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Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born 1962)

comedian, film actor, television presenter, film director, television actor, journalist, film producer, television producer, political pundit, actor

  • College of William & Mary

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Naked Pictures of Famous People
America (the book)
Earth (The Book)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Audiobook)
Michael Palin
Michael Palin (born 1943)

actor, comedian, diarist, singer, film actor, television presenter, television actor

  • University of Oxford, Shrewsbury School

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Michael Palin's Hemingway adventure
Diaries 1969-1979
Travelling to work
Diaries 1969-1979
Halfway To Hollywood Diaries 1980 To 1988
Halfway To Hollywood Diaries 19801988
The Pythons' Autobiography By The Pythons
Halfway to Hollywood
Halfway to Hollywood (Reissue) Vol. 2
Travelling to Work
Travelling to work
Python Years
Diaries 1969-1979
Complete Michael Palin Diaries
Hemingway's chair
Sahara
Pole to pole with Michael Palin
Himalaya
Full Circle
New Europe
Limericks
Around the World in Eighty Days
Brazil
Happy Holidays
More ripping yarns
Time Bandits
Hemingway's chair
The Perfect Journey? (Guardian Piccadilly Competitio)
Ripping yarns
The mirrorstone
North Korea Journal
The truth
The Weekend
The Perfect Journey?
Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday
Himalaya
Erebus
The missionary
The truth
The truth
Sackful of Limericks
The Complete Ripping Yarns
Michael Palin's Travel Compendium
Monty Python at work
The Brand new Monty Python papperbok [sic]
Oxtravels Meetings With Remarkable Travel Writers
New Europe
The mirrorstone
Michael Palin
Cyril and the House of Commons
The truth
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth
Discovering Kings Cross A Popup Book
Bert Feggs Nasty Book for Boys and Girls
Halfway to Hollywood
Cyril and the dinner party
A Pocketful of Python
Michael Palin Diaries 1969-1979
Time bandits
Michael Palin
Himalaya
Pole to Pole
The secret policeman's other ball
Small Harry and the Toothache Pills (Magnet)
Cyril and the House of Commons
Golden Age of Railway Posters
Brazil
Great Railways Journey's of the World
Time bandits
Cyril and the House of Commons
Jack and the Beanstalk (We All Have Tales S.)
Hemingway's Chair
The very best of Monty Python
Mirā sutōn fushigina kagami
New Europe
Time for a change
Diaries 1999-2010
Small Harry and the Toothache Pills
Around the World in Eighty Days
Van pool tot pool
Het nieuwe Europa van Michael Palin
Dr. Fegg's Encyclopeadia of All World Knowledge
D'un pôle à l'autre
De stoel van Hemingway
New Europe
Pole to Pole
Der Spiegelstein
Erebus
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain (1956-2018)

cook, chef, television presenter, essayist, traveler, journalist, television producer

  • Vassar College, The Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park

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Kitchen Confidential
Medium Raw
No Reservations
Appetites
Confesiones de Un Chef - Aventuras En Transfondo
Medium Raw
So Real It Hurts
Medium Raw A Bloody Valentine To The World Of Food And The People Who Cook
World Travel
Anthony Bourdain Omnibus
Anthony Bourdain : the Last Interview
Medium Raw
No Reservations
Mi͡aso s krovʹi͡u
O ede
A Cook's Tour
Gone bamboo
Bone in the throat
The Bobby Gold Stories
Anthony Bourdain's "Les Halles" Cookbook
Typhoid Mary
The Nasty Bits
Bobby Gold
Get Jiro!
Get Jiro!
Cook's Tour CD, A
Decoding Ferran Adria
The best American travel writing 2008
Confesiones de un Chef
A cook's tour
A Cook's Tour Display
The Best American Recipes 2002-2003 (Best American)
Ultimate Companion to Meat
Anthony Bourdain's hungry ghosts
Viajes de Un Chef
Beim nächsten Mord wird alles anders
Geständnisse eines Küchenchefs. Was Sie über Restaurants nie wissen wollten
Appetites
La Surprise Du Chef
Get Jiro
La Cocina de Les Halles
A Cook's Tour
Cook's Tour
Gaumenkitzel
Appetites
Malos tragos
The layover
Alkins Diet Cookbook : Alkins Diet Cookbook
Moveable Feast
La surprise du chef
Gesta ndnisse eines Ku chenchefs
The Bobby Gold Stories
Nierównosci. Co da sie zrobic?
Anthony Bourdain Boxset
Appetites
Confesiones de un chef
Ein Küchenchef reist um die Welt
Mutfak Sirlari
Chu shi zhi lu
Cook's Tour
Comer, Viajar, Descubrir
The Nasty Bits
Elements of Cooking
Blood and Sushi
Cozinha Confidencial
Wasted!
Complete Renal Diet Guide for Beginner
Medium Raw - A Bloody Valentine To The World Of Food And The People Who Cook
Natively Made Sausage Anthony Bourdain
Bone in the Throat
No New Messages
Pizza créole
Bone in the Throat Lib/E
A cook's tour
Mutfak Sirlari; Ascilik Dünyasindan Mahrem Maceralar
Gone Bamboo
Get Jiro!
A cook's tour
Comer, viajar, descubrir
Kleine Schweinereien
David Walliams
David Walliams (born 1971)

actor, comedian, autobiographer, stage actor, film actor, television presenter, television producer, television actor, television maker

  • University of Bristol, Reigate Grammar School

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Inside Little Britain
Camp David
Camp David
The Boy in the Dress
Demon Dentist
The Midnight Gang
Slime
Grandpa’s Great Escape
Ratburger
Mr Stink
The Slightly Annoying Elephant
Code Name Bananas
Ice Monster
the worlds worst teachers
First Hippo on the Moon
Bad dad
Creature Choir
Beast Of Buckingham Palace
Lulu and the Best Cake Ever
Worlds Worst Children
There's a Snake in My School!
Fing
Boogie Bear
Geronimo
Awful Auntie
Terrific Ten
Billionaire Boy
World of David Walliams
World of David Walliams 3 Book Collection (the Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy)
Megamonster
World of David Walliams 5 Book Collection (the Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny, Ratburger)
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
World of David Walliams
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Hyn
The Queen's Orang-Utan
World's Worst Parents
Gangsta Granny
Slightly Annoying Elephant Special Edition with Animation and Activities
Bwgan Nana Crwca
The World of David Walliams 6 Books Collection Box Set
Y Côr Creaduriaid
The World’s Worst Teachers & The World’s Worst Parents By David Walliams 2 Books Collection Set
World's Worst Children 3
World's Worst Children 3
Megamonster
Billionaire Boy
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Hyn 2
World's Worst Children
World's Worst Children 2
David Walliams Collection
Yr Arth a Fu's Bloeddio Bw!
Blob
Bear Who Went Boo!
World's Worst Children 2
World's Worst Children
World's Worst Children 2
Jeronimo - Y Pengwin Oedd Wrth Ei Fodd Yn Hedfan! / Jeronimo - The Penguin Who Thought He Could Fly!
O rapaz do vestido
Peff
Ratburger
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Iau
Fabulous Stories for the Very Young
Gangsta Granny
World's Worst Teachers
A avoa gánster
Hipo Cyntaf Ar y Lleuad, Yr / the First Hippo on the Moon
The World of David Walliams - The Terrific Ten! Mega-Massive 10 Books Collection Box Set
Ratburger
La increïble història de... L#àvia gàngster (EDICIÓ ESCOLAR) (Sèrie Infinita (a partir de 8 anys)) (Catalan Edition)
Gangsta Granny
Dentista deabruaren istorio sinesgaitza
La increíble historia de... el monstruo supercabezón
Najgorsi rodzice świata
World of David Walliams
La increïble història de... El papa pispa (Col·lecció David Walliams) (Catalan Edition)
Buachaill an Ghúna
Het beest van Buckingham Palace
Os piores profs. do mundo
Boy in the Dress
Increíble Historia de... el Señor Apestoso / Mr. Stink
Little Monsters
The World’s Worst Teachers
I 10 bambini più odiosi del mondo
Bachgen Mewn Ffrog, Y
A avoa gánster
Mr Stink (Promo Edition)
Marmalade - the Orange Panda
Rhyw Ddrwg Yn y Caws
Increíble Historia de... el niño de Los Vestidos / the Boy in the Dress
Joe millionnaire
Les enfants les pires du monde
O couso (Intermedio) (Galician Edition)
La increïble història de... Un amic excepcional
The World of David Walliams Book of Stuff
Billionaire Boy
The Boy in the Dress
Biliwnydd Bach, Y
World's Worst Pets
Bwystfilod Bach Am Byth / Little Monsters Rule
La increïble història de... l'àvia gàngster ataca de nou
Abuelasaurio / Grannysaurus
Hnusna teta berta
De superreuzevervelende olifant
Neidr Yn Yr Ysgol!
World's Worst Monsters
Robot-Gi
Beast of Buckingham Palace
Robodog
Plant Gwaetha'r Byd
Mr Stink
Ratten-Burger (German Edition)
Increíble historia de... el papá bandido, La
David Walliams Worlds Worst Children 4 Books Collection Set
Demon Dentist
La increíble historia de...El chico del vestido
Camp David
Anti Afiach
Oma boef
Gangsta Granny
Gluciak
Blunders
Little Monsters Rule!
Spaceboy
David Walliams 10 Books Collection Set
Blob
The World of David Walliams
Big Squid
Meneer Stink
Little Monsters
Marmalade
Kicker im Kleid
La increíble historia de... El chico del millón
The World's Worst Pets
Billionaire Boy Tbp
Demon Dentist Unabridged CD
La increíble historia de... la abuela gánster ataca de nuevo
The Queen's Orang-Utan
L'Ourson qui faisait bouh !
Geronimo
Grannysaurus
The Boy in the Dress
Astrochimp
La increíble historia de... la abuela gánster (EDICIÓN ESCOLAR) (Serie Infinita (a partir de 8 años)) (Spanish Edition)
Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
The Creature Choir (Chinese Edition)
Little Monsters
Grandpa's Great Escape
Pecyn David Walliams I Blant Iau - Pecyn 2
Mr Stink
De waanzinnige tandarts
Anniversary, Full-Colour David Walliams Box-Set
The World Of David Walliams Cd Story Collection
The World's Worst Children 3
La increïble història de... La dentista dimoni
Spaceboy
Abuelita Ganster Ataca de Nuevo / Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
World of David Walliams
Babcia rabuś powraca
Little Monsters
Spaceboy
La increïble història de... Un slime gegant (Col·lecció David Walliams) (Catalan Edition)
Little Monsters
La increïble història de... La cosa més estranya del món
The Midnight Gang
La increïble història de... La gran fuga de l'avi
Dünyanın En Berbat Çocukları
David Walliams World's Worst Children 5 Books Collection Set
Little Britain
Bay Kokusuk
Megamonstrum
Büyükbaba'nin Müthis Firari
James Franco
James Franco (born 1978)

actor, television actor, film actor, film director, film producer, playwright, poet, film editor, teacher, television presenter

  • Instituto San Martín Curicó, Yale University

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Actors Anonymous A Novel
Actors Anonymous
California Childhood
Palo Alto
The Dangerous Book Four Boys
The disaster artist
Dirigere Herbert White
Flip-Side
Directing Herbert White
Strongest of the Litter
Thing Postcard Book
Howl
Palo Alto
The Interview
Directing Herbert White
Hollywood Dreaming
Straight James, gay James
True Story
The Sound and the Fury
On Story--Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films
Burn Country
Anonim Aktörler
Actors Anonymous
The deuce
New film stills
Don Quixote
Iolo Williams
Iolo Williams (born 1962)

presenter, ornithologist, television presenter, zoologist

  • University of East London

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Blwyddyn Iolo
Birds in Wales
Cyfres Cynefin
Early English Watercolours and Some Cognate Drawings by Artists Born Not Later Than 1785
Y Wiwer
Oliver's Birds
Wild Places - Wales' Top 40 Nature Sites
Wild Places Uk
Cynefin Glan y Môr
Blwyddyn Fan Hyn a Fan Draw
Y Fferm
Josélito Michaud
Josélito Michaud (born 1965)

television presenter, radio personality

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La gloire démystifiée
Dans mes yeux à moi
Gad Lerner
Gad Lerner (born 1954)

journalist, television presenter, politician

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Scintille
Operai
Uno strano movimento di strani studenti
Operai: Viaggio all'interno della Fiat