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James Ellroy
James Ellroy (born 1948)

autobiographer

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The Black Dahlia
Crime Wave
American Tabloid
Widespread Panic
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
Destination
White Jazz
Silent Terror
Suicide Hill
Blood's a rover
The Best American Crime Writing 2005
The Hilliker Curse
The Cold Six Thousand
My Dark Places
Perfidia
Clandestine
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002
Underworld U. S. A. Trilogy, Volume I
L. A. Noir
This Storm
The Best American Noir of the Century
Scene of the Crime
Murder and mayhem
Blood on the Moon
The Big Nowhere
Dick Contino's Blues and Other Stories
Hollywood Nocturnes
L.A. Confidential
Because the Night
LAPD '53
Brown's Requiem
The Dudley Smith Trio
Underworld U. S. A. Trilogy, Volume II
Conversations with James Ellroy
Heide Dahl. Immerwährender Geburtstags-Kalender
L. A. Confidential
Tijuana mon amour
Shakedown
Untitled James Ellroy
L. A. Confidential Reading Guide
Dark blue aka Plague season [screenplay]
L. A. Noir Part 1 Of 2
Coffret Ellroy, 2 volumes
Loco por Donna
Vol. 3
Vol. 4
L. A. Noir Part 2 Of 2
James Ellroy
La tempête qui vient
John Buchan
John Buchan (1875-1940)

journalist, politician, military personnel, biographer, poet, barrister, diplomat

  • University of Oxford, University of Glasgow

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Mr. Standfast
Huntingtower
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The power-house
Midwinter
The gap in the curtain
The Runagates Club
The Free Fishers
A prince of the captivity
The Complete Richard Hannay
Greenmantle
Ready Readers
Dickson Trilogy
Prester John
Faeries
Salute to Adventurers
The half-hearted
The Path of the King
The Courts of the morning
Castle Gay
Nelson's history of the war
Pilgrim's way
The dancing floor
The three hostages
John Macnab
Sick Heart River
27 Classic Short Stories
Witch Wood
Sir Quixote of the Moors
The massacre of Glencoe
Augustus
Memory hold-the-door
The house of the four winds
The blanket of the dark
Lovecrafts dunkle Idole 02. Das rote Zimmer
The last secrets
A Date With Danger
THE DEVIL'S COVEN
The moon endureth
The Magic Walking-Stick
Brasenose college
Sir Walter Scott
A history of English literature
Montrose
A history of the great war
Oliver Cromwell
The Marquis of Montrose
The African colony
Sir Walter Ralegh
The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories
Poems
Francis and Riversdale Grenfell
The battle of the Somme
Italy
Some eighteenth century byways, and other essays
To catch a spy
Island of Sheep, the
A lost lady of old years
Scottish Stories
The Leithen Stories
The far islands and other tales of fantasy
The long traverse
The novel and the fairy tale
No-Man's-land
Musa piscatrix
The four adventures of Richard Hannay
The law relating to the taxation of foreign income
Two ordeals of democracy
The long road to victory
The history of the South African forces in France
The clearing house
Third Clasic Thriller Collection
Julius Caesar
The Watcher by the Threshold and Other Tales
The Pilgrim Fathers
The thirty-nine steps and The power-house
The Battle of the Somme, second phase
Homilies and recreations
These for remembrance
The King's Grace
The kirk in Scotland, 1560-1929
John Burnet of Barnes
The northern muse
The complete short stories
The battle of the Somme, first phase
Grey weather
Mandate of Heaven
Lord Minto
Britain's war by land
The Scotswoman by Fletcher, Inglis
Yugoslavia
The causal and the casual in history
John Bernet of Barns - A Romance
John Buchan
Nilima Mrutyu Pami Chhe (Gujarati Edition)
The Thirty-Nine Steps" / "Witchwood"
Supernatural Tales
The man and the book
The Best Supernatural Stories of John Buchan
Gordon at Khartoum
Second Classic Thriller Collection
Best of John Buchan
Days to remember
Call Of The Wind, White Fang, The Scarlet Plague
Episodes of the Great War
A book of escapes and hurried journeys
Andrew Lang and the Border
The people's king, George V
The Thirty-Nine Steps & the Greenmantle
The best short stories of John Buchan
Some notes on Sir Walter Scott
Lord Rosebery, 1847-1930 [!]
Thriller and Modern Literature Pack Updated
The Adventures of Dickson McCunn
Adventures of James Jan Sales Boa
Presbyterianism, yesterday, to-day, and to-morrow
Adventures of Richard Hannay
Anthropologica Incognita
1918-Catastrophe to Victory
Hannay's War
Men and deeds
Cromwell
Journey into Fear / The 39 Steps / And Then There Were None / The Maltese Falcon / The Nine Tailors / The Doorbell Rang
A lodge in the wilderness
A shorter history of English literature
Basilissa
Musa Piscatrix
Die neununddreißig Stufen
Lake of gold
Modern short stories
The battle of Jutland
John Buchan. 1
Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall
Keeper of Cademuir
Richard Hannay Trilogy
War with Turkey, 1914-18----Volume 1
Comments and characters
Richard Hannay- The First Trilogy
An address by His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Tweedsmuir ... at a special convocation, November 23rd, 1935
Scholar-gipsies
El poder ocult
Prester John
English literature
The interpreter's house
Selected Stories of John Buchan
Journey of Little Profit
The Best Short Stories
Supernatural Buchan - Stories of ancient spirits uncanny places and strange creatures
Thriller and Modern Literature Pack
Essays And Studies
Le collier du prêtre Jean
La Centrale d'énergie
The Complete Short Stories - Volume One
Companions of the Way
Grove of Ashtaroth
A Five-Fold Salute to Adventure
Essential John Buchan Collection
Quality and quantity
The history of the Royal Scots fusiliers (1678-1918)
John Buchan - Nelson's History of the War - Volume III
Dangerous Dimensions New Pub Date Jan 2021
Space
The Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Prester John
Richard Hannay's War Adventures
Bulgaria and Romania [The Nations of To-Day]
Naval episodes of the great war
Adventurers all
The man from the Norlands
Outgoing of the Tide
John Buchan
Buchan's war
THE FOUR ADVENTURES OF RICHArD HANNAY.
Classic John Buchan Stories
British America
Fullcircle
Four tales
The written and the spoken word
John Buchan By Wife Friends
Scottish Historical Fiction
Three Great Thrillers Set (For Son of Whitesale Only)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
El viento en el pórtico
Modern Mystery and Adventure Novels
El Baston Magico
Best Short Stories of John Buchan
Farewell to Priorsford
The Richard Hannay Collection
Ultimate Richard Hannay Collection
Meditations of a country chiel
India
The nations of to-day
Canadian occasions
The Changing IT Skills Scene
Sir Walter Scott : 1832-1932
Witch wood
Dalquharter
PAMs into the 1990s
Glimpses of John Buchan
The Supply of Teachers
The adventures of Sir Edward Leithen
Im Westen was neues
Poppy Z. Brite
Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967)

biographer

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The Living Dead
Darkness
Courtney Love
Prime
Shadows over Baker Street
Soul Kitchen
Love in Vein II
Wormwood
Liquor
The Value of X
Exquisite corpse
Are You Loathsome Tonight?
Antediluvian Tales
The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Volume 2
The Devil You Know
Self-made Man
Drawing Blood
D*U*C*K
Crossing the Border
Lost Souls
The Crow
Triads
Love in Vein
Second line
Best New Horror 4 (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror)
The Lazarus heart
Plastic Jesus
Swamp foetus
Swamp Foetus
His mouth will taste of wormwood andother stories
Wrong Things
Eros vampire
Guilty but Insane
Contes de la fée verte
Seed of Lost Souls
Sang d'encre
The Lazarus Heart
Penis Is as Penis Does
Coupable
The Crow The Lazarus Heart
Self-made man
Plastic Jésus
La belle rouge
Ames perdues
Swamp Foetus: A Collection of Short Stories
Éros vampire
El arte más íntimo
A. J. Cronin
A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)

physician, surgeon, essayist, playwright, autobiographer

  • University of Glasgow, Dumbarton Academy

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The Citadel
The green years
The stars look down
The Keys of the Kingdom
Adventures in two worlds
Beyond this place
Reader's digest condensed books--Spring 1952 Selections
A song of sixpence
The Citadel
The Judas tree
A Pocketful of Rye
Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume Four - 1961 - Autumn Selections
Shannon's way
The Northern Light
Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae
Grand Canary
Grand canary
The citadel and the keys of the kingdom
The Keys of the Kingdom
The Spanish gardener
Desmonde
Three loves
Jupiter laughs
The Citadel
Doctor Finlay
A thing of beauty
Vigil In The Night
Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
Dr. Finlay
Dr Finlay's Casebook
Gracie Lindsay
Keys of the Kingdom
Lady with carnations
The Spanish Gardener
A thing of beauty
The minstrel boy
Hatter's Castle
The green years
The Citadel
Abenteuer in zwei Welten
Les années d'illusion
Später Sieg
Shannon's way
Le destin de Robert Shannon,
Adventures in two worlds
La Ciudadela
Shannon's way
Drei Lieben
The northern light
The Citadel
Bir aci sarki
Crusader's tomb
The Citadel
The Judas Tree
Le chapelier et son chateau
Sabah Yildizi
A song of sixpence
Agrypnia mesa stinychta
The Northern Light
The Keys of the Kingdom
The citadel
The Stars look down
Hatter's castle
The citadel
La dame aux oeillets
Velando En La Noche
Le porte-bonheur
A Pocketful of Rye
Adventures in Two Worlds
SHANNON'S WAY
Les Années d'illusion
Grand canary
Crusader's Tomb
Anni Verdi
Short Stories from Dr.Finlay's Casebook
Sur les chemins de l'aventure
Bir Ask Ugruna
Three Loves
Duveen
Hayata donus
Adventures of a Black Bag
Grand canary
Adventures in Two Worlds
Grand canary
Beyond this place
The Spanish gardener
Der Tyrann
Country Doctor
Las llaves del reino
Dr Finlay's Casebook
A Song of Sixpence
Adventures in Two Worlds (Companion Book Club, 1953)
Hinter Diesen Mauern
Grand Canary
Hatter's castle
The Northern Light by A.J. Cronin Hardback 1958
Crusader's Tomb
Adventures In Two Worlds
The Judas Tree
The Green Years
Keys of the Kingdom (Hb)
Hatter's castle
A Song Of Sixpence
The Keys of the Kingdom (Victor Gollancz)
Citadel
Trois amours
La neige enchantée
The Northern Light
Escape from Fear
The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin (1941-01-30)
The keys of the kingdom,
Beyond This Place
A song of sixpence
Llaves del Reino, Las
Le chapelier et son château ; roman
Der Judas Baum
Später Sieg - bk495
A Thing of Beauty (1957)
A Song Of Sixpence, A Novel.
Song of Sixpence
Ena traqoudi mias pentaras
Le destin de robert shannon
oi spathe tis dickaisunes
Tutti i racconti
Keys of the Kingdom
The stars look down,
The Spanish Gardener
Les hommes proposent (Jupiter laughs) Pièce en trois actes
The Northern Light
Hatters Castle
Hatter's castle
Crusaders Tomb
The Stars Look Down
Shannon's way
The Keys of the Kingdom
Hatters Castle
The Citadel
Episode / The island / A song of sixpence / Strangers on a bridge / Three blind mice
The Judas tree
The keys of the kingdom
Keys to the Kingdom
A thing of beauty
T'A sterou koitazoun Eigi
The keys of the kingdom
The Citadel
A song of sixpence
Die Schicksalsnacht
Beyond This Place
Las llaves del reino
The Northern light
The green years
The Spanish Gardener
Grand Canary
The citadel, and The keys of the kingdom;
Grand Canary A Novel
The Citadel (Simple English)
Grand canary,
A Pocketful of Rye a Novel
Three Loves
Hatter's Castle
A pocketful of rye
GRAND CANARY.
Spanish Gardener (Hb)
Hatter's Castle
La citadelle
Shannon's Way
Adventures of a Black Bag
Shannon's way
Sous le regard des étoiles.
Le Chant du Paradis (Le Livre de Poche)
Nhung nam a o mo ng =
Sahika
THE SPANISH GARDENER [First Edition] 1st
An A.J. Cronin trilogy
La Citadelle (The Citadel). Roman. Traduit de l'Anglais par Maurice Rémon. 1º edición en francés
The green years, and Shannon's way: two complete novels
Shannons Way
The Citadel
The Spanish gardener
The Northern Light (Classic Reprint)
BEYOND THIS PLACE
Adventures in Two Worlds
The keys of the kingdom
La misère et la gloire
Le jardinier espagnol
Deux sœurs.
Gracie Lindsay
Three Loves
The green years, : And Shannon's way
The Citadel and The Keys of the Kingdom (two complete novels)
The Northern Light [Hardcover] by A.J. Cronin
The Judas Tree
The Keys to the Kingdom
Crusader's Tomb
Gecmisi Unutmak Lazim
BEYOND THIS PLACE.
Ś˜Ś™ŚšŚȘ Ś”Ś›Ś•Ś‘ŚąŚŸ
JUDAS TREE
The citadel
The citadel
Die Sterne blicken herab
The Spanish Gardener
Lady with Carnations
My Most Inspiring Moment
THE CITADEL.
The Minstrel Boy
The Minstrel Boy
The Native Doctor
Cronin Obras Completas - Tomos 1-2-3-4-5
The Keys of the Kingdom
BEYOND THIS PLACE
The Stars Look Down, Armed Services Edition No. 1054
De Neue Assistent
Grand Canary
DOKTOR MURRAYS AUFTRAG
Stars Look Down
The Citadel (Four Square Book. no. 1235.)
The Keys of the Freedom
The keys of the kingdom
AJ Cronin Bestsellers
Shannon's Way
La Citadelle
A thing of beauty
La Misère et la Gloire (A.M. ROM.ETRAN) (French Edition)
THE GREEN YEARS AND SHANNON'S WAY
The Judas Tree
The spanish gardener
A Song of Sixpence
The Northern Light
Beyond this place
Crusader's Tomb; a novel [Hardcover] by A.J. Cronin
A Pocketful of Rye byA. J. Cronin
Green Years
A Thing of Beauty
Novelettes and Short Stories of A. J. Cronin
Sous le regard des étoiles (Collection Prestige du livre)
Beyond This Place
Lady with Carnations
Citadel, The
Shannons Way
Grand Canary
Dr. Finlay Adventures of a Black Bag
The Stars Look Down
Hatter’s Castle
The A.J. Cronin Omnibus
L'aventure de Bryan Harker
A Song Of Six Pence
T. Kastvo
Three loves
james brodie der hutmacher und sein schloss
La dame aux oeillets
Die Zitadelle
Jupiter laughs;
Hatter Castle
AN A.J.CRONIN TRILOGY
Le jardinier espagnol
A Song of Sixpence
A Thing of Beauty
Crusaders Tomb
La citadelle
Woman of the Earth
Bu Yerin Ötesinde
Adventures in Two Worlds
Best in books
The citadel and the keys of the kingdom
The Keys of the Kingdom
A pocketful of rye
Sabah Yildizi
A Pocketfull of Rye
The Green Years
The Stars Look Down
The Stars Look Down [Hardcover] Cronin, A J
The green years
Adventures in Two Worlds
Trois amours
Iïž UïžĄnye gody
The citaldel
The Northern light
Noletci hemsire
ŚąŚ•ŚœŚžŚ• Ś©Śœ ŚšŚ•Ś€Ś
Dust inhalation by hematite miners
Treis agapes
Keys of the Kingdom, The
Citadellet
Die Dame mit den Nelken
Adventures in two worlds
Le destin de Robert Shannon
The green years
The green years
Dr. Robert Shannon
JUDAS TREE, The
ha-Metsudah
Za stenoÄ­
ŚŚ•Śš Ś”ŚŠŚ€Ś•ŚŸ
The Spanish gardener
The valorous years
I dyskoles stignes ton Sannon
L' épée de justice
Ś©Ś•Ś—Śš Ś”Ś™Ś•Ś€Ś™
Cytadela
Klucze królestwa
ŚžŚąŚ‘Śš ŚœŚ—Ś•ŚžŚ•ŚȘ
Hatter's castle
Die Schicksalsnacht
Sous le regard des étoiles roman
La Miseria y La Gloria
L' aventure de Bryan Harker
Bƍshiya no shiro
Doktor Robert Shannon
De hoofdzuster van zaal "K"
Les Vertes Années
La neige enchantée
Shannon's way
Doctor Nativo, El
The citadel
I ha-osher
Zielone lata
The innkeeper's wife
Yesil yillar
Dr. Finlay Further Adventures of a Black Bag
Arkʻayutʻean banalinerě
Lucy Moore
Erguvan agaci
Le chapelier et son château
Agrupnia mesa ste nuhta
Zvezdy smotriïž aïžĄt vniz
La citadelle
Flucht aus der Angst
Three loves
Taivasten valtakunnan avaimet
Ein Professor aus Heidelberg
Das Haus der Schwäne
La ciudadela
Tutt i i racconti
Umut Yillari
The green years
Le chiavi del regno
Ś“ŚšŚ›Ś• Ś©Śœ Ś©ŚŚ Ś•ŚŸ
Paatoimittaja
ʻEts ha-begidah
Dr. Robert Shannon
Beyond this place
Dziennik póƂnocy
La Noche Fatal
Nhzung năm kao muong
Sahika
Le jardinier espagnol
áčŹirat ha-kovÊ»an
Kokhavim metsitsim me-rom
Jan Guillou
Jan Guillou (born 1944)

journalist, autobiographer, businessperson

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Fiendens fiende
El Espia Del Norte/the North Spy
Vägen till Jerusalem
The Road To Jerusalem
Riket vid vägens slut
Den enda segern
Vägen till Jerusalem
Den hedervärde mördaren
The Knight Templar
The Templar Knight
Ingen mans land
Häxornas försvarare
Men inte om det gäller din dotter
En medborgare höjd över varje misstanke
I nationens intresse
Birth of the Kingdom
Den demokratiske terroristen
The Road To Jerusalem
Ondskan
The Road To Jerusalem
Coq Rouge
Birth of the kingdom
The Templar knight
Tempelriddaren
I Hennes Majestäts tjänst
Tjuvarnas marknad
Arvet efter Arn
Trilogia De Las Cruzadas 1
Vendetta
El Caballero Templario
Die Krone von Götaland. Ein Roman aus der Zeit der Kreuzfahrer
Madame Terror
Feind des Feindes. Ein Coq- Rouge- Thriller
Ingen mans land
Irak--det nya Arabien
Fabrique de violence
Svenskarna, invandrarna och svartskallarna
Det stora avslöjandet
Brobyggarna
Trilogia De Las Cruzadas II
El Legado del Templario
Der demokratische Terrorist. Ein Coq- Rouge- Thriller
Artister
Men inte om det gäller din dotter
Madame Terror
Justitiemord
Birth of the kingdom
Camino A Jerusalen Trilogia de las Cruzadas I (Novela Historica)
Im Interesse der Nation. Ein Coq- Rouge- Thriller
Die Frauen von Götaland. Ein Roman aus der Zeit der Kreuzfahrer
Regreso al Norte
Der ehrenwerte Mörder. Ein Coq- Rouge- Thriller
Die Büßerin von Gudhem. Ein Roman aus der Zeit der Kreuzfahrer
Het kwaad
Trilogia De Las Cruzadas
Mellan rött och svart
Evil - das Böse
Kolumnisten
Vägen till Jerusalem
Den demokratiske terroristen
Journalistik 1967-1976
Fienden inom oss
Reporter
Ingen mans land
La badessa
Om kriget kommer
Att inte vilja se
Riket vid vägens slut
KrasnyÄ­ petukh
Dandy
Tempelriddaren
Trilogma de las Cruzadas II
Den enda segern
Den hedervärde mördaren
The Templar knight
Feind des Feindes
Arvet efter Arn
Berättelser
Unternehmen Vendetta
Les ingénieurs du bout du monde
Berättelser från det nya riket
Vendetta
Veien Til Jerusalem
Nya berättelser
Im Namen ihrer Majestät
Trilogia de Las Cruzadas III. Regreso Al Norte
Niemandsland
Der demokratische Terrorist
Fiendens fiende
En medborgare höjd över varje misstanke
De vijand van de vijand
Fienden inom oss
Entre rouge et noir
Trilogma de las Cruzadas I
Les dandys de Manningham
I nasjonens interesse
Ordets makt och vanmakt
I Hennes Majestäts tjänst
I nationens intresse
Los puentes del mañana
Tyvenes Marked
Maurice Périsset
Maurice PĂ©risset (1920-1999)

poet, pamphleteer, critic, biographer, politician

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Drew Fortier
Drew Fortier (born 1987)

guitarist, filmmaker, film actor, film editor, composer, film director, autobiographer

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Miho Mosulishvili
Miho Mosulishvili (born 1962)

playwright, translator, biographer, geologist, editor

  • Tbilisi State University

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Pʻrena ukasrod
Vazha-Pshavela
Užamo žamis raindi
The Mercy Stone
Helessa
Bendela
Mtʻvariani dġis pʻreskebi
Laudakia Caucasia
Titqmis picaso da cota boskhi, marjvnidan
Gveli movkal uplisatvis
Gedebi tovlqvesh
Schwäne im Schnee
The Salamander
Chemo Mezholia
Sivr'ce vertikalshi
Sulis mdinare
From Nowhere To Nowhere
Didi zu datvi
Reka Tvoey Dushi
Chemo Mezholia
Mana Sarkanrīklīte
Sulis mdinare
I See Silence...
Gedebi Tovlqveš
T'kis kaci
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