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Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)

literary critic, naval officer

  • United States Naval Academy

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Time Enough For Love
The notebooks of Lazarus Long
The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories]
The Door into Summer
Tunnel in the sky
Starship Troopers
Masterpieces
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two A
Have Spacesuit--Will Travel
Podkayne of Mars
Red Planet
The Puppet Masters
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume One
Double Star
Time for the Stars
Writing science fiction and fantasy
The star beast
Three by Heinlein
The man who sold the moon
I Will Fear No Evil
Science Fiction of the forties
Beyond This Horizon
Space Cadet
Revolt in 2100
Glory Road
Orphans of the Sky
Starman Jones
Farmer in the Sky
Between Planets
Methuselah's children
The past through tomorrow
For us, the living
Rocket Ship Galileo
Stranger in a Strange Land
Friday
Fifty short science fiction tales
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein
Yesterday's Tomorrows
The Green Hills of Earth
Where do we go from here?
Waldo and Magic, Inc
Expanded Universe
The Number of the Beast
Job, a comedy of justice
Farnham's Freehold
The Golden Years of Science Fiction
Great Sf Heinlein Bxs
Assignment in Eternity
Requiem
The cat who walks through walls
Grumbles from the grave
Tomorrow, the Stars
The Menace from Earth
To sail beyond the sunset
The moon is a harsh mistress
The Rolling Stones
Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels
The Science Fiction Roll of Honor
Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories -- Volume 1, 1939
Sixth Column
Galaxy’s Edge
Citizen of the Galaxy
Take back your government
A Heinlein Trio
Election day 2084
Variable Star
Off the Main Sequence
Stranger in a Strange World
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein
The Pursuit of the Pankera
Tramp royale
Tomorrow's children
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky
A century of great short science fiction novels
Out of this world 7
The Green Hills of Earth / The Menace From Earth
Marionnettes Humaines
Giants Unleashed
Die Leben des Lazarus Long
Where Do We Go From Here? Book 1
The Best of Robert Heinlein 1947-1959
Waldo
Assignment in Eternity, Vol. 2
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)
Red Sky
Robert A. Heinlein's The Virginia Edition
Stranger in a Strange Land (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 14, May 2015 (Heinlein Special)
Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume One
Space Family Stone
The best of Robert Heinlein
Assignment Earth
De marionetten zijn onder ons
My first book of Alef-Bet,
Revolt in 2100 & Methuselah's Children
Four Science Fiction Classics (Foundation / Green Hills of Earth / Martian Chronicles / Mimsy Were the Borogoves)
The Other Side of the Clock
No Reservations - Ssb
Worlds to Come
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 24, January 2017 (Serialization Special: Heinlein's Hugo-winning Double Star)
Histoire du futur
Glory That Was
Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume Two
Requiem en Andere Verhalen
America's Historical Path to Financial Collapse & Beyond
''All You Zombies - -''
Galaxy's Edge Magazine
Silent Thunder / Universe (Tor Double)
Anthologie
Tricks of the Trade
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen
Космические оборотни
Космический кадет ; Звездный зверь ; Дверь в лето
Life-Line Graphic Novel
Four Frontiers (Rocket Ship Galileo, Space Cadet, Red Planet, Farmer in the Sky)
Forrestal Lecture at the US Naval Academy (CD)
Jackpots
Green Hills of Earth and Space Jockey
Citizen of the Galaxy Graphic Novel
Piede Di Gara Nello Spazio
Jerry Is the Man
The Menace from Earth and Other Stories
Life Line
The Nonfiction Of Robert Heinlein Volume I
Tetralogii︠a︡ Budushchego
Infinite Possibilities (Tunnel In the Sky; Time For the Stars; Citizen of the Galaxy)
Have Space Suit _ Will Travel Digital Graphic Novel
Farmer im All/Orbitsville
Dangerous Dimensions New Pub Date Jan 2021
Pie Tendido en el Espacio
Creating A Genre
Misfit
Ordeal in Space
Kaybolan Miras
Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land
Best of Robert A.Heinlein 1939-1942 ([Sphere science fiction])
Stranger in A Strange Land, Part 1 of 2
Robert A. Heinlein Gift Pak
Kizil Gezegen
Bifrost, N° 57 : Spécial Robert Heinlein...
Route de la gloire
Longue vie
The Year of the Jackpot
Best of Robert Heinlein
Great Science Fiction Stories
The Past through Tomorrow: Book 1
Tendre Pied Dans L'espace
Project Moonbase and Others
Destination Moon
Kosmicheskiĭ patrulʹ
השליטים
Sheshet
Great Science Fiction of Robert Heinlein
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN 4 IN 1 BOX SET
Tenderfoot in Space
Daï zeman la-ahavah
Stranger in a Strange Land, Part 2 of 2
Green Hills of Earth and Gentlemen Be Seated (Cassette)(CP 1526)
Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1952 with Part 1 of *The Demolished Man* (Volume 3, No. 4)
Door into summer / Puppet masters
A Robert Heinlein omnibus
Heinlein 18mxppk
Heinlein Box Set
Hamenoi orizontes
Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin (born 1944)

military officer

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ravenscroft School

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Logical family
Further Tales of the City
More Tales of the City
Maybe the Moon
Michael Tolliver lives
The Night Listener
Getting it on
Back to Barbary Lane
28 Barbary Lane
Sure of You (Tales of the City)
The days of Anna Madrigal
Further tales of the city
Tom of Finland XXL
Babycakes (Tales of the City)
Mary Ann in Autumn
Stadtgeschichten
Tales of the City (Tales of the City, Vol 1)
Significant Others (Tales of the City)
Mas Historias de San Francisco
Historias de San Francisco
Tollivers Reisen. Stadtgeschichten IV
Bye-bye Barbary Lane, chroniques de San Francisco
Chroniques de San Francisco, tome 4
Goodbye Barbary Lane
Tales of the city ; More tales of the city ; Further tales of the city
Mehr Stadtgeschichten
Mehr Stadtgeschichten. Stadtgeschichten II
Chroniques de San Francisco, tome 5
Nouvelles Chroniques de San Francisco, tome 2
Chroniques de San Francisco
Die Kleine
The Complete Tales of the City
Chroniques de San Francisco, tome 3
Mehr Stadtgeschichten. 6 Cassetten
Tales of The City Audio Collection
Schluß mit lustig. Stadtgeschichten VI
Stadtgeschichten 1. 7 CDs
Am Busen der Natur. Stadtgeschichten V
Nuevas Historias de San Francisco
I racconti di San Francisco
The complete tales of the city
Chroniques de San Francisco, tome 6
Schluß mit lustig
Mona of the Manor
Anna Madrigal
Reading Group Guide
Back to Barbary Lane
Am Busen der Natur
Tales of the City Episode 6
Chroniques de San Francisco, tome 2
Goodbye Barbary Lane
Tales of the City Episode 3
Mehr Stadtgeschichten
Noch mehr Stadtgeschichten
Tales of the City Episode 4
Mary Ann En Automne. Chroniques de San Francisco, 'Pisode 8
Tales of the City Episode 1
Further Tales of the City
Tales of the City/6 Vols./Complete Tales of the City;
Armistead Maupin Omnibus
The Question of equality
Armistead Maupins Stadtgeschichten
So fing alles an ...
Rudolf Höss
Rudolf Höss (1901-1947)

war criminal, military officer, politician, Beamter

  • Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium Mannheim

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Kommandant in Auschwitz
KL Auschwitz seen by the SS
Kommandant in Auschwitz
Commandant of Auschwitz
KL Auschwitz seen by the SS
Kommandant in Auschwitz
Ha- Komandant me-Oshvits me'id
Commandant of Auschwitz
Death dealer
Death Dealer
KL Auschwitz seen by the SS
Commandant of Auschwitz
Kommandant in Auschwitz
Kommandant in Auschwitz
Adolf Eichmann
Kommandant in Auschwitz
Comandante ad Auschwitz
Commandant of Auschwitz
Robert Timberg
Robert Timberg (1940-2016)

military officer, journalist

  • Stanford University, United States Naval Academy

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State of grace
Blue-eyed boy
John McCain
The nightingale's song
John McCain
John McCain (1936-2018)

politician, naval officer, autobiographer, fighter pilot, aircraft pilot, television presenter

  • United States Naval Academy, National War College

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Faith of my fathers
Worth the fighting for
The restless wave
Why courage matters
Obama Vs Mccain Voting Records Of Barack Obama John Mccain For The 109th And 110th Congress
Last letters home
Character is destiny
Hard call
Forging a military youth corps
Thirteen soldiers
The restless wave
Hard call
Why courage matters
Deterrence in decay
Hard Call
Thirteen soldiers
Last letters home
Hard call
The restless wave
Geoffrey Wellum
Geoffrey Wellum (1921-2018)

fighter pilot, biographer

  • Forest School

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First light
First light
First Light
Twilight of the Few Export/Airside/ROI
Twilight of the Few
Halide Edib Adıvar
Halide Edib Adıvar (1884-1964)

politician, military personnel, journalist

  • Üsküdar American Academy

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House with wisteria
Inside India
Conflict of East and West in Turkey
Yeni Turan
Türkün ateşle imtihanı
Sinekli bakkal
Ateşten Gömlek
Seviyye Talip
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Türkün aṭeṣle imtihani
The Turkish ordeal
Raiki̓n Annesi
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Advanced use of English
Yeni Turan
Memoirs of Halide Edib
Halide Edip Adıvar
Memoirs of Halide Edib (Replica Books)
Kubbede Kalan hos sada
Turkey faces west
Atesten Gömlek
Doner Ayna
The Turkish ordeal
Masks or souls?
Tu rku n ates ʹle imtihani
Yeni Turan
Turkey Faces West (The Middle East Series)
The Turkish ordeal
Daga çikan kurt
Sonsuz panayir
Talim ve terbiye
Mor salkimli ev
House with Wisteria
Halka Dogru - Büyük Mecmua ve Yedigün Yazilari
Memoirs of Halide Edib
Daga Cikan Kurt
İzmirden Bursaya
Kalp agrisi
Kenan Çobanları
East faces West
Do ner Ayna
Vurum kahpeye
Zeyno'nun oḡlu
Mevʼut hüküm
Rabīʻah
Turkey faces west
Halide Edip Adivar (Secmeler)
Ates̄ten gömlek
Turkey faces west
Kubbede kalan hoş sada
Zeyno'nun Oglu
Daga cikan kurt
Dağa çıkan kurt
Akile Hanim Sokagi
Mevut Hüküm
Âkile hanim sokaǧi
Handan
Türkün ateşle imtihani, istiklâl savaşi hatiralari
Ateşten Gömlek
Das neue Turan
Yolpalas Cinayeti
Seviye Talip
Son eseri
MEMOIRS OF HALIDE EDIB
Vurun Kahpeye
Yeni Turan
Türk'ün ateşle imtihani
Harap mabetler
Halide Edip Adıvar
Conflict of East and West in Turkey
Sonsuz panayir
Handa
Handan
Gizli belde
Atesten Gomlek
Son erseri
Harap Mabetler
Sonsuz panayır
Sinekli Bakkal, or the Clown and His Daughter, Part II
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Tatarcik
Vurun kahpeye!
Kenan Cobanlari Maske ve Ruh
Seviyye talip
Atesten Gömlek-Mini Kitap
Vurun Kahpeye
Harap mabetler
Kalb aǧrisi
Seviye ṭālib
Tatarcik
Ates ʹten go mlek
Tatarcik, roman
İngiliz edebiyatĭ tarihi
Zeynonuñ oġli
Kalb ağrısı
Mev'ut hüküm
Harāb ma'bedler
Türk'ün Ateşle İmtihanı
Mor Salkımlı Ev
The daughter of Smyrna
Tatarcık
Zeyno'nun Oglu
Türkiye'de şark, garp ve Amerikan tesirleri
Turkiye'de Sark- Garp ve Amerikan Tesirleri 2
Sinekli Bakkal
Sonsuz Panayir
Maske ve ruh
Memoirs of Halide Edib
Ateşten gömlek
Āteşden gömlek
Paroles devoilées
Handan
Turkey faces west
Turkī men mashriq va maghrib kī kashmakash
Memoirs
Turkey faces West
Hayat parçalari, roman
Kerim Usta'nin Oglu
Seviyye Talip
Yeni Turan
Sevda Sokagi Komedyasi
Ken'ān çōbānlari
Kerim Usta'nın oğlu
Daga çikan kurt
Mor salkımlı ev
Son Eseri
Sinekli Bakkal
Döner ayna, roman
Raik'in annesi
The shirt of flame =
Halide Edib Adıvar
Qamīṣ min nār
Harap mabetler
Zeyno’nun Oğlu
Masks or souls?
Çaresaz
Kenan çobanları
Mor salkimli ev
Turkey Faces West a Turkish View of Recent Changes and Their Origin
Doner Ayna
Heyula
Sinekli Bakkal
Inside India
Kenan çobanlari
Die Tochter des Schattenspielers
Zeyno'nun oǧlu
Turkiye'de Sark - Garp ve Amerikan Tesirleri
Yolpalas Cinayeti
Sinekli bakkal, roman
Vurun kahpeye
Dağa çıkan kurt
Kerim Usta'nin Oglu
Hayat parçaları
Hindistan'a Dair
Ateşten gömlek
Yolpalas cinayeti
Döner ayna
Âkile Hanım Sokağı
Halide Edib Adivar
El almacén de las moscas
Inside India
Doktor Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar
The clown and his daughter
Tatarcik [Roman]
Inside India
Kalb ağrısı
Urun kahpeye
Harap mabetler
De quoi s'agit-il?
Âkıle hanım sokağı
İzmirʾden Burusaʾya
Dağa cıkan kurt
The shirt of flame
Vurun kahpeye
Gizli belde
Mor salkımlı ev
Seviyye talib
Pairāhan ātashen̲
Talim be terbiye
Kenan çobanları
Handan (alti̇nci̇ basi̇li̇s)
İngiliz edebiyatı tarihi
Sinekli bakkal
Mev'ud hüküm
Âkile Hanım Sokağı
Andarūn-i Hind
Kalp ağrisi
Zeyno'nun oğlu
Son eseri
Atestan gömlek
Raik'ın annesi
Mev'ut hüküm
Handan (Yedinci basiliṣ)
Rue de l'Épicerie aux Mouches
Ateşden gömlek
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Döner ayna
Wilfred Thesiger
Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003)

explorer, diplomat, historian, military personnel, photographer, traveler, botanical collector

  • University of Oxford, Eton College

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The Marsh Arabs
Arabian sands
Wild
My Life and Travels
The last nomad
Danakil Diary
Desert, Marsh and Mountain
A Vanished World
Among the Mountains
The Marsh Arabs (Travel Library)
My Kenya days
La Vie que j'ai choisie
The Thesiger Collection
The life of my choice
Crossing the Sands
Desert, Marsh and Mountain (Memoirs of Arabia)
The desert
Visions of a Nomad (Memoirs of Arabia)
Les Arabes des marais irakiens
Les déserts des déserts
Die Brunnen der Wüste. Mit den Beduinen durch das unbekannte Arabien
Visions of a nomad
Désert des déserts
Among the Mountains Travels In Asia
Wilfred Thesiger's photographs
A journey in Nuristan
Desert Marsh + Mnt De Lux
Arabian sands
Wüste, Sumpf und Berge
Carnets dAbyssinie
Arenas de Arabia
On the edge