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Biography: literary

Paperback. In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist, and creates new forms of religiously attuned fiction while wrestling with personal crises. Num Pages: 656 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 51. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374536251
ISBN
9780374536251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 x 8pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408863169
ISBN
9781408863169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.30

Hardback. The Fall of a Sparrow recounts the life and times of Abba Kovner, partisan, poet, patriot, an unsung and largely unknown hero of the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence. Editor(s): Yuval, Elizabeth. Translator(s): Yuval, Elizabeth. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 tables, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762489
ISBN
9780804762489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

Paperback. A work of candour and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. It concentrates on five episodes from Philip Roth's life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520962
ISBN
9780099520962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Part biography, part history, part critical examination of Babel's legacy in Russian, European, and Jewish cultural context, The Enigma of Isaac Babel offers the first comprehensive view of the great Russian Jewish author since the opening of Soviet archives. Editor(s): Freidin, Gregory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759038
ISBN
9780804759038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Definitive life of the author of CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, journalist, political commentator and biographer. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827895
ISBN
9780753827895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Series: Pan Heritage Classics. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509821891
ISBN
9781509821891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Hardcover.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817886
ISBN
9781906817886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007234257
ISBN
9780007234257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

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

Paperback. 650 pages, ill. When Sofia Behrs married Count Leo Tolstoy, the author of "War and Peace", husband and wife regularly exchanged diaries covering the years from 1862 to 1910. Sofia's life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband, but was tormented by him. Even her many children were not an unmitigated blessing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 44. Weight: 546. Translator(s): Porter, Cathy.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Number of pages
650
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846881022
ISBN
9781846881022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448348
ISBN
9780801448348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.02

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653808
ISBN
9780691653808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 262.82

Paperback. "With a new afterword, 1992"--Title page verso. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691628110
ISBN
9780691628110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.07
€ 63.58

Paperback. * This companion to the work of one of Britain's best-loved novelists celebrates the centenary of her birth. Editor(s): Taylor, Helen. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082353
ISBN
9781844082353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Plexus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859655170
ISBN
9780859655170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.40

Hardback. These letters chart the friendship between Boswell and the man he called his "most intimate friend", William Johnson Temple. Editor(s): Crawford, Thomas. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748607587
ISBN
9780748607587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.40
€ 217.37

Hardback. Contains 163 letters that provide an intimate view of author's path from college student to published author. This title documents author's friendships with college classmates and his search for work after graduation, while letters to his brother and sisters reveal warm, playful relationships among the siblings. Editor(s): Hudspeth, Robert N. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 536 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158921
ISBN
9780691158921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.87

Hardback. A new, corrected and enlarged edition of the record of James Boswell's quest over more than twenty years to amplify his knowledge of his major biographical subject, Samuel Johnson. Editor(s): Waingrow, Marshall. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748613847
ISBN
9780748613847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.13
€ 158.44

Hardback. Editor(s): Zacharias, Greg W.; Anesko, Michael. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 illustrations, chronology. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 38. Weight in Grams: 943.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285477
ISBN
9780803285477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.14

Hardback. Features the letters of Henry James - one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. This work comprises more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to questions on art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 486 pages, 5 images. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1103.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803222250
ISBN
9780803222250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.64

hardcover. Presents the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language - Henry James. This title includes more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to broader questions about art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 342 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 33. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803222977
ISBN
9780803222977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Epstein, Barbara. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173343
ISBN
9781590173343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.68

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

€ 296.30

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