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Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer (born 1948)

teacher, zoologist, biologist

  • University of Oxford

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The Fall
Fall
Mendel's dwarf
The gospel of Judas
The glass room
Swimming to Ithaca
Gospel of Judas, The
Tightrope
Gregor Mendel : planting the seeds of genetics
The glass room
The gospel of Judas
The girl who fell from the sky
A jealous God
Mendel's dwarf
The glass room
The Glass Room
Mendels Zwerg
Prague spring
Gregor Mendel
Chimera
El evangelio de Judas (The Gospel of Judas)
Prague Spring
Le palais de verre
Trapeze
Place in Italy
De val
Trapeze
The girl who fell from the sky
Ancestry
SWIMMING TO ITHACA
The Bitter Cross
Swimming to Ithaca
The glass room
Karzeł Mendla
Fall
Trapeze
Gospel of Judas Hb Book Club
Prague Spring EPub
La chica que cayó del cielo
De glazen kamer
Paolo Giordano
Paolo Giordano (born 1982)

physicist

  • University of Turin

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La solitudine dei numeri primi
Like family
Like Family
The human body
Human Body
La soledad de los numeros primos - 15. edicion
Divorare il cielo
Cuerpo Humano
Heaven and Earth
Metodi e Modelli Matematici per le Dinamiche Urbane
Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems
Como de la familia
El cuerpo humano
Der menschliche Körper
Tasmania
Miglior Fabbro
La soledad de los números primos
Schwarz und Silber
Divorare il cielo
Die Einsamkeit der Primzahlen
El cuerpo humano
Solitude des nombres premiers
Conquistar el cielo / Heaven and Earth
Il nero e l'argento
Le corps humain
Asymmetries in regional integration and local development
Asal Sayilarin Yalnizligi
Salgın Zamanlarında
De eenzaamheid van de priemgetallen
Aileden Biri
Die Einsamkeit der Primzahlen
Daha Yolun Basindasin
Dévorer le ciel
Bedidutam shel ha-misparim ha-rishoniyim
Il corpo umano
Odinochestvo prostykh chisel
Mia Couto
Mia Couto (born 1955)

biologist, journalist, poet

  • Eduardo Mondlane University

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Venenos de Deus, remédios do Diabo
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?
Woman of the ashes
Woman of the Ashes
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
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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Uprooted
Warriors
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Unfettered
His Majesty's Dragon
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy And Horror 2012
Throne of Jade
Black powder war (Temeraire Book 3)
Throne of jade
Victory of eagles
In his majesty's service
Black Powder War
Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Book 4)
Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy
The Dragon Book
The Best of Uncanny
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, Book 5)
Warriors 2
His majesty's dragon
The Mythic Dream
Spinning Silver
Victory of Eagles
Blood Of Tyrants
The Last Graduate
Crucible of gold
A Deadly Education
Empire of Ivory
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire)
Tongues of Serpents
Black Powder War (Temeraire, Book 3)
Temeraire
The Last Graduate
The Last Graduate
Empire of Ivory
Crucible Of Gold
Naomi Novik 2 Books Collection Set
Tongues of serpents
Tongues of serpents
Temeraire; Throne of Jade
The Last Graduate
The Golden Enclaves
Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire
Deadly Education, A (epub)
Empire of Ivory
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
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, Book 2)
Temeraire Vol 1-3 Box Set With Bonus Poster
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
Empire of ivory
Kökler
Tongues of Serpents
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
League of Dragons
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
Black Powder War
His Majesty's Dragon
Temeraire
Temeraire
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
Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman (born 1948)

physicist, astrophysicist

  • California Institute of Technology, Princeton University

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Reunion
Reunion
The diagnosis
Einstein's dreams
Dance for two
Good Benito
Great ideas in physics
The Discoveries
Time for the stars
Song of two worlds
A Sense of the Mysterious
The discoveries
Time travel and Papa Joe's pipe
Origins
Ghost
A modern day Yankee in a Connecticut court
Problem book in relativity and gravitation
The Accidental Universe
The best American essays 2000
Ancient light
The Best American Science Writing 2005
Quantum Legacies
Beauty and the Brain
Greyhounds
Die Diagnose
Searching for stars on an island in Maine
Probable Impossibilities
Zeit für die Sterne
In praise of wasting time
Screening room
Southern Writers on Writing
Mr G A Novel About The Creation
Living with the Genie
Revealing the universe
Screening Room
Good Benito
Searching for stars on an island in Maine
Ancient Light
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Origins
The world is too much with me
Ghost
Mr g
Song of Two Worlds
Ada and the Galaxies
Mr. g
Yildizlarin Zamani
Good Benito
Los sueños de Einstein
Living with the Genie
Dance for Two
Senhor D.
Bay Tanri
Einstein'in Dusleri
Ghost
The accidental universe
Shuang ren wu
Những giấc mơ của Einstein
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine Lib/E
Ta oneira tou Ainstain =
Einstein's Dreams
In Praise of Wasting Time
Revealing the universe
Luz antigua
Aḥlām Aynshtāyin
Three Flames
Fernando Vallejo
Fernando Vallejo (born 1942)

biologist, film director

  • National University of Colombia, Pontifical Xavierian University

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Las bolas de Cavendish
El desbarrancadero
La Puta De Babilonia/ the Bitch of Babylonia
La Virgen de los Sicarios
La Rambla Paralelau
El mensajero
Our Lady of the Assassins
La tautología darwinista y otros ensayos de biología
Mi hermano el alcalde
El Don De La Vida
Logoi
La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins
Entre Fantasmas / Between Ghosts
Los caminos a Roma
Los días azules
Barba Jacob, el mensajero
El cuervo blanco Spanish Edition
La Vierge des tueurs
Almas En Pena, Chapolas Negras
Años de indulgencia
El Fuego Secreto
Entre fantasmas
Mi Hermano El Alcalde/my Brother the Mayor
Die Madonna der Mörder
El río del tiempo
La puta de Babilonia
Chapolas negras
Le feu secret
Manualito de Imposturologia Fisica
El Desbarrancadero/the Edge of the Abyss
Los Dias Azules
¡Llegaron!
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623-1673)

philosopher, physicist, poet, essayist, lady-in-waiting

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Assaulted and Pursued Chastity
The blazing world and other writings
The description of a new world, called the blazing world and other writings
Bell in Campo
Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish
The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing World
The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- Volume 1B
Political writings / Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of New Castle ; edited by Susan James
Paper bodies
The Cavalier in Exile: Being the Lives of the First Dvke & Dvtchess of Newcastle
Observations upon experimental philosophy
The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing World
The Description of New Blazing World and Other Writings (N Y U Press Women's Classics)
Sociable letters
Sociable letters, 1664
The convent of pleasure and other plays
Bell in Campo and The Sociable Companions (Broadview Literary Texts)
The Blazing World and Other Writings
The sociable companions, or, The female wits
The life of William Cavendish
The life of the (1st) Duke of Newcastle
Grounds of natural philosophy
The lives of William Cavendishe, Duke of Newcastle, and of his wife, Margaret Duchess of Newcastle
Observations upon Experimental Philosophy, Abridged
The life of the Duke of Newcastle
The life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle; to which is added the true relation of my birth, breeding and life
"The Convent of Pleasure" and Other Plays
The cavalier and his lady
The lives of William Cavendishe, Duke of Newcastle, and of his wife, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle
Sociable Letters
Poems and fancies, 1653
The description of a new world
Philosophical letters
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World (Broadview Editions)
Assaulted And Pursued Chastity
The life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, to which is added the true relation of my birth, breeding and life
The Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
The philosophical and physical opinions
The Contract
The life of the (1st) Duke of Newcastle, & other writings
CCXI sociable letters
Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places
De vita et rebus gestis nobilissimi illustrissimique principis, Guilielmi ducis Novo-Castrensis, commentarii
Orations of divers sorts, accommodated to divers places
Blazing World Anotated
Blazing World an Illustrated
The life of William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle
The Blazing World
The lives of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and of his wife, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle
Blazing World Illustrated
Lives of William Cavendishe, Duke of Newcastle
Grounds of natural philosophy : divided into thirteen parts: with an appendix containing five parts
Blazing World an Annotated
Blazing World Annatoted Version
Philosophical letters
The life of the thrice noble, high, and puissant prince William Cavendishe, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Newcastle ..
Poems, or, several fancies in verse
A true relation of the birth, breeding, and life, of Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle
Blazing World Llustrated
Orations of divers sorts, accommodated to divers places. VVritten by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Dutchess of Newcastle
Blazing World Be Annotated
Blazing World Annotated
Ground of natural philosophy
The philosphical and physical opinions
The Blazing World
The cavalier and his lady
The cavalier in exile
The worlds olio
Poems, and fancies
The sociable companions
Playes
Natures pictures drawn by fancies pencil to the life
The presence
Poems and phancies
CCXI sociable letters
Poems, or, Several fancies in verse
A piece of a play
The Life of the thrice noble High and Puissant Prince, William Cavendish, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of Newcastle ...
The life of the Duke of Newcastle and other writings
The description of a new world, called the blazing world
The Life of the Duke of Newcastle
CCXI
The life of William Cavendish
Poems and fancies, 1653
The convent of pleasure
The bridals
Plays never before printed
Poems and fancies
Yuri Herrera
Yuri Herrera (born 1970)

political scientist, editing staff

  • National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Señales que precederán al fin del mundo
Three Novels
SIgns proceeding the end of the world
Trabajos del reino
The transmigration of bodies
Lunatics, lovers & poets
Kingdom cons
Silent Fury
El incendio de la mina El Bordo (Largo recorrido) (Spanish Edition)
La estación del pantano
La transmigración de los cuerpos
Diez Planetas
Kingdom Cons
Signs Leading up to the End of the World
Dünyanın Sonunu Önceleyen İşaretler
Abgesang des Königs
Symádia prin to télos tou kosmou
Tiempos Irredentos - Unrepentant Times
Kralligin Isleri
Ten Planets
Bedenlerin Göçü
Voortekenen van het einde van de wereld