Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Presents a sequence of early recollections, beginning with the dazzling lights and sounds of my first footings on earth in a steep Cotswold valley some three miles long. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953273
- ISBN
- 9780241953273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141392783
- ISBN
- 9780141392783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardcover. Brilliant portrait of a time and place that launched American Bohemia and liberated the genius of Walt Whitman Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 pages of b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306822261
- ISBN
- 9780306822261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.44
€ 30.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. 'Reading Chekhov is a literary pilgrimage, homage, travelogue, biography, literary criticism and a restrained love letter all rolled into one .. It is the work of an iridescent and sympathetic imagination' The Times Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085368
- ISBN
- 9781847085368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612194219
- ISBN
- 9781612194219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.35
€ 17.99
€ 14.35
Hardcover. Randolph Caldecott established a new standard of taste in children's picture books. Colour plates from the author's personal collection. Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551952093
- ISBN
- 9781551952093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.94
€ 51.99
€ 36.94
Paperback. A biography of Ellison that focuses on the author's early life. Containing photographs, it draws from archives, literary correspondence, and interviews with Ellison's relatives, friends, and associates. It traces the writer's path from poverty in dust bowl Oklahoma to his rise among the literary elite. Num Pages: 544 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329932
- ISBN
- 9780820329932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Paperback. Four years old when World War II began, the author grew to maturity through decades of great social and cultural change - giving him plenty to write about. This title illuminates a period of transition in British society, and charts the evolution of a writer whose works have become classics in his own lifetime. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700539
- ISBN
- 9781784700539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
paperback. Editor(s): Powers, Laurie. Num Pages: 276 pages, 19 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259843
- ISBN
- 9780803259843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300224283
- ISBN
- 9780300224283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.51
€ 16.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Part literary mystery, part biography, part curiosity, here is the short, charming (and true) story of one man's obsession with Marcel Proust, and his decades-long quest to collect everything that once belonged to the writer - right down to his overcoat Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272721
- ISBN
- 9781846272721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Howell, Vanda. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 269 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- For Beginners
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939994448
- ISBN
- 9781939994448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.85
€ 17.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. Rooted in the age-old problem of the fraught relationship between fathers and sons, this title is about the power of books and theater, the excitement of stories in a young man's life, and the transformative magic of words and performance. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142234
- ISBN
- 9780226142234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.50
€ 18.99
€ 16.50
Hardcover. "A child is a man in small letter," wrote Bishop John Earle in the seventeenth century. "His father hath writ him as his own little story." In this title, the writer acknowledges the author of his story while simultaneously reminding us that we all confront the blank page of life on our own, as authors of our lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014418
- ISBN
- 9780226014418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.11
€ 24.99
€ 20.11
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893002
- ISBN
- 9780718893002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, 50+ images and photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGL; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179706
- ISBN
- 9780804179706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.67
€ 20.99
€ 19.67
Paperback. Praeterita is the autobiography of John Ruskin (1819-1900), art critic and social commentator and one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century. An elegy for lost places and people, Praeterita recounts Ruskin's childhood, and his travels across Europe with passion and intimacy. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802415
- ISBN
- 9780192802415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Offers readers a new perspective on the relationship between time and place, time and timelessness, history and personal history Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803238466
- ISBN
- 9780803238466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. A compilation of Irving Howe's interviews during the last fifteen years of his life. It presents what could be viewed as the sequel to Howe's intellectual autobiography, "A Margin of Hope". Editor(s): Goffman, Ethan; Rodden, John. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535511
- ISBN
- 9781557535511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.94
€ 44.94
Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788331
- ISBN
- 9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.91
€ 37.91