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Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)

literary critic, naval officer

  • United States Naval Academy

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The Rolling Stones
The notebooks of Lazarus Long
The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories]
The Door into Summer
Tunnel in the sky
Starship Troopers
Masterpieces
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two A
Have Spacesuit--Will Travel
Podkayne of Mars
Red Planet
The Puppet Masters
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume One
Double Star
Time for the Stars
Writing science fiction and fantasy
The star beast
Three by Heinlein
The man who sold the moon
I Will Fear No Evil
Science Fiction of the forties
Beyond This Horizon
Space Cadet
Revolt in 2100
Glory Road
Orphans of the Sky
Starman Jones
Farmer in the Sky
Between Planets
Methuselah's children
The past through tomorrow
For us, the living
Rocket Ship Galileo
Stranger in a Strange Land
Friday
Fifty short science fiction tales
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein
Yesterday's Tomorrows
The Green Hills of Earth
Where do we go from here?
Waldo and Magic, Inc
Expanded Universe
The Number of the Beast
Job, a comedy of justice
Farnham's Freehold
The Golden Years of Science Fiction
Great Sf Heinlein Bxs
Assignment in Eternity
Requiem
The cat who walks through walls
Grumbles from the grave
Tomorrow, the Stars
The Menace from Earth
To sail beyond the sunset
The moon is a harsh mistress
Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels
The Science Fiction Roll of Honor
Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories -- Volume 1, 1939
Sixth Column
Galaxy’s Edge
Citizen of the Galaxy
Take back your government
A Heinlein Trio
Election day 2084
Variable Star
Off the Main Sequence
Stranger in a Strange World
The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein
The Pursuit of the Pankera
Tramp royale
Tomorrow's children
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Man Who Sold the Moon / Orphans of the Sky
A century of great short science fiction novels
Out of this world 7
The Green Hills of Earth / The Menace From Earth
Marionnettes Humaines
Time Enough For Love
Giants Unleashed
Die Leben des Lazarus Long
Where Do We Go From Here? Book 1
The Best of Robert Heinlein 1947-1959
Waldo
Assignment in Eternity, Vol. 2
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)
Red Sky
Robert A. Heinlein's The Virginia Edition
Stranger in a Strange Land (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 14, May 2015 (Heinlein Special)
Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume One
Space Family Stone
The best of Robert Heinlein
Assignment Earth
De marionetten zijn onder ons
My first book of Alef-Bet,
Revolt in 2100 & Methuselah's Children
Four Science Fiction Classics (Foundation / Green Hills of Earth / Martian Chronicles / Mimsy Were the Borogoves)
The Other Side of the Clock
No Reservations - Ssb
Worlds to Come
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 24, January 2017 (Serialization Special: Heinlein's Hugo-winning Double Star)
Histoire du futur
Glory That Was
Robert Heinlein's Expanded Universe: Volume Two
Requiem en Andere Verhalen
America's Historical Path to Financial Collapse & Beyond
''All You Zombies - -''
Galaxy's Edge Magazine
Silent Thunder / Universe (Tor Double)
Anthologie
Tricks of the Trade
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen
Космические оборотни
Космический кадет ; Звездный зверь ; Дверь в лето
Life-Line Graphic Novel
Four Frontiers (Rocket Ship Galileo, Space Cadet, Red Planet, Farmer in the Sky)
Forrestal Lecture at the US Naval Academy (CD)
Jackpots
Green Hills of Earth and Space Jockey
Citizen of the Galaxy Graphic Novel
Piede Di Gara Nello Spazio
Jerry Is the Man
The Menace from Earth and Other Stories
Life Line
The Nonfiction Of Robert Heinlein Volume I
Tetralogii︠a︡ Budushchego
Infinite Possibilities (Tunnel In the Sky; Time For the Stars; Citizen of the Galaxy)
Have Space Suit _ Will Travel Digital Graphic Novel
Farmer im All/Orbitsville
Dangerous Dimensions New Pub Date Jan 2021
Pie Tendido en el Espacio
Creating A Genre
Misfit
Ordeal in Space
Kaybolan Miras
Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land
Best of Robert A.Heinlein 1939-1942 ([Sphere science fiction])
Stranger in A Strange Land, Part 1 of 2
Robert A. Heinlein Gift Pak
Kizil Gezegen
Bifrost, N° 57 : Spécial Robert Heinlein...
Route de la gloire
Longue vie
The Year of the Jackpot
Best of Robert Heinlein
Great Science Fiction Stories
The Past through Tomorrow: Book 1
Tendre Pied Dans L'espace
Project Moonbase and Others
Destination Moon
Kosmicheskiĭ patrulʹ
השליטים
Sheshet
Great Science Fiction of Robert Heinlein
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN 4 IN 1 BOX SET
Tenderfoot in Space
Daï zeman la-ahavah
Stranger in a Strange Land, Part 2 of 2
Green Hills of Earth and Gentlemen Be Seated (Cassette)(CP 1526)
Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1952 with Part 1 of *The Demolished Man* (Volume 3, No. 4)
Door into summer / Puppet masters
A Robert Heinlein omnibus
Heinlein 18mxppk
Heinlein Box Set
Hamenoi orizontes
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

linguist, poet, translator, literary critic, essayist, military officer, historian, illustrator, teacher, philologist

  • University of Oxford, University of Oxford

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The Hobbit
Works (Farmer Giles of Ham / Hobbit / Leaf by Niggle / Smith of Wootton Major)
The fellowship of the ring
The Story of Kullervo
The Lord of the Rings
The Two Towers
The Silmarillion
The Children of Húrin
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
The Book of Lost Tales [1/2]
The book of lost tales
Novels (Hobbit / Lord of the Rings)
Roverandom
Farmer Giles of Ham
Bilbo's Last Song (At the Grey Havens)
The Return of the Shadow
The peoples of Middle-Earth
The Shaping of Middle-Earth
Morgoth's Ring
The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The war of the jewels
The Book of Lost Tales [2/2]
Tales from the Perilous Realm
The Fall of Gondolin
Tree and Leaf
The monsters and the critics, and other essays
The Father Christmas letters
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
The lost road and other writings
The Hobbit
The Fall of Arthur
Finn and Hengest
The War of the Ring
Smith of Wootton Major
The Return of the King
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book
The Treason of Isengard
The Lays of Beleriand
One-Hundred-and-One Read-Aloud Classics
Sauron Defeated
Mr. Bliss
Poems and stories
Beren and Lúthien
Tolkien's World
Essays Presented to Charles Williams
The Tolkien Reader
Beowulf. the monsters and the critics
Unfinished tales of Numenor and Middle-earth [1/3]
The End of the Third Age
Unfinished tales of Numenor and Middle-earth [3/3]
The Lord of the Rings. Appendices
Smith of Wooten Major and Farmer Giles of Ham
A Middle English vocabulary
The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings / Silmarillion
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
Novels (Fellowship of the Ring / Hobbit)
The Nature of Middle-Earth
The Hobbit and Other Stories (Adventures of Tom Bombadil / Farmer Giles of Ham / Hobbit / Homecoming of Beorhtnoth / Smith of Wootton Major / Tree and Leaf)
Realms of Tolkien - Images of Middle-Earth
A Secret Vice
Tolkien Fantasy Tales (Silmarillion/ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Tolkien Reader/Unfinished tales of Númenor and Middle-earth)
Works (Farmer Giles of Ham / Leaf by Niggle / Smith of Wootton Major)
Tolkien On Fairy-stories
The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5
The Return of the King. 1/2
Unfinished tales of Numenor and Middle-earth [2/3]
Works (Adventures of Tom Bombadil / Farmer Giles of Ham)
The Silmarillion. 1/?
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary
The Tolkien Treasury
Beowulf
The Ring Goes South
The road goes ever on
The Fall of Númenor
A Middle English Reader and Vocabulary
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The History of the Lord of the Rings
Pictures
Oliphaunt
The Two Towers [1/3]
Der Herr der Ringe. Auswahl mit Materialien. Ab Klasse 8
The history of Middle-Earth III
The Ring Goes East
The Tolkien Diary 1999
The Fellowship of the Ring / Hraniteli
Works (Adventures of Tom Bombadil / Farmer Giles of Ham / Hobbit / Leaf by Niggle / Silmarillion / Smith of Wootton Major)
The History of Middle-Earth: Index
The Lord of the Rings [2/2]
HOBBIT BIRTHDAY BOOK
A Tolkien Miscellany
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
The Silmarillion. 2/3
The Two Towers [2/3]
The hobbit the musical
Nachrichten aus Mittelerde
J.R.R. Tolkien, der Mythenschöpfer
Ancrene Riwle
La realtà in trasparenza. Lettere
The Ring Sets Out
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings 4 Books Boxed Set By J. R. R. Tolkien
Poems from The lord of the rings
The Lord of the Rings [1/6]
History of Middle-Earth Part Two
The Return of the King [2/2]
The Silmarillion. 3/3
The Complete History of Middle-earth, Vol. 1 (The History of Middle-earth, Vols. 1-5)
Leaf by Niggle / Smith of Wootton Major
The Complete History of Middle-Earth
The Complete History of Middle-earth, Vol. 2 (The History of Middle-earth, Vols. 6-9)
The Old English Exodus
Beowulf and the critics
Sirg awain and the Green Knight
Lost Road
The J. R. R. Tolkien Audio Collection (Adventures of Tom Bombadil / Hobbit / Lord of the Rings / Road Goes Ever On / The Silmarillion)
Faerie (Farmer Giles of Ham / Leaf by Niggle / On Fairy-Stories /Smith of Wootton Major)
History of Middle-Earth
Fellowship of the Ring Book 2
Pearl and Sir Orfeoa
The Two Towers [2/2]
Works (Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son / Smith of Wootton Major / Tree and Leaf)
History of Middle-Earth Part One
El Hobbit. Un viaje inesperado. Crónicas. Criaturas y personajes
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Estuche Tolkien
History of Middle-Earth Box Set #3
Gute Drachen sind rar. Drei Aufsätze
Art of the Lord of the Rings
Tolkien Collection
Le Royaume de Tolkien
El ferrer de Wootton Major i "La fulla" d'en Niggle
Beowulf
Battle of Maldon
El ferrer de Wootton Major i "La fulla" d'en Niggle
The Great Tales of Middle-earth
History of Middle-Earth Box Set #2
History of Middle-Earth Box Set #1
History of the Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Poems and songs of Middle Earth
The History of Middle-earth Boxed Set
Estuche minilibros Tolkien
Poems from The hobbit
O Archontas Ton Dachtylidion 2
Art of the Hobbit
Poems
The Fellowship of the Ring [2/2]
Estuche minilibros Tolkien
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
THE SILMARILLION CALENDAR 1978
Tolkien Calendar 2024
J.R.R.Tolkien Collection
The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection
Songs for the philologists
The Lord of the Rings [2/9]
The Tolkien 2001 Desk Diary
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
The Two Towers [1/2]
Complete History of Middle-Earth
Estuche Tolkien (el Hobbit + el Señor de Los Anillos)
Fabelhafte Geschichten
Great Tales of Middle-Earth Boxed Set
Tolkien Diary 2004
Die Sagen von Mittelerde
History of Middle-Earth Part Three
History of Middle-Earth Box Set #4
Cuentos Inconclusos Tomo III y IV
Cal 01 Tolkien Wall Calendar
Sipurim mi-mamlekhet ha-sakanah
Tolkien Diary 2002
Hobbit Calendar
指輪物語 第3部 王の帰還
La formazione della Terra di Mezzo
Arnor
Times Reference Atlas of the World
Calendario Tolkien 2023
Hobbit Movie Trilogy Colouring Book
The Silmarillion of Beren and Lúthien
Return of the King (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle
Sí Qente Feanor and other Elvish writings
Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Coloring Book
Tolkien Calendar 2023
Yüzüklerin Efendisi 1
Ancrene Wisse
سيد الخواتم
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Tolkien Diary
Ringenes herre
Works (Adventures of Tom Bombadil / Farmer Giles of Ham / Smith of Wootton Major)
Tolkien's Middle-Earth
In de Ban van de Ring
Ḥavurat ha-Ṭabaʻat
Complete Tolkien Library
The Riddle of the Sands
The " Lord of the Rings " Jigsaw Book
Fabelhafte Geschichten.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Tolien Reader
Campaign and Adventure
J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide : Volume 3
Vlastelin kolec. Der Herr der Ringe
Parma Eldalamberon 17
Lord of the Rings 2007
Basil Bunting and J.R.R. Tolkien (Author Speaks)
Shene migdalim
Estuche infantil Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings [1/9]
Feanors Fluch
Il medioevo e il fantastico
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
Tolkien Calendar 2021
J. R. R. Tolkien
REVUE BIFROST N76
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo
Early Elvish poetry and pre-Fëanorian alphabets
Eraztunen Jauna. Bilduma
The Hobbit Curriculum Unit
Gospodarz Giles z Ham. Kowal z Przylesia Wielkiego. Przygody Toma Bombadila
Tolkien Calendar 2013
Tolkien 36bk Bin
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Leaf by Niggle
Faërie et autres textes
גילס האכר מפרזון
Historia de la Tierra Media nº 07/09 El Anillo de Morgoth
Harpatkaʾot Tom Bombadil
Stories from the Third Age
Two Towers (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
반지의제왕 1
Words, phrases & passages in various tongues in The lord of the rings
Tolkien Mirası Seti-5 Kitap Takım Kutulu
The Lord of the Rings [3/9]
History of the Hobbit Pt. 1
Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Box Set (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Of the darkening of Valinor and of the flight of the Noldor from The silmarillion
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Return of the King (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Second Edition, Reprinted with Corrections
Tolkien Calendar 2006
Two Towers (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Tolkien's Lost Tales
The Lord Of The Rings Part One
The alphabet of Rúmil
Tolkien Desk Diary
ON FAIRY-STORIES
Quenya Phonology
The Hobbit. 2/?
Opowiesci z Niebezpiecznego Krolestwa, wersja ilustrowana
Shuvo shel melekh
Oliphaunt
Raiders of Cardolan (Middle Earth Role Playing/MERP)
The 1991 J.R.R. Tolkein Calendar
Büyük Wootton Demircisi
Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy Location Guidebook
Beowulf and Finnesburg Fragment
Ḥavurat ha-ṭabaʻat
Bitmemis Öyküler
Fellowship of the Ring (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
J. R. R. Tolkien Deluxe Edition Collection
Tolkien Calendar 2023
Wladca Pierscieni
Tehlikeli Diyardan Oykuler
Ylastelin Kolec
Tolkien Diary
The invented worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring Part One (U7040, 1968)
[The Great Tales of Middle-earth 3 Book set
Tolkien-Kassette. 3 Bände
The Hobbit Desk Calendar 1978
Last Song
Tolkien-Like Journey from Elementary Nonliving Things to Emergent Living Things
Das große Hobbit-Buch
Tolkien Book of Days
Estuche infantil Tolkien
ha-Napaḥ mi-Ṿuṭon Raba
Fellowship of the Ring (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Tom Bombadil'in Maceralari
Vozvrashchenie Beorkhtnota
Tolkien Calendar
Angles and Britons. O'Donnell Lectures
HOBBIT. LA DESOLACION DE SMAUG, EL
The Lord of the Rings, Part 1
Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Gift Set
Hobbit SparkNotes Literature Guide
Tengwesta qenderinwa and pre-Fëanorian alphabets
Eraztunen Jauna I. Eraztunaren elkartea
Tolkien Raft-Elves Journal
The 1990 J.R.R. Tolkein Calend
Tolkien Calendar 2011
Zhi huan mo
English and Medieval Studies
WĹadca PierĹcieni - J.R.R. Tolkien [KSIÄĹťKA]
Quenya phonology
J.R.R. Tolkien Soundbook/Audio Cassettes/Sbc 101
The Shire (MERP/Middle Earth Role Playing)
J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide : Volume 2
Rudy Dżil i jego pies
Wladca Pierscieni. Druzyna Pierscienia
The Tolkien Audio Collection
Tolkien Diary
Collected Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien
반지의제왕
Hobbiten eller ditut og attende
Middle English "Losenger"
Map Middle Earth
Der Herr der Ringe. Die zwei Türme. Das offizielle Begleitbuch. Figuren, Landschaften und Orte Mittelerdes
반지의제왕
Taru Sormusten Herrasta
Der Herr der Ringe. Die Gefährten. Das offizielle Begleitbuch. Figuren, Landschaften und Orte Mittelerdes
The Tengwar Hobbit
The Tolkien Diary 1992
J.R.R. Tolkien-4 Vol. (Boxed)
J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings from his Lord
J.R.R. Tolkien
Karl Gustav Berneck
Karl Gustav Berneck (1803-1871)

military personnel

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Vorwärts!
Die Schlachten bei Leipzig
Elemente der Taktik aller Waffen für Officier-aspiranten und jüngere Officiere
Girandola
Der schlimmste Feind
Aloys Reding von Schwyz, oder, Das Jahr 1798
Im Herzen von Deutschland
Novellen und Erzählungen