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Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer (born 1948)

teacher, zoologist, biologist

  • University of Oxford

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The glass room
Tightrope
The glass room
The girl who fell from the sky
The glass room
Prague spring
Prague Spring
Trapeze
The girl who fell from the sky
Trapeze
Prague Spring EPub
Mendel's dwarf
The gospel of Judas
The Fall
Swimming to Ithaca
Gospel of Judas, The
Gregor Mendel : planting the seeds of genetics
Fall
The gospel of Judas
A jealous God
Mendel's dwarf
The Glass Room
Mendels Zwerg
Gregor Mendel
Chimera
El evangelio de Judas (The Gospel of Judas)
Le palais de verre
Place in Italy
De val
Trapeze
Ancestry
SWIMMING TO ITHACA
The Bitter Cross
Swimming to Ithaca
The glass room
Karzeł Mendla
Fall
Gospel of Judas Hb Book Club
La chica que cayó del cielo
De glazen kamer
Mia Couto
Mia Couto (born 1955)

biologist, journalist, poet

  • Eduardo Mondlane University

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Woman of the ashes
Woman of the Ashes
Contemporary African Short Stories
Last Flight Of The Flamingo
Under the frangipani
The Tuner Of Silences
Every man is a race
Terra sonâmbula
A river called time
The Blind Fisherman
Sleepwalking land
Voices made night
E se Obama fosse africano?
Vinte e zinco
Pensageiro frequente
Jerusalém
Pensatempos
A confissao da leoa
Trilogía de Mozambique
Cronicando
Terre somnanbule
O país do queixa-andar
Confession of the lioness
Sebastiao Salgado
O outro pé da sereia
Vozes anoitecidas
Cada homem é uma raça
El último vuelo del flamenco
Estórias abensonhadas
O último voo do flamingo
Cronicando
Vozes anoitecidas
Confessions of the lioness
Contos do nascer da terra
La Véranda au frangipanier
Terra Sonambula (Uma Terra sem amos)
Mar me quer
A varanda do frangipani
Venenos de Deus, remédios do Diabo
Sleepwalking Land
O Ultimo Voo Do Flamingo
LAST FLIGHT OF THE FLAMINGO; TRANS. BY DAVID BROOKSHAW
O gato e o escuro
Idades cidades divindades
Venenos de Deus, remédios do diabo
O fio das missangas
Chronique des jours de cendre
Um rio chamado tempo, uma casa chamada terra
Terra sonâmbula
As areias do imperador
Raíz de orvalho e outros poemas
Raiz de Orvalho e outros poemas
L'accordeur de silences
Na berma de nenhuma estrada e outros contos
Idades cidades divindades
Mar me quer
Tradutor de chuvas
O menino no sapatinho
Terra Sonambula
O desanoitecer da palavra
A confissão da leoa
O país do queixa andar
Na berma de nenhuma estrada
Pensatempos
Cada homem é uma raça
Poisons de Dieu, remèdes du diable
A Varanda De Frangipani
Vagas e lumes
Antes de nascer o mundo
A chuva pasmada
Essas mulheres
El cartògraf d'absències
Poemas escolhidos
A chuva pasmada
Estórias abensonhadas
O beijo da palavrinha
Um rio chamado tempo, uma casa chamada terra
Essa história está diferente
Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik (born 1973)

programmer

  • Brown University, Columbia University

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His Majesty's Dragon
Throne of Jade
Black powder war (Temeraire Book 3)
Throne of jade
Victory of eagles
In his majesty's service
Black Powder War
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, Book 5)
Victory of Eagles
Blood Of Tyrants
Crucible of gold
Empire of Ivory
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire)
Temeraire
Empire of Ivory
Tongues of serpents
Temeraire; Throne of Jade
Empire of Ivory
Throne of Jade
Temeraire Vol 1-3 Box Set With Bonus Poster
Empire of ivory
Tongues of Serpents
League of Dragons
Black Powder War
Temeraire
Temeraire
Warriors
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Uprooted
Unfettered
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy And Horror 2012
Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Book 4)
Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
The Dragon Book
The Best of Uncanny
Warriors 2
His majesty's dragon
The Mythic Dream
Spinning Silver
The Last Graduate
A Deadly Education
Tongues of Serpents
Black Powder War (Temeraire, Book 3)
The Last Graduate
The Last Graduate
Crucible Of Gold
Naomi Novik 2 Books Collection Set
Tongues of serpents
The Last Graduate
The Golden Enclaves
Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire
Deadly Education, A (epub)
Throne of jade (Temeraire, Book 2)
El imperio de marfil
Blood of Tyrants
A Deadly Education
League of dragons
Una educación mortal/ A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik 3 Books Collection Set
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, Book 2)
Fildisi Imparatorlugu - Temeraire Serisi - 4
Victory of Eagles
Spinning Silver - Limited Edition
La Fileuse d'argent
TEMERAIRE T1 LES DRAGONS DE SA MAJESTE
Langues de serpents - Téméraire tome 6
TEMERARIO I. EL DRAGÓN DE SU MAJESTAD (BOLSILLO)
Le trésor des Incas. Téméraire, tome 7
His Majesty's Dragon
Spinning Silver
Téméraire - L'intégral Volume 1
Kökler
Das kalte Reich des Silbers
Crucible of Gold
Die Feuerreiter Seiner Majesta t
Throne of Jade
TEMERARIO IV
Barut Savasi - Temeraire Serisi 3
O dragão de sua majestade
Un cuento oscuro
Blood of tyrants
TEMERARIO 3. LA GUERRA DE LA PÓLVORA (BOLSILLO)
Scholomance – Der letzte Absolvent
Empire of Ivory
Black Powder War
League of Dragons (The Temeraire Series)
His Majestys Dragon Temeraire Hardcover
Le trésor des Incas. Téméraire, tome 7
Tongues of Serpents
His Majesty's Dragon
Témériare - tome 2 Le trône de Jade
His Majesty's Dragon
Yesim Taht - Temeraire Serisi 2
Crucible of Gold
Langues de serpents
De Buskruit Oorlog
Temeraire Series Books 1-3
League of Dragons
テメレア戦記II 翡翠の玉座
Cuento Oscuro
Trono de Jade
Majestelerinin Ejderhasi - Temeraire Serisi 1
Golden Age and Other Stories
Die Feuerreiter Seiner Majesta t
Langues de serpents
La victoire des aigles - Téméraire - tome 5
Spinning Silver
Blood of Tyrants
Temeraire -Par Les Chemins De La Soie tome 3
Téméraire, tome 5
Téméraire - tome 6 Langues de serpents
Téméraire, Tome 7 : Le Trésor des Incas
Das dunkle Herz des Waldes
Krew tyranów
Drachenwacht: Roman
Téméraire, Tome 8 : Le Sang des tyrans
Black Powder War
Téméraire, Tome 4 : L'Empire d'ivoire
Drachensieg
Drachenfeind
Drachen Wacht: Roman
Smoki Jego Krolewskiej Mosci (Polish Edition)
Die Feuerreiter Seiner Majesta t
Drachenglanz
Russell McCormmach
Russell McCormmach (born 1933)

historian, physicist

  • Washington State University, Case Western Reserve University

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Intellectual mastery of nature
Night thoughts of a classical physicist
Weighing The World The Reverend John Michell Of Thornhill
Speculative Truth
The Personality of Henry Cavendish Profile of a Historian of Science Archimedes
Historical studies in the physical sciences
The Second Physicist
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, 8 (Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences)
Historical studies in the physical sciences
H Study 1970 V2
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences. Third Annual Volume 1971. Volume 3
HISTORICAL STUDIES IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Power lines
Weighing the World
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, Volume 7
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, Volume 6
Historical studies in the physical sciences
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, Volume 5
Personality of Henry Cavendish - a Great Scientist with Extraordinary Peculiarities
Intellectual Mastery of Nature - Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein Vol. 2
Night thoughts of a classical physicist
S. Yizhar
S. Yizhar (1916-2006)

politician, teacher, scientist

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Khirbet Khizeh
Khirbet Khizeh
Khirbet Khizeh
Preliminaries
Omer
Peridah min ha-hinukh
Dape riv
Midnight Convoy & Other Stories (Hebrew Classics)
Shayarah shel ḥatsot
ha- Kirkarah shel ha-dod Mosheh
Prémices
Preliminaries (Hebrew Classics)
Midnight convoy & other stories
Gilui Eliyahu
Yeme Tsiklag
Sipure mishor
ha- Ḥorshah ba-givʻah
Tefiśot ḥalufot u-mashlimot bi-ḳeriʾat ha-sifrut uve-horaʾatah
ʻAl ḥinukh ve-ʻal ḥinukh la-ʻarakhim
Miḳdamot
ha-H ̣orshah ba-givʻah
Keriʾah le-ḥinukh / S. Yizhar ; [ba-ʻarikhat Berṭah Ḥazan ṿe-Shamai Gelander]
Ḳeriʼah le-ḥinukh
Etsel ha-yam
Be-faʾate negev
Malḳomyah yefehfiyah
Yeme Tsiḳlag
Be-faʾate negev
Tsalhavim
Sipurei mishor
Mikdamot
Sipur eno
Sheyarah shel ḥatsot
Be-raglayim yeḥefot
Be-ṭerem yetsiʾah ; Ḥavaḳuḳ ; ha-Shavui
ha- Kirkarah shel ha-dod Moshed
Shivʻah mesaprim
Sipur Ḥirbet Ḥizʻah
Shishah sipure kayits
Shene pulmusim
Efrayim ḥozer la-aspeset
Tsedadiyim
Shishah sipure ḳayits
Tapu u-Fuzah
Arba'ah sipurim
Li-ḳero sipur
Sipur Ḥirbet Ḥizʻah
Shivʻah sipurim
Tapu u-Fuzah
Harpatḳah ba-agam
Efrayim ḥozer la-aspeset
Tefiśot ḥalufot u-mashlimot bi-ḳeriʾat ha-sifrut uve-horaʾatah
Hirbat-Hiza
Sipur Ḥirbat Ḥizʻah ṿe-ʻod sheloshah sipure milḥamah
Be-faʼate Negev
Convoi de minuit
Shayarah shel ḥatsot
Be-ṭerem yetsiʼah ; Ḥavaḳuḳ ; ha-Shavui
Malḳomyah yefehfiyah
Efrayim ḥozer le-aspeset
ha-Kirkarah shel ha-dod Mosheh
ʻAlilot Ḥumit
Jewish leadership in modern times
Li-ḳero sipur
Sipure mishor
Le-yaldi
Tsedadiyim
Shishah sipure ḳayits
ʻAl ḥinukh ṿe-ʻal ḥinukh la-ʻarakhim
Zeh ha-zeman le-hatḥil li-lemod le-lamed
Tsalhavim
ha-Ḥorshah ba-givʻah
Sipurei mishor
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
Maarten 't Hart
Maarten 't Hart (born 1944)

biologist, literary critic, ethnologist

  • Leiden University

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Het uur tussen hond en wolf
Verlovingstijd
The Sundial
De bril van God
De kroongetuige
Onder de korenmaat
Das Pferd, das den Bussard jagte
De scheltopusik
Het roer kan nog zesmaal om
Die Sonnenuhr. Oder
Stenen voor een ransuil
Ein Schwarm Regenbrachvögel
Das Wüten der ganzen Welt
De groene overmacht
De som van misverstanden
Die Netzflickerin
Concerto Russe. CD. Musik und Texte
Feest
Ein Schwarm Regenbrachvögel. Roman
La colère du monde entier
Gott fährt Fahrrad. Oder Die wunderliche Welt meines Vaters
Bach und ich. Inkl. CD
De stiefdochters van Stoof
Concerto russe. Mit CD. Erzählungen
Mozart und ich: mit CD
De vlieger
Christopher Kastensmidt
Christopher Kastensmidt (born 1972)

computer engineer

  • Rice University

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