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Biography: literary
paperback. Charlotte Bronte's letters are our most direct source of information about the Brontes and the life of the novelist. Vivid and passionate, they describe her inmost feelings as well as the world around her in Haworth, Belgium, and London. They offer insights into her novels and the development of her literary style. Editor(s): Smith, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press España, S.A.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199576968
- ISBN
- 9780199576968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.48
€ 14.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. William Shakespeare and his contemporaries helped create not only a new kind of theatre but also a new form of language. In an age of religious and political warfare, they found expression for what it means to be human. In this book, the author explains that Shakespeare belonged to a talented group of writers, poets and dramatists. Series: NPG Companions. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- National Portrait Gallery Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855145801
- ISBN
- 9781855145801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.01
€ 20.99
€ 20.01
paperback. In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. This book focuses on this episode in Shakespeare's life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 x 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023748
- ISBN
- 9780141023748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of "Poet Laureate of Harlem," Countee Cullen (1903-46) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Drawing on the poet's correspondence with contemporaries and friends, and presenting an interpretation of his poetic gifts, this book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226533643
- ISBN
- 9780226533643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.98
€ 34.99
€ 27.98
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGL; DSB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610931
- ISBN
- 9780691610931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.09€ 59.96
€ 76.09
€ 59.96
Paperback. Charles M. Blow was the baby of the family, fiercely attached to his "do-right" mother. Until one day that divided his life into Before and After - the day an older cousin took advantage of the young boy. This is the story of how Charles escaped that world to become one of America's most innovative and respected journalists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGLA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780544570115
- ISBN
- 9780544570115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.07
€ 18.99
€ 17.07
This collection of 171 letters, most never before published, finally makes the fascinating Shaw/Murray correspondence available. Editor(s): Carpenter, Charles A. Series: Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643826
- ISBN
- 9781442643826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. The four novels of Leon Forrest are one of the major glories of contemporary African-American fiction. From the intense inwardness of T"here Is a Tree More Ancient than Eden" to the epic comedy of "Divine Days, " Forrest's work presents a vision of African-American culture which is unique in its complexity and depth. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879727345
- ISBN
- 9780879727345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.27
€ 23.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613731598
- ISBN
- 9781613731598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.51
€ 29.99
€ 28.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801435348
- ISBN
- 9780801435348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.82
€ 57.82
Paperback. A collection of interviews with the Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison that bring to the foreground her comments on American literature and society, the academy, and her own work. Editor(s): Denard, Carolyn C. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604730197
- ISBN
- 9781604730197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Hardcover. A chronological account takes the reader through the key events in the lives of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, and their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 250 colour photographs, 20 archive photographs, 20 artworks. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; BGL; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909342132
- ISBN
- 9781909342132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.22
€ 22.22
Paperback. In this biography of Iris Origo, Caroline Moorehead has drawn on unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts to provide a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century. Num Pages: 474 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Allison & Busby
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749016562
- ISBN
- 9780749016562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.77
€ 17.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. A teenage revolutionary's gripping, darkly comic account of life, love and fighting for freedom in Latin America in the 1980s Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BGLA; BM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272028
- ISBN
- 9781846272028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 39. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848404571
- ISBN
- 9781848404571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.81
€ 32.99
€ 22.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Posten, Anne. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; AGB; BGF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811221399
- ISBN
- 9780811221399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.59
€ 17.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even more intimate portrayal of the influential writer's life and career. The authors base this revision on Sontag's newly released private correspondence - including emails - and the letters and memoirs of those who knew her best. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGL; DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628462371
- ISBN
- 9781628462371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Num Pages: 278 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442223929
- ISBN
- 9781442223929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.26
€ 72.26
Hardcover. Focusing on love and loss, this book celebrates friendship, reading, love of children and the consolations of a landscape. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 770. Good clean copy fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000247
- ISBN
- 9780224088985
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Byron Rogers' biography of Wales's national poet and vicar, R.S. Thomas has been hailed as a 'masterpiece', even as a work of 'genius', by reviewers from Craig Brown to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845132507
- ISBN
- 9781845132507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.61
€ 24.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. J. L. Carr was the most English of Englishmen: headmaster of a Northamptonshire school, cricket enthusiast and campaigner for the conservation of country churches. But he was also the author of half a dozen utterly unique novels. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781311523
- ISBN
- 9781781311523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.77
€ 24.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover. Series: Sarh Mills Hodge Fund Publications. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: AGB; BGFA; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330556
- ISBN
- 9780820330556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.63
€ 51.63
A Glorious and Terrible Life With You: Selected Correspondence of Nort...
Burgess, Margaret. Ed(S): Burgess, Margaret
hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802097651
- ISBN
- 9780802097651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.65
€ 95.65
paperback. Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Num Pages: 594 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Regnery United States
- Number of pages
- 594
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780895260048
- ISBN
- 9780895260048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.96
€ 25.99
€ 24.96