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Andy McNab
Andy McNab (born 1959)

autobiographer, military personnel

  • Kingsdale Foundation School

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Last light
Avenger
Aggressor
Brute Force
Boy Soldier
Deep Black
Exit Wound
Meltdown
Red Notice
Recoil
Dark Winter
Crossfire
Zero Hour
Dead centre
LIBERATION DAY - A Nick Stone Mission
DropZone
Remote Control
The Grey Man (Quick Reads)
Detonator
War Torn
Battle Lines
Crisis Four
Silencer: Nick Stone Must Confront His Past to Survive
Battlefield 3: The Russian
Fortress
For Valour: Nick Stone Thriller 16
Firewall -- Canadian Book Club
On the rock
Fortress: On the Streets of Britain, a New Battle is Being Fought.
Flashback
State of Emergency: Tom Buckingham, Book 3
Whatever It Takes
Line of Fire: Nick Stone Thriller 19
Bravo Two Zero
Seven Troop
Traitor
Payback
Today Everything Changes
Last Night Another Soldier
Spoken from the Front
Extraordinary True Stories Of Daring And Valour
Immediate Action
The New Recruit
Soldier I The Story Of An Sas Hero From Mirbat To The Iranian Embassy Siege And Beyond
Soldier Against the Odds
Terminal Velocity
Street Soldier
Abdullah and His Grandfather
The new enemy
The new patrol
Ultimate Survival Handbook
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
Manipulation
Ordre de tuer
Liberation Day
Integrated rural development in Britain
Der gute Psychopath in dir - Entdecke deine verborgenen Stärken!
Good Psychopath's Guide to Success
Iyi Psikopatin Basari Rehberi
Silent Weapon - a Street Soldier Novel
Shadow State
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
Total Control
My Mum Is a Spy
Eingekreist
ABC-ul psihopatului de succes Vol.2
SAS-commando
Cold Blood
Untitled Nick Stone 20
Zero Day
Hunt
SAS
Sorted! - The Good Psychopath's Guide to Bossing Your Life
Down to the Wire
Soldier 'I'
SAS
Get Me Out of Here 2
Get Me Out of Here!
Sorted!
Pilgrim
Iyi Psikopatin Yasam Kilavuzu
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton (born 1946)

politician, lawyer, diplomat, autobiographer, teacher, statesperson, saxophonist, governor, jurist

  • Walsh School of Foreign Service, University of Oxford

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The President is Missing
The President Is Missing: A Novel
My Life
Back to work
Putting people first
Health Security
Giving
Ripples of Hope
Between hope and history
Conversations
The Clinton foreign policy reader
Clinton on Clinton
The impeachment and trial of President Clinton
Time Haiti
My life
Climate change action plan
Preface to the presidency
Mi Vida
Willy Nilly
Reinventing regulation of drugs and medical devices
The new OSHA
Reinventing regulation of drugs made from biotechnology
Back to work
Ma Vie (French edition of "My Life")
Selected speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton
My Life, Part 2
"My friends, amidst all our differences, let us find a new common ground"
Reinventing the regulation of drugs made from biotechnology
National Security Strategy of the United States 1994-1995
Giving
My Life, Part 1
Science in the national interest
State of the Union Addresses of William J. Clinton
National Security Strategy 1995-1996
The impeachment and trial of President Clinton
Córka prezydenta
A National Security Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement
Fu chu
El presidente ha desaparecido
Reinventing the regulation of cancer drugs
My life
The new SBA
Summary of executive recommendations for the budget, State of Arkansas, fiscal years 1980-1981
Mi vida
Giving
Reinventing health care regulations
Technology for America's economic growth
Por uma governanca global democrática
Chemical and Biological Weapons Defense
Public papers of the presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton
Clinton v. New York (1998) (Landmark briefs and arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States)
Mein Leben (German edition of "My Life")
Chemical Weapons Convention
From Red Tape to Results
Health Security Act of 1993
Proceedings of the United States Senate in the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton
Building the U.S. - Africa Partnership
State Of The Union Addresses
Wo de sheng huo
Federal Financial Management Report, 2000
Weil es um die Menschen geht
Joint Convention On The Safety Of Spent Fuel And Radioactive Waste Management
El pueblo es primero
Donner
Zhitʹ otdavai͡a
Economic Report of the President of the United States & the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers 2001
Bill Clinton
Out of Many
U. S. Government Manual, 1994-95
Oral history interview with William J. (Bill) Clinton, June 15, 1974
Convention No. 182 for Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Campaign '92: Bill Clinton & Al Gore
A national security strategy for a new century
Mein Leben/my Life
National plan for information systems protection
The President Is Missing: A Novel
President Bill Clinton
Title Not Supplied
Public papers of the presidents of the United States
Statements by President Clinton on the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Photograph and The American Dream, 1840-1940, The
Reinventing Food Regulations
Remarks by the President and Prime Minister Blair upon the Prime Minister's arrival
Text of speeches and press conferences during visit to Britain and Ireland, November 1995
National Security Strategy for a New Century, 1998
Ma vie
Clinton says "peace dividend" needed in Northern Ireland
Comprehensive Readiness Program for Countering Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
The President Is Missing: A Novel
Technology, the engine of economic growth
Blair House Papers
The Climate change action plan
Vincent Price
Vincent Price (1911-1993)

art collector, art historian, voice actor, autobiographer, character actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor

  • Courtauld Institute of Art, Yale University

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18 Best Stories
A Treasury of Great Recipes
I Like What I Know
Vincent Price, His Movies, His Plays, His Life
Public opinion
Monsters
Treasury of American Art
Tales of witches, ghosts and goblins
Monsters
The Vincent Price treasury of American art
La Opinion Publica / Public Opinion
Tales of Terror Audio
Cooking Price-wise
The book of Joe
The Saint
The Ghouls
A Treasury of Great Recipes
Vincent Price, actor and art collector
Tales of Witches, Ghosts and Goblins
The Price of Fear
Tales of Witches, Ghosts and Goblins (1393/Cassette)
Three hundred years of great American poetry, from Anne Bradstreet through Stephen Crane
Vincent Price collects drawings
How to Host a Murder
Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark (1918-2006)

poet, playwright, editor, literary critic, biographer

  • Heriot-Watt University

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The ballad of Peckham Rye
Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
The girls of slender means
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Abbess of Crewe
Prentice Hall Literature--The British Edition--Volume II
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
A far cry from Kensington
The driver's seat
Robinson
The Comforters
The Mandelbaum Gate
Classic Detective Stories
The hothouse by the East River
Loitering with intent
The takeover
Reality and dreams
Symposium
The finishing school
Not to disturb
John Masefield
Territorial rights
Doctors of philosophy
Child of light
Memento Mori
The stories of Muriel Spark
The very fine clock
Collected stories
Open to the public
Public Image, the
Muriel Spark Ominibus 1
Collected poems
Only Problem, the
Emily Bronte
The informed air
The Bronte Letters
The complete short stories
El asiento del conductor
All the Poems
Voices at play
Mary Shelly (Biography & Memoirs)
Jung gesellen =
All the poems of Muriel Spark
All the stories of Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark Omnibus 2
Frau Dr. Wolfs Methode
Las voces
Collected stories
Complete Short Stories
A Muriel Spark trio
Muriel Spark omnibus
Complete Poems
Curriculum Vitae: a Volume of Autobiography
Collected Stories, the
The golden fleece
The Essence of the Brontës
The Go-away Bird and Other Stories
The ghost stories of Muriel Spark
Authors' ghosts
A good comb
Collected Stories I
Spark's Satire
Na publiku
A hundred and eleven years without a chauffeur
Voices at play
COLLECTED POEMS I
Banquete
Collected poems
Collected Stories I.
Hanging Judge
Collected stories of Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark Omnibus 4
2 By Muriel Spark
ALL THE POEMS
Ḥilufe mishmarot
Essence of the Brontës
Author's ghosts
Memento mori [and] The girls of slender means
Leaf-Sweeper
Essence of the Brontes
Tribute to Wordsworth
Child of Light
Observing Eye
Voices at play
Golden Fleece
ENCUBRIDORES, LOS
The snobs
Gong mou
The novels of Muriel Spark
The Novels of Muriel Spark
Voices at Play
Walking on air
Observing Eye
Collected Stories 1
The Folio Book of Comic Short Stories
Collected stories ...
Informed Air
Collected Poems
Collected Poems I
Spark's Europe
Las Voces / the Comforters
Ouvert au public
Omnibus 3
Going up to Sotheby's
Harper and Wilton
A bonne école
Mary Shelley. Die Schöpferin des Frankenstein.
Päng päng, du bist tot und andere Geschichten
Quest for Lavishes Ghast
Collected Stories 1
The Fanfarlo, and other verse
The Portobello road and other stories
Memento mori, and The ballad of Peckham Rye
Two by Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Selected stories
Bang-Bang You're Dead
The French window
L'image publique
Aiding and Abetting
Intentions suspectes
Novels of Muriel Spark
Collected poems I
Novels of Muriel Spark Vols. 1-2
L'unique problème
Collected stories I
Les Célibataires
Die Lehrerin
Eric Linklater
Eric Linklater (1899-1974)

historian, journalist, autobiographer, politician

  • University of Aberdeen, University of California, Berkeley

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The wind on the moon
The voyage of the Challenger
Orkney and Shetland
Private Angelo
The survival of Scotland
The Prince in the heather
Juan in America
The Black Watch
Fanfare for a tin hat
Ripeness is all
The men of Ness
The pirates in the deep green sea
Ben Jonson and King James
White-maa's saga
The art of adventure
A year of space
Mr. Byculla
The Lion & the Unicorn
The faithful ally
World War, Second, 1939-45: A Short Military History
Magnus Merriman
The royal house
The raft and Socrates asks why
The sailor's holiday
The Wind on the Moon
Position at noon
The Sultan and the lady
Mary, queen of Scots
The man on my back
The corpse on Clapham, Common
Laxdale Hall
Sealskin Trousers
The Royal House of Scotland
Crisis in heaven
Magnus Merriman (Canongate Classics, No 35)
The Dark of Summer (Canongate Classics, 91) (Canongate Classics, 91)
The merry muse
Magnus Merriman
Our men in Korea
The devil's in the news
A sociable plover
Notes for a Scottish Pantheon
The Highland division
God likes them plain
Breakspear in Gascony
The cornerstones
The music of the north
Dark of Summer
Appointment in Zahrain
The great ship and Rabelais replies
Lion and the Unicorn
The northern garrisons
Two comedies
The goose girl and other stories
The royal house of Scotland
Husband of Delilah
Judas
My fathers and I.
The cornerstones
Orkney and Shetland
Kabloona
Robert the Bruce
A spell for old bones
The Wind on the Moon
The thistle and the pen
A man over forty
The prince in the heather
The Mortimer touch
Position at noon, a novel
The defence of Calais
Private Angelo (Echoes of War)
Poet's pub
Private Angelo
A dragon laughed
The secret larder or, How a salmon lives and why it dies
The House of Gair
El Viaje del Challenger 1872-1876
Husband of Delilah
A year of space
My fathers and I
Private Angelo
Juan in America;
Fanfare for a Tin Hat. A Third Essay in Autobiography
The impregnable women
La défense de Calais
Private Angelo
Juan in America
The Impregnable Women
Ripeness is All
Impregnable Women
A year of space, a chapter in autobiography
White Maa's Saga
A Man Over Forty
Goose Girl and Other Stories
Juan in China
Roll of honour
Edinburgh
Private Angelo. The Orlney edition
The survival of Scotland;
The Faithful Ally
Ripeness is all
Ripeness is all.
The great ship and Rabelais replies;
Pirates in the Deep Green Sea
Merry Muse, The
Poet's pub / by Eric Linklater
The lion & the unicorn, or, What England has meant to Scotland
Terrible Freedom
The sailor's holiday
The lion & the Unicorn
The Conquest of England From Viking incursion to Norman invasion
The Voyage of the Challenger
Mr Byculla
The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea
Orkney and Shetland
The raft and Socrates asks why
A sociable plover and other stories and conceits
The art of adventure
Two Comedies
A Year of Space
Sealskin trousers and other stories
Wind on the Moon
Mary, Queen of Scots (Twentieth Century Classics)
The Sultan and the lady : a story of His Highness Zafrullah bin Ismail bin Said, Sultan of Namua, Lord of the Island Sea who retained also his grandfather's title of honour
Position at Noon
Roll of Honour.
Northern Garrisons
Merry Muse
Roll Of Honour
Ben Jonson and King James;
A man over forty
The Great Ship & Rabelais Replies .
Juan in China by Eric Linklater (1937-12-05)
The stories of Eric Linklater
THE PRINCE IN THE HEATHER, THE STORY OF BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE\'S ESCAPE
Private Angelo
A dragon laughed
THE MAN ON MY BACK. An Autobiography.
A Year of Space. A Chapter of Autobiography.
Robert the Bruce
The ultimate Viking
Juan in China
Husband of Delilah
The stories of Eric Linklater
Goose Girl and Other Stories
A terrible freedom
The conquest of England
The Merry Muse
Man over Forty
Juan i Amerika
Ben Jonson and King James
Magnus Merriman
The lion & the unicorn, or, What England has meant to Scotland (The Voice of Scotland)
A Sociable Plover & Other Stories and Concieits
The Royal House
The crusader's key,
The campaign in Italy
A Sociable Plover
The cornerstones
Poet's Pub. Penguin Fiction No 3
Defence of Calais
Ben Jonson and King James
Juan in China
The Faithful Ally
Poet's pub
The faithful ally
Faithful Ally, The
Scotland
The dark of summer
Wind on the Moon Linklater E
Mary, Queen of Scots
Juan in China
The Dark of Summer
The revolution
Juan in Amerika
Karina with love
The Highland division
The Thistle and the Pen
The northern garrisons, (The army at war)
A terrible freedom
The crusader's key
A Year of Space - A Chapter in Autobiography
A Year In Space
Poobie
Breakspear in Gascony
Highland Division
POET\'S PUB
The Impregnable Woman
The great ship and Rabelais replies: new conversations
The royal house of Scotland
Raft / Socrates Asks Why
The Faithful Ally
Crisis in heaven, an Elysian comedy
The House of Gair
The Prince in the Heather
The pirates in the deep green sea;a story for children
Lion and the Unicorn
Edinburgh (Cities of enchantment)
Gullers Sweden
The Prince in the heather
'THE RAFT AND SOCRATES ASKS WHY : TWO CONVERSATIONS, THE CORNER STONES, CRISIS IN HEAVEN, THE GREAT SHIP AND RABELAIS REPLIES
Dark of Summer
The art of adventure
The Sultan and the lady : A story of His Highness Zafrullah bin Ismail bin Said, Sultan of Namua, Lord of the Island Sea who retained also his ... of honour
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
The Prince in the heather
Soldat Angelo
Spell for Old Bones
Laxdale Hall;
Poet's pub
The impregnable women
The raft, and Socrates asks why
The thistle and the pen
The royal House
White maa's saga
Sealskin trousers
Husband of Delilah
The northern garrisons
The men of Ness
Juan in America
Ruaḥ noshevet ʻal ha-yareaḥ
The devil's in the news
Juan in China. --
Private Angelo
The thistle and the pen
Laxdale Hall, a novel
The ultimate Viking
Orkeney and Shetland
Catherine Hermary-Vieille
Catherine Hermary-Vieille (born 1943)

biographer

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Tim Krabbé
Tim Krabbé (born 1943)

chess player, journalist, autobiographer, chess composer

  • University of Amsterdam

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Robert L. Fish
Robert L. Fish (1912-1981)

biographer

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Mute Witness
Moonlight Gardener
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
Always Kill a Stranger
Stories to be Read with the Door Locked
Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 5 1980
The tricks of the trade
Deadline 2 a.m.
Stories to be Read with the Door Locked (Volume I)
The Murder League
Bank job
Pursuit
Gold of Troy
A Gross Carriage of Justice
The bridge that went nowhere
My Life and the Beautiful Game
The wager
A handy death
Bullitt (NFT/BFI Film Classics)
Trouble in Paradise
Brazilian Sleigh Ride
The Shrunken Head
The memoirs of Schlock Homes
The bridge that went nowhere
The incredible Schlock Homes
Incredible Schloch Homes
The Hochmann miniatures
Die Rache des Anderen
Rough diamond
Police blotter
Trouble in paradise
Kek Huuygens, smuggler
The Xavier affair
Tout Le Monde Au Bain
The gremlin's grampa
The Memoirs of Schlock Holmes
Bullitt
Reardon
Bullitt
The Fugitive
Deadline, 2 A.M. : a Lieutenant Reardon novel
Rub-a-dub-dub
With Malice Toward All
Isle of the snakes
Schlock Homes & Doctor Watney
Alley fever
Every crime in the book
The break-in
Mute Witness
Isle of the snakes
Schlock Homes
The green hell treasure
The diamond bubble
Big wheels
The quarry
The Trials of O'Brien
Whirligig
The Hochman Miniatures
With malice towards all
Find One Happy Moment
The Murder League (Black Dagger Crimes)
The Fugitive
The shrunken head