Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492004
- ISBN
- 9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.34
€ 54.99
€ 46.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807072745
- ISBN
- 9780807072745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.39
€ 18.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. The authorized biography of 'the greatest diarist of our times' Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565502
- ISBN
- 9780719565502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Arturo Barea (1897-1957) is often seen as merely a spontaneous writer with a passion against injustice. This biography is based on numerous interviews with people who knew Barea. It revisits Barea's writing qualities and deficiencies in the context of stimulating intersections of literature and politics, and of Spain and England. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194697
- ISBN
- 9781845194697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.57
€ 36.99
€ 33.57
Hardback. Arturo Barea (1897-1957) is often seen as merely a spontaneous writer with a passion against injustice. This biography is based on numerous interviews with people who knew Barea. It revisits Barea's writing qualities and deficiencies in the context of stimulating intersections of literature and politics, and of Spain and England. Num Pages: 244 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL; DS; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192884
- ISBN
- 9781845192884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19
Paperback. The quick-witted boy from a poor and struggling family, who overcame disadvantages and shouldered many burdens to make a go of his life; who found happiness, had it snatched away from him, and in the end, after many difficulties, perhaps found it again. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270590
- ISBN
- 9780571270590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.25
€ 16.99
€ 12.25
Hardback. Covers half a lifetime and the range of Frayn's theatrical writing. This title reflects on his path into theatre: the 'doubtful beginnings' of his childhood, his subsequent scorn as a young man and, surprisingly late in life, his reluctant conversion. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGF; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0003665
- ISBN
- 9780571240555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444783148
- ISBN
- 9781444783148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. Learning to drive was no easy matter for the author: the lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, this title traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701187439
- ISBN
- 9780701187439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Published to coincide with the major release of HBO's upcoming film Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Series: Movie Tie-in Editions. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Movie Tie-in Edition
- Number of pages
- 763
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343205
- ISBN
- 9780393343205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.61
€ 26.99
€ 23.61
Hardback. 18 July 1898. World-renowned novelist Emile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter 'J'accuse' and losing. Forced to leave Paris, with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 250 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571312016
- ISBN
- 9780571312016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 824 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816699476
- ISBN
- 9780816699476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Schumacher, Michael. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 38. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699179
- ISBN
- 9780816699179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.66
€ 21.66
Paperback. In "The Adventures of Henry Thoreau," the years Thoreau spent at Walden Pond are a prism through which to view the ideas and forces that inspired him, and his huge impact on American thought. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620401972
- ISBN
- 9781620401972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.69
€ 13.00
€ 11.69
Paperback. A biography of Dickens that uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, it explores the personal and emotional life, the high-profile public activities, the relentless travel, the charitable works, the amateur theatricals and the astonishing productivity. Num Pages: 720 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations + 60 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 42. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300170931
- ISBN
- 9780300170931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.55
€ 25.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Was Charles Dickens the secret lover of young actress Nelly Ternan? How would a man of his renown have hidden such an affair? This book offers a complete account of the scandal that threatened to ruin Dickens - now dramatised as The Invisible Woman, a 2014 BBC film starring Ralph Fiennes. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205282
- ISBN
- 9780300205282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.09
€ 19.99
€ 16.09
Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; BK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347023
- ISBN
- 9780764347023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Aims to recreate the turbulent times through which William Shakespeare lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on a range of sources, this work takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563521419
- ISBN
- 9780563521419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212372
- ISBN
- 9780300212372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. The second volume of Michel Leiris's hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212389
- ISBN
- 9780300212389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.36
€ 18.99
€ 15.36
Hardback. Michel Winock situates Flaubert in France's century of great democratic transition. Wary of the masses, Flaubert rejected universal suffrage, but above all he hated the vulgar, ignorant bourgeoisie, a class that embodied every vice of the democratic age. His loathing became a fixation and a source of literary inspiration. Translator(s): Elliot, Nicholas. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737952
- ISBN
- 9780674737952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Fleet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005409
- ISBN
- 9780349005409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. New, non-fiction departure from number 1 bestselling fiction author Mike Gayle Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340936757
- ISBN
- 9780340936757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Series: Dark Master Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517697
- ISBN
- 9781903517697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39