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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 1941)

evolutionary biologist, ethologist, science communicator, essayist, theoretical biologist, epistemologist, sociobiologist, biologist, zoologist, actor, geneticist

  • University of Oxford, University of Oxford

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An Appetite For Wonder The Making Of A Scientist A Memoir
Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science
The Tinbergen legacy
Brief Candle in the Dark
Brief Candle in the Dark
The God Delusion
The Greatest Show on Earth
The selfish gene
River out of Eden
The Ancestor's Tale
What Are You Optimistic About?
A Devil's Chaplain
The Magic of Reality
The Blind Watchmaker
The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution
The Extended Phenotype
Het Grootste Spektakel ter Wereld
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
The Tanner lectures on human values
Inside Natures Giants
Unweaving the Rainbow
Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia
Outgrowing God
The Four Horsemen
Una luz fugaz en la oscuridad
Climbing Mount Improbable
Bóg urojony
Why we believe in god(s)
River Out of Eden
Blind Watchmaker 1.2
Caught in the Pulpit
Destejiendo el arco iris
Der entzauberte Regenbogen. Wissenschaft, Aberglaube und die Kraft der Phantasie
Genius of Britain (Text Only)
Qu'est-ce que l'évolution ? Le fleuve de la vie
Pocket Watchmaker
Opowieść przodka
Books Do Furnish a Life
Oxford surveys in evolutionary biology
God's Utility Function
Olafur Eliasson
Een Regenboog Ontrafelen
Host Manipulation by Parasites
Destejiendo El Arco Iris
River Out of Eden (Science Masters)
Flights of Fancy
God als Misvatting
Science in the soul
River Out Of Eden
Viruses of the Mind
Die Schöpfungslüge
The extended selfish gene
Und es entsprang ein Fluß in Eden. Das Uhrwerk der Evolution
El gen egoi sta
Fresh Air : Faith, Reason and Doubt Lib/E
Ateísmo para principiantes
Descent of Man
Not One More Death
Geschichten vom Ursprung des Lebens
Una curiosidad insaciable
La ciencia en el alma
The best American science and nature writing, 2003
The Oxford book of modern science writing
El relojero ciego
Greatest Show on Earth
Extended Phenotype
Science, delusion and the appetite for wonder
River Out of Eden 18-copy Dumpbin
River Out of Eden
Olasılıksızlık Dağına Tırmanmak
Die Poesie der Naturwissenschaften
Escalada do Monte Improv�vel, A
Story of Life
Genislemis Fenotip; Gen Bencildir'in Devami
Capelão do Diabo
Ancestral Voices
Najwspanialsze widowisko świata
Destejiendo el arco iris
Gokkusagini Cozmek
Tanrıyı Aşmak
Kör Saatçi
El relojero ciego
La fantasía de volar
My Name is Stardust
Ruhtaki Bilim
Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
Yeryuzundeki En Buyuk Gosteri
Pour en finir avec Dieu
Science in the soul
Kör Saatci
Brief Candle in the Dark
From Apostle to Apostate
Nice guys finish first
Fantasía de Volar
Swiatelko w mroku
Merak Tutkusu
River Out of Eden 36 x Dumpbin
Science in the Soul
Una curiosidad insaciable
Una Luz Fugaz En La Oscuridad
Die Schöpfungslüge
Oxford surveys in evolutionary biology
Alabama Insert
Outgrowing God
Climbing Mount Improbable
The Young Oxford Encyclopedia of Science
God's Utility Function
God
O Relojoeiro Cego
Cogento
DECOMPONDO O ARCO-ÍRIS - A Ciência, a Ilusão e o Apetite pelo Deslumbramento -(EURO 13.97)
Growing-up in the Universe
El espejismo de Dios
La ciencia en el alma
Young Oxford Library of Science
La ciencia en el alma
El espejismo de Dios
Religion as a by-product of something else in
Der entzauberte Regenbogen
Der Erweiterte Phänotyp
Devil's Chaplain
Genetic Book of the Dead
Der Gotteswahn
ha-Hatsagah ha-gedolah ba-tevel
Abstracts of papers presented at the 1990 meeting on Evolution
Reka iz Raja
O typhlos ōrologopoios
Oxford surveys in evolutionary biology
יש אלוהים?
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023)

actor, poet, singer, dub poet, autobiographer, musician

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Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah: My Story (Collins Big Cat)
Gangsta Rap
Face
Refugee boy
Talking Turkeys
J Is for Jamaica (World Alphabets)
Funky Chickens
Wicked World!
Refugee Boy
Propa propaganda
City psalms
Primary Rhyming Dictionary
Kung Fu Trip
Too black, too strong
Rhyming Dictionary
School's Out
Benjamin Zephaniahs Refugee Boy
Refugee Boy
Teacher's dead
The Little Book of Vegan Poems (Poetry)
Refugee boy
Inna Liverpool
We Are Britain
Liam
Rasta time in Palestine
Love Poems
Verbal Riddim
The dread affair
Terror Kid
Change Your Mind, Heal Your Body
Being Cool
Nature Trail
Refugee Boy
Angry White People
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah
Oxon Shell Guide
I'll be home for Christmas
Benjamin Zephaniah
Funky Turkeys
Peace Inside
Literacy Evolve
When I grow up
People Need People
Voices for Change
Siginmaci Cocuk
Rising in the east
Windrush Child
Benjamin Zephaniah : My Story
Rollercoasters Teacher's Dead
Read on; Read on Complete Level 3a 4c
Kung Fu Trip (Quick Reads Edition)
Longman School Drama NEW Titles Pack
Rollercoasters Terror Kid
Reggae Head
Les Trésors de mon jardin
Listen to your parents
We Sang Across the Sea
Off the page
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

film actor, model, film producer, singer, autobiographer, Playboy Playmate, fashion model, actor

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Actors Studio

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Marilyn Monroe in her own words
Fragments
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
My story
Marilyn on Marilyn
Mėrilin Monro
Marilyn Monroe in her own words
Monrō tōku
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn--her life in her own words
Confession inachevée
Marilyn in her own words
My Story
Let's Make Love
Mârîlyn Mônroe Calendar 2022
Fragmentos
Fragmentos
Conversaciones con Marilyn Monroe
Conversaciones con Marilyn Monroe
Fragmentos
Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe
Goodbye Primadonna
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Marilyn Monroe and the camera
Marilyn on Marilyn
Darling, You Can Make Anyone Fall in Love!
Fragmenty. Wiersze, zapiski intymne, listy
Marilyn Monroe
Fragmentos
Marilyn
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (born 1933)

actor, autobiographer, seiyū, tarento

  • Tokyo College of Music

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Madogiwa no Totto-chan
Totto-Chan
Totto-channeru
Totto-chan, the little girl at the window
Chuang bian de xiao dou dou
Chʻang ka ŭi Tʻotʻo = [Madogiwa no Tottochan] / Kʻuroyanagi Tʻechʻŭkʻo kŭl ; Iwasakʻi Chʻihiro kŭrim ; Kim Nan-ju omgim
Xiao Doudou de pin dao
Xiao Doudou de peng you
Totto-chan, cô bé bên cửa sổ
Chuang bian de xiao doudou
Xiao shi hou jiu zai xiang de shi
Bu ke si yi guo de xiao Dou dou
Xiaodoudou pin dao
Tetsuko za besuto
Diu san la si de xiao dou dou
Madogiwa no tottochan
Totto no ketsurakucho
Totto-chan no karuchā shokku
Best of Totto-Chan
Totto-chan, la petite fille à la fenêtre
Chiisai toki kara kangaete kita koto
Totto-Chan's Children
Totto-chan to Totto-chantachi
Fushigi no kuni no Totto-chan
Xiao Doudou de qiu shi
Tou tou ti tung wu chü chʻang
Totto no pikuchā bukku
Oshaberi kurabu
Konna sensei ga hoshii
Xiao Doudou he xiao Doudou men
Totto-Chan
Ueru Afurika
Xiao dou dou dong wu ju chang
Eric L. Haney
Eric L. Haney (born 1952)

soldier, actor

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Inside Delta Force
Inside Delta Force
Low Country
Inside Delta Force
Beyond shock and awe
No man's land
No Man's Land
Beyond Shock and Awe
Delta Force. Im Einsatz gegen den Terror
The Prefect of Panama
Beyond Shock and Awe
Lun 21shi ji zhan zheng
Delta Force
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940)

stage actor, film actor, actor

  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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My life and some letters
Tunnel Tigers
Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America
Patrick Campbell's Travels
A Molly Maguire Story
My life and easy times
Siegfried Sassoon
The Campbell companion
Rambles round Donegal
Analysing Performance
My life and some letters
Wee Willie Winkie
My life and some letters
My Life and Some Letters
Tides of Wight
Patrick Campbell
" Today we will only gossip"
My Life And Some Letters
Travels in the interior inhabited parts of North America in the years 1791 and 1792
A Bunch of new roses
Interfacing technical document management systems within aircraft rotables maintenance
My life and some letters
How to become a scratch golfer
Pygmalion
Trent Park
The second Mrs. Tanqueray
Brewing up in the basement
One Elephant Went Out to Play
Selections from 35 years on the job
The joy of living
Magda
All ways on Sunday
My life and some letters
One elephant went out to play
Beyond human power
Essential Flamenco Guitar
Cao Yu
Cao Yu (1910-1996)

playwright, stage actor, politician

  • Tsinghua University, Nankai University

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Cao Yu zi zhuan
Cao Yu zi shu
Qing ting lei yu
Cao Yu zi shu
Ri chu
Lei yu
The wilderness =
The Consort of peace
Cao Yu lun chuang zuo
Cao Yu (Zhongguo xian dai wen xue bai jia)
Thunderstorm (Translated from Chinese)
Lei yu ('Thunderstorm' in Simplified Chinese Characters/English)
Jia =
Mei you shuo wan di hua
The sunrise
Nano-CMOS Circuit and Physical Design
Yuan ye
Yi jing wang que de ri zi
Tui bian
Bei ju de jing shen
Peking man
Cao Yu jing dian zuo pin xuan
Cao Yu dai biao zuo
Cao Yu wen ji
Cao yu xi ju ming pian
Cao Yu xi ju ji
Bei Jing ren
Lei yu
Cao Yu zhi Li Zhi shu xin
Wang Zhaojun
Cao Yu xuan ji
Beijing ren
Cao Yu xuan ji
"Lei yu" de wu tai yi shu
Cao Yu dai biao zuo (Zhongguo xian dang dai zhu ming zuo jia wen ku)
Yuan ye
Cao Yu jing dian xi ju xuan ji
Cao Yu jing xuan ji
Xi ju
Dan jian pian
Cao Yu quan ji
Tui bian
Mei hao di gan qing
Bright skies
Jia
George Peele
George Peele (1556-1596)

playwright, poet, actor

  • Christ's Hospital, University of Oxford

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Merrie conceited iests of George Peele, gentleman, sometimes student in Oxford
King Edward the First
The old wives tale
The life and works of George Peele
The love of King David and fair Bethsabe
Three Sixteenth Century Comedies
Dramatic Works of George Peele
History of the two valiant knights Sir Clyomon & Clamydes
( Works). The life and minor works of George Peele
( Works). The dramatic works of George Peele
The troublesome reign of John, King of England
The arraignment of Paris
The works of George Peele
The Old Wives' Tale
The old wife's tale
The dramatic works of George Peele
The Battle of Alcazar
The battle of Alcazar
King Edward the 1st
Descensus astraeae
Merrie conceited jests, of George Peel gentleman, sometimes student in Oxford
David and Bethsabe
The Arraignment of Paris
The arraignment of Paris
The battle of Alcazar, 1597 [i.e. 1594]
The battell of Alcazar, fovght in Barbarie, betweene Sebastian king of Portugall, and Abdelmelec king of Marocco
The honour of the garter
Merrie conceited jests of George Peele ..
The Chronicle of King Edward The First Surnamed Longshanks with The Life of Lluellen Rebel in Wales, with insert David and Bethsabe (Samples)
The life and works
The battle of Alcazar, 1597 [i.e. 1594] The Malone society reprints, 1907
George Peele
The loue of King Dauid and fair Bethsabe
The chronicle of King Edward the first
The famous chronicle of King Edward the First, sirnamed Edward Longshankes, with his returne from the Holy Land
The life and death of Jack Straw. 1593
Descensus astrææ
Plays and poems
The araygnement of Paris
The arraignment of Paris, 1584
Anglorum feriae
Samples from The love of King David and fair Bethsabe
The old wives tale, 1595
Merrie conceited jests, of George Peel Gent. sometimes student in Oxford
Works
The works of George Peele
STUKELEY PLAYS: THE BATTLE OF ALCAZAR/THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THOMAS...; ED. BY CHARLES EDELMAN
The love of King David and fair Bethsabe, 1599
A farewell
Polyhymnia
The old wives tale, 1595
The battell of Alcazar fought in Barbarie betweene Sebastian, King of Portugall, and Abdelmelec, King of Marocco
The old wiues tale
Le conte pour la veillée
The Old Wife's Tale
The Battle of Alcazar
Histrio-mastix. 1610
Works Of George Peele, The ( 2 Volumes )
Merrie conceited jests
The battle of Alcazar, 1597 [i.e. 1594
The deuice of the pageant borne before the Woolstone Dixi Lord Maior of the citie of London. An. 1585
The Battle of Alcazar 1594
The life and death of Jack Straw
The wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll. 1600
The old wives tale
The works of George Peele
The old wives tale
The love of King David and fair Bethsabe
Clyomon and Clamydes 1599
The wisdome of Doctor Dodypoll
Device of the pageant borne before Woolstone Dixi
The dramatic works of George Peele
The Chronicle of King Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks
Histrio-Mastix, or, The player whipt
The wisdome of Doctor Dodypoll
King Edward the first, 1593
Twice so fair
The works of George Peel