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David Morrell
David Morrell (born 1943)

  • Pennsylvania State University

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Scavenger
Captain America
Tesseracts Thirteen Chilling Tales From The Great White North
Prime Evil
The brotherhood of the rose
Warriors
Creepers
Assumed identity
Double image
The League of Night and Fog
The fraternity of the stone
Burnt sienna
The shimmer
Desperate measures
The fifth profession
Black evening
Extreme denial
The Totem
The protector
The covenant of the flame
Fireflies
Long lost
Last Reveille
The spy who came for Christmas
Testament
Double image
Inspector of the Dead
Fifth Profession, The
Nightscape
First Blood
Blood oath
Brotherhood of the Rose, The
Covenant of the Flame, The
League of Night and Fog, The
Totem
Horrors
Rambo
Last penis up your ass
The league of night and fog
The fifth profession
First Blood
The brotherhood of the rose
Masters of Darkness III
Thrillers
Double image
The brotherhood of the rose
Rambo
Fraternity of the Stone, The
Assumed identity
The Successful Novelist
nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes
La hermandad de la rosa
Blood oath
Night Visions/dead (Night Visions 2)
John Barth
Lessons from a lifetime of writing
Fraternity of the Stone, The (Morrell, David)
Desperate measures
David Morrell's Tales from Nightscape
Leag Night & Fog-Om
The fraternity of the stone
Testament
Rambo III
Long lost
Murder as a fine art
Legacies
The shimmer
Murder as a fine art
The totem
Ruler of the night
Lessons from a lifetime of writing
Le Contrat Sienna
The Covenant of the flame
La Alianza De Las Sombras/ The League of the Night and Fog
Rambo III
Assumed Identity/Extreme Denial (Two in One)
The hundred-year Christmas
La Hermandad De La Piedra/ the Fraternity of the Stone
Fraternity of the Stone
Assumed identity.
Rambo 3
Brotherhood Omnibus
In extremis
Das Porträt
Usurpation d'identité
Le jeu des ombres
Fraternity of Stone
Scavenger (B)
First Blood; A Novel
The Fifth Profession
Whisper V
La cinquième profession
Der verschollene Bruder
Démenti formel
The Hundred-Year Christmas - Signed
First Blood
Das Ebenbild
Night Visions 2
Ruler of the night
Doble Imagen
Inspector of the dead
Disparition fatale
Les conjures de la flamme
The spy who came for Christmas
Der Nachruf
Ultima negación
Orden de ejecucion
Usurpation d'identité
Totem Testament David Morrell Npb
Extreme denial
Zashchitnik
Testament Nhb
Recurso Extremo - L.E. -
LA Hermandad De LA Rosa
Krai nie mery
Portrait de l'assassin en artiste
Rambo III
Ajojahti (First Blood)
Disparition fatale
Vlastelin nochi
Het vijfde beroep
Rambo Ii/Rambo
George Gamow
George Gamow (1904-1968)

physicist, inventor, nuclear physicist, cosmologist, biochemist, astronomer, astrophysicist

  • Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Odesa University

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Laughing Space
The Expert Dreamers
One, two, three ... infinity
Mr. Tompkins in paperback
A star called the sun
The New World of Mr Tompkins
One, two, three ... infinity
One, two, three ... infinity
Un, deux, trois...l'infini
Cong yi dao wu qiong da
One, two, three ... infinity
Thirty years that shook physics
Physics
Gravity
Puzzle-math
Matter, earth, and sky
Biography of physics
Mr. Tompkins Gets Serious
The birth and death of the sun
Biography of the earth
Biografia De La Fisica/ Biography of Physics
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
The creation of the universe
The great physicists from Galileo to Einstein
Mr Tompkins in paperback
My world line; an informal autobiography
The moon
Cosmology, fusion & other matters
A Star called the sun
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
Biography of physics
Mr. Tompkins explores the atom
The creation of the universe
A plan et called earth
Atomic energy in cosmic and human life
The atom and its nucleus
A planet called earth
Matter, earth, and sky
Mr. Tompkins inside himself
Thirty years that shook physics
Dunyamizin hayat hikayesi
Matter, Earth, and sky
Structure of atomic nuclei and nuclear transformations
Thirty years that shook physics
Biography of the earth
Physics: foundations and frontiers
Physics: foundations and frontiers
The atom and its nucleus
TRENTE ANNEES QUI EBRANLERENT LA PHYSIQUE. HISTOIRE DE LA THEORIE QUANTIQUE
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
the moon
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland; or, Stories of C, G, and H. Illustrated by John Hookham
Atomic energy in cosmic and human life
Jeux mathématiques
Matière, terre et ciel
Mr Tompkins learns the facts of life
Una estrella llamada Sol
Monsieur Tompkins au pays des merveilles
Gravity
La gravitation
Matter Earth and Sky
Biography
Thiry years that shook physics
Biographie de la terre
A star called the Sun
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland or Stories of c, G, and h
Mr Tompkins in Wonderland, or, Stories of c, G, and h
Monsieur Tompkins s'explore lui-même
Der Bau des Atomkerns und die Radioaktivität
Thirty years that shook physics. The story of quantum theory. Illustrations by the author.
Constitution of atomic nuclei and radioactivity
One, two, three ... infinity
Biography of the earth, its past, present, and future
A star called the sun / George Gamow
Geburt und Tod der Sonne
One Two Three..
Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself
La creación del universo
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
Matematiska tankelekar
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
Mr. Tompkins explores the atom
Physics
Hoshi
The atom and its nucleus
Mr. Tompkins i Droemmeland eller Historien om lille c, store G og lille h
Structure of atomic nuclei and nuclear transfomations
Matter, earth, and sky
My world line
The birth and death of the sun
Di Qiu gu jin tan
Nacimiento y muerte del sol
Mr Tomkins in wonderland
Wu li shi jie qi yu ji
Mr. Tompkins i Droemmeland eller historien om c, G og h
Prikl͡iucheni͡ia mistera Tompkinsa
Mr. Tompkins in paperback
Mr. Tompkins in paperback
Expanding universe and the origin of galaxies
Theory of atomic nucleus and nuclear energy-sources
David Anthony Durham
David Anthony Durham (born 1969)

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Texas hold'em
Wild Cards
Walk through darkness
Pride of Carthage
Acacia
Gabriel's story
The other lands
Acacia: Book One
Hannibal Pride of Carthage
Walk Through Darkness
The Other Lands Book Two Of The Acacia Trilogy
The sacred band
The risen
The War with the Mein
Anibal, el orgullo de Cartago
Acacia (War with the Mein)
Acácia
Acacia
Willy Ley
Willy Ley (1906-1969)

physicist, flight engineer, journalist, inventor

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The Science Fiction Roll of Honor
The Exploration of Mars
Another look at Atlantis
Rockets, Missiles
Beyond the Solar System
Conquest of Space
Willy Ley's For your information
Rockets, missiles, and men in space
The lungfish, the dodo & the unicorn
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
The poles
Exotic zoology
Dawn of zoology
The meteorite craters
Missiles, moonprobes, and megaparsecs
Satellites, rockets, and outer space
Dragons in amber
Our work in space
Another look at Atlantis, and fifteen other essays
Watchers of the skies
The exploration of Mars
Ranger to the moon
Events in space
The conquest of space
Engineers' dreams
Gas giants
Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1953
Willy Ley's Exotic zoology
Across the Space Frontier
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Watchers of the Skies
Raumfahrttechnik 4.A.
Konrad Gesner, Leben und Werk
Beyond the solar system
Space travel
Harnessing space
Dragons in amber
Die möglichkeit der weltraumfahrt; allgemeinverständliche beiträge zum raumschiffahrtsproblem, von professor Hermann Oberth, dr. Franz v. Hoefft, dr.-ing. Walter Hohmann, dr. Karl Debus, ingenieur Guido von Pirquet und ingenieur Fr. W. Sander, herausgegeben von Willy Ley; mit 70 abbildungen
The drifting continents
Worlds of the past
Engineers' Dreams
Watchers of the skies
Rockets
The poles
The days of creation
Watchers of the Skies
The exploration of Mars
Rockets, missiles and space travel
Bombs and bombing
Rockets and space travel
Shells and shooting
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1952
Man-made satellites
The Conquest of Space
Rockets
LIFE NATURE LIBRARY THE POLES
Salamanders and Other
Willy Ley's For your information
The lungfish, the dodo & the unicorn
Another Look At Atlantis
Harnessing Space
The exploration of Mars
Rockets, Missiles, and Men in Space
The Poles (Life Nature Library)
Rockets and space travel
The poles, (Life nature library)
The discovery of the elements
Beyond the solar system
Watchers of the skies; an informal history of astronomy from Babylon to the space age
On Earth and in the Sky
Missiles Moonpr
Watchers of the Skies
Worlds of the Past
Inside the Orbit of the Earth
Die Himmelskunde
Rockets
Watchers
Visitors from afar
Salamanders and other wonders
Mariner IV to Mars
The borders of mathematics
Die Fahrt ins Weltall
Watchers of the skies; an informal history of astronomy from Babylon to the space age
THE DRIFTING CONTINENTS
Engineers Dreams
Les pôles
Gas Giants; the Largest Planets
Events in space
Exotic Zoology
Les pôles
Missiles, Moonprobes And Megaparsecs
The Poles
The Lungfish, The Dodo & The Unicorn An Excursion Into Romantic Zoology, New Edition, Completely Revised and Enlarged
Harnessing space
Visitors from afar
Exotic zoology
Lungfish, Dodo
Our work in space
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Lung fish and the unicorn
Bombs and bombing
Space stations
Mariner IV to Mars
Planets
The Conquest of Space
Ranger to Moon
Engineers' dreams
Inside the orbit of the earth
Man-made satellites
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Rockets, missiles, and men in space
Ballistics
Our work in space
The lungfish and the unicorn
THE METEORITE CRATERS (Geology, astronomy)
The poles
Ranger to the Moon
Satellites, rockets and outer space
Watchers of the skies; an informal history of astronomy from Babylon to the space age
Engineer's dreams
Laṿyanim, ṭilim ṿehe-ḥalal ha-ḥitson
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Planets
Space pilots
Exotic zoology
Exotic zoology
Visitors from afar: the comets
Watchers of the skies
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Dawn of zoology
Inside the orbit of the earth
Engineers' dreams
Exploration of Mars
The borders of mathematics
ha-Ḳeṭavim
Watchers of the skies
Beyond the solar system
The lungfish and the unicorn
Charles Fort
Charles Fort (1874-1932)

researcher, ufologist, autobiographer

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The book of the damned
Lo!
Lo!
The Complete Books of Charles Fort
The books of Charles Fort
New Lands
We did not fear the father
Wild talents
Frankenstein Was a Negro
The outcast manufacturers
Town Clock Burning
The Town Clock Burning
Charles Fort's Wild Talents
El Libro de los Condenados
George Klein
George Klein (1925-2016)

biologist, physician, film actor

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GEGEN UNENDLICH 14
Die Sonne scheint uns
Von den Deutschen
S unde, G ute, Blitz: Roman
Farbenphysik für industrielle Anwendungen
Georg Klein
Der württembergische Ministerpräsident Frhr. Hermann von Mittnacht (1825-1909)
Unternehmenssteuerung auf Basis der International Accounting Standards
Libidissi
Anrufung des blinden Fisches
Libidissi
Schund & Segen
Menschen und Masken
Die Sonne scheint uns
Barbar Rosa
Kostenrechnung und Kostenanalyse. Aufgaben und Lösungen.
Bruder aller Bilder
Roman unserer Kindheit
Sünde Güte Blitz
Libidissi
Barbar Rosa
Barbar Rosa. Eine Detektivgeschichte
Alfred Walter Stewart
Alfred Walter Stewart (1880-1947)

chemist

  • University of Glasgow, University of Marburg

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Nordenholt's Million
Recent advances in organic chemistry
Recent advances in organic chemistry
The Sweepstake Murders
The Dangerfield Talisman
The Castleford Conundrum
Death at Swaythling Court
No Past Is Dead
The Omnibus J. J. Connington
A Minor Operation
The Boat-House Riddle
Nemesis at Raynham Parva
Recent advances in physical and inorganic chemistry
Recent advances in organic chemistry
The Twenty-One Clues
The Counsellor
The Two Tickets Puzzle
Tragedy at Ravensthorpe
The Case with Nine Solutions
Murder in the Maze
Truth Comes Limping
In Whose Dim Shadow
The Eye in the Museum
Mystery at Lynden Sands
Recent advances in organic chemistry
Alias J. J. Connington
Jack-in-the-Box
Recent advances in physical and inorganic chemistry
Four Defences
Common Sense Is All You Need
Tom Tiddler's Island
A manual of practical chemistry
Murder will speak
Recent advances in organic chemistry
Il caso con nove soluzioni
Stereochemistry
Some physico-chemical themes.
Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry
Belfast harbour. Its history
Andrea Barrett
Andrea Barrett (born 1954)

  • Union College

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Ship Fever
The middle kingdom
Archangel
The voyage of the Narwhal
The Air We Breathe
The diabetic's brand-name food exchange handbook
Servants of the map
Lucid stars
The forms of water
Servants of the map
Secret harmonies
Ship fever
The Air We Breathe
Middle Kingdom, The
A kite in the wind
The forms of water
The voyage of the Narwhal
The air we breathe
Schiffsfieber
Forms of Water, The
The Arctic
The story behind the story
Paris Review #168
Ship Fever Reading Group Guide
Jenseits des Nordmeers
Prize stories, 1998
The voyage of the Narwhal
Ship fever : stories