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Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989)

politician, psychologist, political activist, social activist, human rights activist, peace activist

  • University of California, Berkeley, Brandeis University

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Revolution for the hell of it
Soon to be a major motion picture
The autobiography of Abbie Hoffman
Steal This Book
Steal This Urine Test
Woodstock nation
Square dancing in the Ice Age
The best of Abbie Hoffman
Vote!
The Conspiracy
Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman
Woodstock nation: a talk-rock album
Vote! [By] Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin & Ed Sanders
Yippie! Una pasada de revolución
Revolution for the hell of it
Preserving Disorder
Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk (1918-1994)

political scientist, philosopher, literary critic, historian, journalist, peace activist

  • University of St Andrews, Duke University

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The Sword of Imagination
Edmund Burke
John Randolph of Roanoke
The Dark Descent
Dark Forces
The Surly Sullen Bell
Eliot and His Age
The Color of Evil
Ghosts
Academic freedom
Old House of Fear
Lord of the hollow dark
A program for conservatives
The American cause
The conservative mind, from Burke to Santayana
Ancestral shadows
The Politics of Prudence
America's British culture
The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Volume 2
The political principles of Robert A. Taft
Decadence and Renewal in the Higher Learning
The princess of all lands
The Essential Russell Kirk
Watchers at the strait gate
Redeeming the Time
Beyond the dreams of avarice
The roots of American order
The wise men know what wicked things are written on the sky
The Portable conservative reader
The conservative mind : from Burke to Eliot / Russell Kirk
Prospects for conservatives
The intemperate professor
The conservative Constitution
The Assault on religion
Rights and duties
Enemies of the Permanent Things: Observations of Abnormity in Literature and Politics
Economics
Gateway to the Stoics
St. Andrews
What Shadows We Pursue
A creature of the twilight: his memorials
Randolph of Roanoke
Confessions of a bohemian Tory
The intelligent woman's guide to conservatism
Orestes Brownson
What Is Conservatism?
Fiction # 169
Off the Sand Road
Modern age
Lord Acton on revolution
保守主义思想
Muhafazakar Anlayış
Objections to conservatism
Collected Letters of John Randolph to Dr. John Brockenbrough
Government's role in solving societal problems
Russell Kirk's Concise Guide to Conservatism
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag (1933-2004)

film director, professor, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, journalist, women's rights activist, film critic, theatrical director, human rights activist, historian, opinion journalist

  • University of Paris, Harvard University

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As consciousness is harnessed to flesh
Reborn
Reborn
Trip to Hanoi
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh
Maestros and Monsters
Italy
Susan Sontag
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh
Illness as metaphor
In America
The Volcano Lover
On photography
Death kit
Regarding the pain of others
Where the Stress Falls
Styles of radical will
At the same time
The benefactor
Against Interpretation
Conversations with Susan Sontag
I, etcetera
Women
AIDS and its metaphors
Under the sign of Saturn
Against interpretation, and other essays
Alice in Bed
A Susan Sontag reader
The way we live now
Women
Duet for cannibals
Penguin Modern Classic STOCK PACK 5 x 50
Death Kit
The Volcano Lover
Against Interpretation And Other Essays
Cage-Cunningham-Johns
Essays of the 1960s & 70s
Selected Stories
Yo, etcetera
The best American essays
Antonin Artaud
Sobre la fotografía
Captive Spirit
In Amerika
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Richard Misrach
Sur la photographie
Krankheit als Metapher & Aids und seine Metaphern.
Declaración
Obra Imprescindible. Susan Sontag / Susan Sontag
Brother Carl
La maladie comme métaphore
Violent Legacies
Le sida et ses métaphores
Sulla fotografia. Realtà e immagine nella nostra società
La Enfermedad y Sus Metaforas y el Sida y Sus Metaforas
Literature Is Freedom
Styles of Radical Will
En Amérique
En America
Face of Human Rights
The best American essays 1992
Debriefing
Der Liebhaber des Vulkans
Ich. etc.
In America
Estilos radicales
At The Same Time - Essays & Speeches
Debriefing
Notes on Camp
Ante el Dolor de Los Demás / Regarding the Pain of Others
Against Interpretation, and Other Essays Lib/E
La conciencia uncida a la carne
Aids andits metaphors
Das Leiden anderer betrachten
Sobre La Fotografia
Odrodzona Dzienniki Tom 1 1947-1963
Under the Sign of Saturn
Stories
Machete Season
Women
Bajo El Signo de Saturno
Where the Stress Falls Lib/E
On Women
El Benefactor
Syberbergs Hitler-Film
Bilincin Kapisini Aralamak
Untitled Novel
Der Wohltäter. Roman
On Women
L'amant du volcan
Against Interpretation
Estilos Radicales - B -
ecriture meme
Don Mccullin (signed Edition)
Brother Carl
Baskalarinin Acisina Bakmak
BARTHES
In Amerika
Susan Sontag Reader
AIDS and Its Metaphors
Ruyalarinin Esiri
The Benefactor (Avon, V2114)
El amante del volcan
Later essays
Regarding the Pain of Others
Reborn
Volcano Lover
Sontag on Film
Kunst und Antikunst
In America
Das Leiden anderer betrachten
Aids und seine Metaphern
En América
Saturn Yildizi Altinda
Benefactor
I, Etcetera
Death Kit
O fotografii
Where the Stress Falls
Bilinç Tene Kusaninca
On Photography
Granta: Sobre la marcha. Tomo #7 (Granta: As [You] Go Through Life. Volume #7)
Yeniden Dogan
Ich schreibe, um herauszufinden, was ich denke
Stories
Granta En Español
Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Sanatci
Kunst und Antikunst. 24 literarische Analysen
Yoruma Karsi
Untitled Book on Japan
Under the Sign of Saturn Lib/E
Todesstation
Susan Sontag On Photography
Sobre la fotografia
À la rencontre d'Artaud
Yanardag Sevdalisi
Reborn
AMANTE DEL VOLCAN, EL
Styles of Radical Will
Cap a Amèrica
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Bajo el signo de saturno
Syberbergs Hitler-Film
El benefactor
Moi, etcetera
Style radykalnej woli
Bilinc Tene Kusaninca
Amerika'da
DEATH KIT
Ante el dolor de los demás
Under the Sign of Saturn
Susan Sontag Reader
Estuche de muerte
Notes on Camp
Benefactor
Boyle Yasıyoruz Artık
At the Same Time
Cuestión de énfasis
Sobre la fotografia
Globales Amerika?
On Photography
Gesten radikalen Willens
Amante Del Volcán
Portraits in Life and Death
Ante El Dolor de Los Demas
Styles of Radical Will
Styles of Radical Will
Where the Stress Falls
Sobre la fotografia
Fashion Images De Mode No. 4
Przeciw interpretacji i inne eseje
Al mismo tiempo/ At the Same Time
Ben Vesaire
ecriture meme
La enfermedad y sus metáforas | El sida y sus metáforas
El Amante del Volcan
Death Kit
Duet for Cannibals
A Susan Sontag Reader
Zur gleichen Zeit
Place in the World Called Paris
Yeniden Dogan; Günlükler ve Deflerler, 1947-1963
Brother Carl
Choroba jako metafora
Davant el dolor dels altres
Renacida
Davant el dolor dels altres
Under the Sign of Saturn
Summer in Baden-Baden
Metafor Olarak Hastalik - Aids ve Metaforlari
Widok cudzego cierpienia
Against Interpretation
Al mismo tiempo
EL AMANTE DEL VOLCÁN
Contra la interpretación y otros ensayos
Olum Tuneli
Über Fotografie
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Wiedergeboren
I, Etcetera
El benefactor / The Benefactor (Spanish Edition)
Contra La Interpretacion
Im Zeichen des Saturn
Death Kit
Benefactor
Under the Sign of Saturn
Illness As Metaphor
En América (In America)
Fotograf Uzerine
Devant la douleur des autres
On Women
Untitled (Essays on Feminism)
A conversation with Susan Sontag
Camp
L'oeuvre parle
הצילום כראי התקופה
Universal Experience
El Sida y Sus Metaforas
Howard Hodgkin Paintings
El amante del volcán
Sobre la fotografía. - 5. edición
ha-Maḥalah ke-meṭaforah
Yo, Etcetera
Fan quan shi
Smotrim na chuzhie stradani︠i︡a
Na América
El Silencio en boca de todos
Poklonnik Vezuvii Ła
Tradities van het nieuwe, of Moeten wij modern zijn?
Don McCullin
Un été à Baden-Baden
Rwwm
Resa till Hanoi
L'Ecriture même
Susan Sontag on Paul Goodman and the Dummy/1 Audio Cassette
Todesstation
Rosalynn Carter
Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023)

politician, women's rights activist, autobiographer

  • Georgia Southwestern State University

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First Lady from Plains
Everything to Gain
First lady from Plains
Helping someone with mental illness
Triumph over fear
Helping Yourself Help Others
Helping yourself help others
Within our reach
Within our reach
Everything to Gain
Within our reach
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

politician, autobiographer, lawyer, political activist, political prisoner

  • University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare

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Long Walk to Freedom
In his own words
Conversations with Myself
No Easy Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela speaks
Mandela
The Struggle Is My Life
The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom
Habla Nelson Mandela
For Nelson Mandela
Reader's Digest Great biographies in large type
A prisoner in the garden
Nelson Mandela
Un Long Chemin Vers La Liberte
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Voices from Robben Island
Biko
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Indlela ende eya enkululekweni
An irresistible vision
Fighting on both sides of the law
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Prentice Hall Literature
Nelson Mandela
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Nelson Mandela, speeches 1990
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (Aesop Accolades (Awards))
One nation, one country (Statements)
Notes to the future
Cuba and Angola
Intensifiquemos la lucha
L' apartheid
A prisoner in the garden
Let freedom reign
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Qué lejos hemos llegado los esclavos!
Nelson Mandela, symbol of resistance and hope for a free South Africa
Nelson Mandela I Am Prepared to Die
Nelson Mandela: Intersifiguemos LA Lucha
The Mandela document
Favorite African Folktales
Speeches that Changed the World
46664 The Concert
Embargo
I am prepared to die
Selected speeches and writings of Nelson Mandela
Azadi ki shahrah par
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 49th ANC National Conference, 17 December 1994, Bloemfontein
Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales
The essential Nelson Mandela
Eye of the Hurricane
Walk the last mile with us
L' Apartheid
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales 2004 Wall Calendar
The Voice of Nelson Mandela
Housing Generator
The story of the Rugby World Cup, South Africa, 1995
Nelson Mandela speaks
A time to build
I have done my duty to my people and to South Africa
South and Southern Africa into the next century
We accuse
How Far We Slaves Have Come!
One nation, one country
The building has begun!
A better life for all
Renewal and renaissance
Long Walk to Freedom : 1962-1994
Invest in peace
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Violence and Health
A Mandela!
Làpartheid
Madiba Buyusu
Un long chemin vers la liberté
A Mandela!
Prison Letters
El color de la libertad
Mis cuentos africanos
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Un gesto può cambiare il mondo
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom : 1918-1962
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 1 of 2
Illus Long Walk Freedom Hb Bclub
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 2 of 2
Long Walk to Freedom Hb D/Bx12
L'apartheid (Documents)
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
In gesprek met mijzelf
Mis cuentos africanos
Pensêes Pour Moi-même
In gesprek met mijzelf
Nelson Mandela by himself
Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom B D/Bx36
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk Freedom B d/Bx27 Inc3Fr
Une minute peut changer le monde
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations,22 June 1990
Nelson Mandela. Une vie en mots et en images
Pensées pour moi-même
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmarchen
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations, 22 June 1990
Trial of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mā burdagān tā bih kujā āmadahʼīm
Letters to Madiba
Rivonia sabotage trial, Oct. 1963-Sept. 1964
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Letters to Madiba
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Freiheit ist ein Ideal
L'Année Mandela
Gehe deinen Weg in Freiheit
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the African National Congress
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmärchen
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960)

anti-imperialist, journalist, women's rights activist, editor, oil painter, suffragist, artist, feminist

  • Manchester School of Art, Royal College of Art

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The life of Emmeline Pankhurst
The home front
The suffragette
Non-Leninist Marxism
Ex-Italian Somaliland
Delphos
The suffragette movement
The execution of an East London boy
Ethiopia
Suffragette
Women, suffrage, and politics
LLoyd George takes the mask off
A Sylvia Pankhurst reader
A Suffragette in America
The birth-rate
Soviet Russia as I saw it
British policy in Eastern Ethiopia
Ethiopia and Eritrea
Eritrea on the eve
The Ethiopian people
The truth about the oil war
Why are we destroying the Ethiopian ports?
Communism and its tactics
British policy in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia
India and the earthly paradise
Education in Ethiopia
Save the mothers
Extracts from the speeches of Mrs. Pankhurst, George Lansbury, Annie Kenney & Sylvia Pankhurst, the suffragette prisoners who were convicted of incitement to violence
Education of the masses
Die grosse Verschwörung gegen den russischen und den deutschen Sozialismus
Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell (1876-1948)

journalist, playwright, biographer, women's rights activist, actor

  • Drake University, University of Chicago

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The road to the temple
Great American Short Stories [34 stories]
Crime Classics
LibriVox Short Mystery Story Collection Vol. 001
The Best Short Stories of 1917
Master's Choice - Volume II
Alison's house
Great Classic Stories II
Lifted masks, and other works
The Visioning
A jury of her peers
The glory of the conquered
Fidelity
Brook Evans
The Glory of the Conquered
Trifles
The verge
Suppressed desires
Librivox Short Story Collection 037
Suppressed desires
Fidelity
Lifted Masks; stories
Four Plays. TRIFLES; THE OUTSIDE; THE VERGE; INHERITORS
Trifles
Her America
Trifles
Inheritors
The morning is near us
Twelve American Crime Stories
Trifles and a Jury of Her Peers
Plays
The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love
Plays
Suppressed Desires
The Glory Of The Conquered
A Jury of Her Peers
The Verge
The glory of the conquered
Judd Rankin's daughter
The People And Close The Book
The morning is near us
Plays by Susan Glaspell (British and American Playwrights)
Lifted Masks
Plays
Lifted Masks : Stories
The visioning
Cherished and shared of old
Inheritors
Bernice
Plays
Trifles
Susan Glaspell
Fugitive's return
Trifles and a Jury of Her Peers
Plays
Klasik Polisiye Öyküler
The glory of the conquered
The People ; And, Close the Book: Two One-act Plays
The people
Norma Ashe
The verge
The verge
Chains of dew
Brook Evans
Inheritors
Bernice
Trifles and six other short plays
Fidelity
Woman's honor
The outside
Fugitive's return
Trifles
Susan Glaspell
Bernice
Free Laughter
Plays
A jury of her peers
Susan Glaspell
The morning is near us
Tickless time
The comic artist
The comic artist
Springs Eternal
Close the book
Ambrose Holt and family
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995)

poet, activist, environmentalist, television producer

  • University of Ibadan, Government College Umuahia

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A Month and a Day
Segi finds the radio
A Month and a Day & Letters
The transistor radio
Mr B again
Sozaboy
Songs in a time of war
Pita Dumbrok's Prison
Adaku & other stories
The Singing Anthill
A forest of flowers
Prisoners of Jebs
A shipload of rice
Mr B
Basi andcompany
Sozaboy
Prisoners of Jebs
Lemona's tale
Genocide in Nigeria
Mr B Again
A Forest of Flowers
Lemonas Geschichte
Nigeria
Mr. B
Nigeria
Four farcical plays
Die Sterne dort unten
Second letter to Ogoni youth
Mr. B goes to Lagos
Letter to Ogoni youth
Mister B millionnaire. Traduit de l'anglais (Nigéria) par Kangui Alem
The Bride for Mr. B
Mr. B's mattress
Tambari in Dukana
Ethnicity and national development
On a darkling plain
Ogoni
Tambari
Mr. B.'s Mattress (The Adventures of Mr B)
Similia
The transistor radio
Bride by return
The mattress
200 Jahre Kants Entwurf "Zum ewigen Frieden"
Before the curtain falls
Comrades all
Madam no go quench again
A shipload of rice
For Ken, for Nigeria
The wheel