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Stefan Heym
Stefan Heym (1913-2001)

politician, journalist, poet

  • University of Chicago

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5 Tage im Juni
Architects
The King David report
The Crusaders
Collin
Ahasver
The wandering Jew
The architects
Auf Sand gebaut
Uncertain friend
Fünfzig Erzähler der DDR
Einmischung
Der Winter unsers Missvergnügens
Stefan Heym
Der König David Bericht
Atta Troll
Goldsborough
Filz
Stalin verlässt den Raum
Wege und Umwege
The queen against Defoe
Nachruf
The eyes of reason
Immer sind die Männer schuld
Der kleine König, der ein Kind kriegen musste und andere neue M"archen für kluge Kinder
Radek
Immer sind die Weiber weg und andere Weisheiten
Auskunft
Märchen für kluge Kinder
Hostages
Nachruf
Shadows and lights
Auf Sand gebaut / Filz
Weg und Umwege
Offene Worte in eigener Sache. Gespräche, Reden, Essays 1989 - 2001
Der Konig David Bericht
Lassalle
Schwarzenberg
Die Architekten
Cymbelinchen
Offen gesagt
Heines 'Atta Troll'
Der bittere Lorbeer. Roman
Immer sind die M anner schuld
Der bittere Lorbeer
Die richtige Einstellung und andere Erzählungen
Of smiling peace
Die Augen der Vernunft
Reden an den Feind
Lenz oder die Freiheit. Roman
Ahasver. Roman
Chronique du roi David
The cannibals
The Lenz papers
Gesammelte Erzählungen
Der Winter unseres Mißvergnügens. Aus den Aufzeichnungen des OV Diversant
Fünf Tage im Juni
Nazis in U.S.A
Der kleine König, der ein Kind kriegen musste und andere neue Ma rchen
Hostages
Die Schmähschrift, oder, die Königin gegen Defoe
Kreuzfahrer von heute, "The Crusaders"
Pargfrider
Die Schmähschrift, oder, Königin gegen Defoe
Kniga t͡sari͡a Davida
Rehenes, novela
Wandering Jew
Lenz oder die Freiheit
Die Sanfte Revolution
Erzählungen
A visit to Soviet science
Lenz, oder die Freiheit
Ich aber ging über die Grenze
Erich Hückniesel und das fortgesetze Rotkäppchen
Das Wachsmuth- Syndrom CD. Und der Überlebende
Die Schmähschrift oder Königin gegen Defoe. 2 CDs
Lenz Belgeleri
Vijf dagen in juni
Der Fall Gasenapp
Lasalle
Die Kannibalen und andere Erzählungen
Immer sind die Weiber weg und andere Weisheiten
Reden an den Feind
Die Papiere des Andreas Lenz
Reise ins Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten
Wie es mit Rotkäppchen weiterging. CD. Und andere Märchen für kluge Kinder
דוח המלך דוד
Bitterer Lorbeer
Auferstanden aus den Nischen
Relatare despre regele David
Keine Angst vor Russlands Bären, Neugierige Fragen und offene Antworten über die sowjetunion
Lenz, oder die Freiheit
Beiträge zu einer Biographie
Kanibali a iné poviedky
˜Derœ König-David-Bericht
Immer Sind Die Weiber Weg
Erzählungen
Meine Cousine, die Hexe und weitere Märchen für kluge Kinder
Auskunft 2
Aḥashṿerosh, ha-yehudi ha-noded
Glazami razuma
Agasfer
Rette sich wer kann. CD. Und andere Geschichten aus der Wendezeit
Ahasver
Der bittere Lorbeer
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

politician, biographer, finance minister

  • St Piran's School

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The Rise of Iskander
Alroy Or The Prince of the Captivity
Rise of Iskander
Lothair
Sybil, or, The Two Nations
Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century)
Classic Ghost Stories
Venetia
Lord George Bentinck
Endymion
Disraeli's reminiscences
Tancred
The Voyage of Captain Popanilla
Henrietta Temple
Vindication of the English Constitution in a letter to a noble and Learned Lord
Novels and tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield
Whigs and Whiggism
Coningsby, or, The new generation
The young duke
Benjamin Disraeli Letters
A year at Hartlebury
Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
Contarini Fleming: An Autobiography
The Bradenham edition of the novels and tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
The works of Benjamin Disraeli
Contarini Fleming
Henrietta Temple (A Love Story)
Lord George Bentinck (A Political Biography)
The letters of Disraeli to Lady Bradford and Lady Chesterfield
Selected speeches
Home letters
The wondrous tale of Alroy
The Infernal Marriage
The sayings of Disraeli
Tancred Volume I
Selected Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli
A voice from the grave
Young England, Being Vivian Grey, Coningsby, Sybil, Tancred: Being Vivian ..
Lord Beaconsfield's correspondence with his sister, 1832-1852
The revolutionary epick
Alroy
The letters of Runnymede
Vindication of the English constitution: incomplete draft of the open letter
Inaugural address delivered to the University of Glasgow Nov. 19, 1873
Novels and tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield
Venetia: A Novel
The works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Speech of the Right. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., to the Working Men's Conservative Association at Glasgow, on Saturday, November, 22nd, 1873
Count Alarcos -- A Drama In Five Acts
The Runnymede letters
The young duke
Contarini Fleming: A Romance
The English Comidie Humaine
Selected speeches of the late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield
Speech of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, April 3, 1872
Contarini Fleming V2
The novels and tales of the right Hon. B. Disraeli
Ixion in heaven and Endymion
The revolutionary epick, and other poems
The Runnymade letters
An Inquiry Into the Plans, Progress, and Policy of the American Mining Companies
Inaugural address delivered to the University of Glasgow, Nov. 19, 1873. Corrected by the author
The crisis examined
The Young Duke Volume 1
Lawyers and legislators
Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
Contarini Fleming V1
Lord George Bentinck
England and France; or, A cure for the ministerial Gallomania [by B. Disraeli]
Alroy: A Romance
Count Alarcos
A new key to the characters in Coningsby
The new budget
Ixion
The Letters of Benjamin Disraeli to His Sister 1832 to 1852
The ministerial explanation
Vindication of the English constitution
Mr. Osborne Morgan's burials bill
100 Cartoons from the collecton of "Mr Punch"
Venetia ; Contarini Fleming
Vivian Grey A Romance of Youth Contains Volumes 1 and 2
The Young Duke (Complete)
Jerusalem by moonlight ; and The Hebrew race
The speech of Mr. Disraelie
Young England
The radical Tory
Parliamentary reform
Address of the Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow
Vivian Grey
A year at Hartlebury, or, The election
Home letters written by the late Earl of Beaconsfield in 1830 and 1831
Novels and tales
The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Scotland
Count Alarcos; a Tragedy
Tory democrat
Lord Beaconsfield on the constitution
Despotism: or, The fall of the Jesuits
Popanilla
The works of D'Israeli the younger
The Letters of Benjamin Disraeli to His Sister. 1832 - 1852
Popanilla and other tales
Ixion in Heaven and Other Works
What is he?
Letters from Benjamin Disraeli to Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry, 1837-1861
Benjamin Disraeli Letters, 1842-1847 (Volume 4)
Sketches
Home letters written by Lord Beaconsfield 1830-1852
Alroy. Ixion in heaven. The infernal marriage. Popanilla
Memorials of Lord Beaconsfield
Wit and wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Endymion ; and, Falconet
Speeches of the Conservative policy of the last thirty years
Benjamin Disraeli Letters 18651867
Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume 2
Lord Beaconsfield's letters, 1830-1852
Contarini Fleming: a psychological auto-biography. In four volumes [in 2]
Lord George Bentinck
The works
The letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford
The Dunciad of to-day, a satire, and The modern AEsop
Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield; Volume 1
Contarini Fleming; or, the psychological romance
Benjamin Disraeli letters
Coninsby
Ṭanḳred
Lord Beaconfield's correspondence with his sister, 1832-1852
The novels and tales of Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD ANF THE MAN OF FEELING
Alroy, Popanilla, Count Alarcos, Ixion in heaven
Selected speeches of...the Earl of Beaconsfield
The Ministerial Crisis
Copy of a reply to a letter from George Frederick Young, esq
Tankred
Alroy, Popanilla
Contarini Fleming - a psychological romance
Tancred ; Alroy
Genrietta Templ
Alroy
Sybil ; Contarini Fleming
Coningsby or the New Generation; Selected Speeches etc. (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Volume XIII) Earls Edition
Lord George Bentinck
Tancred (Young England)
Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Tancred or the New Crusade, Volume II (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield).
Henrietta Temple
Despotism
Wondrous Tale of Alroy
Contarini Fleming
Henrietta Temple a Love Story
Wondrous Tale of Alroy
Sybil, or, the Two Nations
Novels and Tales
Vivian Grey; VOL. II
Ixion in Heaven
Coningsby or the New Generation Volume I (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Volume XII) Earls Edition
Works of Benjamin Disraeli
Young Duke
Vindication of the English Constitution in a Letter to a Noble and Learned Lord
The letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford
Amenities of Literature Volume 2
Lord George Bentinck
Amenities of Literature Volume 1
Lothair; The Bradenham Edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Volume XI
Ixion in heaven
The works
Curiosities of Literature /; V. 3 C. 1
Vindication of the English Constitution in a Letter to a Noble and Learned Lord
Wit and wisdom
Voyage of Captain Popanilla
Curiosities of Literature /; V. 4 C. 1
Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Collected from His Writings and Speeches
The Literary Character : Or, the History of Men of Genius, Drawn From Their Own Feelings and Confessions ; Literary Miscellanies
D'Israeli's novels
Contarini Fleming
Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Embracing Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems, Biography, Short Stories and Great Speeches; Volume 3
Venetia
Henrietta Temple A Love Story
A defence of poetry, addressed to Henry James Pye, esq
Vivian Grey; Volume 2
Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield
Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Collected from His Writings and Speeches
Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield
Orations of British Orators Vol. Two
Wondrous Tale of Alroy
ENDYMION
Lord George Bentinck
Coningsby
Henrietta Temple
Infernal Marriage
Popanilla
Vivian Grey, Volume 1 Only
Year at Hartlebury, or, the Election
Endymion, Volume II (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield)
Henrietta Temple
The first English printer
The young Duke
Venetia
Contarini Fleming - a Psychological Romance
The Wondrous Tale of Alroy
Daṿid Alroi
Alroy
Lord George Bentinck
Benjamin Disraeli, 1835-1837
Henrietta Temple
Novels and Tales
The Infernal Marriage
Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Collected from His Writings and Speeches
Sayings of Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
Venetia
Disraeli in Outline
Young Duke
Venetia ; Henrietta Temple
Spirit of Whiggism
Novels and Tales
Bradenham Edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield . . ; 4
Contarini Fleming
Sybil or the Two Nations, 2
Home letters
Alroy
Endymion
Bradenham Edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield . .
Voyage of Captain Popanilla
Alroy
Alroy
The early novels of Benjamin Disraeli
Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by ... B. Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli letters
Young Duke
Henrietta Temple; A Love Story
Lord Beaconsfield's letters, 1830-1852
Flim-flams! or, The life and errors of my uncle and his friends!
Venetia
Lord Beaconsfield's correspondence with his sister, 1832-1852
Contarini Fleming, a Psychological Romance; The Rise of Iskander (The Novels of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.)
Count Alarcos
Endymion
Vivian Grey; VOL. I
Young England, Being Vivian Grey, Coningsby, Sybil, Tancred
Sise of Iskander
Selections from the novels
The tragedy of Count Alarcos
England and France
The Young Duke
Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales
Vindication of the English Constitution
Vivian Grey; VOL. V
Sybil or the Two Nations, Vol II
Endymion; Volume 1
The Letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford - Volume One, 1873 to 1875 & Volume Two, 1876 to 1881 - [Complete in Two Volumes]
Endymion by the Author of Lothair
The young Duke
Infernal Marriage
De krisis van het oogenblik, of, De Russisch-Turksche Krijg en de wereld
Sybil or the Two Nations Volume I (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Volume XIV) Earls Edition
Vindication of the English Constitution in a Letter to a Noble and Learned Lord
Venetia ; Contarini Fleming
The Novels and Tales of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli
Alroy Or the Prince of the Captivity
Ixion in Heaven
Coningsby or the New Generation Volume II, Selected Speeches etc. (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Volume XIII) Earls Edition
Count Alarcos
Amenities of Literature
Infernal Marriage
Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales by ... B. Disraeli
Works
Alroy ; Ixion in heaven ; The Infernal marriage ; Popanilla
Selected Speeches. Arranged and Edited with Introd. and Explanatory Notes by T. E. Kebbel; Volume 2
Rise of Iskander
Wondrous Tale of Alroy
Vivian Grey ; Ixion in heaven, etc
The young duke, a moral tale, though gay Count Alarcos
The Young Duke
Henrietta Temple, A Love Story Volume I (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Volume VIII)
אלראי
The Young Duke -- "A Moral Tale, Though Gay" Volume II (The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Volume IV)
Alroy ; Ixion in heaven ; The Infernal marriage ; Popanilla
Tancred or The New Crusade Volume X The Brandenham Edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Coningsby ; The young Duke
Letters
SYBIL or the TWO NATIONS
History of printing
Venetia ; Contarini Fleming Volume Copy#1
Henrietta Temple
Kontarinī monogatari
David Alroy
Vindication of the English constitution in a letter to a noble and learned lord
Venetia
The letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford
Parliamentary reform
Ixion in heaven and Endymion
The letters of Runnymede
The value of literature to men of business
Vindication of the English constitution
Lothair
Disraeli
Home letters written by Lord Beaconsfield
The young duke
Whigs and Whiggism: Political Writings
Young England
Venetia
The wit and wisdom of Disraeli
The radical tory
Wit and wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield
The new budget
Novels and Tales: With Portrait and Sketch of His Life
Venetia ...
Mr. Disraeli on the cotton trade
Endymion, by the author of "Lothair"
Nes la-goyim, o Ṭanḳreʻd
A year at Hartlebury, or, The election
Lord George Bentinck
England and France
The novels of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Mr. Gladstone's finance, from his accession to office in 1853 to his budget of 1862
Lettres à sa sœur traduites ...
Endymion. --
Endymion
Curiosities of literature
The revolutionary epick
Church policy
Venetia
The voyage of Captain Popanilla
Alroy
Miscellanies of literature
Selections from the novels
Ḥoṭer mi-gezaʻ Yishai, o, Daṿid Al-roʼi
Novels and tales ...
Contarini Fleming
The wondrous tale of Alroy
The works of Benjamin Disraeli
Lord Beaconsfield's correspondence with his sister, 1832-1852
The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Scotland
"Church and Queen"
Lord George Bentinck
Speeches on the conservative policy of the last thirty years
The calamaties and quarrels of authors
The Dunciad of to-day
Lord Beaconsfield's correspondence with his sister, 1832-1852
Contarini Fleming
The letters of Disraeli to Lady Chesterfield and Lady Bradford
[Novels and tales]
Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh (1915-2014)

journalist, politician, poet lawyer, diplomat, lawyer

  • St. Stephen's College, King's College London

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Train to Pakistan
Memories of Madness
Train to Pakistan
Japujī
Delhi
A history of the Sikhs
Truth, Love and a Little Malice
India
Notes on the great Indian circus
The Illustrated History of the Sikhs
The end of India
Why I supported the emergency
Not a Nice Man to Know
Gurus, Godmen & Good People
I shall not hear the nightingale
The company of women
Sights and sounds of the world
Mano Majra
The Sikhs
Khushwant Singh's big fat joke book
The Collected Short Stories of Khushwant Singh
Paradise and other stories
Burial at sea
Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of the Punjab
Ranjit Singh
Khushwant Singh Selects Best Indian Short Stories
Malicious gossip
The vintage sardar
Land of the five rivers
Sex, scotch & scholarship
A History of the Sikhs: Volume 2
More malicious gossip
Khushwant Singh on women, love & lust
History of the Sikhs. v2
The collected novels
History of the Sikhs, vol 1
Train pour le Pakistan
How the Sikhs lost their kingdom
Homage to Guru Gobind Singh
Need for a new religion in India & other essays
We Indians
Around the world with Khushwant Singh
My bleeding Punjab
Gods and Godmen of India
Khushwant Singh's big book of malice
Women and Men in My Life
Khushwant Singh's Book of Unforgettable Women
City improbable
A History of the Sikhs: Volume 1
Death at my doorstep
The Sikhs today
Administrative problems, rural administration, and extension services
The voice of God
Administrative management, bureaucracy, and rural development and economics of development
Kalighat to Calcutta, 1690-1990
Pakistan express
Khushwant Singh's joke book
Khalsa Panth
Delhi
Black Jasmine ...
The mark of Vishnu and other stories
Nature watch
Khushwant Singh's India
Turbaned tornado
Khushwant Singh's joke book 7
Nāṃ wicca kī piā e
Good people, bad people
Kipling's India
Pakistan mail
The unending trail
Stories from India
Many faces of communalism
Umrao Jan Ada
Religion of the Sikhs
A Sangam City
Kali Chambeli
Songs of the gurus
Khushwantnama The Lessons Of My Life
Pākistān Aikspres
Delhi
Khushwant Singh's view of India
Shri Ram: a biography
Khushwant Singh on women, sex, love and lust
Two essays on Professor S. Chandrasekhar
Agnostic Khushwant
Shri Ram
Rule of law, local government, and economics of development
Khushwant Singh on war and peace in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
A bride for the sahib and other stories
Khushwant Singh's India without humbug
Khushwant Singh's view of India
Mending souls
Not wanted in Pakistan
Mauj mela
The sunset club
Khushwant Singh's editor's page
Joke Book
I believe
Khushwant Singh's joke book
The mark of Vishnu, and other stories
Administrative reforms, Chinese communes, and local government
Indira Gandhi returns
District administration, diffusion of technology, land reforms, and rural development
Chonvi Kahani
City Improbable
Sahibs Who Loved India
The voice of God, and other stories
The fall of the kingdom of the Punjab
I believe
Uncertain Liaisons
Celebrating the best of Urdu poetry
Our favourite Indian stories
Khushwant Singh's India without humbug
99
Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of the Punjab
Train to Pakistan
Gurus, Godmen and good people
Indira Gandhi returns
Delhi
Ranjit Singh
Not a nice man to know
The Sikhs today
Portrait of a serial killer
A dream turns seventy five
I shall not hear the nightingale
Jannata
Khushwant Singh on war and peace in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
View of India
The Sikhs
The company of women
Not wanted in Pakistan
A history of the Sikhs
Sikhs unlimited
I shall not hear the nightingales
Khushwant Singh selects best Indian short stories
Homage to Guru Gobind Singh
Indira Gandhi
Black Jasmine
I shall not hear the nightingale
The good, the bad and the ridiculous
On India
I shall not hear the nightingale
The Courtesan of Lucknow
Sahibs who loved India
I shall not hear the nightingale
Uncertain liaisons
Khushwant Singh behtareen afsan
Ghadar, 1915, India's first armed revolution
Mahārājah Ranjīt Singh
History of the Sikhs, 1469-1839
Delhi: A Novel
On love and sex
Mano Majra
Sanseṭa Klaba
The mark of Vishnu
Gurus, godmen, and good people
Khushwant Singh
Many moods many faces
Kampanī āf vūmin
The fall of the kingdom of the Punjab
On religion
Collected stories
Khushwant singh bahtreen tahreer
Khushwant Singh on humour
The voice of God
Unanswered prayers
Me, the jokerman
Khushwant Singh's joke book II
Train to Pakistan
Khushawanta Siṅgha
A bride for the sahib and other stories
A history of the Sikhs
Khushwant Singh's joke book III
Khushuwant Singh's India without humbug
The Japji and the Rehras
The freethinker's prayer book
Eduard Vilde
Eduard Vilde (1865-1933)

diplomat, journalist, humorist, politician

  • Tallinn Kreis School

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Mahtra sôda
Jack Brown
Estonian short stories
Reisikirjeldused
Kui Anija mehed Tallinnas käisid
Milkman of the manor
Ärapõletatud peigmehed ja vigased pruudid
Prohvet Maltsvet
Kui unija mehed käisid Tallinas
Raudsed käed
Jutustused
Kui tuli tähendus
Mäeküla piimamees
Külmale maale
Lunastus
Na zare
Pisuhänd
Aufruhr in Machtra
Voĭna v Makhtra
V gosti︠a︡kh u krymskikh ėstont︠s︡ev
Kaak
Mahtra sõda
Hong Myong-hui
Hong Myong-hui (1888-1968)

politician, journalist

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Chabua Amirejibi
Chabua Amirejibi (1921-2013)

politician

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Zakhar Prilepin
Zakhar Prilepin (born 1975)

journalist, politician, public figure, television presenter, editor-in-chief, philologist, opinion journalist, member of the State Duma

  • N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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Inglês de Sousa
Inglês de Sousa (1853-1918)

teacher, lawyer, politician, journalist

  • Faculdade de Direito do Recife

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O missionario
O coronel Sangrado
Contos amazônicos
O coronel Sangrado (cenas da vida do Amazonas)
O missionário [por] H. Inglês de Sousa
O cacaulista
O missionário
Contos amazônicos
História de um pescador
O Cacaulista
O missionário