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James A. Michener
James A. Michener (1907-1997)

military officer, autobiographer, teacher

  • Swarthmore College, University of Northern Colorado

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Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Matecumbe
Half-Blood
Chesapeake
The Source
Alaska
Caravans
Texas
The World Is My Home
Hawaii
Space
The Bridges at Toko-ri
Poland
The covenant
Iberia
The drifters
Tales of the South Pacific
Mexico
Six days in Havana
Caribbean
Recessional
The Hokusai Sketchbooks
Legacy
Journey
Return to Paradise
Centennial
Iberia; Spanish travels and reflections
The novel
Rascals in Paradise
Sports in America
Firstfruits
Sayonara
The floating world
The quality of life
Kent State
Pilgrimage
The eagle and the raven
Great World War II Stories
This Noble Land
The modern Japanese print
A Michener miscellany: 1950-1970
My lost Mexico
Darcourt
Centennial
Texas
Poland
Creatures of the kingdom
Literary Reflections
The source
South Pacific
Best Sellers
Japanese prints
Covenant, The
The watermen
Presidential lottery
Space
Hawaii
The source
Animals Tame & Wild
James A. Michener's writer's handbook
Report of the county chairman
The Fires of Spring
The bridge at Andau
Creatures of the kingdom
The novel
Chesapeake
Centennial 1
The drifter, a novel
America vs. America
Space.
Centennial
Hawaii
Selected writings
Hawaii (Audiobook on 42 CDs) (Unabridged audiobook on 42 CDs)
The voice of Asia
The source
Mexico
Miracle in Seville
Miricle in Seville
The fires of spring
The voice of Asia
Poland
The Drifters: A Novel
Centennial
Space
Miracle in Seville
America
Journey.
Centennial
Sayonara
MEXICO
Iberia
The fires of spring
Alaska-Open Mkt Ed
Centennial
Caravans
A century of sonnets
Miracle in Seville
Bridges at Toko-ri / Caravans / Sayonara / Source
Hawaii
The bridge at Andau
The covenant
Bridges at Toko-ri / Sayonara
Caravans
The source
Mexique
Rascals in Paradise
Pologne
Verheißene Erde. Roman
Mexico
Journey
The Novel
The Fires of Spring
Mazurka. Roman
The Covenant
Legacy / Recessional
Caravans 1
Tales of the South Pacific
Japanese prints from the early masters tothe modern
The Novel
The James Michener Value Collection
The Bridge at Angau. --
Michener on sport
Sayonara
Colorado - Saga. Roman
Die Südsee. Roman
Fires of Spring -3
Caravans [Book]
Collectors, forgers--and a writer
Die Kinder von Torremolinos. Roman
Texas
Klondike
Caribbean-Limited Ed
Endstation Florida
The Novel
Sayonara
Texas
Novel
Return to paradise
Klondike. Roman
The bridge at Andau
The future of the social studies
L'alliance
Drifters -1
Die Welt ist mein Zuhause. Erinnerungen
Caravans
Dresden, Pennsylvania
Chesapeake
Creatures of Kingdom
L'Alliance, tome 2
Tales of the South Pacific
Mexiko
Classic Stories of World War II
L' alliance
The Novel
Iberia
World is My Home
The Hokusai sketch-books
The legacy
The source
Docteur Zorn
La course aux étoiles
Alaska. Roman
James A. Michener on the Social Studies (Bulletin (National Council for the Social Studies))
Rascals in paradise
The eagle and the raven
Recessional
Pologne
Two complete novels
Le roman
The Drifters Unabridged Audiobook Part 1 of 2
Islam
Space - Canada Audio
Texas
Drifters Part 1
Texas PT 1
Fiction Recessional
Caribbean
Source
Hawaii (12 cassettes, Part I of III)
Caribbean Part 2
The unit in the social studies
Texas
About Centennial; some notes on the novel
Rascals in Paradise-1
Covenant Part 2
THE COVENANT
Hawaii-Part 2
The floating world
Pilgrimage
Recessional Part 1 of 2
The Watermen
Caravanas/Caravans
Hawaii Part 1 of 3
Kent State Part 2 of 2
Iberia Part 2
Poland Part 1 of 2
Sayonara, o l'amore impossibile
Hijos De Torremolinos/the Drifters
Poland Part 2 of 2
Texas PT 3
Centennial Part 1 of 3
Chesapeake Part 3
Centennial, Part 3
Covenant Part 3
Texas PT 2
Cenntennial Part 2 of 3
The Source Part 3 of 3
Space Part 1
Space Part 2
Iberia Part 2 of 2
Iberia Part 1 of 2
The Source Part 1 of 3
The source
Hawaii-Part 1
The fires of spring
Hawaii
Australia
Space
Iberia Part 1
Mexico Part 2
Three by James A. Michener
The Covenant Part 3 of 3
Source Part 1
South Pacific-16.95
The Source Part 2 of 2
Space
The future of the social studies
Alaska
THE SOURCE
Iberia, Spanish travels and reflections
The novel
Das dreckige Dutzend / Die Brücken von Toko-Ri / Feindfahrt
Recessional Part 2 of 2
Texas Part 2 of 3
Centennial, Part 2
IBERIA
Espacio/Space
The Eagle and the Raven
Bahía de Chesapeake
Chesapeake Part 2 of 3
Recessional
Texas Part 1 of 3
Mexico
Centennial
Bridge at Andau
The Fires of Spring Part 2
Mexico Part 2 of 2
Caribbean Part 1 of 2
Hawaii-Part 3
Chesapeake Part 1 of 3
The Drifters Part 2 of 2
James A. Michener on the social studies
The Drifters Part 1 of 2
Mexico Part 1 of 2
Alaska Part 1
Caribbean
Chesapeake Part 1
Alaska Part 3
James Michener Conversations With Writers (L051 Cassette)
Kent State Part 1 of 2
Hawaii Part 3 of 3
bahia de chesapeake
The Fires of Spring Unabridged Audiobook Part 2 of 2
Hawai
Centennial, Part 1
Creatures/Kingdom
Caravans
Poland Part 2
Alaska Part 1 of 3
Alaska Part 2 of 3
The Fires of Spring Part 1
James A. Michener's USA
The modern Japanese print
Novel - Header
Caribe Caribbean
The Covenant Part 1 of 3
Legacy
Alaska Part 2
Source
Texas
Hawaii
Chesapeake Part 2
Drifters Part 2
Texas (Part 3 of 3)
The Novel
Caribbean Part 1
Bitmeyen aci
The drifters
Caribbean Part 2 of 2
Legacy-Open Mkt
Michener Novels
Mexico
Space : a novel
Chesapeake Part 3 of 3
The Covenant Part 2 of 3
Mexico Part 1
Tales of South Pacifi
Hawaii Part 2 of 3
Return to paradise
Alaska Part 3 of 3
Space Part 1 of 2
Wings Bestsellers: James Michener
Sagionara
Centennial Part 3 of 3
Sports in America Part 1 of 2
Collectors Editions Americana-3 Vol. Boxed Set
Selected Works
The future of social studies
Poland Part 1
Source Part 3
Covenant Part 1
Space Part 2 of 2
Polonia/Poland
Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956 - 1980 'Top 10'.
The source
Legacy
Caravans : a novel
Caribbean
Journey
La course aux étoiles
The novel
Journey
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Hawaii
Modern Japanese Prints
Modern Japanese Print
Recessional
Chesapeake
Caravans [ Sept. 1973, Fawcett Crest ] (The Place: Afghanistan. The Assignment: To find a missing American girl whose parents have not heard from her since her impetuous marriage to a young Afghan engineer...)
Mexico
My lost Mexico
Japanese Prints
Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Source, A Random House Novel
Sayonara
Poland
Presidential Lottery
Drifters
Texas
Return to Paradise
The world is my home : a memoir
Pilgrimage
Ceux Qui Dérivent
Die Brücken von Toko-Ri
Recessional
Exhibition, February 2-March 20, 1963
The Floating World, rev. ed.
Pacifique sud - traduit de l'americain
Alaska
Recessional
Selected Works
La saga del Colorado
Bridges at Toko-Ri
Watermen
Rascals in Paradise
The source; a novel
Sayonara
La source - Pavillons Poche NE
Covenant
Kent State
The Covenant
Der Adler und der Rabe
Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Sayonara
Mexique
Creatures of the Kingdom
Poland
South Pacific
The source
Mexico
La course aux étoiles
Patrioten
Karawanen der nacht
Alaska
Islam, the misunderstood religion
Alaska
Ḥalal
Alaska
אל הוואי
הוואי
Az andaui híd
Texas
Rascals in Paradise
Collectors, forgers -- and a writer
The bridges of Toko-ri
Hawai
James A. Michener papers
Colorado Saga
Tales of the South Pacific
Sayonarah
Der Adler und der Rabe
Texas
De ruimte
Iberia
Klondike
Verdammt im Paradies
L'alliance
Iberia
Presidential lottery
James Salter
James Salter (1925-2015)

aircraft pilot, film director, airman

  • United States Military Academy, Horace Mann School

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Paths less travelled
There & then
In der Wand
Flight Patterns
West Point
My Lord You
Memorable days
Collected Stories
Freizeitparks in Europa
Solo Faces
Tasting Paris
Tender Hour of Twilight : Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s
A idade da auga
Halide Edib Adıvar
Halide Edib Adıvar (1884-1964)

politician, military personnel, journalist

  • Üsküdar American Academy

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House with wisteria
Inside India
Conflict of East and West in Turkey
Yeni Turan
Türkün ateşle imtihanı
Sinekli bakkal
Ateşten Gömlek
Seviyye Talip
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Türkün aṭeṣle imtihani
The Turkish ordeal
Raiki̓n Annesi
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Advanced use of English
Yeni Turan
Memoirs of Halide Edib
Halide Edip Adıvar
Memoirs of Halide Edib (Replica Books)
Kubbede Kalan hos sada
Turkey faces west
Atesten Gömlek
Doner Ayna
The Turkish ordeal
Masks or souls?
Tu rku n ates ʹle imtihani
Yeni Turan
Turkey Faces West (The Middle East Series)
The Turkish ordeal
Daga çikan kurt
Sonsuz panayir
Talim ve terbiye
Mor salkimli ev
House with Wisteria
Halka Dogru - Büyük Mecmua ve Yedigün Yazilari
Memoirs of Halide Edib
Daga Cikan Kurt
İzmirden Bursaya
Kalp agrisi
Kenan Çobanları
East faces West
Do ner Ayna
Vurum kahpeye
Zeyno'nun oḡlu
Mevʼut hüküm
Rabīʻah
Turkey faces west
Halide Edip Adivar (Secmeler)
Ates̄ten gömlek
Turkey faces west
Kubbede kalan hoş sada
Zeyno'nun Oglu
Daga cikan kurt
Dağa çıkan kurt
Akile Hanim Sokagi
Mevut Hüküm
Âkile hanim sokaǧi
Handan
Türkün ateşle imtihani, istiklâl savaşi hatiralari
Ateşten Gömlek
Das neue Turan
Yolpalas Cinayeti
Seviye Talip
Son eseri
MEMOIRS OF HALIDE EDIB
Vurun Kahpeye
Yeni Turan
Türk'ün ateşle imtihani
Harap mabetler
Halide Edip Adıvar
Conflict of East and West in Turkey
Sonsuz panayir
Handa
Handan
Gizli belde
Atesten Gomlek
Son erseri
Harap Mabetler
Sonsuz panayır
Sinekli Bakkal, or the Clown and His Daughter, Part II
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Tatarcik
Vurun kahpeye!
Kenan Cobanlari Maske ve Ruh
Seviyye talip
Atesten Gömlek-Mini Kitap
Vurun Kahpeye
Harap mabetler
Kalb aǧrisi
Seviye ṭālib
Tatarcik
Ates ʹten go mlek
Tatarcik, roman
İngiliz edebiyatĭ tarihi
Zeynonuñ oġli
Kalb ağrısı
Mev'ut hüküm
Harāb ma'bedler
Türk'ün Ateşle İmtihanı
Mor Salkımlı Ev
The daughter of Smyrna
Tatarcık
Zeyno'nun Oglu
Türkiye'de şark, garp ve Amerikan tesirleri
Turkiye'de Sark- Garp ve Amerikan Tesirleri 2
Sinekli Bakkal
Sonsuz Panayir
Maske ve ruh
Memoirs of Halide Edib
Ateşten gömlek
Āteşden gömlek
Paroles devoilées
Handan
Turkey faces west
Turkī men mashriq va maghrib kī kashmakash
Memoirs
Turkey faces West
Hayat parçalari, roman
Kerim Usta'nin Oglu
Seviyye Talip
Yeni Turan
Sevda Sokagi Komedyasi
Ken'ān çōbānlari
Kerim Usta'nın oğlu
Daga çikan kurt
Mor salkımlı ev
Son Eseri
Sinekli Bakkal
Döner ayna, roman
Raik'in annesi
The shirt of flame =
Halide Edib Adıvar
Qamīṣ min nār
Harap mabetler
Zeyno’nun Oğlu
Masks or souls?
Çaresaz
Kenan çobanları
Mor salkimli ev
Turkey Faces West a Turkish View of Recent Changes and Their Origin
Doner Ayna
Heyula
Sinekli Bakkal
Inside India
Kenan çobanlari
Die Tochter des Schattenspielers
Zeyno'nun oǧlu
Turkiye'de Sark - Garp ve Amerikan Tesirleri
Yolpalas Cinayeti
Sinekli bakkal, roman
Vurun kahpeye
Dağa çıkan kurt
Kerim Usta'nin Oglu
Hayat parçaları
Hindistan'a Dair
Ateşten gömlek
Yolpalas cinayeti
Döner ayna
Âkile Hanım Sokağı
Halide Edib Adivar
El almacén de las moscas
Inside India
Doktor Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar
The clown and his daughter
Tatarcik [Roman]
Inside India
Kalb ağrısı
Urun kahpeye
Harap mabetler
De quoi s'agit-il?
Âkıle hanım sokağı
İzmirʾden Burusaʾya
Dağa cıkan kurt
The shirt of flame
Vurun kahpeye
Gizli belde
Mor salkımlı ev
Seviyye talib
Pairāhan ātashen̲
Talim be terbiye
Kenan çobanları
Handan (alti̇nci̇ basi̇li̇s)
İngiliz edebiyatı tarihi
Sinekli bakkal
Mev'ud hüküm
Âkile Hanım Sokağı
Andarūn-i Hind
Kalp ağrisi
Zeyno'nun oğlu
Son eseri
Atestan gömlek
Raik'ın annesi
Mev'ut hüküm
Handan (Yedinci basiliṣ)
Rue de l'Épicerie aux Mouches
Ateşden gömlek
Memoirs of Halidé Edib
Döner ayna
John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

conductor, military personnel, composer, sport shooter, bandleader, director

  • Missouri Military Academy

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Sousa's Great Marches in Piano Transcription
The Fifth String
The charlatan
National, Patriotic and Typical Airs of All Lands
Descriptive Catalogue of His Works (Music in American life)
Marching along
Pipetown Sandy
The transit of Venus
Through the year with Sousa
The Star Spangled Banner
Ancient and honorable artillery company
Music Minus One Trumpet
National Patriotic and Typical Airs of All Lands
Great Compilation of Favorite Marches
Stars and Stripes for Christmas
Sousa for Organ
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Music for Wind Band Vol 6
Power and glory
John Philip Sousa conducts his own marches
The trumpet and the drum
Trumpet and Drum
Peaches and Cream
Three marches for two violins, viola, and violoncello
Exploring Music 3
The fifth string
Marching along
Paul and Virginia
El capitan
The Stars and Stripes Forever for Two Pianos, Eight Hands
Sousa and his band
El Capitan
Jean V de Bueil
Jean V de Bueil (1406-1478)

military personnel

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Le Jouvencel par Jean de Bueil
Le Jouvencel
Le Jouvencel
Le Jouvencel par Jean de Bueil
Le Jouvencel
Jeronimo Jiménez de Urrea
Jeronimo Jiménez de Urrea (1510-1573)

military personnel

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Francis Glasse
Francis Glasse (1783-1856)

army officer

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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein (1937-2006)

politician, military personnel, revolutionary

  • Cairo University

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Saddam speaks on the Gulf crisis
Zabiba And The King
Zabiba and the king
The Arabs and the leading role in the message of Islam
Social and foreign affairs in Iraq
Fī naẓarīyat al-ʻamal al-thaqāfī
One trench or two?
Aqwāl al-Raʼīs al-qāʼid Ṣaddām Ḥusayn fī al-ʻilm wa-al-tiknūlūjiyā wa-al-tanmiyah
The revolution and woman in Iraq
Revolution and national education
al- Thawrah wa-al-tarbiyah al-waṭanīyah
President Hussein's address on Iraq's National Day, 1983
Thus we should fight Persians
President Hussein interviewed by Kuwaiti press on Gulf War, February 20, 1988
ʻIrāq wa-al-siyāsah al-dawlīyah
Zabiba et le Roi
Aḥādith fī al-qaḍāyā al-rāhinah
On oil nationalisation [in Iraq]
Khandaq wāḥid am khandaqān
Ṭarīq al-salām
Niḍālunā wa-al-siyāsah al-dawlīyah
On Iraq and international politics
Saddam Hussein on the conflict with Iran
Propos sur les problèmes actuels
One common trench?
Iraqi policies in perspective
The Ba'thist conception of law and justice
On history, heritage, and religion
President Saddam Hussein addresses the 6th Non-aligned Summit, Meeting
ʻAn al-thawrah wa-al-marʾah wa-al-shabāb
Muqtaṭafāt min aḥādīth Ṣaddām Ḥusayn
Ummatunā-- wa-al-mabādīʼ wa-ruḥ al-naṣr
On current affairs
REGARD SUR LA RELIGION ET LE PATRIMOINE
Hākadhā nukhāṭibu al-ʻaql al-Gharbī
Saddam Hussein on Current Events in Iraq
al- Usrah wa-al-numuw al-sukkānī fī aḥādīth al-raʼīs al-qāʼid Ṣaddām Ḥusayn
Economy and management in socialist society
On current affairs in Iraq
One common trench? or two opposite ones?
Our policy is an embodiment of the nation's present and future
President Saddam Hussein interviewed by Kuwaiti Press
L' Iraq e la sua politica estera
al- Turāth al-ʻArabī wa-al-muʻāṣarah
ʻAn al-thawrah wa-al-marʼah
Hakadhā nantasibu lil-ʻIrāq
Nakhdamu al-mabādiʼ wa-naṣūnu al-amānah, lā tarājaʻa wa-ilá amāma
al- Taṣaddī
LA RÉVOLUTION ET LES JEUNES
LA RÉVOLUTION ET LA FEMME
President Saddam Hussein's message to the Fourth Corps Commander
NUESTRO COMBATE Y LA POLITICA INTERNACIONAL
The texts of letters exchanged between the Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq 1369 (1990)
al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah maṣdar qūwah lil-fard wa-al-mujtamaʻ
al-Qalʻah al-ḥaṣīnah
Shaʻbunā wa-ṭarīq al-ḥurrīyah
Propos sur les problèmes actuelles
Zabībah wa al-malik
LA REVOLUCIÓN Y LA MUJER
ʻAn al-thawrah wa-al-maraʾah wa-al-shabāb
al-Thawrah wa-al-tarbīyah al-waṭanīyah
Muqtaṭafāt min aḥādīth Ṣaddām Ḥusayn
One common trench?
Iraq speaks
President Hussein interviewed by American researcher
La revolución y la mujer
al- Murūnah fī al-ʻamal al-thawrī
Maʻān li-bināʾ al-ʻIrāq al-ʻaẓīm
Ḥawla kitābat al-tārīkh
خطب و تصريحات السيد صدام حسين نائب رئيس مجلس قيادة الثورة
REGARD SUR LA RELIGION ET LE PATRIMOINE
al-Munāzalah bayna al-īmān wa-al-shirk ʻunwān al-sharaf al-kabīr lil-ummah
LA RÉVOLUTION ET LES JEUNES
A propos de l'agression sioniste contre le réacteur irakien : Texte intégral du discours prononcé devant le conseil des ministres le 23 Juin 1981
Ṣaddām Ḥusayn
Niḍālunā wa-al-siyāsah al-dawlīyah
A propos de l'agression sioniste contre le réacteur irakien
NUESTRO COMBATE Y LA POLITICA INTERNACIONAL
PROPOS SUR LES PROBLÈMES ACTUELS
NOTRE COMBAT ET LA POLITIQUE INTERNATIONALE
Building up Iraq together
Maʻan li-bināʼ al-ʻIrāq al-ʻaẓīm
Ukhruj minhā yā malʻūn