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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes (born 1945)

biographer

  • University of Cambridge, Downside School

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Coleridge
Footsteps
Shelley
The Age of Wonder
Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage
Sidetracks
Footsteps
The Romantic poets and their circle
This long pursuit
The age of wonder
Falling Upwards
The age of wonder
The road to Derry
Nutfield rambles
The road to Derry
One for sorrow, two for joy
Derry
Age of Wonder
Michael Holroyd
Ronald W. Clark
Ronald W. Clark (1916-1987)

journalist, war correspondent, biographer

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Benjamin Franklin
The survival of Charles Darwin
Freud
J.B.S
The life of Ernst Chain
The scientific breakthrough
The Alps
Lenin
Works of man
Einstein
Sir Winston Churchill
The Royal Albert Hall
Tizard
Sir Julian Huxley
Bertrand Russell and his world
An eccentric in the Alps
We go to Southern England
Tizard
The Victorian mountaineers
The early alpine guides
Battle for Britain
War winners
Instructions to young ramblers
Great moments of rescue
Montgomery of Alamein
Great moments in mountaineering
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
The rise of the boffins
We go to England
Great moments in escaping
Using your camera
The True book about mountaineering
Albert Einstein
Queen Victoria's bomb
Great moments in espionage
The birth of the bomb
The day the rope broke
A picture history of mountaineering
Mountaineering in Britain
We go to Northern Italy
Great moments in battle
The air
Lion boy
Alice B. Toklas
Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967)

autobiographer, memoirist

  • University of Washington

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Staying on alone
What is remembered
Murder in the Kitchen
The Alice B. Toklas cook book
Aromas and flavors of past and present
Aromas and Flavors of the Past and Present
Kochen für Gertrude Stein. Rezepte und Geschichten
Ma vie avec Gertrude Stein
Aromas and flavours of past and present
The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Autobiografía de Alice B. Toklas
Libro de Cocina de Alice B. Toklas
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
Autobiografía de Alice B. Toklas
Notebooks of Gertrude Stein
B. AROMAS AND FLAVORS OF PAST AND PRESENT
El libro de cocina de Alice B. Toklas
Jack McCallum
Jack McCallum (born 1949)

biographer, journalist

  • Muhlenberg College

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Making it in America
Dream team
Bednarik, last of the sixty-minute men
The Dream Team
Foul lines
Military Medicine
Seven seconds or less
Unfinished business
Seven Seconds or Less
Golden days
Made in the U.S.A
Sports Illustrated Wrestling
Unfinished business
Jenny Uglow
Jenny Uglow (born 1947)

biographer, historian

  • University of Oxford, Cheltenham Ladies' College

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Hogarth
The Continuum dictionary of women's biography
Elizabeth Gaskell
The pinecone
A gambling man
Dictionary of Women's Biography
Nature's engraver
The lunar men
The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
The lunar men
The Macmillan dictionary of women's biography
Nature's Engraver
Hogarth
Dr Johnson, his club and other friends
The Lunar Men
George Eliot
The Northeastern dictionary of women's biography
The Pinecone
The International dictionary of women's biography
Nature's engraver
A Gambling Man
Mr. Lear
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN DICTIONARY OF WOMEN'S BIOGRAPHY; ED. BY MAGGY HENDRY
The pinecone
Mr. Lear
The International dictionary of women's biography
International Dictionary of Women's Biography
A Little History of British Gardening
In these times
A little history of British gardening
The Chatto Book of Ghosts
Cultural Babbage
George Eliot Virago Pioneers
THE VINTAGE BOOK OF GHOSTS
Hogarth
Sybil and Cyril
Henry Fielding
Words and pictures
The Lunar Men
Character Sketches
Henry Fielding
In These Times
The Northeastern Dictionary Of Women's Biography
Fielding, Henry
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
Elizabeth Gaskell
Little History of Britsh Gardening Postr
Quentin Blake Book
William Hogarth
Walter Crane
Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
Elizabeth Gaskell
Law publishing and legal information
Localising legal literature
NATURE'S ENGRAVER: A LIFE OF THOMAS BEWICK
Elisabeth Gaskell
Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
Ghost Anthology
Localising legal literature
Little History of the British Garden Proof
Words and Pictures
Sources of funding for scholarly publishing
King's Wood
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
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
Marcia Davenport
Marcia Davenport (1903-1996)

biographer, music critic, journalist, opinion journalist, musicologist

  • Wellesley College

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Too strong for fantasy
Mozart
Too strong for fantasy
East Side, West Side
Of Lena Geyer
My Brother's Keeper
The valley of decision
Mozart
The valley of decision
East side, West side
The constant image
Garibaldi
Les frères Holt
Too Strong for Fantasy
The constant image
Lena Geyer
Jan
Le fleuve qui tout emporta
The constant image
ʻEmeḳ he-ḥaruts
Of Lena Geyer
Too strong for fantasy
Of Lena Geyer
Marcia Davenport papers
Darkah shel Lenah Gayʼer