Find Authors
By Background

Discover books where the author's background brings authenticity and depth.

Selected searches: science-fiction by a physicist military fiction by a military officer cyberpunk by a computer scientist historical fiction by a historian science-fiction by a mathematician crime-fiction by a lawyer popular science by a biologist
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
politicians who wrote biography
Showing 457-464 out of 790 results
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader (born 1934)

lawyer, historian, politician, lobbyist, environmentalist, political activist, journalist, columnist

  • Princeton University, Harvard Law School

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Crashing the party
The Seventeen Traditions
The seventeen traditions
Crashing the Party
The seventeen traditions
Congress project
Unsafe at any speed
No contest
The big boys
Cybermedicine
Cutting Corporate Welfare
Action for a change
The Ralph Nader Reader
Collision course
The menace of atomic energy
Unstoppable
More action for a change
The lemon book
Unsafe at any speed
The Good Fight
The people's business
The Seventeen Solutions Bold Ideas For Our American Future
Winning the insurance game
Civic Arousal
Power and land in California
The good fight
Canada firsts
In Pursuit Of Justice
The Case against "free trade"
The Frugal Shopper
The consumer and corporate accountability
Getting steamed
Return to sender
The Frugal shopper checklist book
The GMO Deception
Home Book: A Guide to Safety, Security and Savings in the Home
Breaking through power
Wrecking America
Censored 2015
Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!
The Frugal Shopper Checklist Book
What to do with your bad car
Taming the giant corporation
Who's poisoning America
Main basse sur le pouvoir
The Rape of the powerless
Animal envy
Day the Rats Vetoed Congress
You and your pension [by] Ralph Nader and Kate Blackwell
Who Runs Congress
Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook
The GMO deception
Constitutionalizing the corporation
Ralph Nader in Rüschlikon, 7.-8. September 1977
Murray Atomic Energy
Action for change
Corporate Power in America
Corporate power in America
Media for the Solar Age
Taming the giant corporation
Unstoppable
Nader on Australia
Canada Firsts
You and your pension
To the ramparts
Whistle Blowing
Beware
Out of Darkness
First Class
The Big Boys Part 1 of 2
The Big Boys Part 2 of 2
Hidden History of Monopolies
Alimentos gene ticamente modificados
Verdicts on lawyers
Reflections from the Waiting Room
Fake President
Who's Poisoning America
How the Rats Re-formed Congress
Seventeen Solutions
Vanishing air
Alimentos Genéticamente Modificados : Cambiando la Naturaleza de la Naturaleza
Told You So
On Living in a Democracy
Collision Course
Cutting Corporate Welfare
Big Boy
Rebellious CEO
Courts and Congress
What to do with your bad car
Let's Start the Revolution
Unstoppable
In Pursuit of Justice
What to Do?
Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!
Ces voitures qui tuent
I Lost My Bontalona
Lemon Books
Good Fight
Ecotactics the Sierra Club Handbook for Environment Activists
Direct Democracy
Crashing the Party
Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook
Who Runs Congress?
Unsafe at Any Speed. The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile
Ralph Nader presents : students as if they matter
Breaking Through Power
Unsafe at any speed
Unsafe at Any Speed
Ludwig Renn
Ludwig Renn (1889-1979)

politician, Esperantist, historian

  • University of Göttingen, University of Vienna

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Anstösse in meinem Leben
Ludwig Renn zum 100. Geburtstag
Krieg
Nachkrieg
Nobi
Adel im Untergang
Trini
Der Spanische Krieg
Meine Kindheit und Jugend
Erich Maria Remarque
Warfare
In Mexiko
Zu Fuss zum Orient
Krieg ohne Schlacht
Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben
Adel im Untergang
Herniu und Armin
Krieger, Landsknecht und Soldat
Cuba ...
Vom alten und neuen Rumanien
Ausweg
Im Spanischen Krieg ; Morelia
Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben
Vor grossen Wandlungen
Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben [von] Ludwig Renn
Inflation
Camilo
Death without battle
Russlandfahrten
Deutsche, wohin?
Auf den Trümmern des Kaiserreichs
Vor grossen wandlungen
Meine Kindheit und Jugend
Auftraggeber, Arbeiterklasse
Krieg-Nachkrieg
Krieg ohne Schlacht
Morelia
Válka
War
Zhan zheng
Herniu
Im Spanischen Krieg
Morelia, una ciudad universitaria de Mexico
Nachkrieg
Milḥome
Krieg
Trini, Nobi, Camilo
Milḥome
Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay
Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay (1843-1899)

politician, sociologist, military engineer, historian, engineer, musician, military personnel

  • Colégio Pedro II, Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Amor ao Brasil
Dous artistas maximos
Augusto Leverger
O Visconde do Rio Branco
Memórias
Memórias
Homens e cousas do imperio
Visconde de Beaurepaire Rohan
Innocencia pelo visconde de Taunay
La retraite de Laguna
Ierecê a Guaná
Campanha do Paraguay
Céos e terras do Brazil
Uma grande gloria brasileira, José Mauricio Nunes Garcia (1767-1830)
O visconde do Rio Branco, gloria do Brasil e da humanidade [por] Visconde de Taunay
Céos e terras do Brazil
Homens e cousas do Império [pelo] Visconde de Taunay
Viagens de outr'ora
Innôcencia
Innocencia
Innocencia
Entre os nossos indios
Diário do exército, 1869-1870
Inocencia,
O grande imperador
Brasileiros e estrangeiros
O Encilhamento
Inocência
La retraite de Laguna
Céus e terras do Brasil
História administrativa e econômica do Brasil
Innocencia pelo visconde de Taunay
A retirada da Laguna
A cidade do ouro e das ruinas
Uma grande gloria brasileira
O encilhamento
Ouro sobre azul
Memórias do visconde de Taunay
No declinio
Retraite de Laguna
Inocência (Edição Ilustrada)
A retirada da Laguna
Pedro II
Diario do exército
O encilhamento
Innocencia
Cartas da campanha
A mocidade de Trajano
Campanha de Matto Grosso
José Mauricio Nunes Garcia, 1767-1830
Diário do exército, 1869-1870
Na Bahia de Dom João VI
A cidade do ouro e das ruinas
Recordações de guerra e de viagem
Amelia Smith
Litteratura e philologia
Reminiscencias
Inocência
Goyaz
Visconde de Taunay
Memórias
Ouro sôbre azul
Paisagens brasileiras
O encilhamento
Ao entardecer
Dous artistas máximos
Historias brazileiras
A retirada da Laguna
Manuscripto de uma mulher
A retirada de Laguna
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum (born 1958)

politician, lawyer

  • Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

American patriots
It Takes a Family
Blue Collar Republicans
Rick Santorum
State and Private Forestry Programs
Preserving America¬s Future Today
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff (born 1947)

journalist, historian, politician, philosopher

  • University of Oxford, Trinity College

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

The Russian album
Isaiah Berlin
For most of it I have no words
Fire and ashes
True patriot love
Passages
The needs of strangers
Scar tissue
Virtual war
The Lesser Evil
Blood and Belonging
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry
The Warrior's Honour
Empire lite
Charlie Johnson in the flames
A just measure ofpain
The rights revolution
Kaboul-Sarajevo
The ordinary virtues
Wealth and virtue
Asja
Asya
Magnum Degrees
After Paradise
American Exceptionalism and Human Rights
On Consolation
Die Zivilisierung des Krieges. Ethnische Konflikte, Menschenrechte, Medien
The Rights Revolution (CBC Massey Lecture)
The future of public broadcasting in Canada
Die Politik der Menschenrechte
Die Lichter auf der Brücke eines sinkenden Schiffs. Geschichte einer Familie
Rethinking Open Society
Isaiah Berlin
Berlin in autumn
Citizenship and moral narcissism
Needs of Strangers
The Ordinary Virtues Lib/E
MAL MENOR ETICA POLITICA EN UNA ERA DE TERROR
The Trial of Richard Wagner
Making states work
Empire Lite
Reisen in den neuen Nationalismus
Rights Revolution
Sangre y Pertenencia
Russian Album
Charlie Johnson in the Flames
On Consolation
Blood and Belonging
Institutional Racism and The Police
The Gifford Lectures 2003
Academic Freedom
Nationalism and self-determination
INTERVENTION AND STATE FAILURE
Untitled Ignatieff Novel
Vuur en as
William Beckford
William Beckford (1760-1844)

politician, architect, plantation owner, art collector

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Life at Fonthill, 1807-1822
Recollections of an excursion to the monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha
The grand tour of William Beckford
Recollections of an excursion to the monasteries of Alcoba©ʹa and Batalha
Vathek
The episodes of Vathek
Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters
Vathek and other stories
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
The travel-diaries of William Beckford of Fonthill
Three Gothic Novels
Italy
Three Oriental Tales
Italy, Spain, and Portugal
The Vision
Vathek, with the episodes of Vathek
The History of Caliph Vathek
Modern novel writing
The Hamilton palace libraries
Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters, 1780
Vathek
History of Caliph Vathek, The
Recollections of an excursion to the monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha
The transient gleam
The consummate collector
Vathek et ses épisodes
Azemia
Four Gothic Novels
The history of the Caliph Vathek
Vathek, conte arabe
The Story Of Prince Barkiarokh
Travel-diaries Of William Beckford Of Fonthill,( 2 Vols. )
Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal, by the author of 'Vathek.' 2 vols
Eblis ou l'Enfer de William Beckford
The vision, Liber veritatis
The History of Caliph Vateck
Three Gothic Novels
Letters and observations
Italy
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents; in a Series of Letters from Various Parts of Europe
Italy
An Arabian tale
The journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain, 1787-1788
Recollections of the Late William Beckford
Vathek
The history of the Caliph Vathek, including The episodes of Vathek
The vision ; Liber veritatis
L'Esplendente et autres contes inédits
The History of the Caliph Vathek / by William Beckford
Suite de contes arabes
Travel-diaries
The consummate collector
Life at Fonthill, 1807-1822, with interludes in Paris and London, from the correspondence
Azemiz
A côrte de rainha D. Maria I
The school for good living; or, a literary and historical essay on the European kitchen: beginning with Cadmus the cook and king, and concluding with the union of cookery and chymistry
The Castle Of Otranto
Vathek; an Arabian tale
An Arabian tale
A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica
A côrte da rainha D. Maria I
The story of Al Raoui
Vathek, with The episodes of Vathek
A dialogue in the shades ; Rare doings at Roxburghe Hall
A catalogue of the costly and interesting effects of Fonthill Abbey
Thoughts on hunting
Excursion à Alcobaça et Batalha
De Londres à Venise
Excursion à Alcobaça et Batalha
Between William Beckford Esquire, appellant and John Campbell Esquire ... (and others) respondents, upon an appeal to His Majesty in Council from an order made by the High court of Chancery in the Island of Jamaica ... 1799
Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcoboca & Batalha
Modern novel writing, or, The elegant enthusiast
Azemia
Vathek, conte arabe
Modern novel writing, or the elegant enthusiast; and interesting emotions of Arabella Bloomville. ... In two volumes. ... By the Right Hon. Lady Harriet Marlow
Magnificent effects at Fonthill abbey, Wilts. to be sold by auction
Vathek
Alcobaça e Batalha
Italy
Vathek ; Histoire du Prince Alasi ; Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh
Recollections of an excursion to the monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha
Letters and observations
Italy
Vathek
The history of the Caliph Vathek
Arabian tale from an unpublished manuscript
Life at Fonthill 1807-1822, with interludes in Paris and London
History of the Caliph Vathek
Vathek et les episodes
Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters
Vathek
Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters
Modern novel writing, or, The elegant enthusiast ; and interesting emotions of Arabella Bloomville. A rhapsodical romance; interspersed with poetry
Vathek, an Arabian tale, 1786
Los Episodios de Vathek
A dialogue in the shades ; Rare doings at Roxburghe Hall
Vathek
Diário de William Beckford em Portugal e Espanha
A critical edition of William Beckford's "Modern Novel" and "Azemia"
Vathek
A côrte da rainha D. Maria I.
The Hamilton palace libraries
Souvenirs d'Alcobaça et Batalha
Life at Fonthill, 1807-1822
La vision
The Grand Tour of William Beckford (Travel Library)
The episodes of Vathek
A dialogue in the shades, between William Caxton, a bibliomaniac, and William Wynken, clerk ; Rare doings at Roxburghe Hall, a ballad ; The diary of Roger Payne
Recollections of an excursion to the monasteries of Alcobac̜a and Batalha
The story of Al Raoui
Magnificent effects at Fonthill abbey, Wilts. to be sold by auction
Vatekku
Le Vathek de Beckford
Vies authentiques de peintres imaginaires
A dialogue in the shades, between William Caxton, Fodius, a bibliomaniac, and William Wynken, clerk, a descendant of Wynken de Worde
Gianni Vattimo
Gianni Vattimo (1936-2023)

philosopher, politician

  • University of Turin

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Non essere Dio
Not Being God
Magnificat
Introduzione a Nietzsche
Deconstructing Zionism
Il pensiero debole
Vocazione e responsabilità del filosofo
Le avventure della differenza
La fine della modernità
Dopo la cristianità
La religion
En torno a la posmodernidad
"Sein, das verstanden werden kann, ist Sprache"
Hermeneutic Communism
Christianity, truth, and weakening faith
Nichilismo ed emancipazione
Il soggetto e la maschera
Il futuro della religione
Introduzione a Heidegger
Credere di credere
Nichilismo ed emancipazione
Pietro Derossi
La sécularisation de la pensée
Addio alla verità
Christentum im Zeitalter der Interpretation
Poesia y Ontologia
Interrogazioni sul cristianesimo
Ecce comu
La società trasparente
Oltre l'interpretazione
Hermenéutica y acción
Filosofia al presente
Dialogo con Nietzsche
Filosofia '95
La società trasparente
Etica dell'interpretazione
Introduzione all'ermeneutica di Schleiermacher
Not Being God
Kurze Geschichte der Philosophie im 20. Jahrhundert. Eine Einführung
Diritto, giustizia e interpretazione
Al di là del soggetto
Il concetto di fare in Aristotele
Schleiermacher filosofo dell'interpretazione
Tecnica ed esistenza
La vita dell'altro
Opere complete
La postmodernidad a debate
Della realtà
Ipotesi su Nietzsche
Essere, storia e linguaggio in Heidegger
After the Death of God (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture)
Dio
Interpretazione ed emancipazione
Ethique de l'interprétation
Il lavoro perduto e ritrovato
El mito del uno
Filosofia, Politica, Religion
Il concetto di fare in Aristotele
El sentido de la existencia
Filosofia
Filosofia '92
La postmodernidad a debate
Mas Alla Del Sujeto
La Secularizacion de La Filosofia
Filosofia '93
Introduzione all'estetica
Jenseits vom Subjekt
Essere, storia e linguaggio in Heidegger
Hermeneutica y Racionalidad
Filosofia '89
Pensar en el siglo
Medien-Welten Wirklichkeiten
Heidegger
La Izquierda En La Era del Karaoke
Primo Salone del Libro di Torino
Filosofia '86
Estetica moderna
Il socialismo, ossia L'Europa
Enzo Biagi
Enzo Biagi (1920-2007)

television presenter, partisan, film critic, film director, politician, journalist

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

La bella vita
Dinastie
Testimone del tempo
Mamma Svetlana
Il signor Fiat
Senza dire arrivederci
Un giorno ancora
Il buon paese
Scusate, dimenticavo
Quante donne
Dicono di Lei
Racconto di un secolo
L' albero dai fiori bianchi
Lettera d'amore a una ragazza di una volta
Dizionario del Novecento
Era ieri
Odore di cipria
Il Boss è solo
La mia America
Sogni perduti
E di scena Pietro Gubellini, tenore
"I" come Italiani
Lunga è la notte
Gente che va
Fatti personali
I quattordici mesi
Ferrari
I quattordici mesi
Crepuscolo degli dei
Krasivai︠a︡ zhiznʹ
Come andremo a incominciare?
Giro del mondo
Ma che tempi
Cose loro & fatti nostri
L' uomo non deve morire
Lubjanka
Strettamente personale
1943
Quante storie
Noi c'eravamo
Addio a questi mondi
Cara Italia
1935 e dintorni
Germanie
Come si dice amore
Inghilterra
1943 e dintorni
Laggiù gli uomini
Anni di guerra
America
Il sole malato
L' Italia domanda
Cina
Italia
Mille camere
Storia di Roma a fumetti
Amori
La seconda guerra mondiale
Mia bella signora
Storia d'Italia a fumetti
Russia
Io c'ero
Un anno, una vita
L' Italia dei peccatori
Scandinavia
Quello che non si doveva dire
Diciamoci tutto
Francia
La disfatta
Buoni, cattivi
Il fatto
Lezioni di televisione
Le Rhin
Cara, vecchia Bologna
Disonora il padre
Mafia
Consigli per un paese normale
Il Mississippi
Strettamente personale
America, America
Ferrari
Externator
Disonora il padre
Il boss è solo
Una signora così così
Una signora così così
Tesori di Bologna
Mille camere
'E di scena Pietro Gubellini
La Luna è nostra
Cardinali e comunisti
Yo, Tommasso Buscetta, Soy Un Mafioso..
I Kennedy
E tu lo sai?
I PADRONI DEL MONDO
Le Mississippi
Il Boss é solo
Quante donne
La storia d'Italia a fumetti