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Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott (born 1957)

politician

  • University of Sydney, University of Oxford

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Battlelines
Our Common Challenges
Two Nations
The Minimal Monarchy
Alan Paton
Alan Paton (1903-1988)

autobiographer, politician

  • University of Natal

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Towards the mountain
Journey continued
For you departed
Apartheid and the archbishop
Cry, the Beloved Country
Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Cry, the Beloved Country
Too late the phalarope
Ah, but your land is beautiful
Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Winter 1954 Selections--Volume Sixteen
Tales from a troubled land
The land and people of South Africa
South African tragedy
Sponono
The long view
Knocking on the door
Instrument of thy peace
Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers--Volume Eleven
Diepkloof
Kontakion for you departed
Lost City of the Kalahari
South Africa in transition
Beyond the present
Tales from a Troubled Land (Tales from a Troubled Land Hre)
Cry, the Beloved Country. A Story of Comfort in Desolation
Cry, the Beloved Country
Debbie Go Home
Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope Tales from a Troubled Land
The hero of Currie Road
Songs of Africa
Save the beloved country
The people wept
The Negro in America today
Hofmeyr
Llanto Por la Tierra Amada
Hope for South Africa
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton Reads "Cry, the Beloved Country"
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (Cry the Beloved Country Hre)
Cry, the Beloved Country Reading Group Guide
Cry, the Beloved Country (Bridge)
Case history of a Pinky
Tình yêu và mâu da
D.C.S. Oosthuizen memorial lectures
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton Reads)
Cry, The Beloved Country. Notes by Angeline Khoo
South Africa today
The Christian approach to racial problems in the modern world
South Africa and her people
Cry, the Beloved Country/Cassette/Cdl5 1605
The Charlestown story
Denn sie sollen getrostet werden
Towards racial justice
Pleure, ô pays bien-aimé
Paton, Cry, the beloved country
Alan Paton's Cry the beloved country, and, Too late the phalarope
Tranen over Johannesburg
Paton, Cry, the beloved country
Pleure, ô pays bien-aimé
Denn Sie Sollen Getroestet Werden
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman (1869-1940)

anarchist, journalist, political philosopher, women's rights activist, lecturer, publisher, peace activist, autobiographer, nurse, philosopher, politician, pacifist

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Vivre ma vie
Emma Goldman
Nowhere at home
Vision on fire
Emma Goldman, Vol. 1: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 1
Vision on fire
A woman without a country
Emma Goldman
The tragedy of woman's emancipation
Viviendo mi vida
Voltairine De Cleyre
Anarchism and Other Essays
Quiet Rumours
The social significance of the modern drama
Trial and Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman in the United States District Court, in the City of New York, July, 1917
Red Emma speaks
My disillusionment in Russia
Red China speaks
Emma Goldman
My disillusionment in Russia [1923 version; first 11 chapters of 33]
My further disillusionment in Russia
Anarchy and the Sex Question
My two years in Russia
The traffic in women and other essays on feminism
A fragment of the prison experiences of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
Marriage And Love
1917
My Disillusionment of Russia
The Emma Goldman papers
Emma Goldman, Vol. 2: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 2
L'Epopée d'une anarchiste
El anarquismo y otros ensayos
FRATERNALMENTE, EMMA
The psychology of political violence
Anarchist Encounters
Anarchismn And Other Writings
Mother Earth
Feminismo y anarquismo II
Trotsky protests too much
Mother Earth
Emma Goldman
Patriotism
Textsammlung
Dancing in the revolution
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume Two: Making Speech Free, 1902-1909 (Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years)
Emma Goldman: a Documentary History of the American Years
Anarchisten über freie Liebe
Deportation : Its Meaning and Menace
Mother Earth; Volume 7
Preparedness
Mother Earth; Volume 5
The Modern Drama
Modern Dramanin Toplumsal Uyumu
Emma Goldman - A Documentary History of the American Years Vol. 2
Modern Tiyatronun Toplumsal Onemi
Living My Life, Vol. 1
Fragment of the Prison Experiences of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
Anarchismo e Altri Saggi
Dans Edemeyeceksem Bu Benim Devrimim Degildir
Emma Goldman, Vol. 1
Recopilatorio de escritos de Emma Goldman
Baking Cookbook for Teenagers
Buruh Berkuasa
Viviendo mi vida Vol. II
Simple 5-Ingredient Ketogenic Diet Cookbook
Emma Goldman, Vol. 2
Anarsizm Neyi Savunur?
Hva Gikk Galt Med Den Russiske Revolusjon I 1917?
Benim Inandigim
Anarchism and Other Essays (Classic Reprint)
The Pocket Emma Goldman
Anarchism and Other Writings : (Aberdeen Classics Collection)
Anarchism
Syndicalism
A Criticism On Christianity
The crushing of the Russian revolution
The Essential Emma Goldman
Mother Earth; Volume 1
Feminismos para la revolución
Feminismo y anarquismo
Ciò Che Io Credo
Rusyadaki Hayal Kirikligim
Mother Earth; Volume 6
Gelebtes Leben
Viviendo mi vida
Living My Life
Recopilatorio de escritos de Emma Goldman
Some Collected Works
Living My Life, Vol. 2
Vivre ma vie
Der Anarchismus und seine wirkliche Bedeutung
Épopée d'une anarchiste
Essential Emma Goldman-Anarchism, Feminism, Liberation (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Hayatimi Yasarken - Ikinci Cilt
Hristiyanlik Üzerine Bir Elestiri
Anarchism
The Suppression of free speech in New York and in New Jersey
Zi you de nü xing
To remain silent is impossible
Anarkhizm
The trial and imprisonment of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
Victims of morality ; and The failure of Christianity
The place of the individual in society
Josei kaihō no higeki
Writings of Emma Goldman
1. Preparedness, the road to universal slaughter
Heyraṭ un fraye liebe
Anākizumu
Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli (1898-1967)

politician, autobiographer, teacher

  • University of Glasgow, Adams College

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Let My People Go
Africa's freedom
Luthuli
The road to freedom is via the cross
W domu niewoli
Lutuli speaks
Luthuli papers
Mein Land, Mein Leben
C. P. Snow
C. P. Snow (1905-1980)

physicist, politician, literary critic

  • University of Cambridge, University of Leicester

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Variety of men
Trollope, his life and art
The physicists
Trollope
Trollope
Trollope an Illustrated Biography
Variety of men
The two cultures
The sleep of reason
Death under Sail
In their wisdom
The search
The conscience of the rich
Time of hope
Strangers and brothers
Corridors of power
Last things
The light and the dark
The malcontents
The new men
The masters
Science and government
A coat of varnish
The state of siege
The realists
Stories from modern Russia
Public affairs
The Two Cultures
C. P. Snow, a spectrum
C.P. Snow: Strangers and Brothers
Strangers and Brothers
Last Things (Strangers and Brothers)
The Masters (Strangers and Brothers)
5 coat of varnish
The New Men (Strangers and Brothers)
Corridors of Power (Strangers and Brothers)
George Passant (Strangers and Brothers)
C.P. Snow
Science and Government
Homecomings (Strangers and Brothers)
The Light and the Dark (Strangers and Brothers)
The Two Cultures
Time of Hope (Strangers and Brothers)
The two cultures and the scientific revolution
Affair (Affair Hre)
The Sleep of Reason (Strangers and Brothers)
Reader's Digest Family Treasury of Great Biographies. Volume II
The Realists: Eight Portraits
Winter's tales
Stories from Modern Russia
Variety of men
Strangers and Brothers, Volume 2 (The Masters, The New Men, Homecoming, and The Affair)
Dve kul'tury
The masters
Appendix to Science and Government
Recent thoughts on the two cultures
Homecomings
Magnanimity
The Masters
The Conscience of the Rich
Time of Hope
The Conscience of the Rich (Strangers and Brothers)
Coat of Varnish (Coat of Varnish SL Ppr)
Die zwei Kulturen
ROBESPIERRE. A STUDY. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION.
Richard Aldington
LIGHT AND THE DARK (Light & Dark Hre)
THE NEW MEN
George Passant
George Passant
The Masters
The Masters
The Conscience of the Rich
Strangers and Brothers Vol.3
The search. --
Last things
The Two Cultures and a Second Look, an Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
The search. --
The affair
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
Search
The new men
The Masters
Strangers and brothers
The Conscience Of The Rich.
IN THEIR WISDOM
New Men
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
The masters; a novel
Variety of Men
Videnskab og stat
Va y Viene - Cuantos Hay..
Homecomings
The light and the dark
Selections from C. P. Snow
The light and the dark
Homecomings
The Masters. Penguin Fiction No. 1089
STRANGERS AND BROTHERS (Strangers & Brothers Hre)
Kinds of excellence
Zeit der Hoffnung
As dúas culturas
New lives for old
Las DOS Culturas
Homecoming
The Conscence of the Rich
Time of Hope, 1st, First Edition
The search
Search
The Affair (Strangers and Brothers) by C.P. Snow (2000-12-08)
Corridors of Power
Corridors of power
Strangers and brothers
C.P. Snow
Strangers and Brothers.
The Light and The Dark
Writers and readers of the Soviet Union
A coat of varnish
Conscience of the Rich by C. P. Snow (1958-06-06)
Les dues cultures
Les dues cultures
Strangers and brothers
The Masters
The Conscience of the Rich
Corridors of Power
Realists
The Search by C. P. Snow (1958-12-05)
Variety of Men [By] C. P. Snow
Science And Government - The Godkin Lectures at Harvard University 1960
Les Deux cultures
TIME OF HOPE (Time of Hope Hre)
The New Men
Strangers and Brothers, Volume 3 (Corridors of Power, The Sleep of Reason, Last Things)
Science and Government
The Masters (Masters Hre)
Va y Viene - Lo Contrario de..
Variety of men
The Masters (Penguin)
Les dues cultures
De to kulturer
Mi Gran Libro de Los Colores - Formas-Numero
Variety of men
The Search
The Conscience of the Rich
Masters Snow CP
The Sleep of Reason
Time of Hope. Book on Tape Collector's Edition
The search / by C.P. Snow
Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
The Search
The conscience of the rich
Homecomings
Last Things by C.P. Snow
A postscript to science and government
Death Under Sail
Iki Kültür
Strangers and Brothers 3 Volume Set
Strangers and Brothers
Science and Government
Time of Hope
The new men
The two cultures and the scientific revolution (The Rede lecture, 1959) (The Rede lecture, 1959)
The Sleep of Reason by C. P. Snow (1968-10-06)
Strangers and Brothers
The Affair
Les dues cultures
Last Things by C. P. Snow (1970-10-22)
Science and government
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (#4951)
The light and the dark
Last Things [By] C. P. Snow
The affair / by C.P. Snow
The stage of siege
Va y Viene - Quien Vive Aqui ?
Two Cultures
The Masters
The two cultures; and, A second look
Va y Viene - Colores y Formas
Death under Sail
The sleep of reason (His Strangers and brothers, 10)
Variety of Man
Two Cultures
A postcript to Science and government
The new man
C.P. Snow
Time of hope
The conscience of the rich
The two cultures and the scientific revolution
Richard Aldington
Time of hope
The two cultures: and a second look
The masters
The two cultures
Appendix to Science and government
The light and the dark
The conscience of the rich
Václav Vladivoj Tomek
Václav Vladivoj Tomek (1818-1905)

historian, journalist, politician, teacher

  • Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

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Jan Žižka
Jan Žižka
Základy starého místopisu Pražského
Dějepis města Prahy
Die Grünberger Handschrift: Zeugnisse über die Auffindung des"libušin Soud"
Dějé University Pražské
Dějepis města Prahy
Geschichte der Prager Universität
Sněmy české dle obnoweného zřízení zemského Ferdinanda II
Dějé University Pražské
Geschichte der Prager Universität
Djepis msta Prahy
Děje Králowstwí českého
Děje království českého
Děje Království českého
Die Grünberger Handschrift
Příruční kniha dějepisu Rakauského
W. Wladiwoje Tomka Děje mocnářstwí rakauského
Krátká mluwnice česká pro Čechy
Geschichte der Stadt Prag. Bd. 1
Dje Králowstwí eského
Kurzgefasste böhmische sprachlehre für Böhmen
Základy starého místopisu Pražského
Děje království českého
Po troskách české slávy
Povjest kraljevine Česke
Pamti z mého iwota
Johann Z̆iz̆ka
Geschichte der Prager Universität
Geschichte der Stadt Prag
Paměti z mého žiwota
Dějepis města Prahy
Lidia Ravera
Lidia Ravera (born 1951)

journalist, politician

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A Stromboli
In quale nascondiglio del cuore
I compiti delle vacanze
Un lungo inverno fiorito e altre storie
Né giovani né vecchi
La festa è finita
Maledetta gioventù
Se lo dico perdo l'America
Nessuno al suo posto
Tempi supplementari
Il freddo dentro
La festa è finita
Il freddo dentro
Né giovani né vecchi
Ammazzare il tempo
Sorelle
In fondo, a sinistra--
Due volte vent'anni
La donna gigante
Per funghi
Voi grandi
La donna gigante
Piccoli uomini
Bambino mio
Le seduzioni dell'inverno
La festa è finita
Bagna i fiori e aspettami
La guerra dei figli
Eterna ragazza
Pavlo Tychyna
Pavlo Tychyna (1891-1967)

poet, translator, opinion journalist, literary scholar, politician

  • Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Chernihiv Theological Seminary

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Z mynuloho v maǐbutnie
Chytai︠u︡, dumai︠u︡, notui︠u︡
Pereklady
Kvitny, movo nasha ridna
Zolotyĭ Homin
V sertsi u moïm
Vybrane
Tvori
Panakhydni spivy
Sribnoï nochi
Pokhoron druha
Pluh
Stikhotvorenii͡a︡ i po·emy
Soni︠a︡shni klarnety
Viter z Ukraïny
Vybrani poeziï
Dudaryk
The complete early poetry collections of Pavlo Tychyna / translated with a critical introduction and notes by Michael M. Naydan; guest introduction by Viktor Neborak
Pro mystet͡s︡tvo i literaturu
Tvory
Shevchenko ǐ Chernyshevs'kyǐ
Druz͡h︡boi͡u︡ my zdruz͡h︡eni
Zibranni͡a︡ tvoriv u dvanadt͡s︡i͡a︡ty tomakh
Liudyni himn
Na "subotakh" M. Kot͡s︡i͡u︡bynsʹkoho
Stalʹ i niz͡h︡nistʹ
Vybrane
Soni͡a︡chni klarnety
Do molodi miĭ chystyĭ holos
Podoroz︠h︡ do Ikhtimana
Selected poetry = Vybrani poeziï
Skovoroda
Skovoroda--symfonii͡a︡
Poeziï, 1938-1953
Vybrani tvory
Virshi i poemy
Topoli arfy hnut'
Partii͡a︡ vede
Arfamy, arfamy ..
Komunizmu dali vydni
My svidomistʹ li͡u︡dstva
Poeziï, 1954-1967
Na maĭdani
Little Ivan
Izbrannye stikhi
Lirika
Podoroz︠h︡ do Ikhtimana
Poeziï
Vybrani tvory
Vybrani tvory u dvokh tomakh
Dourado eco
Vybrani tvory v 3-kh tomakh
V serebri︠a︡nui︠u︡ nochʹ
V kosmychnomu orkestri
Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡ ide --
Izbrannye proizvedenii︠a︡
Tvory
Pavlovi Tychyni
Zibranni︠a︡ tvoriv u dvanadt︠s︡i︠a︡ty tomakh
Izbrannoe
Vybrani poeziï
Zolotyĭ homin
Peremahatʹ i z︠h︡ytʹ
V sert︠s︡i u moı̈m--
Tvory
Hayastani ew hay kowltowrayi masin
Z︠H︡yvy, z︠h︡yvy, krasuĭsi︠a︡
Chutti︠a︡ i︠e︡dynoï rodyny
Poeziï, 1906-1934
The complete early poetry collections of Pavlo Tychyna
I︠U︡nosti neperemozhnyǐ dukh
Partii︠a︡ vede
Bat'kivshchyni mohutniĭ