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Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams (1919-2017)

journalist, editor-in-chief, poet, opinion journalist, editing staff

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Tell freedom
The view from Coyaba
The Coyaba Chronicles
This island now
The Black experience in the 20th century
A night of their own
Jamaica
Wild conquest
Venok Maǐklu Udomo
Mine boy
The Path of Thunder
Dark testament
Return to Goli
Je ne suis pas un homme libre
Dark treatment ...
"Crackling day" ; "The toilet" ; "A chip of glass ruby" in Somehow Tenderness Survives edited by Hazel Rochman
The world of mankind
A blackman speaks of freedom!
John Buchan
John Buchan (1875-1940)

journalist, politician, military personnel, biographer, poet, barrister, diplomat

  • University of Oxford, University of Glasgow

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Prester John
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Macnab
The power-house
The house of the four winds
The Complete Richard Hannay
Greenmantle
To catch a spy
The four adventures of Richard Hannay
Mr. Standfast
Huntingtower
Faeries
Salute to Adventurers
The half-hearted
The Path of the King
The Courts of the morning
Castle Gay
Nelson's history of the war
Pilgrim's way
The dancing floor
The three hostages
Sick Heart River
Midwinter
The gap in the curtain
27 Classic Short Stories
Witch Wood
Sir Quixote of the Moors
The Runagates Club
The Free Fishers
The massacre of Glencoe
Augustus
Memory hold-the-door
The blanket of the dark
Lovecrafts dunkle Idole 02. Das rote Zimmer
The last secrets
A Date With Danger
THE DEVIL'S COVEN
The moon endureth
The Magic Walking-Stick
Brasenose college
A prince of the captivity
Sir Walter Scott
A history of English literature
Montrose
A history of the great war
Oliver Cromwell
The Marquis of Montrose
The African colony
Sir Walter Ralegh
The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories
Poems
Francis and Riversdale Grenfell
The battle of the Somme
Italy
Some eighteenth century byways, and other essays
Ready Readers
Island of Sheep, the
A lost lady of old years
Scottish Stories
The Leithen Stories
The far islands and other tales of fantasy
The long traverse
The novel and the fairy tale
No-Man's-land
Musa piscatrix
The law relating to the taxation of foreign income
Two ordeals of democracy
The long road to victory
The history of the South African forces in France
The clearing house
Third Clasic Thriller Collection
Julius Caesar
The Watcher by the Threshold and Other Tales
The Pilgrim Fathers
The thirty-nine steps and The power-house
The Battle of the Somme, second phase
Homilies and recreations
These for remembrance
The King's Grace
The kirk in Scotland, 1560-1929
John Burnet of Barnes
The northern muse
The complete short stories
The battle of the Somme, first phase
Grey weather
Mandate of Heaven
Lord Minto
Britain's war by land
The Scotswoman by Fletcher, Inglis
Yugoslavia
The causal and the casual in history
John Bernet of Barns - A Romance
John Buchan
Nilima Mrutyu Pami Chhe (Gujarati Edition)
The Thirty-Nine Steps" / "Witchwood"
Supernatural Tales
The man and the book
The Best Supernatural Stories of John Buchan
Gordon at Khartoum
Second Classic Thriller Collection
Best of John Buchan
Days to remember
Call Of The Wind, White Fang, The Scarlet Plague
Episodes of the Great War
A book of escapes and hurried journeys
Andrew Lang and the Border
The people's king, George V
The Thirty-Nine Steps & the Greenmantle
The best short stories of John Buchan
Some notes on Sir Walter Scott
Lord Rosebery, 1847-1930 [!]
Thriller and Modern Literature Pack Updated
The Adventures of Dickson McCunn
Adventures of James Jan Sales Boa
Presbyterianism, yesterday, to-day, and to-morrow
Adventures of Richard Hannay
Anthropologica Incognita
1918-Catastrophe to Victory
Hannay's War
Men and deeds
Cromwell
Journey into Fear / The 39 Steps / And Then There Were None / The Maltese Falcon / The Nine Tailors / The Doorbell Rang
A lodge in the wilderness
A shorter history of English literature
Basilissa
Musa Piscatrix
Die neununddreißig Stufen
Lake of gold
Modern short stories
The battle of Jutland
John Buchan. 1
Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall
Keeper of Cademuir
Richard Hannay Trilogy
War with Turkey, 1914-18----Volume 1
Comments and characters
Richard Hannay- The First Trilogy
An address by His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Tweedsmuir ... at a special convocation, November 23rd, 1935
Scholar-gipsies
El poder ocult
Dickson Trilogy
Prester John
English literature
The interpreter's house
Selected Stories of John Buchan
Journey of Little Profit
The Best Short Stories
Supernatural Buchan - Stories of ancient spirits uncanny places and strange creatures
Thriller and Modern Literature Pack
Essays And Studies
Le collier du prêtre Jean
La Centrale d'énergie
The Complete Short Stories - Volume One
Companions of the Way
Grove of Ashtaroth
A Five-Fold Salute to Adventure
Essential John Buchan Collection
Quality and quantity
The history of the Royal Scots fusiliers (1678-1918)
John Buchan - Nelson's History of the War - Volume III
Dangerous Dimensions New Pub Date Jan 2021
Space
The Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Prester John
Richard Hannay's War Adventures
Bulgaria and Romania [The Nations of To-Day]
Naval episodes of the great war
Adventurers all
The man from the Norlands
Outgoing of the Tide
John Buchan
Buchan's war
THE FOUR ADVENTURES OF RICHArD HANNAY.
Classic John Buchan Stories
British America
Fullcircle
Four tales
The written and the spoken word
John Buchan By Wife Friends
Scottish Historical Fiction
Three Great Thrillers Set (For Son of Whitesale Only)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
El viento en el pórtico
Modern Mystery and Adventure Novels
El Baston Magico
Best Short Stories of John Buchan
Farewell to Priorsford
The Richard Hannay Collection
Ultimate Richard Hannay Collection
Meditations of a country chiel
India
The nations of to-day
Canadian occasions
The Changing IT Skills Scene
Sir Walter Scott : 1832-1932
Witch wood
Dalquharter
PAMs into the 1990s
Glimpses of John Buchan
The Supply of Teachers
The adventures of Sir Edward Leithen
Im Westen was neues
Arnaldur Indriðason
Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961)

journalist, film critic

  • University of Iceland

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Voices
Silence of the Grave
Jar city
Hypothermia
The draining lake
Arctic chill
Voices
Into Oblivion
Reykjavík Nights
Jar City
The Draining Lake
Silence of the grave
Arctic Chill
Tainted Blood
Reykjavik Nights
Arctic chill
Strange shores
Black skies
Oblivion
Arctic Chill (Reykjavik Thrill #5)
The shadow district
Into oblivion
Las marismas
La voz
Jar city
Silence of the grave
Voices
The shadow killer
L'Home del llac
Operation Napoleon
Hypothermia
Nordermoor
Todeshauch
la muraille de lave
Bettý
Bettý
Hypothermia
Dauðarósir
Outrage
The draining lake
Grafteken
Operation napoleon
Grafarþögn
Myrká
La femme en vert
Vetrarborgin
Maandagskinderen
La rivière noire
Mörka strömmar
Una traccia nel buio
Les enquêtes d'Erlendur
Hipotermia
Dauðarósir
Tainted blood
Hardskafi
Einvígið
Reykjavíkurnætur
Noorderveen
Las marismas
Moordkuil
La mujer de verde
Engelenstem
Winternacht
Grobowa cisza
Kleifarvatn
Río Negro
Mýrin
Głos
Doodskap
Dans l'ombre
La femme en vert
Onderkoeld
קללת הדורות
Engelsstimme
Bụi lý chua máu
Abgründe
La voix
L'homme du lac
Het koningsboek
L'homme du lac
Svörtuloft
Napóleonsskjölin
Mizūmi no otoko
Skuggasund
La femme de l'ombre
Todeshauch
Konungsbók
Kamp Knox
Hiver arctique
La muraille de lave
Furðustrandir
Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson (1954-2004)

journalist, editor

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Män som hatar kvinnor
Flickan som lekte med elden
Luftslottet som sprängdes
A darker shade of Sweden
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl with Dragon Tattoo Edition
Flickan som lekte med elden
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Expo Files
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Expo files
La regina dei castelli di carta
Millenium (Män som hatar kvinnor / Flickan som lekte med elden / Luftslottet som sprängdes)
Vergebung
The girl who played with fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Millennium Trilogy Set
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Wan Huo De N Hai
La Reina en el palacio de las corrientes de aire
Sverigedemokraterna
The Expo files and other articles
Verdammnis
Stieg Larsson Tesco 3 Pack
Man som hatar kvinnor
Girl Played with Fire Edition
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Expo Files And Other Articles
Mężczyźni, którzy nienawidzą kobiet
Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
La reina al palau dels corrents d'aire
La reina en el palacio en las corrientes de aire
Men SOM Hatar Kvinnor The
Mænd der hader kvinder
Gerechtigheid
De Vrouw Die Met Vuur Speelde De Millennium Trilogie
Millenium, Tome 1
Les Hommes Qui N'aimaient Pas Les Femmes/Millenium 1
Millénium 2 - La fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette
La chica que soñaba con una cerilla y un bidón de gasolina
Ejderha Dövmeli Kız
Girl Who Danced with Death
Luftslottet SOM Sprangdes
Zamek z piasku, ktory runal
Man Som Hatar Kvinnor
La fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette - Millénium 2
Millennium Serisi Seti
La noia que somiava un llumí i un bidó de gasolina
A RAINHA DO CASTELO DE AR - portuguese
Dziewczyna, która igrała z ogniem
Uomini che odiano le donne
La Reina en el Palacio de las Corrientes de Aire
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest
Hombres Que No Amaban a las Mujeres
Ari Kovanina Comak Sokan Kiz -Millennium serisi 3.Kitap
COFFRET MILLENIUM
Mergina, kuri uzkliude sirsiu lizda
Atesle Oynayan Kiz - Millennium serisi 2.Kitap
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres
Pigen der legede med ilden
Les Hommes Qui N'aimaient Pas Les Femmes/Millenium 1
Neizvestnyĭ Stig Larsson
La reine dans le palais des courants d'air
To koritsi me to tatouaz
Os homens que odeiam as mulherres
Debatten om heders mord
Meitene, kas spēlējās ar uguni
Flickan som lekte med elden
Mannen die vrouwen haten
En annan sida av Stieg Larsson
Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres
La fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette
Mężczyźni, którzy nienawidzą kobiet
Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes
Gerechtigheid
Pigen der legede med ilden
Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres
A menina que brincava com fogo
Els homes que no estimaven les dones
Fata care s-a jucat cu focul
Flickan som lekte med elden
Mężczyźni, którzy nienawidzą kobiet
Mannen die vrouwen haten
La reina en el palacio de las corrientes de aire
Meitene ar pūķa tetovējumu
La fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958)

journalist

  • Hamilton College

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The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Flying Death
2 Detectives
Incredible Era
The Clarion
The Santa Fe Trail
The pony express
The great American fraud
A. Woollcott, his life and his world
Grandfather stories
The Erie Canal
Revelry
Tenderloin
From a Bench in Our Square
Our square and the people in it
The Unspeakable Perk
Common Cause
Little Miss Grouch
Chingo Smith of the Erie Canal
The health master
Canal town
Success
Average Jones
The gorgeous hussy
The Godlike Daniel
Banner by the wayside
Wanted: a husband
night bus
Who and what
The President's mystery story
Golden Stories: A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers
The secret of Lonesome Cove
Sunrise to sunset
Flaming youth
The world goes smash
Perfect specimen ..
The piper's fee
The Adams articles
Widow's oats
Whispers
The men in her life
The Harvey girls
Week-end girl
Plunder
The flagrant years
Maiden effort
Wagons to the wilderness
Both over twenty-one
Summer bachelors
General Brock and Niagara Falls
Sailors' wives
The Harvey girls
Siege
Tambay gold
Giorgio Scerbanenco
Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911-1969)

journalist

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Traditori di tutti
Metropoli del delitto
A private Venus
Venere privata
Venere privata
Traitors to all
Uomini ragno
Die Verratenen
Patria mia
A tous les râteliers
Les Enfants du massacre
Basta col cianuro
Il falcone
La Milano nera di Scerbanenco
Vénus privée
Romanzo rosa
NON RIMANERE SOLI
Il cinquecento delitti
Betrayal
Péchés et vertus
La sabbia non ricorda
I milanesi ammazzano al sabato
Die Verratenen. Ein Duca-Lamberti-Roman
Der lombardische Kurier
Storie dal futuro e dal passato
Millestorie
La sposa del falco
Traditori di tutti
Mort sur la lagune
Johanna della foresta
Il mestiere di uomo
Il cane che parla
Milano calibro 9
La valle dei banditi
Lupa in convento
Lupa in convento
Nessuno è colpevole
Racconti neri
I milanesi ammazzano al sabato
Rossa
Europa molto amore
Romanzo rosa
Racconti neri
Luna di miele
Il centodelitti..
L' ala ferita dell'angelo
La bambola cieca
I ragazzi del massacro..
La mia ragazza di Magdalena
Nebbia sul Naviglio e altri racconti gialli e neri
Racconti e romanzi per il "Corriere," 1941-1493
Appuntamento a Trieste
Dove il sole non sorge mai
Desiderio soltanto
L'antro dei filosofi
Cinque casi per l'investigatore Jelling
L' Anaconda
Il centodelitti
Elsa e l'ultimo uomo
Le spie non devono amare
Al servizio di chi mi vuole ; Lupa in convento
Ladro contro assassino
Al mare con la ragazza
I sette peccati e le sette virtù capitali
Europa molto amore
Il fiume verde
Le spie non devono amare
Venere privata
Gli uomini in grigio
Annalisa e il passaggio a livello
Il grande incanto
I giorni contati
Noi due e nient'altro
Gyakusatsu no shōnentachi
Il paese senza cielo
Lo scandalo dell'osservatorio astronomico
L'isola degli idealisti
La ragazza dell'addio
Anime senza cielo
La vita in una pagina
Non rimanere soli
I sette peccati capitali e le sette virtù capitali
Cristina che non visse
Mord stand nicht im Stundenplan
Sei giorni di preavviso
Los Milaneses Matan En Sabado
I ragazzi del massacro
Le principesse di Acapulco
La notte della tigre
Bernard Capes
Bernard Capes (1854-1918)

journalist, historian

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Mystery of the Skeleton Key
Twists and Turns
MYSTERY & DETECTIVE STORIES by B.E.J. Capes
Our Lady of Darkness
Adventures of the Comte de la Muette during the reign of terror
Historical vignettes
At a Winter's Fire
Amaranthus, a book of little songs
Eddy on the Floor
Bag and baggage
Wulf
TheBlack Reaper
The fabulists
Why did he do it?
Where England sets her feet
Dancing Shadows
The mill of silence
The lake of wine
Bembo
Why Did He Do It?
The green parrot
At a Winter's Fire
Black Reaper
Story of Fifine
Rogue's Tragedy
A jay of Italy
CHILLING, HORROR MYSTERIES by B.E.J. Capes
Secret in the Hill
From door to door
A Notable Interlude
William Wallace Cook
William Wallace Cook (1867-1933)

journalist

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Plotto
Human genetics
The Fiction Factory
A round trip to the year 2000
Cast Away at the Pole
Marooned in 1492, or, Under fortune's flag
Mastering Plotto
Complete Plotto
The gold gleaners
The eighth wonder
A quarter to four, or, The secret of Fortune Island
The goal of a million
His friend the enemy
Wilby's Dan
Adrift in the unknown