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Biography: literary

Paperback. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. This book brings together Kumin, Julia Alvarez, Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, and fifteen other accomplished women of this generation to reflect on their writing lives. Editor(s): Burroway, Janet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014104
ISBN
9780226014104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849165013
ISBN
9781849165013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The enchanting true story of Stephenie Meyer, the Queen of Twilight. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KAK0002952
ISBN
9781844549368
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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

€ 101.37

Hardback. Stephen Crane's short, compact life--"a life of fire," he called it--is surrounded by myths, distortions, and fabrications. Paul Sorrentino has sifted through garbled chronologies and contradictory eyewitness accounts, scoured the archives, and followed in Crane's footsteps. The result is the most accurate account of the poet and novelist to date. Num Pages: 452 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049536
ISBN
9780674049536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

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

Paperback. In his last work, Something of Myself, Rudyard Kipling reflects on his life and the basis of his art. Editor(s): Pinney, Thomas. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 330 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107693500
ISBN
9781107693500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.46

Hardback. A ground-breaking biography revealing the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula. Num Pages: 448 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490101
ISBN
9781631490101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. A teenage revolutionary's gripping, darkly comic account of life, love and fighting for freedom in Latin America in the 1980s Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BGLA; BM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272028
ISBN
9781846272028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Traces the formation of an artist fascinated by words and stories from an early age and who emerged, against all the odds, as one of the world's most respected writers. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 199.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520481
ISBN
9780099520481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Features an American memoir of growing up in New York with eccentric uncles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNW0008264
ISBN
9780747579328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

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
€ 25.52

Paperback. The authorized biography of a literary legend, written with unique access to all of Sassoon's previously unseen papers Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447243281
ISBN
9781447243281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

Hardback. From the publication of his second novel, "A Bad Man, in 1967" to his death in 1995, Elkin was tormented by the desire for both material and artistic success. This book presents a complete biography of Stanley Elkin, a pre-eminent novelist who consistently won high marks from critics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252035081
ISBN
9780252035081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.21

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BGL; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Clr Csm
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250134547
ISBN
9781250134547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.25

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
€ 15.10

Paperback. Presents hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married Shakespeare. This book asks questions, opens fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288. 416 pages. Presents hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married Shakespeare. This book asks questions, opens fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 28. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747593003
ISBN
9780747593003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961073
ISBN
9780750961073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. A biography that provides the historical background to the various Shakespeare plays and sets his life in the context of his times. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791132
ISBN
9781905791132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Offers a biography of Shakespeare, this book reads like the work of a contemporary meeting Shakespeare. It is a depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386559
ISBN
9780749386559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

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