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Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo Napoli (born 1948)

linguist, linguistics teacher

  • Harvard University

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Alligator bayou
The king of Mulberry Street
The smile
Storm
Lights on the Nile
Stones in Water
The prince of the pond
Sirena
For the Love of Venice
Sly the Sleuth and the pet mysteries
When the water closes over my head
Daughter of Venice
Song of the Magdalene
Crazy Jack
North
On Guard
Breath
The Magic Circle
Friends everywhere
The Wager
Changing Tunes
Three days
On her own
Bravest Thing
Zel
Soccer shock
One leap forward
Sly the sleuth and the sports mysteries
Breath
Song of the Magdalene (Point)
Fire In The Hills
Playing games
Bound
Spinners
Partners
Lies and lemons
Flamingo dream
Gracie
Fish Girl
Ugly
Shelley Shock
Ready to dream
How hungry are you?
Beast
Trouble on the tracks
Jimmy, the pickpocket of the palace
Hotel Jungle
Shark shock
Give and Take (Aladdin Angelwings)
Corkscrew counts
Bobby the bold
Albert
Little creatures
Jimmy, the pickpocket of the palace
Zel
Pink magic
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Rocky
The Wager
Stones in water
Mama Miti
Running away
Left out
Know-it-all
The Great God Pan
Happy holidays
North
The hero of Barletta
Hush
No fair!
Hang in there
Sly the sleuth and the code mysteries
Gracie, The Pixie of the Puddle
Signs and voices
Language matters
April flowers
Syntax
Mogo, the third warthog
Treasury of Egyptian mythology
The Wishing Club
Syntactic Argumentation
Sly the Sleuth and the Food Mysteries (Sly the Sleuth)
Primary movement in sign languages
Stones in Water
New Voices (Aladdin Angelwings)
Hidden
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology
Partners (Aladdin Angelwings)
Hands and hearts
Words to Make a Friend
Treasury of Norse Mythology
Deaf around the world
Hush
Give and take
Linguistics
Tales from the Arabian nights
Flucht nach Venedig.
Treasury of Greek mythology
Handy stories to read and sign
Not Fair! (Angelwings)
The Wager
Tales From the Arabian Nights
Elements of tone, stress, and intonation
Hunger
Bound
Mogo, the Third Warthog
Treasury of Bible Stories
Ugly
Playing Games (Aladdin Angelwings)
Skin
The crossing
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Predication theory
Treasury of Magical Tales from Around the World
Breath
Dark shimmer
Magic Circle
Earth Shook
Bridges Between Psychology and Linguistics
No Fair! (Aladdin Angelwings)
Treasury of Norse mythology
Mogo, the Third Warthog
Mama Miti
Hacia El Norte (Isla Del Tiempo)
Partners
Tongue's palette
The king of Mulberry Street
Friends Everywhere (Aladdin Angelwings)
Ugly
Happy Holidays
Lies and Lemons (Aladdin Angelwings)
Daughter of Venice
New Voices
Das Hasenwunder. Die Geschichte von Laurel und Mümmel
Running Away
Una perla única
Song of the Magdalene
April Flowers (Aladdin Angelwings)
One Leap Forward
Bridges between psychology and linguistics
Bound
Lies and Lemons
Zel
Little Creatures
Happy Holidays (Aladdin Angelwings)
Beast
In a Flash
Hang in There (Aladdin Angelwings)
Storm
Beast
Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages
Bound
Breath (Golden Kite Honors (Awards))
The hero of Barletta
Hush
Left Out
On Her Own
Crossing
Wager
Bound
No Fair!
Breath
April Flowers : (Spring Special)
Know-It-All
Lies and lemons
Knowitall (Aladdin Angelwings)
Hush
Running Away (Aladdin Angelwings)
Playing Games
Hang in There
Fish Girl
Linguistic muse (Current inquiry into language and linguistics)
Lights on the Nile
Skin
Give and Take
Left Out (Aladdin Angelwings)
One Leap Forward (Aladdin Angelwings)
Friends Everywhere
On Her Own (Aladdin Angelwings)
Playing games
Predication Theory
Het gevecht met de duivels
April flowers
Crazy Jack
A single pearl
Beast
Speaking in tongues
Hero of Barletta, The
The wager
Deaf around the world
The two si's of Italian
Little Creatures (Aladdin Angelwings)
Meliglossa
For the love of Venice
Lingua Franca
The bravest thing
Signs and voices
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)

linguist, journalist, economist, historian, translator, sociologist, essayist, women's rights activist, philosopher, geographer, suffragist

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The hour and the man
Deerbrook, a novel
The peasant and the prince, a story of the French revolution
Society in America
A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
Illustrations of political economy
Eastern life, present and past
The essential faith of the universal church
Autobiography (Nineteenth-Century British Autobiographies)
Letters on mesmerism
Dawn Island
Life in the sick-room
The faith as unfolded by many prophets
Harriet Martineau's letters to Fanny Wedgwood
The 'manifest destiny' of the American union ..
Household education. By Harriet Martineau
Retrospect of Western Travel-3VOLS
A British friendship
Illustrations of political economy
Harriet Martineau
Traditions Of Palestine
Harriet Martineau on women
Biographical sketches, 1852-1875
A history of the thirty years' peace, A.D. 1816-1846
The factory controversy
Introduction to the history of the peace, from 1800-1815
Die Gesellschaft und das Sociale Leben in Amerika
Guide To Windermere With Tours To The Neighboring Lakes And Other Interesting Places
The history of England from the commencement of the 19th century to the Crimean War
England and her soldiers
The English lake district
The history of England during the thirty years' peace
History of the peace
A View of the Swamp
Harriet Martineau's writing on British history and military reform
Letters from Ireland
The Crofton boys
The Billow and the Rock
History of England, A.D. 1800-1815
Five years of youth, or, Sense and sentiment
Women, emancipation and literature
Writings on slavery and the American Civil War
Berkeley the banker, or bank notes and bullion
The playfellow
Harriet Martineaus's Autobiography Part Two
How to observe
Poor laws and paupers illustrated
Times of the Saviour
British Rule in India; a Historical Sketch
Suggestions towards the future government of India
Harriet Martineau's writing on the British Empire
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older and Other Stories
A complete guide to the English lakes
Harriet Martineau in the London Daily news
Retrospect of Western Travel-VOL3
The martyr age of the United States of America
The settlers at home
Endowed schools of Ireland
Novelas económicas de H. Martineau
An independent woman's Lake District writings
Devotional exercises
Society In America V1
A description of the English lakes
The History of England From the Commencement of the 19th Century to the Crimean War Volume 4
Health, Husbandry And Handicraft
Forest and game-law tales
Retrospect of Western Travel-VOL1:
Harriet Martineaus's Autobiography Part One
Miscellanies
Our farm of two acres
Feats on the fiord, and Merdhin
Society in America; Volume 1
Brooke and Brooke Farm
The English Lakes
Health in the camp
Sowers not reapers
Principle and Practice the Orphan Family
The sickness and health of the people of Bleaburn
Illustrations of political economy
Feats on the fiord or Rolf and Oddo among the pirates
The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte 2 Volume Paperback Set
History Of The Peace V1, Being A History Of England From 1816 To 1854
Sketches from life
For each and for all
Biographical sketches, 1852-1868
The young repealer
Providence as manifested through Israel
French wines and politics
The charmed sea, or, Polanders in Siberia
Illustrations of Political Economy
Illustrations of Political Economy, Taxation, Poor Laws and Paupers
Health in the hospital
Life in the wilds
Ella of Garveloch
The Jerseymen meeting
[Ireland
Views of slavery & emancipation
The hamlets
Illustrations of taxation
Illustrations of Political Economy
Prize Essays
Three English Women in America
The children who lived by the Jordan
Retrospect of Western Travel; Volume 2
Miscellanies
The Farrers of Budge-Row
Society in America, Volumes 1-2
Harriet Martineau and America
The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte; Volume 3
Miss Martineau's popular tales
Illustrations Of Political Economy
Illustrations of Political Economy, Issues 5-8
Society in America; Volume 3
Illustrations of Political Economy; Volume 9
Illustrations of Political Economy
Illustrations of Political Economy - Vol VIII
The parish
Christmas-day
Miscellanies; Volume 1
The friends
Illustrations of Political Economy
The three ages
Harriet Martineau
The tendency of strikes and sticks to produce low wages, and of union between masters and men to ensure good wages
An epitome of the positive philosophy and religion explanatory of the Society of Humanity in the City of New York
The rioters
Briery Creek
The tenth haycock
Homes abroad
The land's end
The park and the paddock
Illustrations of Political Economy
Voyage aux États-Unis
Memorials of Old Haileybury College
Harriet Martineau in London Da
The scholars of Arneside
The moral of many fables
Cinnamon and pearls
History of the Thirty Years' Peace. A, Volume 2
The Hampdens
Society in America; Volume 2
Contes choisis sur l'économie politique. Tome 1
The hill and the valley
Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte; Volume 1
[Letters additional]
Life in the Wilds. the Hill and the Valley. Brooke and Brooke Farm
Messrs. Vanderput and Snoek. the Loom and the Lugger. in Two Parts
Manchester Strike. Cousin Marshall. Ireland
Illustrations of Political Economy
English Lake District
Illustrations of Political Economy
Peasant and the Prince
A tale of the Tyne
Society in America, Volumes 1-2
Eastern Life
Harriet Martineau's autobiography
ha-Mityashvim ʻal ha-i
The children who lived by the Jordan
Prefatory letter to Henry Whitworth, Esq., secretary to the National Assoc. of Factory Occupiers
Miscellanies
Harpatḳah ba-Feyord
Two letters on cow-keeping
A Manchester strike
Biographical sketches
The settlers at home
Messrs. Vanderput and Snoek
[Letter to] My dear friend
Harriet Martineau's autobiography
The moral of many fables
Miscellanies
[Letter to] My dear friend
Ireland
Providence as manifested through Israel
Glen of the echoes
Feats on the fjord
Society in America
Corporate tradition and national rights
Voyage aux États-Unis
Biographical sketches
On the duty of studying political economy
Illustrations of political economy
De la société américaine
Six letters from a very high personage
The essential faith of the universal church
Berkeley the banker, or bank notes and bullion
The Factory controversy
[Letter to] My dear friend
Addresses
A complete guide to the English lakes
The hour and the man
Loom and lugger, or, Weavers and smugglers
[Letter to] My dear friend
Władysław Syrokomla
Władysław Syrokomla (1823-1862)

linguist, translator, poet, literary, opinion journalist

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Pisma epiczne i dramatyczne Władysława Syrokomli
Wybór poezyj Ludwika Kondratowicza (Władysława Syrokomli)
Dzieje literatury w Polsce od pierwiastkowych czasow do XVII wieku
Urodzony Jan Dęboróg
Istorli︠a︠ pol'skol literatury
Dobryi͡a︡ vestsi
Poezje wybrane
Stare wrota
Poezje
Iškylos iš Vilniaus po Lietuvą
Urodzony Jan Dęgoróg
Vandroŭki pa maikh bylykh vakolitsakh
Wybór poezji
Wybór pism
Vybranyi︠a︡ tvory
Izbrannyi︠a︡ stikhotvorenīi︠a︡ Li︠u︡dviga Kondratovicha (Vladislava Syrokomli︠a︡)
Starosta Kopanicki
Margier
Poezye Ludwika Kondratowicza (Władysława Syrokomli)
Izbrannye proizvedenii︠a︡
Luciano Bianciardi
Luciano Bianciardi (1922-1971)

linguist, journalist, translator, librarian, teacher, film actor

  • University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore

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La vita agra
Ai miei cari compagni
Viaggio in Barberia
Chiese escatollo e nessuno raddoppiò
La solita zuppa
La battaglia soda
La Vita Agra (Italian Edition)
Il peripatetico e altre storie
L' integrazione
Il lavoro culturale
L' antimeridiano
Daghela avanti un passo!
Da Quarto a Torino
I minatori della Maremma
L' alibi del progresso
Abrir el fuego
La vita agra
Aprire il fuoco
Bianciardi com'era
Garibaldi
Le cinque giornate
L' integrazione
Vita Agra, La
La vida agria
Da Quarto a Torino
Il peripatetico e altre storie
La vita agra
Da Quarto a Torino
El trabajo cultural
Il lavoro culturale
Un volo e una canzone
Il Risorgimento allegro
La solita zuppa e altre storie
Il convitato di vetro
Aprire il fuoco
Fūtarō Yamada
Fūtarō Yamada (1922-2001)

lexicographer, linguist, physician

  • Tokyo Medical University

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Senchūha dōran nikki
Senchūha yamiichi nikki
Senchuha mushikera nikki
Shōwa zenki no seishun
Zenbu yoroku
Senchūha fukkō nikki
The Kouga ninja scrolls
Senchūha yakeato nikki
Kōka ninpōchō
Rasupūchin ga kita
Dōjitsu dōkoku
Yagyū ninpōchō
Ato senkai no banmeshi
Waga suiri shōsetsu zeronen
山田風太郎育児日記
Ningen rinjū zukan
Iga ninpōchō
Gedō ninpōchō
Tachibana denraiki
Gu
Yamada Fūtarō ninpō zenshū
Imawa no kiwa ni iubeki ichidaiji wa nashi
Shingen ninpōchō
Kōga ninpōchō
同日同刻
Senchūha yakeato nikki
Fūzanbō furo takiuta
Hideyoshi wa itsu shitta ka
婆沙羅
Ningen banji uso bakkari
Zushi-ke no akurei
戦中派虫けら日記
おんな牢秘抄
風々院風々風々居士山田風太郎に聞く
Ninpō Chūshingura
Meiji dantōdai
Shinkyoku hōkai
Hakkenden
Edo ninpōchō
幕末妖人伝
Mo chieh chuan sheng
Kunoichi nimpōchō
Uminari ninpōchō
Arinsukoku denki
山田風太郎忍法帖短篇全集
Kenki to yūjo
Les huit chiens des Satomi
Txillardegi
Txillardegi (1929-2012)

linguist, politician, sociolinguist, professor

  • University of the Basque Country, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Bilbao

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Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1878-1945)

physicist, chemist, biologist, explorer, anthropologist, linguist, cartographer, journalist, geologist, biochemist, mineralogist

  • Imperial St. Petersburg University

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Beasts, Men and Gods
Lenin
Beasts, Men and Gods
The Breath of the Desert the Account of a Journey Through Algeria and Tunisia
Oasis and Simoon
Puszcze polskie
The Fire of Desert Folk
Slaves of the sun
Beasts, men and gods
Lisowczycy
Lenin
In den Dschungeln der Wälder und Menschen
Lenin, god of the godless
De la présidence à la prison
The shadow of the gloomy East
Zwierzęta, ludzie, bogowie
The fire of desert folk
Unter dem Gluthauch der Wüste
Flammendes Afrika
Cień ponurego Wschodu
Sous le fouet du simoun [par] Ferdinand Antoni Ossendowski
From president to prison
Li︠u︡di, bogi, zveri
Beasts, men and gods
Karpaty i Podkarpacie
Sous le fouet du Simoun
Khu̇n, araatan, burkhad
Slaves of the sun
Man and mystery in Asia
Sklaven der Sonne
Tiere, Menschen und Go tter =
Lenin, god of the godless
Man and mystery in Asia, in collaboration with Lewis Stanton Palen
The breath of the desert
The shadow of the gloomy East
Im Sibirischen Zuchthaus
The life story of a little monkey
Bestias, hombres, dioses
The shadow of the gloomy East
Beasts, men and gods
Polesie
V ríši medveďov
Huculszczyzna
Mocni ludzie
Tiere, Menschen und Götter
Život a príhody šimpanzky
The lioness
Slaves of the sun
From president to prison
Man and mystery in Asia
Oasis and simoon
Sylvain Neuvel
Sylvain Neuvel (born 1973)

translator, linguist

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Sleeping Giants
Only Human
History of What Comes Next
Giants
Waking Gods: Themis Files Book 2
Dark Discoveries - Issue #38
L'Eveil des Dieux (Les Dossiers Thémis, Tome 2) (French Edition)
For the First Time, Again
Le Sommeil des géants
The Test
Until the Last of Me
Sleeping Giants
Waking Gods
Waking Gods
Le Sommeil des géants (Les Dossiers Thémis, Tome 1) (Les Dossiers Thémis (1)) (French Edition)
Until the Last of Me
History of What Comes Next
For the First Time, Again
Only Human
Explorations in seamless morphology
The Test
Know Book 2
Femmes, je vous aime --
History of What Comes Next Sneak Peek