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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

politician, comedian, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, professor, essayist, autobiographer, singer, television actor, stage actor, journalist, human rights activist

  • California Labor School

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Singin' and swingin' and gettin' merry like Christmas
Gather together in my name
Letter to my daughter
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
Gather together in my name
Poems
The heart of a woman
All God's children need traveling shoes
A song flung up to heaven
Mom & me & mom
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Rainbow in the cloud
All God's children need travelling shoes
Conversations with Maya Angelou
Yo sé por qué canta el pájaro enjaulado
All God's children need traveling shoes
Selected from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Heart of a Woman (Writers Voices)
The collected autobiographies of Maya Angelou
Mom & me & mom
Life doesn't frighten me
Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelo
Elder Grace
Mom and Me and Mom. by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou Omnibus
Mom and Me and Mom
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
Mom and Me and Mom
Gather Together in My Name
Mom and Me and Mom
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Level 6
Mom & me & mom
Mom and Me and Mom
Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter
Prentice Hall Literature--Florida--Language and Literacy
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Silver Level
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Prentice Hall Literature--Silver
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level
Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now
Pearson Literature - California - Reading and Language
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver
And Still I Rise
I Shall Not Be Moved
Now Sheba Sings the Song
Prentice Hall Literature -- Grade Ten
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Readers Companion--Silver Level
Phenomenal Woman
Prentice Hall Literature
Celebrations
Amazing peace
Amazing peace
Conversations with Maya Angelou
Poems
His Day is Done
Kofi and his magic
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Renʹee Marie of France
Even the stars look lonesome
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me
Bearing witness
The Tragedy of Hamlet with Connections
Angelina of Italy
Quartet of Stories
Mikale of Hawaii
On the Pulse of Morning
Izak of Lapland
Where the Red Fern Grows with Connections
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
The complete collected poems of Maya Angelou
Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well
Maya Angelou
A well-tempered mind
Mother
Quartet of Poems
Kofi and His Magic
The complete poetry
Shaker, why don't you sing?
Great food, all day long
Still I rise
My painted house, my friendly chicken, and me
Singin and Swingin and Getting Merry Like Ch
Pichón
Maya Angelou Boxed Set
Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Gather Together in My Name
Maya Angelou Poetry Collection
Shaker, why don't you sing?
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Promo Pack 7 2009
Amistad
The complete collected poems
Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie
Black Pearls
Amistad, A Celebration Of The Film By Steven Spielberg
Gather Together in My Name
The poetry of Maya Angelou
A brave and startling truth
Maya Angelou - The Complete Poetry
Maya Angelou omnibus
Little People, Big Dreams Series 1 & 2
Rainbow in the Cloud
Cedric Of Jamaica (Random House Pictureback Book)
Black Pearls:Poetry of Maya Angelou
On the pulse of morning
Discovering the other America
Stranger Than Fiction
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Even the Stars Look Lonesome
Singin' and Swingin' and Getting Merry Like Christmas
Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen ; Dans om het bestaan ; Zingen en swingen
Amazing Peace
Even the Stars Look Lonesome
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die
Celebrations
Phenomenal Woman
Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie
Amazing Peace
Kofi and His Magic
Great Food, All Day Long
Rainbow in the Cloud
Great Food All Day Long C
Maya Angelou
Write That Book Already!
A vida não me assusta
Celebrations
The Poetry of Maya Angelou
Now Sheba sings the song
Amazing Peace : Read & Listen Edition
A brave and startling truth
Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
All God?'s Children. Dumpbin Of 36
Even Stars Look Lonesome B D/Bx24
And Still I Rise
Celebrations Book/CD Gift Set
Even the Stars Look Lonesome
Bir Kadinin Yüregi
Maya Angelou Airport
Annem ve Ben
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die
Just give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diie
Mother : a cradle to hold me
Gather Together in My Name
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Now Sheba Sings the Song
Great Food, All Day Long
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die
Even Stars Look Lonesome Hb/B X21
The Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
Music, deep rivers in my soul
Weekend glory
X36 Dumpbin Wouldn?'t Take Noth
Maya Angelou
Tant Que Je Serai Noire
On the Pulse of Morning
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
Mother
Graduation
Rainbow in the Cloud
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
Music, deep rivers in my soul
Maya Angelou 4C box set
Wouldn?'t Take Nothing Bc Only
Our grandmothers
Just Give Cool Drink Etc. C/Pack(1
La vie ne me fait pas peur
Mary Ellen Mark
Poems
Angelou on Burns
Maya Angelou?
In Their Own Voices - Volumes Three and Four
Gather Together in My Name(Dumpbi
KIzIma Mektuplar
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Mrs. Flowers
The poetry of Maya Angelou
Celebrations
Kafesteki Kusun Sarkisi
The Heart of a Woman, on the Pulse
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
Gather Together in My Name
Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
I Shall Not Be Moved B Bc Only
On the Pulse of Morning
His Day Is Done
Voyage of the Amistad
Complete Collected Poems
Singin' and swingin' and gettin' merr
POESÍA COMPLETA
Benim Adımla Toplanın
Making Magic in the World
Maya Angelou
Live Life with Flair and Laughter
The Maya Angelou Autobiographies
Maya Angelou
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
Peguin Readers 6
Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?
Virago is 40
Celebrations
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
Mamá y yo y mamá
Een lied aan de hemel
Maya Angelou Deluxe Set (Prem)
The poetry of Maya Angelou
De reis zou licht zijn
Maya Angelou-4 Vol. Boxed Set
Encontraos En Mi Nombre
Maya Angelou Poems Just Give Me a Cool
How Sheba sings her song
Lessons in Living
Joseph Schumpeter
Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950)

economist, professor, book collector, anthropologist, jurist, political scientist, economist, politician, political scientist

  • University of Vienna, Theresianum

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Ten great economists from Marx to Keynes
Ten great economists
Briefe = Letters
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
History of Economic Analysis
Zur Soziologie der Imperialismen
The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism
Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung
Imperialism [and] Social classes
History of Economic Analysis
Economic Doctrine and Method
Power or pure economics?
Can capitalism survive?
Das Wesen und der Hauptinhalt der theoretischen Nationalökonomie
History of economic analysis
Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung
Can Capitalism survive?
Thee conomics and sociology of capitalism
Business cycles
Politische Reden
History of economic analysis
Vergangenheit und Zukunft der Socialwissenschaften
Theory of Economic Development
The American economy in the interwar period
Konjunkturzyklen
Economic doctrine andmethod
Beiträge zur Sozialökonomik
Economic doctrine and method
Impérialisme et classes sociales
Business cycles
Essays
Histoire de l'analyse économique
The nature and essence of economic theory
History of economic analysis
Imperialism and social classes
Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung
Impérialisme et classes sociales
Diez Grandes Economistas
Essays on economic topics of J. A. Schumpeter
The entrepreneur
Can capitalism survive?
Impérialisme et classes sociales
Aufsätze zur Wirtschaftspolitik
Aufsätze zur Soziologie
Das Wesen und der Hauptinhalt der theoretischen Nationalo konomie
History of Economic Analysis
Economic Doctrine and Method
Dogmenhistorische und biographische Aufsätze
Essays on economic topics of J.A. Schumpeter
Theory of economic development
Can Capitalism Survive?
History of Economic Analysis
Essays on economic topics
Essays
The Communist manifesto in sociology and economics
Nature and Essence of Economic Theory
Imperialism [and] Social classes; two essays
Théorie de l'évolution économique
The essence of Joseph Alois Schumpeter
Geschichte der Ökonomischen Analyse
Esquisse d'une histoire de la science économique des origines jusqu'au début du XXe siècle
Aufsätze zur ökonomischen Theorie
Jing ji fa zhan li lun
Des Wesen des Geldes
Business cycles
¿Puede sobrevivir el capitalismo?
Essays of J.A. Schumpeter
Die Finanzkrise des Steuerstaats
Geschichte der O konomischen Analyse
Beitrage zur Sozialokonomik / hrsg., ubers. u. eingeleitet v. Stephen Bohm
Ten great economists, from Marx to Keynes
Théorie de l'évolution économique
Aufsätze zur Tagespolitik
Power or Pure Economics?
Esquisse d'une istoire de la science économique des origines jusqu'au début du 20esiècle
Ten Great Economists
The essence of J.A. Schumpeter
Schriften zur Ökonomie und Soziologie
Imperialisme et Classes Sociales
The nature and essence of economic theory
Economic doctrine and method
Business cycles
Essays on economic topics of J. A. Schumpeter
Imperialism, and social classes
Ten great economists, from Marx to Keynes. --
Ten great economists
Ten great economists
Imperialism and social classes
The theory of economic development
Theory of Economic Development
The nature and essence of economic theory
Saigō Takamori
Saigō Takamori (1828-1877)

bushi, samurai, politician, military personnel

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Nanshū-ō ikun Yojinyaku magiri yokomeyaku daitai
Saigō Takamori
Dai Saigō zenshū
Dai Saigō zenshū
Dai Saigō zenshū
Saigō Takamori monjo
Nanshū Ō ikun
Dai Saigō zenshū
Saigō Takamori, Nogi Maresuke
Nanshū shibun
Saigō Takamori goroku
Saigō Takamori zenshū
Nanshū zenshū
Saigō Nanshū ikun
Zenshū
Satsuma bushidō
Ōkuma Shigenobu
Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838-1922)

diplomat, politician, military personnel

  • Kōdōkan

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Ōkuma Shigenobū sōsho
Fifty years of new Japan Kaikoku gojunen shi
Fifty years of new Japan (Kaikoku gojunen shi)
Fifty years of New Japan
Fifty years of new Japan =
Fifty years of new Japan (Kiakoku gojunen shi)
Fifty years of new Japan =
Fifty years of new Japan (Kaikoku gojūnen shi)
Ōkuma Shigenobu kankei monjo
Ōkuma-haku jikyokudan
Kokumin-dokuhon
Fifty Years of New Japan (Kaikoku Gojunen Shi); Volume 1
Fifty years of new Japan (Kiakoku gojūnen shi)
Riben kai guo wu shi nian shi
Fifty Years of New Japan
Fifty years of new Japan
Fifty years of new Japan (Kaikoku gojunen shi)
Constantin Stere
Constantin Stere (1865-1936)

journalist, philosopher, literary critic, politician, lawyer, jurist

  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

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În preajma revoluției
I ̂n preajma revoluției
Singur împotriva tuturor
În viață, în literatură--
Scrieri
Scrieri politice și filozofice
Social-democratism sau poporanism?
Documentări și lămuriri politice
Opere
Jakov Ignjatović
Jakov Ignjatović (1822-1889)

journalist, opinion journalist, politician

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Memoari
Đurađ Branković
Večiti mladoženja
Romantičarsko-istorijcke pripovetke
Vasa Repekt
Rapsodije iz prošlog srpskog života
Misli o srpskom narodu
Milan Narandi
Večiti mladoženja
Dela
Društvene pripovetke
Odabrana dela
Trpen-spasen
Jedna ženidba
Vasa Rešpekt
Odabrana dela
Čudan svet
Srpski realisti
Johann Georg August Wirth
Johann Georg August Wirth (1798-1848)

journalist, politician

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Denkwürdigkeiten aus meinem Leben
Das politisch-reformatorische Richtung der Deutschen im XVI. Und XIX. Jahrhundert
Die Geschichte der Deutschen
Geschichte d. Deutchen in D. Urzeit
Die Rechte des deutschen Volkes: Eine Vertheidigungsrede vor den Assisen zu Landau
Aus Haft und Exil
Fragmente zur Culturgeschichte
Die Geschichte der Deutschen
Die Geschichte der deutschen Staaten von der Auslösung des Reiches bis auf unsere Tage
Deutsche Trib©ơne (1831-1832)
Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals
Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals (1888-1970)

historian, politician, journalist, jurist

  • University of Barcelona, Universidad Central

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Els temps i el regiment del comte Guifred el Pilós
Els primers comtes catalans
Els comtats de Pallars i Ribagorça
Els diplomes carolingis a Catalunya
Dels visigots als catalans
Del Reino de Tolosa al Reino de Toledo
Catalunya carolíngia
Dels visigots als catalans [per] Ramón d'Abadal i de Vinyals
El domini carolingi a Catalunya
L' abat Oliba, bisbe de Vic, i la seva èpca
Catalunya fa mil anys
L' abat Oliba, bisbe de Vic, i la seva època
Origen y proceso de consolidación de la sede ribagorzana de Roda
Els precedents antics a la història de Catalunya
Catalunya Carolíngia. Volum 2. Primera part. Els diplomes carolingis a Catalunya
Pere el Ceremoniós i els inicis de la decadència política de Catalunya
Moments crucials de la història de Catalunya