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Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese (born 1955)

  • Madras Medical College, East Tennessee State University

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My own country
The Tennis Partner (ARC)
Cutting for Stone
The Body
Soundings
Gabriel Banat
Gabriel Banat (1926-2016)

classical violinist, conductor, musicologist

  • Franz Liszt Academy of Music

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The Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Mozart Violin Concerti
Michael Brocke
Michael Brocke (born 1940)

Judaic scholar, director

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Die Rabbiner Im Deutschen Reich 1871-1945
Zur Geschichte und Kultur der Juden in Ost- und Westpreussen
Juden in Emmerich
Die Rabbiner der Emanzipationszeit in Den Deutschen, Böhmischen und Großpolnischen Ländern 1781-1871
Der juĢˆdische Friedhof in Soest
Juden im Ruhrgebiet
The Lord's Prayer and Jewish Liturgy (English and German Edition)
Haus des Lebens
Wolkensäule und Feuerschein
Neuer Anbruch
Steine wie Seelen: Der alte j udische Friedhof Krefeld. Grabmale und Inschriften (Bildband+Textband) Grabmale und Inschriften
Die Rabbiner Im Deutschen Reich 1871-1945 (German Edition)
Feuer an Dein Heiligtum gelegt: ZerstoĢˆrte Synagogen 1938, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Gedenkbuch der Synagogen Deutschland 1938) (German Edition)
Der alte Jüdische Friedhof zu Frankfurt am Main. Unbekannte Denkmäler und Inschriften
Nur Gräber bleiben mir
Stein und Name
Judentum und Israel
Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner. Teil 2
Zutot 2001
Der juĢˆdische Friedhof in Oerlinghausen
Der alte jüdische Friedhof Bonn-Schwarzrheindorf
Steine wie Seelen
Beter und Rebellen
Der juĢˆdische Friedhof in Solingen
Das Vaterunser
Visionen der gerechten Gesellschaft
Robert B. Laughlin
Robert B. Laughlin (born 1950)

physicist, academic

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley

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<I>What Is Life?</I>: The Intellectual Pertinence of Erwin Schrödinger
A Different Universe
Powering the future
The crime of reason
Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow
Patrick French
Patrick French (1966-2023)

biographer, historian, academic

  • University of Edinburgh, Ampleforth College

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The world is what it is
Younghusband
The World Is What It Is
The world is what it is
Tibet, Tibet
India
Liberty or Death
Tibet, Tibet
India A Portrait
After Bataille
Dreams and Memories of a Lost Land
Tibet, Tibet (Collections Litterature) (French Edition)
TIBET, TIBET: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF A LOST LAND
Xizang zhui zong
V.S. Naipaul
French Brothers Wild and Crazy Film Quiz Book
David Miller
David Miller (born 1935)

journalist, editor, researcher

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Olympic Revolution
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe--born to run
Korea's Olympic Icon
England's Last Glory
The official history of the Olympic Games and the IOC
Official commemorative book of the Centennial Olympic Games
World Cup
Cup magic
Father of football
England's last glory
Sports writer's eye
Father of Football
Olympic revolution
The Peter Cushing companion
Croquet and how to play it
World Cup 1970
Gottfried Arnold
Gottfried Arnold (1666-1714)

theologian, historian, protestant theologian, church historian, poet, pedagogue

  • University of Halle-Wittenberg

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Das Leben der Gla©Ę”bigen oder Beschreibung solcher Gottseligen Personen, welche in denen letzten 200. Jahren sonderlich bekandt worden
Das Leben der GlaĢˆubigen, oder, Beschreibung solcher gottseligen Personen
Gottfried Arnolds Weg von 1696 bis 1705
Vit©Œ Patrum
Vitæ Patrum, oder, Das Leben der Altväter und anderer gottseeligen Personen
Das Leben der Gläubigen, Oder, Beschreibung solcher Gottseligen Personen
Das Leben der Glaübigen oder Beschreibung solcher Gottseligen Personen, welche in denen letzten 200. Jahren sonderlich bekandt worden
Waare Afbeelding Der Erste Christenen
Paradiesischer Lustgarten voller andächtigen Gebete
Das Geheimnis der goĢˆttlichen Sophia
Historie und Beschreibung der mystischen Theologie
Sämmtliche geistliche Lieder
Die Erste Liebe
Unparteyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historie
Sämmtliche geistliche Lieder
Unparteiische Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie
Gottfried Arnolds Kurtz gefasste Kirchen-Historie des Alten und Neuen Testaments
Das Geheimnisz der goĢˆttlichen Sophia, oder, Weiszheit
Histoire und Beschreibung der Mystischen Theologie
Gothofredi Arnoldi Historia cognationis spiritualis, inter christianos receptae
Gottfried Arnolds Wahre Abbildung der ersten Christen, nach ihrem lebendigen Glauben und heiligen Leben
Gottfried Arnoldin auswahl
Die Abwege, oder, Irrungen und Versuchungen gutwilliger und frommer Menschen, aus Beystimmung des gottseelingen Alterthums
Das wahre Christenthums altes Testaments im heilsamen Gebrauch der vornehmsten SpruĢˆche aus dem ersten Buch Mosis
Gottfrid Arnolds Unparteyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historie
Fratum sororumq
Historie der kerken en ketteren
Der richtigste Weg durch Christum zu Gott
Gottfried Arnolds Unpartheyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historie
Gottfried Arnold
Giessener Antrittsvorlesung sowie andere Dokumente seiner Giessener Zeit und Gedoppelter Lebenslauf
Unparteiische Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie vom Anfang des Neuen Testaments bis auf das Jahr Christi 1688
Die geistliche Gestalt eines evangelischen Lehrers, nach dem Sinn und Exempel der Alten
Neue göttliche Liebes-Funcken und ausbrechende Liebes-Flammen
Supplementa, Illustrationes und Emendationes zur Verbesserung der Kirchen-Historie
Gottfried Arnolds Endliche Vorstellung seiner Lehre und BekaĢˆntniss auff Hrn. D. Veiels ... und M. Corvini Anklagen
Denckmahl des alten Christenthums
Gottfried Arnolds Unpartheyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historien
Vitae patrum, oder, Das Leben der Altväter und anderer Gottseeligen Personen
Gottfried Arnolds Unpartheyische kirchen und ketzer historie
Wahre Abbildung des inwendigen Christenthums
Hauptschriften in Einzelausgaben
Gottfrid Arnolds Unparteyische Kirchen-und Ketzer-Historie
Gottfried Arnolds, weil. Past. und Königl. Preuss. Inspect. zu Perleberg, Wahre Abbildung des inwendigen Christenthums
Die Erste Liebe, das ist, Wahre Abbildung der ersten Christen
Wahrer Christenspiegel
Hauptschriften in Einzelausgaben
Die Abwege oder Irrungen und Versuchungen gutwilliger und frommer Menschen
Die Verklärung Jesu Christi in der Seele
Gottfried Arnold's Historie und Beschreibung Der Mystischen Theologie
Die geistliche Gestalt eines evangelischen Lehrers
Gottfried Arnolds Fernere ErklaĢˆuterung seines Sinnes und Verhaltens beym Kirchen- und Abendmalgehen
Gottfried Arnolds Unpartheyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historien
Gottfried Arnolds Wahre Abbildung des inwendigen Christenthums ...
Gottfried Arnolds Auserlesene Send-Schreiben derer Alten
Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie (1835-1924)

cartographer, biographer, volcanologist, geologist, historian

  • University of Edinburgh

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The founders of geology
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, bart
Annals of the Royal Society Club
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison
Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison
Charles Darwin as geologist
A long life's work
Long Life's Work
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison Vol. 2
Memoir of John Michell
Types of scenery and their influence on literature
Text-book of geology
Text-book of Geology
Class-book of geology
The birds of Shakespeare
Outlines of field-geology
Text-book of Geology
Elementary Lessons in Physical Geography
Geology
The story of a boulder; or, Gleanings from the notebook of a field geologist: Or, Gleanings from ..
The Scenery of Scotland
English science and its literary caricaturists in the 17th and 18th centuries
Physical geography
Physical Geography
The geology of central and western Fife and Kinross
Charles Darwin as geologist
The love of nature among the Romans during the later decades of the republic and the first century of the empire
The scenery of Scotland veiwed in connection with its physical geology
Scottish reminiscences
The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain
Elementary lessons in physical geography
Landscape in history
The scenery of Scotland viewed in connexion with its physical geology
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison: Based on His Journals and Letters : with ..
Geology
The teaching of geography
Class-book of Geology
Birds of Shakespeare
Geological sketches at home and abroad
An elementary geography of the British Isles
The story of a boulder; or, Gleanings from the note-book of a field geologist
Questions in Geikie's Elementary Physical Geography
Outlines of Field-geology
The scenery of Scotland viewed in connection with its physical geology
Landscape in history and other essays
Explanatory notes to accompany a new geological map of England and Wales
Nociones de geología
The Teaching of Geography: Suggestions Regarding Principles and Methods for the Use of Teachers
A long life's work
Annals of the Royal Society Club
Charles Darwin as geologist
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murehison..
Textbook of geology
Text-book of geology
Class-Book Of Geology
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Bart.,; K. C. B., F. R. S.; sometime director-general of the Geological survey of the United kingdom
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, based on his journals and letters...
Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay
Text-book of geology
Birds of Shakespeare
Physical geography
The geology of Eastern Fife
Memoir of John Michell, M.A., B.D., F.R.S
Physikalische Geographie
The Love Of Nature Among The Romans During The Later Decades Of The Republic
Scottish Reminiscences
Charles Darwin: Memorial Notices Reprinted from "Nature."
The geological structure of the north-westHighlands of Scotland
Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad
On the phenomena of the glacial drift of Scotland
Text-book of geology
Geological sketches at home and abroad
Geological map of the British Isles. [Together with] outlines of the geology of the British Isles to accompany the geological map
Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides In 1784
The founders of geology
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Bart.; K.C.B., F.R.S.; Sometime Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. Based of His ... and a Sketch of the Rise and Growth of Pal
Elementary lessons in physical geography
The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain
The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain; Volume 1
Elementary lessons in physical geography
The geology of Eastern Fife
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison 2 Volume Set
Physical geography
Geological map of England and Wales
Annals Of The Royal Society Club
The scenery of Scotland
Landscape in history, and other essays
Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay
The geology of Eastern Berwickshire (Map 34)
The geological structure of the north-west Highlands of Scotland
Science in education
Class-book of geology
Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 : Volume 2
Scottish reminiscences
The Founders Of Geology
Geologie
Geografia fisica
Physical Geography
The Student's Manual of Geology
Lanarkshire
Ayrshire (North part), with parts of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire
The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain; Volume 2
Physical Geography
Physical geography
Memoir of Edward Forbes
Geological sketches, at home and abroad
Charles Darwin as Geologist
Outlines of field-geology
Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 2 Volume Set
La géologie
Anleitung zu geologischen Aufnahmen
Landscape into history
On the age of the altered limestone of Strath, Skye
The love of nature among the Romans during the later decades of the Republic and the first century of the Empire
Text-Book of Geology; Volume 2
The scenery of Scotland, viewed in connection with its physical geology... with a geological map by Sir Roderick I. Murchison..
An elementary geography of the British Isles
The scenery of Scotland
Life Of Sir Roderick I., Murchison Bart. K.c.b. F.r.s., Sometime Director General Of The Geological Survey Of The United Kingdom..., 2
Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison Vol. 1
Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 : Volume 1
Class-book of geology
Geology
The making of Britain
The scenery of Scotland
Carboniferous volcanic rocks of the basin of the Firth of Forth
Kitāb-i zamīnshināsī
Outlines of field-geology
The Founders of geology
Outlines of field-geology
The geology of eastern Berwickshire
Geological sketches at home and abroad
The geology of Eastern Berwickshire
Physical geography
The founders of geology
Geology
A long life's work
Nociones de geología
Geology
On the old red sandstone of western Europe
The history of volcanic action during the Tertiary period in the British Isles ...
The geology of the neighbourhood of Edinburgh : (map 32)
Explanatory notes to accompany a geological map of Scotland