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Biography: literary

Paperback. Take a peek behind the curtain to discover the boy, the youth, the man behind some of the greatest works of English literature. The life and times of William Shakespeare, richly imagined in this unique biography told using the Bard's own quotes. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Upstart Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927262023
ISBN
9781927262023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.00

Paperback. Series: Neversink. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935554486
ISBN
9781935554486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.85

Hardback. A fresh look at Hellman's restless life, her extraordinary plays, and her autobiographical myths Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164978
ISBN
9780300164978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. These two journals provide a unique picture of daily life with William Wordsworth, his friendship with Coleridge, and the composition of his poems. Editor(s): Woof, Pamela. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536870
ISBN
9780199536870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Agatha Christie's disappearance in December 1926 as seen in a new light: a real life mystery as gripping as any of her novels Num Pages: 128 pages, 19 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781552629
ISBN
9781781552629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; BGL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Halsgrove United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
4th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857040701
ISBN
9780857040701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. When Agatha Christie, the so-called 'Queen of Crime', disappeared from her home in Sunningdale in Berkshire for eleven days on 3 December 1927, the whole nation held its breath. This work explains, in the light of scientific knowledge, her behaviour during that troubled time. Num Pages: 192 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442884
ISBN
9780752442884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Fascinating insight into the tempestuous life of one of our great poets through his letters, including those to the two great loves of his life. Featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227252
ISBN
9781780227252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374534912
ISBN
9780374534912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.38

Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823276837
ISBN
9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Award-winning novelist talks about family, culture, and place with disarming honesty and wry irony. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645593
ISBN
9780888645593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Newton, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539116
ISBN
9780199539116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. I thought of life's many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, success and failure, fame and slaughter, to have read in the newspapers that as a writer I was past my sell-by date, yet regardless, to go on writing and reading, to be lucky enough to live in these two intensities that have buttressed my whole life. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571269440
ISBN
9780571269440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. One of France's most high-profile writers and a Nobel Prize-winner, Albert Camus experienced both public adulation and acrimonious rejection during his career, which was cut short by a fatal car accident in 1960. Edward J. Hughes unravels the life of a complex personality whose work and stance were the subjects of intense interest and scrutiny. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780234939
ISBN
9781780234939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392783
ISBN
9780141392783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. This new biography of Carroll by leading international authority, Edward Wakeling, presents a fresh appraisal of the man based upon his social circle. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780768205
ISBN
9781780768205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.29
€ 65.28

Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851969050
ISBN
9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 504.99
€ 318.03

Paperback. Robert Louis Stevenson loved to conjure up a dashing, romantic lineage for himself, dreaming that he was descended from the colourful outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. This work gives a concise account of his life - his family background, childhood and adolescence in a Calvinist, hard-working household in Scotland, and his final years in the South Seas. Num Pages: 114 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267217
ISBN
9781905267217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.32

Paperback. The third part of the Nobel Prize Winner's classic autobiography, reissued by Granta in a stunning new paperback edition. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083555
ISBN
9781847083555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The second part of the Nobel Prize winner's classic autobiography, reissued by Granta in a stunning new paperback edition. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083579
ISBN
9781847083579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. The first part of the Nobel Prize winner's classic autobiography, reissued by Granta in a stunning new paperback edition. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083562
ISBN
9781847083562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schocken
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780805212587
ISBN
9780805212587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838205892
ISBN
9783838205892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.47

paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Marina. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174449
ISBN
9781590174449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

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