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Viktor Suvorov
Viktor Suvorov (born 1947)

historian, army scout, military historian

  • Tver Military College, Kyiv Military College of Frunze

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The liberators
Inside the Soviet Army
Spetsnaz
Aquarium
Inside the Aquarium
Очищение ; Зачем Сталин обезглавил свою армию?
Soviet military intelligence
Ledokol
Posledni︠a︡i︠a︡ respublika
Icebreaker
Самоубийство ; Зачем Гитлер напал на Советский Союз?
Беру свои слова обратно
Inside Soviet military intelligence
Kontrol
Svi︠a︡toe delo
El rompehielos
Rasskazy osvoboditeli͡a︡
Denʹ-M
Hitler was winner Could Fuhrer to win war Gitler pobeditel Mog li fyurer vyigrat voynu
Osvoboditelʹ
Tenʹ Pobedy
Der Eisbrecher. Hitler in Stalins Kalkül
Inside the Soviet Military
[Akvarium
Vybor
Osvoboditelʹ ; Akvarium
Der Tag M
Osvoboditel
Stalins verhinderter Erstschlag. Hitler erstickt die Weltrevolution
The last republic
The chief culprit
Akvariun
"Pro--li voĭnu!"
Oblom
Akvarium
Ledokol
Kontrol
GRU
Osvoboditel Akvarium
Kontrola
Kak zachalosʹ russkoe t͡s︡arstvo
Razgrom
Akvarium
Viktor Suvorov
Ledokol iz ''Akvariuma''. Besedy s Viktorom Suvorovym
Kontrola
Alfabet Suworowa
Akwarium
Zolotoĭ ėshelon
Ochishchenie
Marschall Schukow
Denʹ "M"
Akwarium
Żołnierze wolności
Chief Culprit
Specnaz
Vybor
Upreditʹ Gitlera!
Su jun nei mu
Osvoboditelʹ
Rasskazy osvoboditeli︠a︡
Alʹternativnai︠a︡ realʹnostʹ 1941
Lonnie Bunch
Lonnie Bunch (born 1952)

historian

  • American University, Howard University

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Owen Morgan Edwards
Owen Morgan Edwards (1858-1920)

historian, politician, linguist

  • Welsh Presbyterian Theological College, Aberystwyth University

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Tro yn Llydaw
O. M. Edwards
Llyfr Del
Hwiangerddi
Syr Owen M. Edwards
Tro yn yr Eidal
Cartrefi Cymru
O'r Bala i Geneva
Llynnoedd llonydd
A short history of Wales
Er mwyn Iesu
Tro i'r de
Yn y wlad
Hanes Cymru
Er mwyn Cymru
Llyfr Owen (llyfr o straeon)
Yn y wlad ac ysgrifau eraill
Clych atgof
Tro trwy'r Gogledd.Tro i'r De
Clych atgof ac ysgrifau eraill
Cartrefi Cymru ac ysgrifau eraill
Wales
Yn y wlad ac ysgrrifau eraill
Clych adgof
Llyfrau ystraeon hanes
Ystraeon o hanes Cymru
Homes of Wales
Teithio'r Cyfandir
Tro trwy'r gogledd
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus

Ancient Roman historian, Ancient Roman politician, ancient Roman military personnel

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Edmund Gosse
Edmund Gosse (1849-1928)

poet, librarian, literary critic, art historian, translator, literary historian

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Father and son
Critical kit-kats
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
Coventry Patmore
Portraits and sketches
Northern studies
Silhouettes
Henrik Ibsen
Gray
The Jacobean poets
Life of William Congreve
Sir Thomas Browne
Studies in the literature of Northern Europe
The life of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Seventeenth century studies
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780)
Books on the table
Gossip in a library
From Shakespeare to Pope
More books on the table
A short history of modern English literature
Aspects and impressions
Jeremy Taylor
Leaves and fruit
On viol and flute
Father and son, a study of two temperaments
French profiles
French profiles
The naturalist of the sea-shore
Raleigh
English odes
Sir Henry Doulton: the man of business as a man of imagination
NORTHERN STUDIES
French profiles
Seventheenth-century studies
In russet & silver
The secret of Narcisse
The future of English poetry
Firdausi in exile, and other poems
Father and son
King Erik
Malherbe and the classical reaction in the seventeenth century
Questions at issue
Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France
A history of eighteenth century literature (1600-1780)
Inter arma
The life and letters of John Donne, dean of St. Paul's
Robert Browning; personalia
Portraits from life
The Life & Letters of John Donne
Robert Browning
On Viol and Flute
Hypolympia
The life of Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S
Ibsen
The unequal yoke (1886)
The Unfortunate Traveler Or, The Life Of John Wilton
The life of Philip Henry Gosse ..
The continuity of literature
America: the diary of a visit, winter 1884-1885
The continuity of literature, presidential addresses, 1922
Silhouettes
Two visits to Denmark 1872, 1874
The life of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Firdausi in exile
Life and writings of William Congreve
The library of Edmund Gosse
Modern English literature
New poems
Henrik Ibsen / by Edmund Gosse, with essays on Ibsen by Edward Dowden and James Huneker
Two visits to Denmark
Selected essays
Some diversions of a man of letters
Thomas Hardy O.M
The collected poems of Edmund Gosse
The life and letters of John Donne, dean of St. Paul's
Sir Walter Raleigh
Thomas Hardy, O.M. and Sir Edmund Gosse, Litt.D
Critical kit-kats
From Shakespeare to Pope an Inquiry into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England
The Life And Letters Of John Donne, Dean Of St. Paul's V2
The Collected Essays Of Edmund Gosse - Portraits And Sketches
Robert Browning; personalia / by Edmund Gosse
Father and son
English Literature An Illustrated record in Eight Volumes Volume IV-Part 1 From the age of ..
The autumn garden
Collected poems
Seventeenth Century Studies - Collected Essays of Edmund Gosse
The Life And Letters Of John Donne, Dean Of St. Paul's V1
The Milton manuscripts at Trinity
Portraits and Sketches
Seventeenth Century Studies: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the ..
Firdausi in exile and other poems
Memoir of Thomas Lodge
Notes (no.13 of a series) by Mr. Edmund Gosse on the pictures and drawings of Mr. Alfred W. Hunt
Swinburne
Browning's centenary, Tuesday, May 7th, 1912
Life of William Congreve
Two visits to Denmark
French Profiles
Three French moralists and the gallantry of France
Littérature anglaise
Biographical notes on the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson
British portrait painters and engravers of the eighteenth century
Three French moralists
The Life Of Swinburne
Thomas Hardy
Cecil Lawson
Ibsen
Thomas Gray
The rose of Omar
Robert Browning: personalia
French profiles
The unknown lover
Jeremy Taylor / by Edmund Gosse
Restoration plays
Tallemant des Réaux
From Shakespeare to Pope
Modern English Literature (Appleton Dollar Library)
The Milton manuscripts at Trinity
A Norwegian ghost story
From Shakespeare To Pope; An Inquiry Into The Causes And Phenomena Of The Rise Of Classical Poetry In England
Synnove Solbakken
Modern English Literature: A Short History
Correspondence with Scandinavian writers
Conventry Patmore
Leaves and fruit
Transatlantic dialogue
Restoration plays
A catalogue of a portion of the library of Edmund Gosse
Critical kit-kats. --
The life of Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780). -
Inter arma: being essays written in time of war
A critical essay on the life and works of George Tinworth
English literature
Wo di hai
Henrik Ibsen
Gray
History Of Eighteenth Century Literature, 1660-1780, A (BCL1-PR English Literature)
Sir Thomas Browne
Jeremy Taylor
Undine
Restoration plays
Father and son
In russet & silver
Two pioneers of romanticism
A critical essay on the life and works of George Tinworth
Gray (English Men of Letters)
Life of William Congreve
Raleigh
English literature
Firdawsī dar tabʻīd
The Oxford book of Scandinavian verse
A short history of modern English literature
English literature
Sir Edmund Gosse
Ibsen
English odes
The naturalist of the sea-shore
A visit to the friends of Ibsen
The life and letters of John Donne
A catalogue of the works of Algernon Charles Swinburne in the library of Mr. Edmund Gosse
Modern English literature
Collected essays
Gossip in a library
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780)
Alexander Pope; Samuel Johnson; Gray
Critical kit-kats
Wolcott Balestier
A history of eighteenth century literature (1660-1780)
Father and son
Studies in the literature of northern Europe
Coventry Patmore
Restoration plays from Dryden to Farquhar
A History of Eighteenth Century Literature Sixteen Sixty to Seventeen Eighty
Memoir of Thomas Lodge
The collected poems of Edmund Gosse
In russet & silver
Yingguo wen xue
Father and son
An address to the Fountain club, 1923
Malherbe and the classical reaction in the seventeenth century
Sir Edmund Gosse's correspondence with Scandinavian writers
Swinburne
Restoration plays
Northern studies
The Allies' fairy book
Henry Fielding
Robert Browning
Life of William Congreve (Bcli-Pr English Literature Series)
The influence of democracy on literature
Essays From The Chap-Book
Seventeenth century studies
Aspects & Impressions (George Eliot, Henry James, Samuel Butler, Congreve, Swinburne, Rousseau, Ibsen)
Gossip in a library
Henrik Ibsen
Restoration plays
The Mermaid club
Jubilé de Paul Bourget
The Jacobean poets
Restoration plays for Dryden to Farquhar
Silhouettes
Gerald Brenan
Gerald Brenan (1894-1987)

historian of Modern Age, historian, Hispanist

  • Radley College

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The Face of Spain
The literature of the Spanish people
The Spanish Labyrinth
St John of the Cross
Personal Record, 1920-1972
South from Granada
Thoughts in a dry season
Best of friends
Cosas de España
A Life of One's Own
A holiday by the sea
Diarios de la Gran Guerra
La copla popular española
The lighthouse always says yes
Jack Robinson
Spanish scene
Epistolario íntimo
Poesía
The magnetic moment
Diarios sobre Dora Carrington
Gerald Brenan
Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane (1881-1929)

historian, memoirist, film actor

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The story of Mary MacLane
I Await The Devil's Coming
My friend Annabel Lee
The Story Of Mary MacLane
My friend Annabel Lee
The Story of Mary Maclane
The Story Of Mary MacLane & Other Writings
I, Mary MacLane
Tender Darkness
I, Mary McLane
Tender Darkness
I, Mary McLane
I, Mary McLane
The devil's letters to Mary MacLane
My Friend Annabel Lee
I, Mary MacLane
Story of Mary MacLane
I, Mary MacLane
Tender darkness
I, Mary Mclane
The Story of Mary MacLane
My Friend Annabel Lee
Jesse Thistle
Jesse Thistle

historian, teacher

  • York University, University of Waterloo

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