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Richard L. Tierney
Richard L. Tierney (1936-2022)

poet

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The Ring of Ikribu
When Hell Laughs
Star of Doom
Against the Prince of Hell
The gardens of Lucullus
The Winds of Zarr
The Drums of Chaos
The Ring of Ikribu (Red Sonja, #1)
The house of the toad
When hell laughs
Collected poems
When Hell Laughs (Red Sonja, Book 3)
Ring of Ikrib No. 1
Star of Doom No. 6
Star of Doom (Red Sonja, Book 6)
Savage menace and other poems of horror
Savage Menace and Other Poems
Colossus
Spectral Realms No. 6
Tigers of the Sea
Spectral Realms No. 13
Im Haus der Kröte
Mammoth Books Presents Unexpected Encounters
Dreams and damnations
Pär Lagerkvist
Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974)

poet, playwright, essayist, autobiographer

  • Uppsala University

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The eternal smile
Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum
Barabbas
Dvärgen
Mariamne
Pilgrim på havet
Ahasverus död
The marriage feast
Sibyllan
The Holy Land
Sochinenii︠a︡ v dvukh tomakh
The eternal smile, three stories
Sibyl.
Barabbas V134
Modern theatre
The eternal smile, and other stories
Det besegrade livet
Aftonland
Ett författarskap speglat i språket
Ames masquées
Den Svåra resan
Prosa
El Verdugo
Smert' Agasfera
Le nain
Valda dikter. Hjärtats saanger. Berättelser. Gäst hos verkligheten. Barabbas. Mariamne
The sibyl
Antecknat
Gäst hos verkligheten
El Enano
Guest of reality
Five early works
Barrabás
The eternal smile
Sång och strid
Dikter
The death of Ahasuerus
Das Heilige Land
Barabbas ...
Den lyckliges väg
Par Layerkvist in America
Det heliga landet
Plays
Ahasverus do d
The marriage feast and other stories
Motiv
Lagrkvst the Holy Land
Pilgrim paa havet
o nanos / ο νάνος
Brev
Bödeln
Ångest
Pilgrimen
Kaos
Modern theatre: points of view and attack
Barabbas
I den tiden
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Valda dikter
Det eviga leendet
Onda sagor
The dwarf
No Royalty A/C Marriage Feast
Sagor, satirer och noveller
Dwarf (Quartet Encounters)
Jarn och manniskor
Mariamne: a novel
Marianne
The marriage feast, and other stories
The sibyl
Ordkunst og billedkunst
Teater: Den svåra stunden, tre enaktare
Vid lägereld
Kämpande ande
Pilgrim på havet
Kämpande ande
The sibyl
Contes cruels
ha-Gamad
La terra della sera
The marriage feast, and other stories
Dikter
Midsummer dream in the workhouse
La Mort d'Ahasverus
Det heliga landet
Dvärgen
Pär Lagerkvist om bildkonsten
Sagor, satirer och noveller
Ahasverus död
Pär Lagerkvist 100 år
Gäst hos verkligheten
Bödeln
Il pino
The marriage feast
Pays du soir
בר־אבא
Hemmet och stjärnan
Onda sagor
Dramatik
Literary art and pictorial art
Hjärtats sånger
Karlik
Låt människan leva
Gäst hos verkligheten
Prosa
De vises sten
Dvärgen
Barabasz
Arto Paasilinna
Arto Paasilinna (1942-2018)

poet, journalist

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Le cantique de l'apocalypse joyeuse
Jäniksen vuosi
Hirttämättömien lurjusten yrttitarha
The Year of the Hare
Jäniksen vuosi
Eurooppalaiset kasvot
Jäniksen vuosi
Kaukiantis malūnininkas
Delicioso suicidio en grupo
Ulvova mylläri
Der Sohn des Donnergottes
Im Wald der gehenkten Füchse
Le Lievre De Vatanen (French Edition)
Parasjalkainen laivanvarustaja
Aatami ja Eeva
Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä
Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä
Der Sommer der lachenden Kühe
La Forêt des renards perdus, suivi de "Le Lièvre de Vatanen", et de "Prisonniers du paradis"
Karhunkaataja Ikä-Alpi
Koikkalainen kaukaa
Herranen aika
Die Giftköchin
Rovasti Huuskosen petomainen miespalvelija
Der wunderbare Massenselbstmord
Diana-Taschenbücher, Nr.30, Der heulende Müller
L'anno della lepre
Die Rache des glücklichen Mannes
Onnellinen mies
Der heulende Müller
Tavsan Yili
El año de la liebre
Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä
Lentävä kirvesmies
Herranen aika
HOWLING MILLER; TRANS. BY WILL HOBSON
Nördlich des Weltuntergangs
Kollektivt självmord
Onnellinen mies
Tuomiopäivän aurinko nousee
Kansallinen vieraskirja
Suomalainen kärsäkirja
Vorstandssitzung im Paradies
Vapahtaja surunen
Der wunderbare Massenselbstmord
Volomari Volotisen ensimmäinen vaimo
La fattoria dei malfattori
Ukkosenjumalan poika
Petits Suicides Entre Amis
Neitosten karkuretki
A Lebre de Vatanen (Portuguese Edition)
Petits suicides entre amis
El Molinero Aullador
LE BESTIAL SERVITEUR DU PASTEUR HUUSKONEN
Yksinäiset taistelijat
Delicioso suicidio en grupo
Ocharovatelnoe samoubiistvo v krugu druzei. Perevod s finskogo Anny Voronkovoi
El mejor amigo del oso
Adán y Eva
La dulce envenenadora
Den Ljuva Giftokerskan
El bosque de los zorros
Homme Heureux
Il mugnaio urlante
Meri- ja avaruusmatkailijat
Le lièvre de Vatanen
Piruparat
Isoisää etsimässä
Sotahevonen
ARTO PAASILINNA - IL FIGLIO DE
Im Jenseits ist die Hölle los
Ukkosenjumalan poika
Un lephant, ca danse enormement
Vaellustarinat
El Bosque de Los Zorros
Auta armias
Paratiisisaaren vangit
Un lephant, ca danse enormement
Year of the Hare
Prisioneros en el paraíso
A Businessman's Guide To Finnish History
Kultainen nousukas
Maailman paras kylä
Im Jenseits ist die Hölle los
LE DENTIER DU MARECHAL, MADAME VOLOTINEN, ET AUTRES CURIOSITES
Der heulende Müller
UN HOMME HEUREUX
Year of the Hare
Elämä lyhyt, rytkönen pitkä
Sang chaud, nerfs d'acier
Isoisää etsimässä
Adam & Eve
Fabrikör Liljeroos luftskepp
Liikemies liljeroosin ilmalaivat
Uskonnollinen trilogia
Howling Miller
Les mille et une gaffes de l'ange gardien Ariel Auvinen
Kylmät hermot, kuuma veri
Adams Pech, die Welt zu retten
Der Mann mit den schönen Füßen
Un homme heureux
Moi, Surunen, libérateur des peuples opprimés
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
Sotajutut
De hängda rävarnas skog
Le lièvre de Vatanen
Karhunkaataja Ikä-Alpi
Le Fils du dieu de l'Orage
Prisonniers Du Paradis (Folio) (French Edition)
Milda makter
Hirnuva maailmanloppu
Seitsemän saunahullua suomalaista
Sotahevonen
Elävänä omissa hautajaisissa
La cavale du géomètre
Schutzengel mit ohne Flügel
De gifkokkin
Der Sommer der lachenden Kühe
La dulce envenenadora
Im Wald der gehenkten Füchse
Der Sohn des Donnergottes
Tohelo suojelusenkeli
Kuusilaakson tarinoita
Milda makter
Sangue caldo, nervi d'acciaio
Ronkoteus
Le bestial serviteur du pasteur Huuskonen
Foret Des Renards Pendu (Folio) (French Edition)
Rietas rukousmylly
Meunier Hurlant (Folio) (French Edition)
Suomalaisten kulkupelit
Petits suicides entre amis
The Year of the Hare
La Douce Empoisonneuse
Die Rache des glücklichen Mannes
Le Lièvre de Vatanen
LA DOUCE EMPOISONNEUSE
Eiji Yoshikawa
Eiji Yoshikawa (1892-1962)

journalist, poet

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BUSHIDO CODE (MUSASHI 4) (Musashi Book IV)
Taiko
Musashi
Musashi, book 3
The way of life and death
The way of the samurai
Heike Story
Musashi
Musashi
Fragments of a Past
WAY OF THE SAMURAI (MUSASHI 1) (Musashi Book 1)
The Heiké story
Yoshikawa Eiji rekishi, jidai bunko
Yoshikawa Eiji zenshū
Musashi, An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era
Zuihitsu Miyamoto Musashi
Musashi III - the Way of the Sword
Musashi
Sangokushi
Miyamoto Musashi
Shinran (Nihon rekishi bungakkan)
Shin Suikoden
Shin Heike monogatari
Musashi
Kuroda Josui
Musashi
Zuihitsu shin Heike
Miyamoto Musashi
Taira no Masakado
Miyamoto Musashi
Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
The Heiké story
Miyamoto Musashi
Musashi 1
Shinran
Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
Musashi II - the Art of War
Miyamoto Musashi
La Pierre Et Le Sabre 2
Shihon Taiheiki
Yoshikawa Eiji shu
Yoshikawa Eiji zenshū
Ōoka Echizen
The way of the samurai
Sohen zassō
Sangoku shi
Otome tsumeurashi
Sōshidō zuihitsu
The Bushido code
Yoshikawa Eiji yoboku
Moeru Fuji
Uetaru Shōgitai
Naruto hichō
Musashi - Book 5
Shinshū Tenmakyō
吉川英治集
La Parfaite lumière
TAIKO - A NOVEL
Naruto hichō
Zuihitsu shihon taiheiki
Yoshikawa Eiji, Shishi Bunroku
Tenpei dōji
Taikutsu heigakusha
Shihon Taiheiki
Shihon Taiheiki
Arupusu taishō
Musashi 2
Yūgi Bosatsu
Taira no Masakado ; Ōoka Echizen
La chronique des Heiké
Shihon Taiheiki
La parfaite lumiere
Bairi Sensei gyōjōki
Shin heike monogatari
Hahakoidori
Dōka musume o tanomimasu
Naruto hichō
La parfaite lumiere
Ware igai mina waga shi
Yagyū tsukikage shō
Mange jigoku
Aigoku no fubo
Yoshikawa Eiji shū
Fuj̄inmon
Shinsho taikōki
Nyoraiya
江戶三国史
Makai no ongakushi
Shihon Taiheiki
Shinshū Tenmakyō
Sakon Ukon
The Heiké story
Chazuke sanryaku
Shinpen chūshingura
Kuroda Josui
Shōnen Taikōki
Shihon Taiheiki
San guo ying xiong zhuan
Edo sangokushi
Edo sangokushi
Shinran
Oriori no ki
Hiyodori-zōshi
La Pierre et le Sabre
Shihon Taiheiki
Yoshikawa Eiji zenshū bekkan
Taoko
Chazuke sanryaku
Way of the Samurai (Musashi, Book 1)
Shihon Taiheiki
Shin Suikoden
Yoshikawa Eiji zenshū
Shihon Taiheiki
Yoshino Dayū
Shōyubotoke
吉川英治展
Kennan jonan
Kumokiri enmachō
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)

poet, illustrator, painter

  • Croydon College, Eltham College

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The glassblowers
Sometime Never
The Inner Landscape
Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor
Titus alone
Knights of Madness
Titus Groan
Gormenghast
Titus Groan
Collected Poems
Peake's progress
A book of nonsense
Figures of Speech
Titus Alone
The Gormenghast novels
Gormenghast Trilogy
Mr Pye
Ride a cock-horse and other nursery rhymes
Titus Groan
Boy in darkness and other stories
Titus Groan
Titus alone
Mr. Pye
The drawings of Mervyn Peake
Boy In Darkness (Signature)
Figures of speech
Shapes & sounds
Rhymes without reason
Letters from a lost uncle
The rhyme of the flying bomb
Sketches from Bleak House
Boy in darkness
Mervyn Peake, 1911-1968
Titus Books (Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone)
Selected poems [of] Mervyn Peake
Mr. Pye
Word and image 3
Drawings by Mervyn Peake
Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor
Drawings
TITUS ALONE
Poems and drawings
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy
Collected poems
Gormenghast
The craft of the lead pencil
Titus Groan
Mr.Pye
Twelve poems, 1939-1960
A book of nonsense
Titus Alone
TITUS ALONE
A reverie of bone, and other poems
Mervyn Peake, Oscar Wilde
Complete nonsense
Letters From A Lost Uncle
Titus Groan
Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)
Captain Slaughterboard drops anchor
Craft of the lead pencil
Boy in Darkness
Titus d'enfer
Gormenghast, Bd.3, Der letzte Lord Groan
A Book of Nonsense
The rhyme of the flying bomb
11 poems
Figures of speech
The drawings of Mervyn Peake
The Gormenghast Trilogy
Inner Landscape
A book of nonsense
The cave or anima mundi
Twelve poems, 1939-1960
Mervyn Peake retrospective
Titus errant
Peake's Progress
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy
Gormenghast
The glassblowers, ♭and other poems!
The Gormenghast trilogy
Titus dans les ténèbres
Titus Groan
Titus Solo (Hades)
A reverie of bone and other poems
Lettres d'un oncle perdu
Word and image 3 Mervyn Peake 1911-1968
Ride a cock-horse and other nursery rhymes
Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes
Mervyn Peake/Oscar Wilde
Writings and drawings
Gormenghast Trilogy - Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone
Shapes & sounds
GORMENGHAST: ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY JOHN CONSTABLE
Peake's Alice
Titus Alone
Gemen gui cheng
Le Cycle de Gormenghast
Gormenghast, Bd.1, Der junge Titus
Titus Groan
Gormenghast, Bd.2, Im Schloß
Mr Pye
Der junge Titus
Captain Slaughterboard
Drawings
Rhymes Without Reason
Adrienne Maree Brown
Adrienne Maree Brown (born 1977)

climate activist, podcaster, musician, poet

  • Columbia University

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Octavia's Brood
Fables and Spells
Emergent strategy
Cómo sacar a idiotas del govierno
Pleasure Activism
How to get stupid white men out of office
All We Can Save
Loving Corrections
Journal of Radical Permission
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

dancer, businessperson, philanthropist, film director, autobiographer, record producer, film actor, actor, entrepreneur, recording artist, singer, voice actor, art collector, model, poet

  • Montclair College Preparatory School

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Moonwalker
Moonwalk
Dancing The Dream
Moonwalk
Bad. Original Lyrics Lithography
Moonwalk
Michael Jackson
The Nonprofit board book
Thriller
Thriller
Moonwalk
Tai kong bu
Moon Walk
6 Of the Best
Catholics and Methodists
Michael Jackson for Ukulele
Moonwalk
Scream
The best of Michael Jackson
Thriller 25
Das grosse Buch vom Bier
We are the world
Michael Jackson
Bad
Blood on the dance floor
Bad
King Henry
Off the wall
Michael Jackson in his own words
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978)

linguist, poet, musicologist, translator

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Fahrenheit 451 and Related Readings
Mr. Fortune's Maggot
Short stories
The Greatest Cat Stories Ever Told
The Music at Long Verney
Stories from the New Yorker, 1950-1960
The innocent and the guilty
The corner that held them
Summer will show
Collected Poems
The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner
Scenes of childhood
One thing leading to another
Swans on an autumn river
Selected poems
Lolly Willowes
I'll stand by you
T. H. White:A Biography
The element of lavishness
After the death of Don Juan
Boxwood
The innocent and the guilty: stories
Kingdoms of Elfin
One thing leading to another, and other stories
Flint Anchor
Four in Hand
Winter in the air
The cat's cradle-book
Mr. Fortune's Maggot
Letters
Scenes of childhood and other stories
True Heart
Kingdoms of Elfin (Handheld Classics Book 5)
A garland of straw
After the Death of Don Juan
A stranger with bag and other stories
The Flint Anchor
Jane Austen
Les royaumes des elfes (French Edition)
The true heart
Laura Willowes
A spirit rises
Twelve poems
Jane Austen, 1775-1817
The flint anchor, a novel.
Winter in the air, and other stories
The Museum of Cheats
A Stranger with a Bag and other stories
Swans on an Autumn
Opus 7
Stranger with a Bag
Looly Willowes
Sylvia Townsend Warner Selected Poems
Selected Stories
Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Portrait of a Tortoise
Winter in the Air
Somerset
Sylvia and David
A spirit rises, stories
Mister Fortunes letztes Paradies
English Climate : Wartime Stories
Of Cats and Elfins
Conversation Gambits
Music at Long Verney
The espalier
Swans on an autumn river
Scenes of Childhood
Kingdoms of Elfin (A Delta book)
Spirit Rises
Mr Fortune's Maggot
Mr. Fortune
Letters Between Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland
A Stranger With a Bag
Doll's House and Other Stories
Warner S a Stranger with a Bag
Jane Austen (Bibliographical series of supplements to British Book News on writers and their work)
Kingdoms of Elfin
Winter in the Air
The Salutation
Sketches from nature
The cat's cradle book
Sketches from nature
The museum of cheats
Two conversation pieces
Elinor Barley
Boxwood
Rainbow
Jane Austen
24 short stories
Some world far from ours
The Barnards of Loseby
A Garland of Straw and other stories
Le coeur pur
Winter in the Air and other stories
Two poems
A spirit rises
Azrael & other poems
Jane Austen
A moral ending and other stories
With the hunted
This our brother
Lolly Willowes, and, Mr. Fortune's Maggot
Time importuned
Two conversation pieces
Mr. Fortune's maggot
Rainbow
Two poems
Whether a dove or a seagull
Rainbow
New collected poems
The museum of cheats, and other stories