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David Morrell
David Morrell (born 1943)

  • Pennsylvania State University

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Creepers
Assumed identity
Double image
The League of Night and Fog
Scavenger
The fraternity of the stone
Burnt sienna
The shimmer
Desperate measures
The fifth profession
Black evening
Extreme denial
The protector
The brotherhood of the rose
Last Reveille
Testament
Inspector of the Dead
Nightscape
Last penis up your ass
The league of night and fog
The fifth profession
The brotherhood of the rose
Double image
The brotherhood of the rose
Assumed identity
Desperate measures
Leag Night & Fog-Om
Testament
The shimmer
The Covenant of the flame
Assumed Identity/Extreme Denial (Two in One)
The spy who came for Christmas
Warriors
The Totem
The covenant of the flame
Fireflies
Long lost
The spy who came for Christmas
Double image
Fifth Profession, The
First Blood
Blood oath
Brotherhood of the Rose, The
Covenant of the Flame, The
League of Night and Fog, The
Totem
Horrors
Rambo
First Blood
Masters of Darkness III
Thrillers
Rambo
Fraternity of the Stone, The
Captain America
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)
Tesseracts Thirteen Chilling Tales From The Great White North
John Barth
Lessons from a lifetime of writing
Fraternity of the Stone, The (Morrell, David)
David Morrell's Tales from Nightscape
The fraternity of the stone
Rambo III
Prime Evil
Long lost
Murder as a fine art
Legacies
Murder as a fine art
The totem
Ruler of the night
Lessons from a lifetime of writing
Le Contrat Sienna
La Alianza De Las Sombras/ The League of the Night and Fog
Rambo III
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
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
Dan Brown
Dan Brown (born 1964)

teacher, journalist, musician, researcher

  • Amherst College, Phillips Exeter Academy

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The Da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons
The Lost Symbol
Digital Fortress
Deception Point
Origin
Inferno
Novels (Angels & Demons / Da Vinci Code)
Novels (Angels & Demons / Da Vinci Code / Deception Point / Digital Fortress)
187 men to avoid
The Da Vinci Code [adaptation]
Deception Point [1/2]
Angels & Demons [1/3]
Wild Symphony
The Da Vinci Code Travel Journal
The Da Vinci Code [1/2]
The Da Vinci Code [2/2]
Cehennem
Novels (Angels & Demons / Deception Point)
Angels & Demons [1/2]
Origin Vol 2
Robert Langdon Thrillers
The Lost Symbol [2/2]
Angels & Demons [2/2]
Lost Symbol V02
Robert Langdon Series Collection 7 Books Set By Dan Brown
Angels & Demons, Vol. 2
Inferno [1/2]
Deception Point [2/2]
Sakrileg. Das offizielle Begleitbuch zum Film
Two Volume Hardcover Editions in Slipcase
El gran engany
Lost Symbol V01
Inferno [2/2]
Digital Fortress [1/2]
The Da Vinci Code/The Lost Symbol
Код Да Винчи
Skaitmeninė tvirtovė
Yadā Vinči kod
Michael Koryta
Michael Koryta (born 1982)

journalist

  • Indiana University

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The silent hour
Those Who Wish Me Dead
The Cypress House
So cold the river
The ridge
The Cypress House
So cold the river
Rise the dark
How it happened
The ridge
Those who wish me dead
The prophet
The Cypress House
Those Who Wish Me Dead
ENVY THE NIGHT
Envy the night
Sorrow's anthem
A Welcome Grave (Lincoln Perry)
Tonight I said goodbye
Tonight I Said Goodbye (Lincoln Perry)
So cold the river
Last words
The Silent Hour (Lincoln Perry)
Tonight I said goodbye
Tonight I said goodbye
La verdad más profunda /
Sorrow's Anthem (Lincoln Perry)
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Esta noche digo adiós
The Ridge
So Cold the River
Envy the night
Aguas gélidas
The silent hour
Envy the night
Brian Moore
Brian Moore (1921-1999)

journalist

  • St Malachy's College

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No other life
The Statement
Cold heaven
The color of blood
The colour of blood
Catholics
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
The magician's wife
Black robe
Lies of silence
The Mangan inheritance
The Great Victorian Collection
I am Mary Dunne
The emperor of ice-cream
Canada
The luck of Ginger Coffey
An answer from limbo
The doctor's wife
Fergus
The lonely passion of Judith Hearne
Cochlear Hearing Loss
The revolution script
Judith Hearne
The Statement
The Statement (William Abrahams Book)
''Squalid Kingston'' 1890-1920
Cold heaven
Lies of Silence
The feast of Lupercal
The Final Score
Murder in Majorca
The lonely passion of Judith Hearne
New Developments in Hearing and Balance
The big match
Lies of Silence. Mit Materialien.
ANSWER FROM LIMBO
Cold Heaven
Lies of Silence.
Auditory Frequency Selectivity
The Magician's Wife (William Abrahams Book)
Lies of Silence
Lies of Silence. Text and Study Aids.
Canada
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Emperor of Ice Cream
PC Card/PCMCIA Software Developer's Handbook
Dillon. Roman
Sailor's leave
More Thoughts of Chairman Moore
More Thoughts of Chairman Moore
The big match
The Thoughts Of Chairman Moore The Wit And Widsom Of Brian Moore
The Thoughts F Chairman Moore Teyve Kicked It Away Aain
Ginger Coffey sucht sein Glück. Roman
Canada, by Brian Moore and the editors of Life
Die Farbe des Blutes. Roman
Der Eiscremekönig
Die Frau des Zauberers
Mangan Inheritance
Schwarzrock
Lies of Silence
Operational Amplifier Circuits
Es gibt kein anderes Leben
The executioners
Devotions to the Holy Spirit
Le Canada
Katholiken. Roman
Die Frau des Arztes
Brian Moore Autobiography
Chrétiens, demain (le visiteur)
Saturnischer Tanz
Canada
Hetzjagd
Mangans Vermächtnis. Eine irische Familiengeschichte
The Mangan inheritance
Die Antwort der Hölle. Roman
No other life
Theyve Kicked It Away Again The Thoughts Of Chairman Moore
Die Versuchung der Eileen Hughes
A moment of love
Maintenant et alors
An Answer from Limbo
Mentiras del Silencio
This gun for Gloria
Two stories
The emperor of ice-cream : a novel. --
Fergus, a novel
Wreath for a redhead
The luck of Ginger Coffey
His Cross and Ours
Luck of Ginger Coffee
French for murder ..
La Esposa del Mago
Robe noire
Mujer del Medico, La
Two Stories (Santa Susana Press Ser)/Lettered
Temptation of Eileen Hugh
A bullet for my lady ..
An answer from limbo
The lonely passion of Miss Judith Hearne
The emperor of ice-cream
The big matches
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Black Robe
The doctor's wife
I am Mary Dunne
Unica Vida Posible, La
El Frio Del Cielo/Cold Heaven
The luck of Ginger Coffey
Brian Moore's football quiz book
The temptation of Eileen Hughes
The lonely passion of Judith Hearne
La mujer del mago
L'épouse du magicien
The lonely passion of Judith Hearne
The temptation of Eileen Hughes
The lonely passion of Judith Hearne
Black robe
Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux (born 1941)

literary critic, professor

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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The Family Arsenal Paul Theroux
The Great Railway Bazaar
The kingdom by the sea
My secret history
Picture Palace
The Mosquito Coast
The consul's file
Sunrise with seamonsters
Dark star safari
The Elephanta suite
My Other Life
Hotel Honolulu
The Pillars of Hercules
The stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and other stories
Doctor Slaughter
Sir Vidia's shadow
Kowloon Tong
Chicago loop
Deep South
Saint Jack
The end of the game
A Dead Hand
The Family Arsenal
O-Zone
Travelling the world
Millroy the magician
A Christmas card
Fresh air fiend
The Sea
Jungle lovers
Great humorous stories
The happy isles of Oceania
Blinding light
Riding the iron rooster
Edge
Old Patagonian Express, The
Waldo
Sailing through China
Mother land
The London embassy
The black house
Girls at Play
The imperial way
Sinning with Annie, and other stories
London snow
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
World's end and other stories
The Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009
Today's best nonfiction
The collected stories
Fong and the Indians
To the Ends of the Earth
Under the Wave at Waimea
The Best American Travel Writing 2001
V.S. Naipaul, an introduction to his work
Mr. Bones
O-zone
V.S. Naipaul
Riding the Iron Rooster By Train Through
The lower river
Eli Reed
Murder in Mount Holly
On the Plain of Snakes
The best American travel writing 2014
The Mosquito Coast
Figures in a landscape
Masterpieces of Modern Short Fiction
The tao of travel
Dr. Demarr
Deep south
The Mosquito Coast
The collected short novels
Sinning with Annie
Jan Morris : around the world in 80 years
Tierra madre
Riding the Iron Rooster:By Train Through China
Where the Roads All End
Theroux
The Silk Road - China and the Karakorum Highway
The Greenest Island
World's end
Blinding Light
Islands
Journey Without Maps
My Other Life
The lower river
Gentleman in the Parlour
Gentleman in the Parlour
Lower River
Picture Palace
Slow Trains to Simla
La Double vie de Lauren S.
The Cold World
Millroy the magician
Nurse Wolf & Dr Sacks
UC Riding the Iron Rooster
Down the Yangtze
Riding the Iron Rooster
Patagonie express
An den Gestaden des Mittelmeeres
Mein anderes Leben
Happy Iles of Oceania, the
Happy Isles of Oceania
Brazil Incarnate
The collected stories
Priya Ramrakha
Mother Land
Consul's File
The shortest day of the year
Les derniers jours de Hong Kong
Saint Jack
On the Plain of Snakes
Deep South
Hotel Honolulu
On the Edge of the Great Rift
Travelers' Tales Greece
Sandstorms
What Maisie Knew
The white man's burden
LA Calle De LA Media Luna/Half Moon Street
Bad Angel Brothers
La Chine à petite vapeur
La Costa de los Mosquitos
Die glücklichen Inseln Ozeaniens
Hotel Honolulu
Figures in a Landscape
Saint Jack (Om-Asia)
The Consul's File
Hotel Honolulu
Blinding Light-O.M.
The Happy Isles Of Oceania Part 2 Of 2
Zona Exterior
Bad Angel Brothers
Fresh-Air Fiend
My Other Life
Education by radio
Nature's Wonderlands
The Lower River
Family Arsenal
Strange Dispearance Imam Mousa Sadr
Paul Theroux Collected Stories
Sunrise with Seamonsters
Voyage excentrique et ferroviaire autour du Royaume-Uni
Ridng Iron Roostr-Opmkt
Der alte Patagonien- Express
Mi Otra Vida
Wiedersehen mit Patagonien
Lower River
Mi Historia Secreta
On the Plain of Snakes
De Laatste Dagen Van Hongkong
San Jack
Jechalem Zelaznym Kogutem
Saint Jack
De geschiedenis van een vriendschap
Mr. Bones
Der alte Patagonienexpress. 5 Cassetten
De geschiedenis van een vriendschap
Moederland
Mutterland
Happy Isles of Oceania-Open Ma
Paul Theroux
Sunrise with Seamonsters
Nurse Wolf and Dr. Sacks (Front Lines)
The London embassy
Bad Angel Brothers
La Sombra de Naipaul
Happy Isles of Oceania Part 2
Happy Isles of Oceania
Steve McCurry Lesen
Foreign Affairs
Murder in Mount Holly
El Mago Millroy
Collected Stories
Railway bazaar
Traveling the World
Fresh Air Fiend
En la Llanura de Las Serpientes
Mr Bones
Mexico
Mr. Bones
Figures in a Landscape
World's End and other Stories
Blinding Light
Belanger Brotherhood
The Happy Isles Of Oceania Part 1 Of 2
Kowloon Tong.
My Other Life
Kowloon Tong
Poems for Travellers
On the Plain of Snakes
El geólogo
Riding the Rails with Paul Theroux
Milroy the Magician
Camp Echo
Riding the Iron Rooster
Hotel Honolulu
Millroy the Magician
Wāruzu endo (sekai no hate) =
Under the Wave at Waimea
El geólogo
Fresh-Air Fiend
The return of Bingo Humpage
Deep South
Mein geheimes Leben
Silk Road : Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran
Ultimi giorni a Hong Kong
Dispatches D1
Sailing Through China by Paul Theroux (1984-01-01)
Short Story International #34
Girls at Play
California the Other State
De Bendenrivier
Figures in a Landscape
Saint Jack
Millroy the Magician
Mother Land
Le Plaisir le plus triste
Kowloon Tong
Two Stars
Riding the Iron Rooster
Half Moon Street
The Consul's File
Jungle lovers
En el Gallo de Hierro
Happy Isles of Oceania Part 1
China per trein
Saint Jack
Sailing Through China
Collected Stories, the
Millroy the Magician
En El Gallo de Hierro
El último tren a la zona verde
Deep South
Asagi Nehir
Sunrise with Seamonsters
Luce accecante
Stary Ekspres Patagonski. Pociagiem przez Ameryki
Alone
Fresh-air fiend
Happy Isles of Oceania
A Dead Hand
Blinding Light
Consul's File
Fresh-Air Fiend : Travel Writings
My Other Life
De grote spoorwegcarrousel
De grote spoorwegcarrousel retour
Millroy de tovenaar
Sunrise with seamonster
Retour au Palazzo d'Oro
Spelende meisjes
China per trein
Murder in Mount Holly
Tren fantasma a la Estrella de Oriente
Docteur De Marr
De poort naar India
Verblindend licht
En Lower River
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962-2018)

physician, translator

  • Tanta University

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César Fernández García
César Fernández García (born 1967)

  • Complutense University of Madrid

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El bibliobús mágico
Ellos
No, no y no (Primeros lectores)
La niebla que te envuelve
La camiseta de Oscar (Jovenes lectores)
Héctor y el colegio embrujado
El mensaje del mal
El e-mail del mal
La visita del vampiro
La isla de la televisión
Bárbara, detective
La Magia Del Samurai/the Magic of the Samurai
La camiseta de Óscar
El color de lo invisible
Ordenadores con bandera pirata / Computers with Pirate Flag (Delfines / Dolphins)
Barbara Y El Misterio De Ariadna/ Barbara And the Mystery of Ariadna (Alta Mar Misterio)
La oreja de Pompon
Donde vive el miedo
Bajo control
El bibliobus màgic
No digas que estas solo
Un hogar para Dog
El hijo del ladron
Cuatro misterios para Bárbara detective
16 olímpicos muy, muy importantes
Héctor y el colegio embrujado
Ordenadores con bandera pirata
Sacame de aqui
El rugido de la vida
La ultima bruja de Trasmoz
16 dioses y héroes mitológicos muy, muy importantes
Un misterio en mi colegio
La ultima bruja de Trasmoz
Los extraños vecinos del bajo B
Las sirenas del alma
16 dioses y héroes mitológicos muy, muy importantes
El desafio de la leyenda
Barbara y el misterio de Ariadna
La magia del samurái
George Jewsbury
George Jewsbury (born 1941)

historian, history teacher, translator

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