Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. A new biography, which assesses the astonishing scope and offers captivating insight into the life and work of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth-century, Susan Sontag. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780232881
- ISBN
- 9781780232881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.29
€ 30.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788528
- ISBN
- 9781564788528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.33
€ 14.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Villa Diodati. 1816. In a villa on the shore of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and his young wife Mary, gathered for the summer. For three glittering months, this party of young bohemians would share their lives, charged with sexual and artistic tensions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847678720
- ISBN
- 9781847678720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.47
€ 19.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272977
- ISBN
- 9781782272977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.46
€ 15.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Novelist, satirist, poet, photographer, painter, alchemist, and hellraiser - August Strindberg was all these. This biography describes the eventful and complicated life of one of the great literary figures in world literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 colour + 50 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198065
- ISBN
- 9780300198065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.94
€ 29.94
Paperback. The authorised biography of one of the greatest storytellers of all time, written with complete access to the archives stored in the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. Num Pages: 448 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 47. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007254774
- ISBN
- 9780007254774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.26
€ 25.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. From the author of Winesburg, Ohio, an autobiography of Midwestern life and culture by one of the leading figures of 20th-century American letters. Series: Sweetwater Fiction: Reintroductions S. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030835
- ISBN
- 9780472030835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.91
€ 29.91
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
€ 23.99€ 20.09
€ 23.99
€ 20.09
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€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
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
€ 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
€ 97.78
€ 97.78
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€ 37.73
€ 45.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. At the age of fifty Stephane Mallarme (1842-98) spoke of his published work as very precise reference points on my mind's journey. In this book, the author charts that journey, blending a biographical account of the poet's life with a detailed analysis of his evolving poetic theory and practice. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861896599
- ISBN
- 9781861896599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.03
€ 31.03
Hardcover. Edited and annotated translation of Stanislaw Lem's previously unpublished fifteen-year correspondence with his principal American translator. Translator(s): Swirski, Peter. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGP; BGL; BJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380178
- ISBN
- 9781781380178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.47
€ 189.47
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. 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€ 23.50
€ 23.99
€ 23.50
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€ 31.74
€ 37.99
€ 31.74
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€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGLA; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908699220
- ISBN
- 9781908699220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.33
€ 13.99
€ 13.33
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€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05