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Biography: literary

A biography that situates Lady Mary Wroth in her family and court context, emphasizing the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with a focus on her learned aunt, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, as literary mentor, and on her Continental connections, Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange. Num Pages: 430 pages, Includes 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754660538
ISBN
9780754660538
Condition: New

€ 173.30

Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684069
ISBN
9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653754
ISBN
9780691653754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.16

paperback. Lavishly illustrated, this new edition includes family photographs and original graphics by both Helen Kemp and her father, S.H.F. Kemp, mostly dating from his own student days at the University of Toronto. Editor(s): Burgess, Margaret. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094766
ISBN
9780802094766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.17

Paperback. Offers a firsthand account of the life of Marek Hlasko, a young writer whose iconoclastic way of life became an inspiration in 1950s Poland. Detailing relationships with such giants of Polish culture as the filmmaker Roman Polanski and the novelist Jerzy Andrzejewski, this memoir recounts his adventures and misadventures abroad in the postwar era. Translator(s): Ufberg, Ross. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806976
ISBN
9780875806976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Critic, poet, editor, chronicler of the Lost Generation, elder statesman of the Republic of Letters, Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) was an eloquent witness to American literary and political life. His letters, mostly unpublished, provide a self-portrait of Cowley and his time and make possible a full appreciation of his long, varied career. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1436.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
630
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051065
ISBN
9780674051065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.45

Paperback. One of the most highly acclaimed biographies of 2006 -- now published in paperback Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566059
ISBN
9780719566059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Based around Potter's own journal, the book goes into detail about Potter's upbringing and influences. Num Pages: 128 pages, Colour Througout. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGL; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817435
ISBN
9781906817435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

In 1907, the author, poet, essayist, and folk art historian Eliza Calvert Hall (1856-1935) published "Aunt Jane of Kentucky", a collection of stories about rural life infused with the spirit and gentle good humor. The book and several sequels achieved wide popularity. This work tells the story of this remarkable Kentucky woman. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124704
ISBN
9780813124704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061710230
ISBN
9780061710230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. * 'As rich as a novel by Henry James' DAILY TELEGRAPH * 'Will do nothing less than revolutionise the way Dickinson is read for years' GUARDIAN The definitive biography, out now in paperback Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084548
ISBN
9781844084548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From the renowned and award-winning biographer of Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Charlotte Bronte and Mary Wollstonecraft among others, a universal story about mothers and daughters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088911
ISBN
9781844088911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this book sees his life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088935
ISBN
9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788331
ISBN
9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762796427
ISBN
9780762796427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.75

Hardback. "The Jane Austen Guide to Life" poignantly examines Austen's life and novels for the timeless advice that still applies for today's women. Austen may not understand texting or or platform heels, but she can surely teach an awful lot about ourselves--to our surprise. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762773817
ISBN
9780762773817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.72

Paperback. Part literary mystery, part biography, part curiosity, here is the short, charming (and true) story of one man's obsession with Marcel Proust, and his decades-long quest to collect everything that once belonged to the writer - right down to his overcoat Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272721
ISBN
9781846272721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118281529
ISBN
9781118281529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Hardback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207849
ISBN
9780631207849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.79

Hardcover. Lowry's writing often transports readers into other worlds. Now, we have the rare opportunity to travel into a real world that is her own - her life. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Edition
Rev Exp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780544807969
ISBN
9780544807969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.60

Hardback. Nancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age. Num Pages: 504 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139380
ISBN
9780231139380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827734
ISBN
9780753827734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; BGL; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089291
ISBN
9781844089291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Series: Inspirations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 353 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 122. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Argyll Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006178
ISBN
9781906134693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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