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Ian MacDonald
Ian MacDonald (1948-2003)

record producer, music critic, lyricist

  • University of Cambridge

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Revolution in the head
The new Shostakovich
PEOPLE'S MUSIC
Revolution in the Head
Health Issues Related to Alcohol Consumption
Revolution in the Head
Systems Leadership
Worship for All Ages
The Beatles. Das Song- Lexikon
Sams Spitfire Summer
The Beatles
Skateboard Gran
Alien Teeth
Everyday Spanish for Comprehension
Catastrophe] (Faut Le Croire])
Topsy and Tim Aig an Dotair (Topsy and Tim)
The Beatles At Number 1
The New Shostakovich (Oxford Lives)
Now Try This
Livestock-Rearing in the Tropics (Tropical Agricultural)
Tropical Field Crops
Smith's Dock, Shipbuilders
Images of the Tees
Fruit and Vegetables (Evans Books for Rural Development)
Topsy and Tim Agus Na Smaladairean (Topsy and Tim)
Dealbh Is Facal
Enver Kazaz
Enver Kazaz (born 1962)

literary historian, literary critic, literary theorist, slavist, literary scholar, opinion journalist, man of letters

  • University of Sarajevo, University of Belgrade

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Ivan Lovrenović djelo
Bošnjački roman XX vijeka
Neprijatelj ili susjed u kući
Subverzivne poetike
Glasovi
Neko drugi
Antologija bosanskohercegovačke pripovjetke XX vjeka
Kuća i drugi elementi
Čitanje razlika
Pjesništvo i rat
Jezik negativne ontologije
Rat i priče iz cijelog svijeta
Na razvalinama
Fraktali i različite pjesme
Traži se
Roberto Brunelli
Roberto Brunelli (1938-2022)

art critic

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L' onore e la gloria
Vita di Andrea Mantegna pittore
I Gonzaga
A family treasury of Bible stories
The Macmillan book of 366 Bible stories
366 Bible Stories
La Biblia Infantil Ilustrada
Diocesi di Mantova
Requiem in rosso
Storia di Gerusalemme
Alle soglie del cielo
Scarlatto vermiglio porpora
Delitto in sagrestia
Un palazzo per la citta
Edwin Percy Whipple
Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886)

literary critic, journalist

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Recollections Of Eminent Men With Other Papers
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, the man and his work
Essays and reviews
Lectures on subjects connected with literature and life
The Boston Book: Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature
Character and characteristic men
The literature of the age of Elizabeth
American literature and other papers
Washington and the principles of the revolution
Success and its conditions
The Johnson party
Some recollections of Rufus Choate
Eulogy on John Albion Andrew
Christianity and Humanity: A Series of Sermons
Outlooks on society, literature and politics
The Writings of Charles Dickens. With Critical and Bibliographical Introductions and Notes by Edwin Percy Whipple and Others; Illustrated With Steel ... Cruikshank, Leech, and Others Volume 18
Literature And Life
THE GREAT SPEECHES AND ORATIONS OF DANIEL WEBSTER. With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edward P. Whipple.
Eulogy on John Albion Andrew, delivered by Edwin P. Whipple
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster
Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays. By Lord Macaulay. With a Memoir and Index Volume 5
Washington and the Principles of the Revolution
Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster
Character and characteristic men
Literature and life
Success and its conditions
Christianity and Humanity: A Series of Sermons
Antoni Słonimski
Antoni Słonimski (1895-1976)

poet, journalist, literary critic, painter, playwright, opinion journalist

  • Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw

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Wspomnienia warszawskie
Kroniki tygodniowe, 1927-1939
Alfabet wspomnień
Ciekawość
Moja podróż do Rosji
Kroniki londyńskie
Kroniki tygodniowe 1936-1939
Dwa końce świata
Gwałt na Melpomenie
Kroniki tygodniowe
Kroniki tygodniowe 1927-1931
Załatwione odmownie
Antoni Słonimski
Młodość górna
Poezje
Alarm
Jawa i mrzonka
Zalatwiono odmownie
Literatura na emigracji
Moja podróż do Rosji [microform]
Wiersze
Popiół i wiatr
Wieża Babel
Rozmowa z gwiazdą
Torpeda czasu
Sto trzydzieści osiem wierszy
Moja podroż do Rosji
Nowe wiersze
Wiersze, 1958-1963
Wybór poezji
Obecność
W oparach absurdu
Artykuły pierwszej potrzeby
Jedna strona medalu
Młodość górna, wiek klęski, wiek męski
Torpeda czasu
Mętne łby
Droga na Wschód i inne wiersze
138 wierszy
Szopki 1922-1931 Pikadora i Cyrulika Warszawskiego
Załatwione odmownie
Arkady Averchenko
Arkady Averchenko (1880-1925)

satirist, theatre critic, humorist, playwright, editing staff

  • Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

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Shaluny i rotozi͡ei
I︠U︡moristicheskie rasskazy
A gelekhṭer nokh a shṭurm
Chernym'' po bielomu
Salat iz bulavok
Tri knigi
Otdykh na krapivi͡e︡
Chernym po belomu
Arkadiĭ Averchenko v "Novom Satirikone", 1917 g.-1918 g
Sobranie sochineniĭ v shesti tomakh
Torgovli︠a︡ oruzhiem v Rossii
Odinnadt͡s︡atʹ slonov
Chernym'' po bi͡e︡lomu
I͡U︡moristicheskie razskazy
Izbrannoe
Yumoristicheskie rasskazȳ
Okkulʹtnye nauki
Isbrannoe
Rasskazy t͡s︡inika
Sochinenii͡a︡ v dvukh tomakh
Rokovoĭ vyigrysh
Rukovodstvo dli︠a︡ lenti︠a︡ev
Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина / Дюжина ножей в спину революции
Shutka met︠s︡enata
Sochineniia v dvukh tomakh
Izbrannoe
Chertovo koleso
Shutka met͡s︡enata
Iomoristicheskie rasskazy
Chudaki na podmostikakh
Di͡e︡ti
Izbrannye rasskazy
Kipi͡a︡shchiĭ kotelʹ
Podkhodt͡s︡aev77 i dvoe drugikh''
Sobranie sochineniĭ v 6 t
Rasskazy
Vzgli︠a︡dy, idei, razdumʹi︠a︡
Di͡uzhina nozheĭ v spinu revoli͡ut͡sii
Izbrannye razskazy
Dyuzhina nozhei v spinu revolyutsii
A friendly letter to Lenin, Ninochka, and other short stories
Iumoristicheskie rasskazy
Zapiski prostodushnogo
Veselyi͡a ustrit͡sy
Russkoe likholetʹe glazami "koroli︠a︡ smekha"
Shaluny i rotozi︠e︡i
Izbrannye rasskazy
Grob s muzykoĭ
Veselyi︠a︡ ustrit︠s︡y
Miniati︠u︡ry i monologi dli︠a︡ st︠s︡eny
Di︠u︡zhina nozheĭ v spinu revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii
Das Verbrechen der Schauspielerin Maryskin und andere Grotesken [von] Arkadij Awertschenko
Trava, primi︠a︡tai︠a︡, sapogom
Chudesa v ri︠e︡sheti︠e︡
Zapiski prostodushnago
Veselai︠a︡ kniga
Sornyi︠a︡ travy
Humoresky
Arkadiĭ Averchenko
Ne vse poteri︠a︡no!
Maloe sobranie sochineniĭ
Vosemʹ odnoaktnykh pʹes i inst︠s︡enirovannykh rasskazov
Smi︠e︡shnoe v strashnom
Sluchaĭ s Patlet︠s︡ovymi
Dieti
Otdykh na krapivi︠e︡
Sobranie sochineniĭ
Vseobshchai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ obrabotannai︠a︡ "Satirikonom"
Nechistai︠a︡ sila
Oskolki razbitogo vdrebezgi
Moskovskoe Gostepriimstvo
Chudaki na podmostkakh
Vittorio Imbriani
Vittorio Imbriani (1840-1886)

literary critic

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Studi danteschi
Fame usurpate
Carteggi di Vittorio Imbriani
Merope IV
Studi danteschi
La bella bionda
Mastr' Impicca
Carteggi inediti
Dio ne scampi dagli Orsenigo
L' impietratrice
La novellaja fiorentina
Il mondo e l'altro mondo
Per questo Cristo ebbi a farmi turco
La novellaja fiorentina
Critica d'arte e prose narrative, con pref. note e un saggio bibliografico a cura di Gino Doria
La novellaja fiorentina con La novellaja milanese
Il vivicomburio e altre novelle
Mastr' Impicca
Canti popolari delle provincie meridionali
Alessandro Manzoni
Passeggiate romane
Racconti e prose
Don Peppino bocca di verita'
Sulle canzoni pietrose di Dante: studio
Sette milioni rubati
I romanzi
Passeggiate romane ed altri scritti di arte e di varietà, inediti o rari, a cura di Nunzio Coppola
XII conti pomiglianesi con varianti avellinesi, montellesi, bagnolesi, milanesi, toscane, leccesi, ecc
Carteggi di Vittorio Imbriani
Studi danteschi
Epicedii del Kant
Dio ne scampi dagli Orsenigo
La Novellaja fiorentina
Poesie
Appunti critici
L'altro Dante
Merope IV
Studi su Vittorio Imbriani
Passeggiate romane
Libro di preghiere muliebri ; a cura di Vincenzo Guarracino
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut (1825-1895)

literary critic, translator

  • Paris Law Faculty

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Nos morts contemporains
Nos morts contemporains
Mélanges critiques
Le maréchal Davout: son caractère et son génie. La duchesse et le duc de ..
Écrivains modernes de l'Angleterre
Essais sur la littérature anglaise
Poètes et artistes de l'Italie
Livres et âmes des pays d'Orient
Dramaturges et romanciers
Types littéraires et fantaisies esthétique
Esquisses littéraires
Les Pays-Bas
Dramaturges et romanciers
Mélanges critiques
Écrivains modernes de l'Angleterre
Types littéraires et fantaisies esthétiques
Écrivains modernes de l'Angleterre
Libres opinions morales et historiques
Ecrivains modernes de l'Angleterre: Premie?re se?rie
Écrivains modernes de l'Angleterre: Troisième série
Marguerite Fuller
Nos morts contemporains ..
Poètes et artistes de l\'Italie
John Mitchel : a study of Irish nationalism
Laurence Sterne
L' Angleterre et ses colonies Australes -
Poètes et artistes de l'Italie
Les Pays-Bas
Damaturges Et Romanciers..
Les Conflits des races aux États-Unis
Eugène Fromentin Écrivain
Les Pays-Bas
Mélanges critiques
Écrivains modernes de l'Angleterre
Le maréchal Davout
Poètes et artistes de l'Italie
Dramaturges et romanciers
John Mitchell
La Question de l’Esclavage et la vie des esclaves aux États-Unis
Livres et âmes des pays d'Orient.