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Luciano De Crescenzo
Luciano De Crescenzo (1928-2019)

film director, actor, engineer, television presenter, director

  • University of Naples Federico II

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Nessuno
Così parlò Bellavista
Storia della filosofia greca
Il tempo e la felicità
Storia dela filosofia medioevale
Il pressappoco
Der Listenreiche
Zio Cardellino
Sembra ieri
Die Zeit und das Glück
The Dialogues
Vita di Luciano De Crescenzo scritta da lui medesimo
La distrazione
Le donne sono diverse
Als Männer noch Helden sein durften. Antike Mythen neu erzählt
Geschichte der griechischen Philosophie. Die Vorsokratiker
Geschichte der griechischen Philosophie. Von Sokrates bis Plotin
Der Listenreiche. Die Odyssee, neu erzählt für den Leser von heute
Also sprach Bellavista. Neapel, Liebe und Freiheit
Tale e quale
Zio Cardellino. Der Onkel mit dem Vogel. Roman
oi dialogoi. Von der Kunst, miteinander zu reden
Storia della filosofia medioevale
Die Kunst der Unordnung
Elena, Elena, amore mio
Oi dialogoi
Storia della filosofia moderna
La Napoli di bellavista
Alles fließt, sagt Heraklit
Und ewig lockt das Weib
Mein Doppelgänger und ich
Cosi` parlo` Bellavista
Croce e delizia
Bellavista und die Liebe
Als wäre es gestern gewesen
Das Urteil des Paris. Antike Mythen neu erzählt
Sokrates, sein Leben und Denken
Panta rei
I grandi miti greci a fumetti
Kleine Geschichte der mittelalterlichen Philosophie
Ainsi parlait Bellavista
Napoli ti voglio bene
Raffaele
The History of Greek Philosophy
La domenica del villaggio
Storia della filosofia moderna
Socrate
Il dubbio
Ordine e disordine
I pensieri di Bellavista
Les grands philosophes de la Grèce antique
Non parlare, baciami
Ti porterà fortuna
Oi dialogoi
Historia de la filosofía griega
Stammi felice
Fosse 'a Madonna!
Garibaldi era comunista
Storia della filosofia
Helena, Helena amore mio
Les grands philosophes de la Grèce antique
La distrazione
Il caffè sospeso
Tutti santi me compreso
Zio Cardellino
Ulisse era un fico
La Napoli di Bellavista
Le donne sono diverse
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter (born 1924)

naval officer, diplomat, politician, farmer, autobiographer, submariner, statesperson, environmentalist, businessperson, engineer, peace activist, human rights activist, humanitarian

  • Georgia Southwestern State University, Georgia Tech

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Keeping Faith
An hour before daylight
We can have peace in the Holy Land
The Hornet's Nest
Living faith
Our Endangered Values
Everything to Gain
Turning point
The hornet's nest
Why not the best?
Talking peace
The blood of Abraham
Always a reckoning, and other poems
A remarkable mother
The little baby Snoogle-Fleejer
An outdoor journal
Sharing good times
Beyond the White House
The virtues of aging
Sources of Strength
White House Diary
The wit and wisdom of Jimmy Carter
The Nobel Peace Prize lecture
A call to action
A government as good as its people
A FULL LIFE
Christmas in Plains
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
Leading a Worthy Life: Sunday Mornings in Plains
Empower Zone
Measuring Our Success: Sunday Mornings in Plains
Conversations with Carter
The hornet's nest
The spiritual journey of Jimmy Carter, in his own words
Negotiation, the alternative to hostility
Beyond the White House
Faith & Freedom
The personal beliefs of Jimmy Carter
Faith
To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process
Carter on the arts
Talking Peace A Vision For The Next Generation
Bringing Peace to a Changing World: Sunday Mornings in Plains
United States encyclopedia
State of the Union address
Through the year with Jimmy Carter
As Time Goes by
Negotiation
Sharing good times
Niv Lessons From Life Bible Personal Reflections With Jimmy Carter
Atlanta
Kids' letters to President Carter
Public lecture
White House diary
James Carter
444 rūz
State Of The Union Addresses
Faith
"I'll never lie to you"
Mémoires d'un président
Christmas in Plains
Family of Wiley Carter
The United States and the Soviet Union : [remarks]
Remarks of President Jimmy Carter at the opening session of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Hang time
SALT II
Kingfisher Junior Illustrated Dictionary
Jimmy Carter
Le meilleur de nous-même
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Through the year with Jimmy Carter
National security goals
A full life
SALT-2: President Carter's address to Congress
U. S. Law Affecting Americans Living and Working Abroad
The American Revolution
Everything to Gain-LTD
State of the Union Addresses of Jimmy Carter
Public papers of the presidents of the United States
Life after the White House
The Hornets Nest Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers
Das Beste geben. Interaktiver Workshop
Everything to Gain
Virtues of Aging (Library of Contemporary Thought)
Omar!
Trade Agreements Act of 1979
Bao chi xin xin
Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carter [exact date unavailable], 1974
Conference for Global Development Cooperation
Living Faith 6cp Counter W/Ris
Mei Zhong jian jiao qian hou
As virtudes de envelhecer
America's African policy
Jimmy Carter
piksel raders
Mā warāʼa al-Bayt al-Abyaḍ
Parlons de paix
Beyond the White House
America's African policy
1990 elections in the Dominican Republic
Daniel Tammet
Daniel Tammet (born 1979)

Esperantist, computer scientist, poet

  • The Open University

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Embracing the Wide Sky
Born on a Blue Day
NACIDO EN UN DIA AZUL
Thinking in Numbers
Je suis né un jour bleu
Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing
Embrasser Le Ciel Immense
Mishenka (French Edition)
La conquista del cerebro
La poesía de los números
Urodziłem się pewnego błękitnego dnia
Islands of Genius
Fragments de paradis (French Edition)
How to Be 'Normal'
Nine Minds
Born on a Blue Day (Digital Download)
Je Suis Ne un Jour Bleu
Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute (1899-1960)

flight engineer, engineer, racing automobile driver, aircraft pilot

  • University of Oxford, Dragon School

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Slide Rule
Pied Piper
The breaking wave
The rainbow and the rose
In the wet
An Old Captivity
Ruined city
What Happened to the Corbetts
Great World War II Stories
On The Beach
So Disdained
Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 1 - 1976
A town like Alice ; (and), Pied piper ; (and), The far country ; (and), The chequer board ; (and), No highway
Vinland the good
Lonely Road
Stephen Morris
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
Marazan
A town like Alice
Most Secret
Round the Bend
The Mysterious Aviator
Landfall, a channel story
Supreme Storyteller
Pastoral
A Nevil Shute omnibus
Far Country
No Highway
The Wine-Press - a tale of war
The Wheezers And Dodgers The Inside Story Of Clandestine Weapon Development In World War Ii
Trustee from the Toolroom
Le dernier rivage
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Two
Three of a kind
Under a Sheltering Sky
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Two
GENERAL (A) HISTORY OF MUSIC;
世界就是這樣結束的
Chequer Board - Canada
Beyond Black Stump-Can
The Rainbow and the Rose
Town Like Alice and on the Beach
Lonely Road
Rainbow and Rose
Mysterious Aviator
Pastoral
Rainbow & Rose - Canada
Lonely Road
PIED PIPER.
Rainbow and the Rose
The Chequer Board
Requiem for a Wren. Heron Complete Works of Nevil Shute
Lonely Road. Heron Complete Works of Nevil Shute
Round the Bend
The Rainbow and the Rose
Peguin Readers 4
Le testament ; roman
Lonely Road
So Disdained
Ordeal (a.k.a. What Happened to the Corbetts)
Three of a Kind
Pastoral
Pied Piper
Beyond the Black Stump
Lonely Road
Nevil Shute set (6)...chequer board 1965,far country 1952, most secret 1965, on beach 1960,ordeal 1965,stephen morris 1965
Beyond the Black Stump
Lonely Road
Kumsalda
THE LEGACY.
The Legacy
Lonely Road
Le testament
Three Novels
Lonely Road
Lonely Road
The rainbow and the rose
So Disdained
Round The Bend
What happened to the Corbetts
Legacy [a Town Like Alice]
Lonely Road (Great Pan Books. No. G554.)
BEYOND THE BLACCK STUMP
Patoral Copyright
Lonely Road
What Happened to the Corbetts
The Far Country
Lonely Road - Canada
Lonely Road
The rainbow and the rose [by] Nevil Shute
A Town Like Alice / The Far Country / On the Beach
Pied Piper
Omnibus
Pied Pier
Lonely Road
Lonely Road
Ordeal
The chequer board
What Happened to the Corbetts and Pastoral
What Happened to the Corbetts
Pastoral
Rainbow and the Rose
Landfall
Lonely Road
Three of a Kind
What Happened to the Corbetts
Maraazan - Canada
Around the Bend
Ṭayase ha-etmol
The Seafarers
ha-Zaḳen ha-mufla
In the wet
Stades de légende
Finale als voorspel
Lonely road
העזבון
Lonely road
Wladimir Kaminer
Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967)

journalist, audio engineer, disc jockey

  • Theater Arts and Technical College

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Russendisko
Küche totalitär
Karaoke
Es gab keinen Sex im Sozialismus
Schönhauser Allee
Militärmusik
Helden des Alltags
Russendisko
Die Reise nach Trulala
Ich mache mir Sorgen, Mama
Schönhauser Allee
Mein deutsches Dschungelbuch
Russian Disco
Mein deutsches Dschungelbuch
La Disco Rusa
Mockba
Militärmusik
Russendisko
Russendisko
La musique militaire
Coole Eltern leben länger
Russian Disco
Onkel Wanja kommt
Das Leben ist kein Joghurt
Das Leben ist (k)eine Kunst
Mein Leben im Schrebergarten
Ich mache mir Sorgen, Mama
Onkel Wanja kommt
Meine kaukasische Schwiegermutter
Meine russischen Nachbarn
Salve Papa!
Ausgerechnet Deutschland
Diesseits von Eden
Die Kreuzfahrer
Frische Goldjungs. Storys.
Meine russischen Nachbarn
Häuser des Jahres
Die Reise nach Trulala
Meine kaukasische Schwiegermutter
Einige Dinge, die ich über meine Frau weiss
Die Wellenreiter
Der verlorene Sommer
Meine Mutter, ihre Katze und der Staubsauger
Liebesgrüße aus Deutschland
Liebesgrüsse aus Deutschland
Goodbye, Moskau
Rotkäppchen raucht auf dem Balkon
Muzyka wojskowa
Soldatenrock
Ich bin kein Berliner
Ihr lieben Deutschen!
Liebeserklärungen
Tolstois Bart und Tschechows Schuhe
Mein deutsches Dschungelbuch
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin (born 1930)

air force officer, fighter pilot, astronaut, autobiographer, engineer, businessperson

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Military Academy

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Magnificent Desolation
No dream is too high
The return
Encounter with Tiber
First on the moon
Reaching for the Moon
Mission to Mars
Men from earth
Guinness World Records 2017
Look to the stars
Welcome to Mars
Return to earth
Reaching for the Moon
Buzz Aldrin Reaching for the Moon
Return to earth
Return to Earth
Paper astronaut
Men From Earth
Return to Earth
Space Atlas
The Everyday Space Traveler Discover 9 Lifeaffirming Insights Into The Wonders Of Inner And Outer Space
To the Moon and Back
Return
Men from Earth-19.95
The Wright Stuff
Men from Earth
Investing in Our Future
Galileo for Kids
Space 2.0 Lib/E
Guinness Dünya Rekorlar Kitabi 2017
Die Rückkehr.
NASA
Space Encyclopedia
Space 2. 0
Beyond Flagpoles and Footprints
Return to Earth
Zoë Quinn
Zoë Quinn (born 1987)

computer scientist, game programmer, game designer, video game developer, television producer

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Abdullah Barghouti
Abdullah Barghouti (born 1971)

military personnel, engineer

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