to pole with Michael Palin
Himalaya
Full Circle
New Europe
Limericks
Around the World in Eighty Days
Brazil
Happy Holidays
More ripping yarns
Time Bandits
Hemingway's chair
Diaries 1969-1979
The Perfect Journey? (Guardian Piccadilly Competitio)
Ripping yarns
The mirrorstone
North Korea Journal
The truth
The Weekend
The Perfect Journey?
Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday
Halfway To Hollywood Diaries 1980 To 1988
Himalaya
Erebus
The missionary
The truth
Halfway To Hollywood Diaries 19801988
The truth
Sackful of Limericks
The Complete Ripping Yarns
Michael Palin's Travel Compendium
The Pythons' Autobiography By The Pythons
Monty Python at work
The Brand new Monty Python papperbok [sic]
Oxtravels Meetings With Remarkable Travel Writers
New Europe
The mirrorstone
Michael Palin
Cyril and the House of Commons
The truth
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth
Discovering Kings Cross A Popup Book
Bert Feggs Nasty Book for Boys and Girls
Halfway to Hollywood
Cyril and the dinner party
A Pocketful of Python
Halfway to Hollywood
Michael Palin Diaries 1969-1979
Time bandits
Michael Palin
Himalaya
Pole to Pole
The secret policeman's other ball
Halfway to Hollywood (Reissue) Vol. 2
Small Harry and the Toothache Pills (Magnet)
Cyril and the House of Commons
Golden Age of Railway Posters
Brazil
Travelling to Work
Great Railways Journey's of the World
Time bandits
Cyril and the House of Commons
Travelling to work
Jack and the Beanstalk (We All Have Tales S.)
Hemingway's Chair
Python Years
The very best of Monty Python
Mirā sutōn fushigina kagami
Diaries 1969-1979
New Europe
Time for a change
Diaries 1999-2010
Small Harry and the Toothache Pills
Complete Michael Palin Diaries
Around the World in Eighty Days
Van pool tot pool
Het nieuwe Europa van Michael Palin
Dr. Fegg's Encyclopeadia of All World Knowledge
D'un pôle à l'autre
De stoel van Hemingway
New Europe
Pole to Pole
Der Spiegelstein
Erebus
Denis Leary
Denis Leary (born 1957)

comedian, composer, film actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, showrunner, television producer, actor, film director

  • Emerson College

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Why we suck
Suck on this year
Denis Learys Merry Fin Christmas
Rescue me uncensored
No cure for cancer
Why we suck
Open Net
Why we don't suck
Firehouse
Suck on this year
Suck on this year
Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas
Suck on this year : lyfao @ 140 characters or less
David Walliams
David Walliams (born 1971)

actor, comedian, autobiographer, stage actor, film actor, television presenter, television producer, television actor, television maker

  • University of Bristol, Reigate Grammar School

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Inside Little Britain
The Boy in the Dress
Demon Dentist
The Midnight Gang
Slime
Grandpa’s Great Escape
Ratburger
Mr Stink
The Slightly Annoying Elephant
Code Name Bananas
Ice Monster
the worlds worst teachers
First Hippo on the Moon
Bad dad
Creature Choir
Beast Of Buckingham Palace
Lulu and the Best Cake Ever
Worlds Worst Children
There's a Snake in My School!
Fing
Boogie Bear
Geronimo
Awful Auntie
Terrific Ten
Billionaire Boy
World of David Walliams
World of David Walliams 3 Book Collection (the Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy)
Megamonster
World of David Walliams 5 Book Collection (the Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny, Ratburger)
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
World of David Walliams
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Hyn
The Queen's Orang-Utan
Camp David
World's Worst Parents
Gangsta Granny
Slightly Annoying Elephant Special Edition with Animation and Activities
Bwgan Nana Crwca
The World of David Walliams 6 Books Collection Box Set
Y Côr Creaduriaid
The World’s Worst Teachers & The World’s Worst Parents By David Walliams 2 Books Collection Set
World's Worst Children 3
World's Worst Children 3
Megamonster
Billionaire Boy
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Hyn 2
World's Worst Children
World's Worst Children 2
David Walliams Collection
Yr Arth a Fu's Bloeddio Bw!
Blob
Bear Who Went Boo!
World's Worst Children 2
World's Worst Children
World's Worst Children 2
Jeronimo - Y Pengwin Oedd Wrth Ei Fodd Yn Hedfan! / Jeronimo - The Penguin Who Thought He Could Fly!
O rapaz do vestido
Peff
Ratburger
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Iau
Fabulous Stories for the Very Young
Gangsta Granny
World's Worst Teachers
A avoa gánster
Hipo Cyntaf Ar y Lleuad, Yr / the First Hippo on the Moon
The World of David Walliams - The Terrific Ten! Mega-Massive 10 Books Collection Box Set
Ratburger
La increïble història de... L#àvia gàngster (EDICIÓ ESCOLAR) (Sèrie Infinita (a partir de 8 anys)) (Catalan Edition)
Gangsta Granny
Dentista deabruaren istorio sinesgaitza
La increíble historia de... el monstruo supercabezón
Najgorsi rodzice świata
World of David Walliams
La increïble història de... El papa pispa (Col·lecció David Walliams) (Catalan Edition)
Buachaill an Ghúna
Het beest van Buckingham Palace
Os piores profs. do mundo
Boy in the Dress
Increíble Historia de... el Señor Apestoso / Mr. Stink
Little Monsters
The World’s Worst Teachers
I 10 bambini più odiosi del mondo
Bachgen Mewn Ffrog, Y
A avoa gánster
Mr Stink (Promo Edition)
Marmalade - the Orange Panda
Rhyw Ddrwg Yn y Caws
Increíble Historia de... el niño de Los Vestidos / the Boy in the Dress
Joe millionnaire
Les enfants les pires du monde
O couso (Intermedio) (Galician Edition)
La increïble història de... Un amic excepcional
The World of David Walliams Book of Stuff
Billionaire Boy
The Boy in the Dress
Biliwnydd Bach, Y
World's Worst Pets
Bwystfilod Bach Am Byth / Little Monsters Rule
La increïble història de... l'àvia gàngster ataca de nou
Abuelasaurio / Grannysaurus
Hnusna teta berta
De superreuzevervelende olifant
Neidr Yn Yr Ysgol!
World's Worst Monsters
Robot-Gi
Beast of Buckingham Palace
Robodog
Plant Gwaetha'r Byd
Mr Stink
Ratten-Burger (German Edition)
Increíble historia de... el papá bandido, La
David Walliams Worlds Worst Children 4 Books Collection Set
Demon Dentist
La increíble historia de...El chico del vestido
Camp David
Anti Afiach
Oma boef
Gangsta Granny
Gluciak
Blunders
Little Monsters Rule!
Spaceboy
David Walliams 10 Books Collection Set
Blob
The World of David Walliams
Big Squid
Meneer Stink
Little Monsters
Marmalade
Kicker im Kleid
La increíble historia de... El chico del millón
The World's Worst Pets
Billionaire Boy Tbp
Demon Dentist Unabridged CD
La increíble historia de... la abuela gánster ataca de nuevo
The Queen's Orang-Utan
L'Ourson qui faisait bouh !
Geronimo
Grannysaurus
The Boy in the Dress
Astrochimp
La increíble historia de... la abuela gánster (EDICIÓN ESCOLAR) (Serie Infinita (a partir de 8 años)) (Spanish Edition)
Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
The Creature Choir (Chinese Edition)
Little Monsters
Grandpa's Great Escape
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Iau - Pecyn 2
Mr Stink
De waanzinnige tandarts
Anniversary, Full-Colour David Walliams Box-Set
The World Of David Walliams Cd Story Collection
The World's Worst Children 3
La increïble història de... La dentista dimoni
Spaceboy
Abuelita Ganster Ataca de Nuevo / Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
World of David Walliams
Camp David
Babcia rabuś powraca
Little Monsters
Spaceboy
La increïble història de... Un slime gegant (Col·lecció David Walliams) (Catalan Edition)
Little Monsters
La increïble història de... La cosa més estranya del món
The Midnight Gang
La increïble història de... La gran fuga de l'avi
Dünyanın En Berbat Çocukları
David Walliams World's Worst Children 5 Books Collection Set
Little Britain
Bay Kokusuk
Megamonstrum
Büyükbaba'nin Müthis Firari
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming (born 1965)

actor, comedian, film director, voice actor, character actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor, composer, film producer, LGBTQ rights activist, translator

  • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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You gotta get bigger dreams
Not my father's son
Tommy's Tale
Vittorio, the Vampire (New Tales of the Vampires)
The adventures of Honey & Leon
Tommys Tale a Novel A1 Poster