Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
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
€ 36.99€ 24.89
€ 36.99
€ 24.89
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
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
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
€ 21.99€ 17.93
€ 21.99
€ 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€ 15.18
€ 18.99
€ 15.18
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€ 33.29
€ 40.99
€ 33.29
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€ 13.25
€ 13.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 222 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496058
- ISBN
- 9781847496058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645735
- ISBN
- 9780691645735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.04€ 96.52
€ 128.04
€ 96.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; HBAH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141979472
- ISBN
- 9780141979472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.65
€ 24.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. One morning Mel Toews put on his coat and hat and walked out of town, prepared to die. A loving husband and father, faithful member of the Mennonite church, and immensely popular schoolteacher, he was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggle, he could no longer face the darkness of manic depression. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 193.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571278695
- ISBN
- 9780571278695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.50
€ 14.99
€ 11.50
Hardback. Editor(s): Jansen, Marius B. Translator(s): Shinkichi, Eto. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; BGLA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641867
- ISBN
- 9780691641867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.95
€ 158.95
Paperback. Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Moroccan boy's coming of age in a time of extreme poverty and degradation. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Telegram Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 169
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846590108
- ISBN
- 9781846590108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.54
€ 13.99
€ 12.54
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893002
- ISBN
- 9780718893002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.04
€ 62.04
hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AJB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807068809
- ISBN
- 9780807068809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.59
€ 45.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Unimpressed by the world of debutante balls, Monica Dickens shocked her family by getting a job. With no experience whatsoever, she gained employment as a cook-general. This title tells story of Monica. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091944681
- ISBN
- 9780091944681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.84
€ 19.99
€ 14.84
Hardback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 606 pages, 86 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632186
- ISBN
- 9780691632186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 289.42
€ 289.42