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Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)

politician, diplomat, jurist, military officer, volunteer serving one year

  • Plamannsche Erziehungsanstalt, Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster

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Werke in Auswahl
The Kaiser vs. Bismarck
Fürst Bismarck's Briefe an seine Braut und Gattin
Otto von Bismarck
Bismarck, die gesammelten Werke
Bismarck
Gesammelte Werke
Bismarck, the man and the statesman
Gedanken und Erinnerungen
The memoirs
Die Politischen Reden des Fürsten Bismarck
Fürst Bismarck
Bismarckreden, 1847-1895
Bismarck's letters to his wife from the seat of war, 1870-1871
Bismarck's letters to his wife
Kaiser- und Kanzler-briefe: Briefwechsel zwischen Kaiser Wilhelm I. Und Fürst Bismarck
Gedanken und errinerungen
Vier Reden zur äusseren Politik
Bismarckbriefe 1836-1873
Politische Briefe Bismarcks aus den Jahren 1849-1889
Bismarck's table-talk
Politische briefe Bismarcks aus den jahren 1849-1889
Fürst Bismarck
The Speeches of Count Bismarck in the Upper House and the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament ..
Erinnerung und Gedanke
Briefe Ottos von Bismarck an Schwester und Schwager
Fürst Bismarcks Reden
The love letters of Prince Bismarck
The correspondence of William I. and Bismarck
Bismarck und der Staat
Fürst Bismarcks Briefe an seine Braut und Gattin, herausgegeben vom fürsten Herbert Bismarck
Bismarck und Österreich
Prince Bismarck's letters to his wife, his sister, and others
Die Reden gehalten im Reichstag des norddeutschen Bundes nebst den Reden im Abgeordnetenhause über die Einverleibung Schleswig-Holsteins und den Grenzverkehr mit Russland
Was all die dürren Winde nicht erkälten
The love letters of Bismarck
Fürst Bismarcks Briefe an seine Braut und Gattin
Bismarck's speeches and letters
Die politischen berichte des fursten Bismark aus Petersburg und Paris (1859-1862)
Reden Bismarcks nach seinem Ausscheiden aus dem Amte
Setzen wir Deutschland in den Sattel
Anhang zu den Gedanken und Erinnerungen
Der Kanzler Otto von Bismarck in seinen Briefen, Reden, Erinnerungen
Fürst Bismarck als Redner
Briefe an seine Braut und Gattin
The speeches of Count Bismarck in the Upper house and the Chamber of deputies of the Parliament on January 29, and February 13, 1869
Bismarck und die Revolution
Preussen im Bundestag 1851 bis 1859
Briefe
Anhang zu den Gedanken und Erinnerungen von Otto Fürst von Bismarck
Fürst von Bismarcks gesammelte Reden
Preussen im Bundestag 1851 bis 1859. Documente der K. Preussischen Bundestags-gesandtschaft ..
New chapters of his autobiography
The Kaiser Vs. Bismarck
Eine pädagogische studienreise nach Bosnien und der Herzegovina
The correspondence of William I. & Bismarck, with other letters from and to Prince Bismarck
Ich sehe so viel Schönes, leider ohne Dich. Briefe an Johanna
Bismarck, The Man And The Statesman V1
Bismarck auf der Reise durch Ungarn
Bismarck's table-talk. Edited with an introduction and notes
Die politischen Reden
New chapters of Bismarck's autobiography
Die politischen Berichte des Fu rsten Bismarck aus Petersburg und Paris, 1859-1862
Mein Leben
Bismarckbriefe, 1836-1872
Bismarck: the Man and the Statesman
Bismarck-Briefe
Gedanken und Erinnerungen
Deutscher Staat
Briefwechsel...1858-1861
Lettres politiques confidentielles de M. de Bismarck, 1851-1858
The memoirs, being the reflections and reminiscences of Otto, Prince von Bismarck
Briefe an seine Gattin aus dem Kriege 1870/71
Reichskanzler Otto von Bismarck. Bismarcks Briefwechsel mit dem Minister Freiherrn von Schleinitz 1858 -1861 (German Edition)
Correspondance diplomatique de m. de Bismarck (1851-1859)
Bismarcks Briefwechsel mit dem Minister Freiherrn von Schleinitz, 1858-1861
Reflections and reminiscences
Bismarck's Speeches And Letters
Politische Briefe aus den Jahren 1849-1889
Bismarcks Briefe an den General Leopold v. Gerlach
Bismarck's Table-Talk
New chapters of Bismarck's autobiography
Letters to his wife from the seat of war, 1870-71
Fürst Bismarcks Briefe an seine Braut und Gattin
Bismarcks Staatsrecht
Die reden des grafen von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Fürst Bismarck's gesammelte Reden
Die politischen Reden
Was sagt Bismarck dazu?
Bismarck
Bismarck Gespräche
Politische Briefe aus den Jahren 1849-1889
Bismarck's letters to his wife from the seat of the war 1870-1871
Neue Tischgespräche und Interviews
Erinnerung und Gedanke
Die politischen berichte des fůrsten Bismarck aus Petersburg und Paris (1859-1862)
Gedanken und Erinerrungen
Briefe an seine Baraut und Gattin
Die gesammelten Werke
Kampf um das Reich
Bismarcks politik nach seinen staatsschriften und reden
Preussen im Bundestag 1851 bis 1859: Documente der K. Preuss. Bundestags-gesandtschaft
Ausgewählte reden des fürsten von Bismarck
Mysli i vospominanii︠a︡
Otto von Bismarck - Gesammelte Werke. Neue Friedrichsruher Ausgabe. Abteilung IV - Gedanken und Erinnerungen
Bismarcks briefe an seine gattin aus dem kriege 1870/71
Bismark, Grösse und Grenze seines Reiches, in Selbstzeugnissen und Berichten zon Zeitgenossen
(Bismarcks) Briefe an Schwester und Schwager
The love-letters of Prince Bismarck
On the uses and applications of cavalry in war, from the text of Bismark
Kaiser und Kanzler-Briefe
Die Kunst des Möglichen
Bismarcks Briefe an den General Leopold von Gerlach
Gedanken und Erinnerungen
Die grossen Reden
Fürst Bismarck nach seiner Entlassung: Leben und Politik des Fürsten seit ...
Werke in Auswahl... Jahrhundertausgabe zum 23. September 1862
Memoires et carnet sur la campagne de Russie
(Bismarcks) Briefe an Schwester und Schwager
An Johanna von Bismarck
Selbstzeugnisse zu Bauerntum und Natur
Letters to his wife from the seat of war, 1870-1871
Register zu Fürst Bismarcks Gedanken und Erinnerungen
Briefe an seine Baraut und Gattin
Adam Ferguson
Adam Ferguson (1723-1816)

philosopher, librarian, historian, military personnel, essayist, economist, cleric, sociologist, chaplain

  • University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews

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Biographical sketch
An essay on the history of civil society
The history of the progress and termination of the Roman republic
Institutes of moral philosophy
The morality of stage-plays seriously considered
Sister Peg
The correspondence of Adam Ferguson
Institutes of moral philosophy, 1773
Remarks on Dr. Price's Observations on the nature of civil liberty, &c
Reflections previous to the establishment of a militia
An Essay on the History of Civil Society
The history of the proceedings in the case of Margaret, commonly called PEG, only lawful sister to John Bull, esq
An essay on the history of the civil society
Adam Ferguson
Principles of moral and political science
Institutes of Moral Philosophy for the use of Students in the College of Edinburgh (Thoemmes Press - Scottish Thought and Culture, 1750-1850)
Ferguson
The History Of The Progress And Termination Of The Roman Republic V5
Abhandlung über die Geschichte der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft
ADAM FERGUSON, Saggio sulla storia della società civile (ed. by Alessandra Attanasio)
Essai sur l'histoire de la société civile
Remarks on a pamphlet lately published by Dr. Price
The unpublished essays of Adam Ferguson
The history of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic
An essay on the history of civil society, 1767
Grundsaetze der Moralphilosophie (Thoemmes Press - Thoemmes Library of British Philosophers)
The history of the proceedings in the case of Margaret
The manuscripts of Adam Ferguson
Ideologie nella rivoluzione industriale
ADAM FERGUSON, Saggio sulla storia della società civile (ed. by Alessandra Attanasio)
Principles of Moral and Political Science: Being Chiefly a Retrospect of Lectures Delivered in ..
Principles of moral and political science, 1792
ADAM FERGUSON, Saggio sulla storia della società civile (ed. by Alessandra Attanasio)
Analysis of pneumatics and moral philosophy
Essay on the History of Civil Society
Abhandlung über die Geschichte der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft
Essai sur l'histoire de la société civile
Shimin shakaishi
Institutes of moral philosophy
Essay on the history of civil society
An essay on the history of civil society
Versuch über die Geschichte der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft
Reflections previous to the establishment of a militia
Remarks on Dr. Price's Observations on the nature of civil liberty, &c
Francisco de Miranda
Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816)

politician, translator, soldier

  • Central University of Venezuela

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América espera
Archivo del General Miranda
Textos sobre la independencia
Viajes
Rossiĭskiĭ dnevnik
Viaje a La Habana (Viajes)
The diary of Francisco de Miranda
The new democracy in America
Diario de viajes y escritos políticos
Viajes por Rusia
Original correspondence between Generals Dumourier, Miranda, Pache and Beurnonville
Documentos fundamentales
The diary of Francisco de Miranda, tour of the United States, 1783-1784
El sitio de Melilla, 1774-1775
Miranda, la aventura de la libertad
Correspondance du général Miranda avec le général Dumourier
Los libros de Miranda
Puteshestvie po Rossiĭskoĭ Imperii
Miranda i Sverige och Norge 1787
Proclamación a los pueblos del continente colombiano, alias Hispano-América
Los clasicos griegos de Miranda
South American emancipation
El sitio de Melilla de 1774 a 1775
El Colombiano de Francisco de Miranda
Peregrinaje por el pais de la libertad racional, 1783-1784
Le general Miranda, a la representation nationale
Lettres des ge ne raux Miranda, d'Arc ʹon et Valence au ministre de la guerre
"Hoy, en casa, leyendo"
Ho Miranta stēn Hellada
Francisco de Miranda y la modernidad en América
Venezuelalı general Miranda'nın Türkiye anıları
Diario de Moscú y San Petersburgo
Opinion du ge ne ral Miranda sur la situation actuelle de la France, et sur les reme des convenables a ses maux
El Colombiano de Francisco de Miranda y dos documentos americanistas
Original correspondence between generals Dumourier, Miranda, Pache, and Beurnonville, ministers of war, since January 1793
Miranda en la revolucio n francesa
Hundrað nætur í Höfn
Fragments from an XVIII century diary
Diario de viajes
Marcus Terentius Varro
Marcus Terentius Varro

poet, music theorist, philosopher, Ancient Roman historian, grammarian, annalist, ancient Roman military personnel

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Saturarum Menippearum fragmenta
De lingua latina
On the Latin language
Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius ...
Varro on the Latin Language
M. Terenti Varronis De lingua Latina libri
M. Terenti Varronis de lingua Latina libri, emendavit, apparatu critico instruxit, praefatus est ..
On agriculture
De lingua latina X
Économie rurale
Varron
Varro
M. Terenti Varronis Rervm rvsticarvm libri tres
Curio de Cultu deorum
De l'agriculture
M. Ter. Varronis De lingua Latina libri qui supersunt: cum fragmentis ejusdem
M. Porci Catonis De agri cultura liber
De lingua latina libri qui supersunt cum fragmentis ejusdem accedunt notae Antonii Augustini [et al.]
Antiquitates rerum divinarum
Varron, Satires ménippées
Varro on farming
Saturarum Menippearum reliquiae
Varro de lingua latina Buch VIII
La Lengua Latina
On farming
De lingua Latina librorum quae supersunt
De lingua latina quae supersunt
Economie rurale, Livre 1
M. Porci Catonis De agri cultura liber
M. Terenti Varronis Fragmenta omnia quae extant
Testamentum Porcelli
Roman farm management
La lingua latina, libro x
Gespräche über die Landwirtschaft
Varro, M. Terentius
M. Terentii Varronis opera quae supersunt
Varro on the Latin language
M[arci] Terentij Varronis Opera omnia quae extant
De las cosas del campo
De Lingua Latina Quae Supersunt; Recensuerunt Georgius Goetz et Fridericus Schoell; Accedunt Grammaticorum Varronis Librorum Fragmenta
M. Terenti Varronis De lingua Latina IX
La lingua latina, libro 10
Opere
The three books of M. Terentius Varro concerning agriculture
Buch von der Landwirtschaft
De lingua latin libri qui supersunt
Eumenidum Reliquiae: Rec. Et Adnotavit Theophilus Roeper, Volume 3... (Latin Edition)
M[arci] Terentii Varronis Opera quae supersunt
De lingua latina, libro 10
Terenti Varronis Antiquitatum Rerum
Marcus Terentius Varro Saturae Menippeae
M. Terenti Varronis De lingva latina qvae svpersvnt
M. Terenti Varronis De lingua latina quae supersunt
M[arci] Terentij Varronis Pars librorum quattuor et viginti de lingua Latina
Antiquitates rerum divinarum librorum I-II fragmenta
Über die Landwirtschaft
Varron, la Langue Latine. Tome VI
M. Terenzio Varrone libri intorno alla lingua latina
Libri de re rvstica
Varros Logistoricus über die Göttervehrung (Curio de cultu deorum)
Varron, satires ménipées
M. Terenti Varronis de lingua latina qvae svpersvnt
Latin Dili Üzerine
Gespräche über die Landwirtschaft, 3 Bde., Buch.3
M. Terenti Varronis Satvrarvm Menippearvm reliquiae
Macrobe
Pars librorum quattuor et viginti De lingua Latina
M. Porci Catonis de Agri Cultura Liber
M. Terentii Varronis Saturarum Menippearum reliquiae
La langue latine
M. Terenti Varronis rerum rusticarum libri tres, postHenricum Keil iterum edidit Georgius Goetz
De lingua latina . Prelim : Pomponius Laetus
M. Terenti Varronis Rervm Rvsticarvm Libri Tres
Varro on the Latin Language; 1
Buch von der Landwirtschaft
Economie rurale
Marci Terentii Varronis Libri Tres de Re Rustica...
Varron, Satires Ménippées
The Three Books of M. Terentius Varro Concerning Agriculture
Macrobe (oeuvres Complètes)...
Varro de lingua latina Buch VIII
Studi Varroniani...
M. Terenti Varronis operum quae exstant nova editio
M. Terenti Varronis de Lingua Latina Libri Qui Supersunt
Rei rvsticae avctores latini veteres, M. Cato, M. Varro, L. Colvmella, Palladivs: priores tres, e vetustiss. editionibus
Fragmenta M. Terenti Varronis
M. Terenti Varronis Antiquitatum Rerum Divinarum Libri I Xiv Xv Xvi... .
O gospodarstwie rolnym
Varro on farming. M. Terenti Varronis Rerum rusticarum libri tres;
Del camp
M. Terentii Varronis Opera qvæ supersvnt
De Lingua Latina (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences)
Sentences de M. Terentius Varron et Liste de Ses Ouvrages, Par C. Chappuis
On the Latin language
De lingua Latina
On Farming
Om jordbruket
Varro on the Latin Language; 1
Supplemento Di Lezioni Varianti Ai Libri de Lingua Latina Di M. Ter. Varrone
De lingua latina libri qui supersunt cum fragmentis ejusdem accedunt notae Antonii Augustini [et al.]
Saturarum Menippearum reliquiae
De vita populi romani ad Q. Caecilium Pomponianum Atticum librorum quattuor quæ extant
Opera quae supersunt
M. Terenti Varronis rerum rusticarum libri tres, post Henricum Keil iterum edidit Georgius Goetz
De lingua Latina libri qui supersunt
De lingua latina Buch VIII
M. Terenti Varronis Rervm rusticarvm libri tres
De M. Terenti Varronis Libris Grammaticis
M. Terentius Varro von der Landwirthschaft
Varros Logistoricus über die Götterverehrung (Curio de culto deorum) Ausg. und Erklärung der Fragmente von Burkhart Cardauns
M. Terentii Varronis pars librorum quattuor et viginti de lingua latina
On the Latin Language
M. Terenti Varronis De lingua latina libri
Rerum rusticarum libri tres
L'e ́conomie rurale de Varron
Marci Terenti Varronis De lingua latina
Agronomes Latins
M. Porci Catonis de Agri Cultura Liber, M. Terenti Varronis Rerum Rusticarum Libri Tres, Ex Recens. H. Keilii. [with] Index Verborum, Composuit R. Krumbiegel, Volume 3...
Macrobe, OEuvres Complètes. Varron, de la Langue Latine. Pomponius Méla, OEuvres Complètes. Avec la Tr
Fragmenta M. ter. Varronis. Quae Inveniuntur in Libris S. augustini
De lingua latina
economie Rurale de VarróN...
Notae ad libros M. Terenti Varronis De lingua latina, De rerum rusticarum
M. Terrentii Varronis Opera omnia quae extant
M. Terentii Varronis pars librorum quattuor et viginti de lingua latina
M. Terentii Varronis Saturarum Menippearum fragmenta
M. Terenti Varronis de Lingua Latina Librorum Quae Supersunt
The three books of M. Terentius Varro concerning agriculture
Libri linguae latinae de Ciceronem
Gespräche über die Landwirtschaft, 3 Bde., Buch.2
M. Terentij Varronis Pars librorum quattuor et uiginti De lingua Latina
Macrobe, OEuvres Complètes
Liber de philosophia
On farming
M. Terenti Varronis Antiquitatum rerum divinarum libri I, XIV, XV, XVI
Selʹskoe khozi͡a︡ĭstvo
... Opera omnia quae extant
Langue Latine
Les agronomes latins: Canton, Varron, Columelle, Palladius, avec une traduction en français
Saturarum Menippearum Fragmenta
Rerum rusticarum, libri tres
M. Terentii Varronis Saturarum Menippearum fragmenta
Logistoricus über die Götterverehrung (Curio de cultu deorum) Ausgabe und Erklärung der Fragmente
Euclides da Cunha
Euclides da Cunha (1866-1909)

journalist, engineer, military personnel, sociologist, poet, botanist, historian, physicist, philosopher, geographer, geologist, zoologist, naturalist

  • Instituto Militar de Engenharia

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Castro Alves e seu tempo
Os sertões
Perú versus Bolivia
Rebellion in the backlands (Os sertoes)
Rebellion in the backlands
Rebellion in the Backlands
The Amazon
Diário de uma expedição
Portuguese self-taught (Thimm's system)
Hautes terres
Contrastes e confrontos
Krieg im Sertao
Los Sertones
Canudos (diario de uma expedição)
Canudos e outros temas
Contrastes e confrontos
Los Sertones
Euclydes da Cunha a seus amigos
Rebellion in the backlands
Os Sertoes
Euclides da Cunha
Um paraíso perdido
Rebellion in the backlands = Os sertões
Rebellion in the backlands (Os sertoes)
Sertões, luz & trevas
Antologia
Trechos escolhidos
Obra completa organizada sob a direcão de Afrânio Coutinho
Os sertões [por] Euclides da Cunha
Revolt in the backlands
Os sertões
Euclides da Cunha, história
Canudos e inéditos [por] Euclides da Cunha
Revolt in the backlands
Trabalhos esparsos
Canudos e inéditos
Portuguese self-taught
Rebellion in the backlands (Os sertões) Translated by Samuel Putnam
Backlands
Rebellion in the backlands
Escritos de Euclides da Cunha
Os sertões (campanha de Canudos)
Antologia euclidiana [por] Paulo Dantas com a colaboração de Dermal Camergo Monfrê, Naief Sáfady [e] Oswaldo Galotti
Caderneta de campo
Antologia euclidiana
Schön wie ein Ja in einem Saal voller Nein
Euclides da Cunha
À margem da história
Caderneta de campo
Um paraíso perdido
Os serto es
Peru versus Bolívia
Obra completa
O episódio de Canudos
À margem da história
Los sertones
Contrastes e confrontos
Sertoes
Os serto es
Perú versus Bolivia
Correspondência de Euclides da Cunha (ativa)
Poesia reunida
Trechos escolhidos
Backlands
Ensaios e inéditos
Los sertones
Los sertones
Euclides da Cunha e as secas
Sertões
Euclides socialista
Amazônia, um paraíso perdido
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1583)

chronicler, explorer, historian, military personnel

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Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España
Historiadores primitivos de Indias
The essential Díaz
Cosas de encantamiento
Antología de literatura guatemalteca
The discovery and conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521
The Bernal Díaz chronicles
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueua España
Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944)

poet lawyer, lawyer, soldier, essayist, satirist

  • United States Military Academy, Columbia University

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Souvenir
Heavenly discourse
Heavenly discourse
Wood works
Circe
Ave! Caesar. Imperator. Morituri te salutant
Sonnets throughout aye many years begot of introspective sense and love for kith and kin
Collected poems of Charles Erskine Scott Wood
A book of tales
The poet in the desert
A masque of love
Out of the darkness
The testament of Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Heavenly discourse
The sleeping princess
Maia
The legend of King Luke of Brittany
Heavenly discourse
Sonnets
The woodchild
Too much government
Collected poems
A Christmas cantata
The pursuit & capture of Chief Joseph
Among the Thlinkits in Alaska
The beautiful wedding
Collected poems of Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Selected poems
The poet in the desert
The beggar at the gate
The Pacific monthly
Poems from the ranges
Der Dichter in der Wüste
The Pacific monthly
The Pacific monthly
Sonnets to Sappho
Earthly discourse
John Henry Patterson
John Henry Patterson (1867-1947)

military officer, hunter, railway engineer

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Man-Eaters of Tsavo
The man-eaters of Tsavo
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
With the Judeans in the Palestine campaign
The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures
In the grip of the nyika
The man-eating lions of Tsavo
The man-eaters of Tsavo, and other East African adventures
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures
In the grip of the Nyika
The man-eaters of Tsavo
With the Judaeans in the Palestine Campaign
The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures
The man-eaters of Tsavo and other African adventures
The man-eaters of Tsavo
With the Judæans in the Palestine campaign
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
With the Judaeans in the Palestine campaign
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures
Vers Constantinople
In the Grip of the Nyika
The Man-eaters of Tsavo
The Man-eaters of Tsavo
The Man-eaters of Tsavo
In the Grip of the Nyika; Further Adventures in British East Africa
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
In the Grip of the Nyika
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
Canakkale Savasi'nda Siyonistler
Man Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures
The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures
Vers Constantinople
S iudei͡ami v Palestinskoĭ kampanii
The man-eaters of Tsavo, and other East African adventures
ʻIm ha-gedudim ha-ʻIvrim be-Erets Yiśraʾel...