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Jed Rubenfeld
Jed Rubenfeld (born 1959)

lawyer

  • Juilliard School, Princeton University

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The interpretation of murder
The interpretation of murder
The death instinct
The interpretation of murder
The Triple Package
Freedom and time
The death instinct
The death instinct
The death instinct
L'origine du silence
Yetser ha-maṿet
פשר הרצח
Morddeutung
Moordduiding
Mou sha de jie xi
Andrew Greeley
Andrew Greeley (1928-2013)

journalist, sociologist, Catholic priest, columnist

  • University of Chicago, University of Saint Mary of the Lake

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The Bishop and the missing L train
Happy Are the Peacemakers
White Smoke
Irish whiskey
Happy are the meek
Happy are the oppressed
Irish mist
Happy are those who mourn
Happy are the poor in spirit
The bishop in the West Wing
Irish lace
The archbishop in Andalusia
Ascent into hell
Virgin and martyr
Irish stew!
Irish eyes
The bishop in the old neighborhood
Irish crystal
Happy are the clean of heart
Irish Linen
Patience of a Saint
Irish cream
The Bishop goes to the university
Irish tweed
Irish gold
Death in April
St. Valentine's night
Rite of spring
Irish love
The bishop at the lake
The cardinal virtues
Happy are the Merciful
White smoke
Wages of sin
Angel fire
The bishop and the beggar girl of St. Germain
Happy are those who thirst for justice
The bishop and the beggar girl of St. Germain
The bishop at sea
Irish gold
Irish love
Wages of sin
The bishop and the Three Kings
Irish tiger
The Cardinal virtues
White Smoke
The Bishop And The Missing L Train A Blackie Ryan Story
St. Valentine's night
Golden Years
The Cardinal Virtues
The Bishop and the Three Kings (A Father Blackie Ryan Mystery)
Irish lace
Second spring
Irish Stew!
Irish Whiskey
Happy are those who thirst for justice
The bishop in the West Wing
Irish Love
Irish Gold
Irish Mist A Nuala Anne Mcgrail Novel
The Bishop at the Lake
Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain
Irish Whiskey
Irish Tweed
Ascent into Hell
Cardinal Virtues
Irish Love
Irish Stew!
Irish tweed
Irish Crystal
Irish Gold
Happy Are Those Who Mourn
Archbishop in Andalusia
Irish Tiger
Archbishop in Andalusia
Contract with an Angel
The cardinal sins
Star Bright!
Angel Light
Fall from grace
A midwinter's tale
The Catholic imagination
God game
The Catholic Revolution
Summer at the Lake
September song
A Christmas wedding
Golden years
The priestly sins
The Irish Americans
Why can't they be like us? America's white ethnic groups
The great mysteries
The Jesus myth
Lord of the dance
The making of the Popes 1978
Unsecular man
An occasion of sin
Furthermore
The Senator and the Priest
Love affair
Second spring
The Magic Cup
Home for Christmas
Younger than springtime
Religion as poetry
The final planet
Love and play
Jesus
Religion in Europe at the End of the Second Millenium
Ecstasy;
The Mary myth
Faithful Attraction
The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood
The Catholic myth
How to save the Catholic church
Religion in the year 2000
Summer at the lake
Everything you wanted to know about the Catholic Church but were too pious to ask
Conversations with Andrew Greeley
Ethnicity, denomination, and inequality
When life hurts
Fall from grace
Sexual intimacy
American Catholic
All about women
A Piece of My Mind...on Just About Everything
Patience of a saint
Summer at the Lake
The Sinai myth
The search for Maggie Ward
Love song
Building coalitions: [American politics in the 1970s
Religious change in America
Fall from grace
The bottom line catechism for contemporary Catholics
Life for a wanderer
Strangers in the house
And young men shall see visions
Thy brother's wife
A Midwinter's Tale
Ethnicity in the United States
The Catholic experience
Uncertain trumpet; the priest in modern America
Confessions of a parish priest
Sacraments of love
Happy are the clean of heart
That most distressful nation
Why Can't They Be Like Us?
Cardinal sins
The education of Catholic Americans
Priests
Common ground
Love Affair
Angels of September
The Devil, you say!
The book of love
The Bishop at the Lake
A book of Irish American blessings & prayers
What a modern Catholic believes about God
Religion, a secular theory
The senator and the priest
Angry Catholic women
PRIESTS: A CALLING IN CRISIS
Confessions of a parish priest
The new agenda
Thy brother's wife
The Making of the Pope 2005
Emerald Magic
Irish Tiger
An Andrew Greeley reader
An ugly little secret
The Book of Love
Love song
The religious imagination
The Persistence of religion
The search for Maggie Ward
God in the Movies
Neighborhood
All About Women
My Love
The Seven Deadly Sins
A future to hope in
The Making of the Pope 2005
The church and the suburbs
Catholic schools in a declining church
God in popular culture
Crisis in the church
The denominational society
Communication in the church
The sociology of the paranormal
Parish, priest & people
The Bibleand us
Young Catholic Family
Catholic high schools and minority students
Happy are those who thirst for justice
A Christmas Wedding
Myths of religion
The Irish
Thy brother's wife
New horizons for the priesthood
The bishop at sea
From backwater to mainstream
The changing Catholic college
The hesitant pilgrim
Virtues and Vices
Ethnic drinking subcultures
Letters to a Loving God
The Bible and Us
The truth about conservative Christians
Religion and career
American Catholics since the council
A fresh look at vocations
Chicago Catholics and the Struggles Within Their Church
Come blow your mind with me
The Jesus myth
I hope you're listening, God
The Seven deadly sins
Younger Than Springtime
Sociology of Religion
Letters to Nancy, from Andrew M. Greeley
Life for a wanderer
Ethnicity
Thy brother's wife
The priestly sins
Towards Vatican III
Why can't they be like us?
Emerald Magic
Home for Christmas
The Catholic Myth
Happy are the poor in spirit
Ethnicity
Younger Than Springtime (O'Malley Novels
Windows
Windows
Lord of the Dance
TheI rish Americans
Priests in the United States
Thy Brother's Wife
The Magic Cup: An Irish Legend Retold (Tor Fantasy)
Sexual intimacy
Nora Maeve and Sebi
A stupid, unjust, and criminal war
Common Ground
No bigger than necessary
Sacraments Of Love
Furthermore! Memories of a Parish Priest
Angels of September
Chicago Catholics and the struggles within their church
The communal Catholic
Year of Grace
Irish Lace
What a modern Catholic believes about the Church
Confessions of a Parish Priest
Denominational Society
Come blow your mind with me
Death & beyond
The seven deadly sins
Lord of Dance
Irish Mist
Paciencia de santo
Search for Maggie Ward, The
The Family in crisis or in transition
The Sinai myth (Doubleday Image book D350)
The Catholic priest in the United States
The sense of love
Remaking Urban Citizenship
Search for Maggie Ward
THE BISHOP IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
Persistence of Religion
God Game
That Most Distressful Nation
Irish Gold, Irish Lace, Irish Wiskey
Senor De LA Danza
Ethnicity
The search for Maggie Ward
Sacred visions
Bishop and the Missing l Train
Angels of September
Common Ground
Midwinter's Tale
God Game Open Market Edition
Communication in the Church
Summer at the Lake
Thy Brothers Wife
The Catholic why? book
Complaints against God
Priestly Sins
The Bishop Goes to the University
Irish Cream
Church As Institution
Catholic Revolution
Second Spring
Irish Linen
An Epidemic of Joy
Bishop at the Lake
Irish Gold
Es leuchtet ein Stern. Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte
THE FINAL PLANET (SF)
The bishop and the three kings
Final Planet
Furthermore!
Lord of the Dance
Family in Crisis or Transition
The sociology of Andrew M. Greeley
Religion As Poetry
Emerald Magic
Irish Eyes
The persistence of religion
Lord of the Dance
Faithful Attraction
The life of the spirit
Home for Christmas
Bishop in the West Wing
Irish Tiger
Catholic High Schools and Minority Students
Andrew Greeley
Changing Catholic College
The Bishop at Sea (A Father Blackie Ryan Mystery)
Paciencia de Santo
Bishop Goes to the University
Changing Catholic College
Bishop in the Old Neighborhood
Sex
Thy Brother's Wife
Happy are the merciful
A book of Irish-American blessings
Contract with an Angel
Education of Catholic Americans
Education of Catholic Americans
Golden Years
Senator and the Priest
The Bishop in the West Wing
Cardinal Sins
Ascent into hell
The friendship game
Second Spring
Changing Catholic College
Star Bright!
A Midwinter's Tale (O'Malley Novels
Book of Love
The making of the Popes
Catholic contributions
Irish lace
The Priestly Sins
Catholic High Schools and Minority Students
Younger Than Springtime
Christmas Wedding
IRISH WHISKEY
Search for Maggie Ward
Catholic Imagination
Catholic Imagination
The education of Catholic Americans
Virgin and martyr
Contract with an Angel
Grzechy kardynalne
Irish Gold Nuala Anne McGrail Novels Audio
Irish Whiskey (Nuala Anne McGrail Novels (Audio))
Religion in Europe at the End of the Second Millenium
Youth asks, does God still speak?
Emerald magic
Irish Lace
Teenage world--its crises and anxieties
Great Mysteries
The bishop and the three kings
All About Women 2
Ocasión de pecado
The Search for Maggie Ward
Chinese Economy under Maoism
Biały dym
And young men shall see visions
All about Women
Women I've met
Pecados cardinales
That Most Distressful Nation
Ethnic Drinking Subcultures
September Song
Der Mönch aus Russland
Truth about Conservative Christians
God in the Movies
The making of the Popes 1978 : the politics of intrigue in the Vatican
Andrew Greeley's Chicago
The crucible of change
Irish Mist
Jesus
Religion in Europe at the End of the Second Millenium
101 Irish-American Blessings
Los Pecados Cardinales/the Cardinal Sins
Monja O Guerrillera/Virgin and Martyr
What a modern Catholic believes about God
Pan tańca
Religious Indicators, 1940-1985
The Incarnate imagination
The social effects of Catholic education
Irish Tiger
Ascension Al Infierno/Ascent into Hell
May the wind be at your back
The Passover trilogy
Letters to Nancy
La mujer de tu hermano
Happy are the peace makers
The Church and the suburbs
Blackie at Sea
Magic Cup -OSI
The denominational society
I am with you
Letters to Nancy, from Andrew M. Greeley
The Catholic experience
Wrześniowe anioły
Virgin and martyr
God in popular culture
Religion and career
The influence of religion on the career plans and occupational values of June 1961 college graduates
The church and the suburbs
Lord of the dance
Sociology and religion
The challenge of living
What a modern Catholic believes about God
The Brother's Wife
Death in April -Op/38
La Perdida de La Gracia
Passover Tril
Priests for tomorrow
Irish tweed
Rite of Spring - 40 Copy Display
The Catholic priest in the United States
The Passover Trilogy
The touch of the spirit
Summer at the Lake
Religion and Career
A future to hope in
The Life of the spirit (also the mind, the heart, the libido) in the light of Freud, Jung, Thomas Aquinas, Broadway Joe Namath and Pope John XXIII, as seen from the shores of Lake Michigan
Forging a common future
LA Mujer De Tu Hermano/Thy Brother's Wife
Life for a wanderer
Ángeles de septiembre
Ocasion de Pecado
Las Deudas del Pecado
Harry Kemelman
Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)

  • Boston University, Harvard University

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The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Thursday the Rabbi walked out
Great Tales of Crime and Detection
Wednesday the rabbi got wet
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
The day the rabbi resigned
Conversations with Rabbi Small
Tuesday the rabbi saw red
Monday the rabbi took off
The nine mile walk
One fine day the rabbi bought a cross
Sunday the Rabbi stayed home
Thursday the Rabbi walked out
Someday the rabbi will leave
Monday the Rabbi Took off
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (Rabbi Small Mystery)
Saturday the Rabbi went hungry
Tuesday the rabbi saw red
Someday the Rabbi will leave
Monday the Rabbi Took Off (Rabbi Small Mystery S.)
One fine day the rabbi bought a cross
Monday the Rabbi Took Off
Nine Mile Walk
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry
Day the Rabbi Resigned
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
Four Rabbi Small Mysteries
Monday the Rabbi Took Off
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
Conversations with Rabbi Small
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
That day the Rabbi left town
Sunday the rabbi stayed home
That day the Rabbi left town
Thursday the Rabbi walked out
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (Rabbi Small Mysteries (Ibooks))
Weekend with the rabbi
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (Rabbi Small Mysteries)
Common sense in education
Monday the Rabbi took off
Someday the rabbi will leave
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (Rabbi Small Mysteries)
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (Rabbi Small Mysteries (Ibooks))
Tuesday the rabbi saw red
Tuesday Rabbi Saw Red
Sunday the rabbi stayed home
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (Rabbi Small Mystery)
Monday the Rabbi Took Off (Rabbi Small Mysteries)
FRIDAY THE RABBI SLEPT LATE (RABBI DAVID SMALL)
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (Rabbi Small Mysteries)
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Der Rabbi schoss am Donnerstag
Ein Kreuz für den Rabbi
Friday the rabbi slept late
Am Sonntag blieb der Rabbi weg. Kriminalroman
Am Dienstag sah der Rabbi rot
Thursday the Rabbi walked out
Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang. Kriminalroman
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (Rabbi Small Mysteries (Ibooks))
Am Samstag aß der Rabbi nichts. Kriminalroman
Am Sonntag blieb der Rabbi weg
Mercredi le rabbin a plongé
Three days with the rabbi
Am Mittwoch wird der Rabbi nass
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (Rabbi Small Mysteries)
Sunday the Rabbi stayed home
SAT RABBI WENT HUNGRY
The nine mile walk
One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross (Rabbi David Small Series Vol. 9)
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (A Rabbi David Small Mystery) (Fawcett Books #R1036)
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Monday Rabbi Took Off
Weekend with the rabbi
Quiz mit Kemelman. Kriminalstories
THURSDAY RABBI WALK-C
Common sense in education
Wed the Rabbi Got Wet
On soupçonne le rabbin
One Fine Day Rabbi Bought a Cross
MON RABBI TOOK OFF (Rabbi Small Mysteries)
Dimanche, le rabbin est resté à la maison
Am Dienstag sah der Rabbi rot
Der Rabbi schoß am Donnerstag
V pi͡atnit͡su ravvin vstal pozdno
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
Rosettabooks into Film
That Day the Rabbi Left Town
Un jour le rabbin s'en ira
ONE FINE DAY THE RABBI BOUGHT A CROSS -- BARGAIN BOOK
Monday the Rabbi Took Off (A Rabbi Small Mystery)
Three days with the rabbi
MON THE RABBI TOOK OFF (Rabbi Small Mysteries)
Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang.
Am Samstag ass der Rabbi nichts
Monday the Rabbi Took Off
Mardi, le rabbin a vu rouge
Am Samstag aß der Rabbi nichts
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home a Fawcett Crest Book Ti384 Harry Kemelman Paperback
V ponedelʹnik rabbi sbezhal
The day the Rabbi resigned
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (Rabbi David Small Series Vol. 7)
Weekend with the rabbi
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Kemelman, Harry(June 1, 1969) Hardcover
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
Sat.rabbi Went Hungry
Un beau jour, le rabbin a acheté une croix
Weekend with the rabbi
Am Samstag aus der Rabbi nichts
Friday the rabbi slept late
Am Montag flog der Rabbi ab
Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (Rabbi David Small Series Vol. 5)
Sunday Rabbi Stay Hom
Be-Shabat ha-rabi nishʼar raʻev
Three days with the rabbi
Monday the Rabbi Took Off (Hardcober) ~ By Harry Kemelman
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (Rabbi David Small Series No. 3)
The Day the Rabbi Left Town
El rabino tuvo hambre el sabado
W sobotę rabin pościł
Der Rabbi schoss am Donnerstag
Quarta-feira o rabino molhou-se
Jeudi, le rabbin est sorti
Martha Grimes
Martha Grimes (born 1931)

poet

  • University of Maryland, University of Iowa

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The blue last
Cold Flat Junction
Send Bygraves
Fadeaway girl
The black cat
The Old Success
The Case has Altered
The Old Fox Deceiv'd
The Dirty Duck
The End of the Pier
The Turquoise Trail
The Man With a Load of Mischief
The Knowledge
The Grave Maurice
Belle Ruin
Vertigo 42
Help the Poor Struggler
The Stargazey
The Lamorna Wink
Dakota
The Winds of Change
The Old Contemptibles
Jerusalem Inn
I Am the Only Running Footman
The Old Wine Shades
The Horse You Came In On
Rainbow's End
The Deer Leap
The Old Silent
Biting the Moon
The Anodyne Necklace
Foul Matter
Dust
A Martha Grimes Omnibus
The Five Bells and Bladebone
Hotel Paradise
The way of all fish
The train now departing ; and, When the mousetrap closes
Double double
Disparition
The Deer Leap / Help the Poor Struggler
The Old Contemptibles / I Am the Only Running Footman
Inspektor Jury spielt Domino / Inspektor Jury küßt die Muse
Fadeaway Girl
Freier Eintritt
Das verschwundene Mädchen
Martha Grimes
Martha Grimes Mixed
Martha Grimes I
Qiu Xiaolong
Qiu Xiaolong (born 1953)

poet, translator, teacher, literary critic

  • Washington University in St. Louis

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Kenneth G. Elzinga
Kenneth G. Elzinga (born 1941)

economist

  • Michigan State University

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Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (born 1983)

psychologist, academic

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Denise Mina
Denise Mina (born 1966)

playwright, poet lawyer, criminologist

  • University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde

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