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Biography: literary
Paperback. * 'As rich as a novel by Henry James' DAILY TELEGRAPH * 'Will do nothing less than revolutionise the way Dickinson is read for years' GUARDIAN The definitive biography, out now in paperback Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084548
- ISBN
- 9781844084548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
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Paperback. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary. In these essays, the author considers some particularly interesting examples of life-writing, and contributes several of his own. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587767
- ISBN
- 9780099587767
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
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€ 14.17
Little Women Abroad: The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-187...
May Alcott Louisa May Alcott
Hardcover. In 1870, Louisa May Alcott and her younger sister Abby May Alcott began a fourteen-month tour of Europe. Louisa had already made her mark as a writer; May was on the verge of a respected art career. This book presents a selection of May's drawings along with the letters written by the two Alcott sisters during their trip. Editor(s): Shealy, Daniel. Num Pages: 368 pages, 78 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 189 x 33. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330099
- ISBN
- 9780820330099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.99
€ 60.99
Hardback. A fascinating work, at once philosophical and autobiographical, by one of the most original thinkers in the United States today. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770149
- ISBN
- 9780804770149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.67
€ 48.99
€ 47.67
Paperback. Blends autobiography and fiction to describe the inner life of a writer evolving from precocious public school boy to Cambridge drop-out at large in London's Bohemia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561224
- ISBN
- 9780099561224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Limonov is not a fictional character, but he could have been. He's lived a hundred lives. This book tells the story about this charecter. Editor(s): Lambert, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846148217
- ISBN
- 9781846148217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Hardback. A fresh look at Hellman's restless life, her extraordinary plays, and her autobiographical myths Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164978
- ISBN
- 9780300164978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.41
€ 26.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. The critically acclaimed biography of a man respected for his fierce commitment to truth and honesty, and his passionate belief in the avant-garde. Num Pages: 654 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 654
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330350495
- ISBN
- 9780330350495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
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Paperback. Captures the beauty of the landscape and the vibrancy of the author's mother's Iowa family. Num Pages: 72 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 2921 x 8. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803226425
- ISBN
- 9780803226425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.27
€ 14.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540211
- ISBN
- 9780199540211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Hardcover. Arthur Hallam's early death was the subject of Tennyson's celebrated poem "In Memoriam". As a result of its popularity, Hallam became a legendary figure, very much accepted on Tennyson's terms as being almost divinely gifted and of immense promise. This book intends to supplement and challenge this representation of Hallam. Num Pages: 309 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194185
- ISBN
- 9781845194185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Paperback. Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. Celebrating her life and writing, this title brings together four of her best-loved memoirs, spanning her very English childhood, her life and loves during World War II, her publishing career at Andre Deutsch, and her reflections on old age. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081469
- ISBN
- 9781847081469
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
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€ 12.97
Paperback. Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published A Vindication of the Rights of Women; travelled to revolutionary France and lived through the Terror and the destruction of the incipient French feminist movement; and produced an illegitimate daughter. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241963319
- ISBN
- 9780241963319
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
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€ 13.53
Hardback. This new biography of Carroll by leading international authority, Edward Wakeling, presents a fresh appraisal of the man based upon his social circle. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780768205
- ISBN
- 9781780768205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.04€ 65.28
€ 70.04
€ 65.28
Paperback. Gives us Nadar, the pioneer balloonist and aerial photographer; gives us Colonel Fred Burnaby, reluctant adorer of the extravagant Sarah Bernhardt; then, finally, it gives us the story of author's own grief, unflinchingly observed. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584537
- ISBN
- 9780099584537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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€ 11.76
paperback. No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. From their meeting in 1921, Vladimir's letters to his beloved Vera form a narrative arc that tells a forty-six year-long love story. This book features these letters that tell us much about the man and the writer. Editor(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Translator(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 304 x 62. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192246
- ISBN
- 9780141192246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.48
€ 16.99
€ 14.48
Hardback. The first volume (1778-1797) of The Letters of William Godwin includes scores of texts newly transcribed from the original manuscripts and given scholarly annotation for the first time. They record the personal and professional interactions of an original thinker who had a lasting influence on progressive movements in Britain and Europe. Editor(s): Clemit, Pamela. Num Pages: 368 pages, Frontispiece and 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; HBJD1; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 184 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199562619
- ISBN
- 9780199562619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 306.68
€ 306.68
Paperback. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This title documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives. Editor(s): Reid, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571221394
- ISBN
- 9780571221394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 4.18
€ 18.99
€ 4.18
Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285330
- ISBN
- 9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.34€ 72.02
€ 93.34
€ 72.02
Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285347
- ISBN
- 9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68