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Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy (born 1961)

essayist, political activist, actor, journalist, film actor, activist

  • University of Delhi, Lawrence School, Lovedale

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The God of Small Things
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997
War With No End
Power Politics
India
War talk
An ordinary person's guide to empire
Capitalism
Algebra of Infinite Justice
My Seditious Heart
The cost of living
Azadi
Annihilation of caste
Field Notes on Democracy
War Is Peace
Angriff auf die Freiheit? Die Anschläge in den USA und die „Neue Weltordnung“
Walking with the comrades
The end of imagination
Public power in the age of empire
Things that can and cannot be said
Broken republic
World tribunal on Iraq
Teikoku o kowasu tameni
13 December, a Reader
Come September
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Azadi
A Reader's Guide to the God of Small Things
Ben Laden secret de famille de l'Amérique
The doctor and the saint
Capitalism
Shape of the Beast
The shape of the beast
Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament
Die Politik der Macht
The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
L' eĢcrivain-militant
O Deus das Pequenas Coisas
Indian and Pakistani press coverage of nuclear tests, May 1998
My Seditious Heart
El álgebra de la justicia infinita
Guerra è pace
O deus das pequenas cousas
Retórica bélica
El déu de les coses petites
Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
O deus das pequenas cousas
Espectros del capitalismo
Shape of the Beast
Algebra of Infinite Justice
O deus das pequenas cousas
Nav Saamrajya Ke Naye Kisse
In which Annie gives it those ones
Broken Republic
Espectros del capitalismo
Indie rozdarte
Azadi
Espectros del capitalismo
Azadi
Public Power in the Age of Empire
End of Imagination
Bog Rzeczy Malych
Hanging of Afzal Guru
O deus das pequenas cousas
Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness [Paperback] ARUNDHATI ROY
THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS
Kapitalizm - Bir Hayalet Hikayesi
Checkbook and the Cruise Missile
Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
Atlas van onmogelijk verlangen
Mumbai (Foro Social Mundial 2004)
Algebra bezgranicznej sprawiedliwosci
Dagilmis Cumhuriyet
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
El final de la imaginació
Retórica bélica
Espectros del capitalismo
Cekirgeleri Dinlemek
Sisakte log
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

political activist, Judaic scholar, autobiographer, translator, journalist, humanist, philosopher, playwright

  • Faculty of Arts of Paris

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La Nuit
A mad desire to dance
The Tale of a Niggun
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum
Prentice Hall Literature--Florida--Language and Literacy
La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour
Le Cinquième fils
Words of Ages
The Accident
A journey of faith
King Solomon and his magic ring
Night with Related Readings
Conversations with Elie Wiesel
Célébration biblique
Portes de la forêt
Sages and Dreamers
Crépuscule, au loin
Mal et l'exil
Prentice Hall Literature -- Grade Ten
Wise Men and Their Tales
Célébration hassidique
From the kingdom of memory
Et la mer n'est pas remplie
Juges
Tous les fleuves vont à la mer
Legends of Our Time
Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Mendiant de Jérusalem
The Holocaust in Romania
Chant des morts
Rashi
Juif aujourd'hui
Five Biblical portraits
After the darkness
Juifs du silence
Serment de Kolvillàg
Dawn
The time of the uprooted
The six days of destruction
Against silence
Le creĢpuscule, au loin
Day
Désir fou de danser
Un di Velt Hot Geshvign
Ville de la chance
Procès de Shamgorod tel qu'il se déroula le 25 février 1649
Entre deux soleils
Beggar in Jerusalem
Oublié
Passover Haggadah
Un di Velt Hot Geshvign
Hostage
A Mad Desire to Dance
Dimensions of the Holocaust : lectures at Northwestern University / Elie Wiesel ... [et al.] ; annotated by Elliot Lefkovitz
Telling the tale
Le serment de KolvillaĢ€g
Tikvah
Four Hasidic masters and their struggle against melancholy
Ethics and memory =
Somewhere a Master
Elie Wiesel
The Oath
L' aube
Les juifs du silence
Les portes de la foreĢ‚t
The judges
Contre la meĢlancolie
From the kingdom of memory
Memoirs
A Jew today
Un di Velt Hot Geshvign
CeĢleĢbrations
The Sonderberg case
All rivers run to the sea
The Golem
The testament
Le Golem
In dialogue and dilemma with Elie Wiesel
Le Mendiant de Jérusalem
The Forgotten
Paroles d'eĢtranger
Memoir in Two Voices
Entretiens avec Elie Wiesel, 1984-2000
La noche, el alba, el día
Un desir fou de danser
Night with Related Readings
Mémoires
Open Heart
Le Testament Dun Poete Juif
Célébration talmudique. Portraits et légendes
L' oublieĢ
La ville de la chance
Vremi Ła neprikai Łannykh
A journey of faith based on and expanded from the WNBC-TV broadcast
Signes d'exode
Die Richter
The Oath
CeĢleĢbration propheĢtique
Un Juif aujourd'hui
Le Temps des déracinés
Carry forward one page of memory
Le Chant des morts
In dialogue and dilemma with Elie Wiesel
The Sonderberg case
IASI Pogrom, June-July 1941
Night
Telling the Tale
Testament, The
Le proceĢ€s de Shamgorod tel qu'il se deĢroula le 25 feĢvrier 1649
Les juges
Le mal et l'exil
Un désir fou de danser
Silences et mémoire d'hommes
The Sonderberg case
Dimensions of the Holocaust
Un di į¹æelt hoį¹­ geshį¹æign
L'oublie
Noah oder die Verwandlung der Angst. Biblische Porträts
Night with Connected Readings
Ani maamin
Schweigen ist unmöglich
La Haggadah de Pâque
Alle Flüsse fließen ins Meer
D'où viens-tu ?
Die Nacht
Four Hasidic Masters and Their Struggle Against Melancholy (Ward-Phillips Lectures in English Language and Literature ; V. 9)
La Haggadah de Pâque
One Generation After
Et où vas-tu ?
Filled with Fire and Light
Der Vergessene. Roman
The oath [by] Elie Wiesel
Souls On Fire-Portraits&Legends of Hasidic Masters
Town Beyond the Wall
Elie Wiesel at the National Press Club
Songes, énigmes et paraboles, suivi de "Le chant qui habite le chant"
Gesang der Toten
Le Golem raconté par Elie Wiesel
Le Jour
All Rivers Run to the Sea
Les portes de la fôret
Ethical Compass
God, Faith and Identity from the Ashes
Twilight
The Fifth Son
Le Serment de Kolvillag
Medical and psychological effects of concentration camps on Holocaust survivors
Friendship - Bread for the Journey
Migrations et Errances
Gesang der Toten. Erinnerungen und Zeugnis
Light of Jerusalem
SleduiĶ”ushchee pokolenie
Der fünfte Sohn. Roman
Twentieth Century Novelists
Adam oder das Geheimnis des Anfangs. Legenden und Porträts
Jerusalem
...und das Meer wird nicht voll. Autobiographie 1969 - 1996
Le testament d'un poeĢ€te juif assassineĢ
Messengers of God (Works / Elie Wiesel)
Dawn
Mtshan Mo
All rivers run to the sea
Inside a library ; and, The stranger in the Bible
Splinters
TRILOGÍA DE LA NOCHE
Le\Testament d'un Poete Juif Assassine
Un di Velt Hot Geshvign
Out of the Depths
El Olvidado
Chassidismus - ein Fest für das Leben. Legenden und Porträts
Geschichten gegen die Melancholie. Die Weisheit der chassidischen Meister
Testament
Jew Today (Elie Wiesel Collection Ser.)
Selected and Annotated Resource List of Materials on the Holocaust
Four Hasidic Masters and Their Struggle Against Melancholy
Rescuing the Children
Durghatna
Le roi Salomon et sa bague magique
Alle rivieren stromen naar de zee
And the Sea Is Never (Signed)
Memoria a DOS Voces
Gates of the Forest
Efoh ha-Yehudim sheli?
Passover Haggadah
Dia
Zalmen ou la folie de Dieu
Day
Souls on Fire
Esperar a Pesar de Todo
Town Beyond the Wall
Open Heart
It Is Impossible to Remain Silent
Die Nacht zu begraben, Elischa
Gece
Twilight
Por Que Recordar?
Todos Los Torrentes Van a la Mar
[Hagadah shel Pesaįø„] =
Le cas Sonderberg
The judges
Dawn
Contra La Melancolia
Open Heart
Surgunler Cagi
Zalmen Madness of God
Elie Wiesel Reading from His Works
Le mendiant de Je rusalem
Five Biblical Portraits
Five Biblical Portraits
The dark side of peace? (Conversazione)
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Bluebird Book
All Rivers Run to the Sea
La locura de Dios
L' oublieĢ
Le cas Sonderberg
Twilight
Ma vigne à moi
Ethics and Memory / Ethik und Erinnerung
Le\Fantome de Canterville
Were We Our Brothers' Keepers?
Discours d'Oslo
Zalmen or Madns God
Al sorgere delle stelle
After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring
Le\Crepescule au Loin
La noche, el alba, el día
Celebrating Elie Wiesel
The gates of the forest
Zalmen, or the madness of God
Souls on Fire (Elie Wiesel Collection Ser.)
Ethical issues for today (Louis Nizer lecture on public policy)
The Jew
Elie Wiesel
Oath (Elie Wiesel Collection Ser.)
Retratos Y Leyendas Jasidicas
Le Mendiant de JeĢrusalem
Et où vas-tu ?
Safak Vakti
The testament
Yehude ha-demamah
Les Juifs du silence, témoignage
Jewish Folklore
Twilight
Ethics and Memory; Ethik und Erinnerung
Le Cinquieme Fils
Het proces-Sonderberg
Images from the Bible
Jews of Silence (Elie Wiesel Collection Ser.)
Hanukkah Lights
One Generation After (Elie Wiesel Collection Ser.)
Against despair
Hostage
Elie Wiesel Shelf Talker
King of Children
Messengers of God
Mendicante Di Gerusalemme
Le\Cinquieme Fils
Zavet
Messengers of God
Zalman, Or, the Madness of God (Works/Elie Wiesel)
עי×Ø ×”×ž×–×œ
Two images, one destiny
Las puertas del bosque
Will Soviet Jewry survive?
A meditation on hope
Zalmen or the madness of God
Dimensions of the Holocaust
Az eskü
Élie Wiesel en hommage
Dimensions of the holocaust
Hostage
The gates of the forest
Natten
Nach'isÅ­ wa Yudaein
The accident
Holocausto
Dimensions of the Holocaus
Elie Wiesel 1928-2016
Elie Wiesel reading from his works
Dawn
A beggar in Jerusalem
Đêm =
The gates of the forest
ShaŹ»are ha-yaŹ»ar
The accident
Parashat Zonderberg
Dawn
Yahadut ha-demamah
Mémoire à deux voix
Elias
Un judio, hoy
Coeur ouvert
The Sonderberg case
Think higher
Farį¹­og
The gates of the forest
Die Nacht zu begraben, Elischa
El quinto hijo
Reimagined
Dimensions of the Holocaust
Otage
Ź»Ir ha-mazal
2nd Annual Gershon Jacobson Memorial Lecture
El mendigo de Jerusalem
Vse txu cõi chret
Legends of our time
--și marea nu se umple
Fortvivl ikke
Noch'. Rassvet. NeschastnyÄ­ sluchaÄ­
La locura de Dios
El mendigo de Jerusalem
Paměti 2
The Power of forgiveness
Hagadah shel Pesaįø„ =
Tsaį¹æaŹ¾ato shel meshorer
DenŹ¹
Żebrak z Jerozolimy
Nait'Å­
ha-Neshamah ha-įø¤asidit
Ź»Im shaįø„ar (trilogyah)
Rashi
Against despair
Linneas Windowsill Garden
Les portes de la forêt
Ani maŹ¼amin
Der Schwur von Kolvillág
Zaveshchanie ubitogo evreĭskogo poėta
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

politician, autobiographer, lawyer, political activist, political prisoner

  • University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare

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Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Prentice Hall Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
In the words of Nelson Mandela
In his own words
Conversations with Myself
No Easy Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela speaks
Nelson Mandela, speeches 1990
Mandela
The Struggle Is My Life
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom
Habla Nelson Mandela
For Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (Aesop Accolades (Awards))
One nation, one country (Statements)
Notes to the future
Cuba and Angola
Intensifiquemos la lucha
L' apartheid
A prisoner in the garden
Reader's Digest Great biographies in large type
A prisoner in the garden
Nelson Mandela
Let freedom reign
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
QueĢ lejos hemos llegado los esclavos!
Un Long Chemin Vers La Liberte
Nelson Mandela, symbol of resistance and hope for a free South Africa
Nelson Mandela I Am Prepared to Die
Nelson Mandela: Intersifiguemos LA Lucha
The Mandela document
Favorite African Folktales
Speeches that Changed the World
46664 The Concert
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Embargo
Voices from Robben Island
I am prepared to die
Selected speeches and writings of Nelson Mandela
Azadi ki shahrah par
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 49th ANC National Conference, 17 December 1994, Bloemfontein
Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales
The essential Nelson Mandela
Eye of the Hurricane
Walk the last mile with us
L' Apartheid
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales 2004 Wall Calendar
The Voice of Nelson Mandela
Housing Generator
The story of the Rugby World Cup, South Africa, 1995
Nelson Mandela speaks
A time to build
I have done my duty to my people and to South Africa
South and Southern Africa into the next century
We accuse
How Far We Slaves Have Come!
One nation, one country
The building has begun!
A better life for all
Renewal and renaissance
Long Walk to Freedom : 1962-1994
Invest in peace
Biko
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Violence and Health
A Mandela!
Làpartheid
Madiba Buyusu
Un long chemin vers la liberté
A Mandela!
Prison Letters
El color de la libertad
Mis cuentos africanos
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Un gesto può cambiare il mondo
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom : 1918-1962
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 1 of 2
Illus Long Walk Freedom Hb Bclub
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 2 of 2
Long Walk to Freedom Hb D/Bx12
L'apartheid (Documents)
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
In gesprek met mijzelf
Mis cuentos africanos
Pensêes Pour Moi-même
In gesprek met mijzelf
Nelson Mandela by himself
Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom B D/Bx36
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk Freedom B d/Bx27 Inc3Fr
Une minute peut changer le monde
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations,22 June 1990
Nelson Mandela. Une vie en mots et en images
Pensées pour moi-même
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmarchen
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations, 22 June 1990
Trial of Nelson Mandela
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mā burdagān tā bih kujā āmadahŹ¼Ä«m
Letters to Madiba
Rivonia sabotage trial, Oct. 1963-Sept. 1964
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Letters to Madiba
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Indlela ende eya enkululekweni
An irresistible vision
Freiheit ist ein Ideal
L'Année Mandela
Gehe deinen Weg in Freiheit
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the African National Congress
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmärchen
Fighting on both sides of the law