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Biography: literary

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

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
€ 17.73

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
€ 17.61

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

€ 49.94

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

€ 95.87

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

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415385
ISBN
9781474415385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.11

Hardcover. Biography of Oxford Classics don who led intriguing life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493989
ISBN
9781908493989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841653723
ISBN
9781841653723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.06

Paperback. An updated edition of this modern classic, SHADOWLANDS tells the tragic love story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444785326
ISBN
9781444785326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Americans, expatriates, and virtually orphans, Gertrude and Leo Stein, lived together for almost forty years, collaborating in one of the great artistic and literary adventures of the twentieth century. This biography tells the story of that adventure and relationship. Num Pages: 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803217539
ISBN
9780803217539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195533
ISBN
9781845195533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099466673
ISBN
9780099466673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Hardcover.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184899
ISBN
9781859184899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

hardcover. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810883734
ISBN
9780810883734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.68

Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781862079083
ISBN
9781862079083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.28

Paperback. A groundbreaking memoir by the acclaimed Kenyan Caine Prize winner. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083326
ISBN
9781847083326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007197903
ISBN
9780007197903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

Paperback / so. This is the first novel by legendary poet bill bissett, "a one man civilization." Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; BGL; DCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Talon Books,Canada Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889226715
ISBN
9780889226715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.77

paperback. Funny, odd, deeply personal, yet somehow universal, a collection of one woman's most humiliating moments, revealed with wit and gusto. Series: City Lights/Sister Spit. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
City Lights Publishers United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866256
ISBN
9780872866256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.90

Hardcover. Sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of the author's great-grandfather Jacob Gordin, playwright extraordinaire and icon of the Yiddish stage. Shedding light on Gordin and his world, this work describes the commune he founded and led in Russia, his meteoric rise among Jewish New York's literati, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608844
ISBN
9780815608844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. 244 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Five Leaves
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512331
ISBN
9781905512331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. A wry and beautifully observed memoir about coming of age in the era of conceptual art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 48 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240719
ISBN
9780393240719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.64

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647968
ISBN
9780691647968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.37

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