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Biography: literary

Paperback. Features Dodie Smith, who was a playwright and novelist, and the author of various classics such as: The Hundred and One Dalmations, and I Capture the Castle. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951733
ISBN
9781845951733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Hardback. A voracious pack-rat, Mark Twain hoarded his readers' letters as did few of his contemporaries. This title collects 200 of these letters written by a diverse cross-section of correspondents from around the world - children, farmers, schoolteachers, businessmen, preachers, con artists, and even a former president. Editor(s): Rasmussen, R. Kent. Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain. Num Pages: 316 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261341
ISBN
9780520261341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this book, the author confronts our unending obsession with the end. He also reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers and why we eventually turn into our parents. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; HPX; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872601
ISBN
9781784872601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Hardback. Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-years-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had nothing to declare but my genius. This narrative reveals that Wilde was underselling himself. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066960
ISBN
9780674066960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.57

Hardback. The powerful interconnections of poet Denise Levertov's life and work Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037108
ISBN
9780252037108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.68

Paperback. How does a writer compose a suicide note? This account gives us a description of the author's descent into mental anguish, and his eventual success in overcoming a little-understood yet very common condition. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK; JM; VFJB; VFJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 5. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872618
ISBN
9781784872618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 824 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
824
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816699476
ISBN
9780816699476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 35 x 144 x 225. Weight in Grams: 597. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear. Hardcover, dustjacket in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0008871
ISBN
9780340897904
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; APB; BGL; FA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st. Edition
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRS0010902
ISBN
9780340898451
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; APB; BGL; FA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Edition
1st. Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHN0000661
ISBN
9780340898451
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. A major literary event: the long-awaited publication of George Orwell's diaries, chronicling the events that inspired his greatest works. Num Pages: 624 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liveright United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780871404107
ISBN
9780871404107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.59

Paperback. This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 222 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496058
ISBN
9781847496058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. The first of three abridged volumes of 'the greatest diarist of our times' Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVQ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566813
ISBN
9780719566813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551526003
ISBN
9781551526003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 383.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619025462
ISBN
9781619025462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. From the renowned and award-winning biographer of Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Charlotte Bronte and Mary Wollstonecraft among others, a universal story about mothers and daughters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088911
ISBN
9781844088911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Celebrates the life and work of Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea that became "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Num Pages: 288 pages, 5pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Celebrates the life and work of Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea that became "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Num Pages: 288 pages, 5pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
3rd edition
SKU
9781848564961
ISBN
9781848564961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.86

Paperback. Carefully preserving the original work's acclaimed narrative style and combination of biography, intellectual history, and literary criticism, this title illuminates the author's works from his first novel "Poor Folk" to "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov" by setting them in their personal, historical, and ideological context. Num Pages: 984 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1418.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
984
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155999
ISBN
9780691155999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184388
ISBN
9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; BGFA; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370606
ISBN
9781681370606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Journey into the history of English and discover how words have entered our language to make it what it is today. Num Pages: 288 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566325
ISBN
9780719566325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bene Factum Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909657625
ISBN
9781909657625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Viva Editions United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936740321
ISBN
9781936740321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dark Masterrs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213162
ISBN
9781910213162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

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