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Biography: literary

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Biography: literary

Paperback. In John Berger, a concise yet detailed study of Berger's life and work, Andy Merrifield sheds light on Berger the man, the artist, and the concerned citizen. Merrifield creates a reader-friendly, freewheeling narrative, which gives fascinating insight into one of the most influential thinkers of our times. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899040
ISBN
9781861899040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.85

Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780747810513
ISBN
9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898485
ISBN
9780859898485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.13

Hardback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898478
ISBN
9780859898478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; HBT; KNTP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931112567
ISBN
9781931112567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.91

Hardback. At the heart of this 'Literary Life' are fresh interpretations of Keats's most loved poems, alongside other neglected but rich poems. The readings are placed in the context of his letters to family and friends, his medical training, radical politics of the time, his love for Fanny Brawne, his coterie of literary figures and his tragic early death. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230572638
ISBN
9780230572638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66

Paperback. At the heart of this 'Literary Life' are fresh interpretations of Keats's most loved poems, alongside other neglected but rich poems. The readings are placed in the context of his letters to family and friends, his medical training, radical politics of the time, his love for Fanny Brawne, his coterie of literary figures and his tragic early death. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 214 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137030474
ISBN
9781137030474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Paperback. An entirely new portrait of Keats, rich with insights into the torments of his life and the imaginative sources of his works Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197273
ISBN
9780300197273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075750
ISBN
9781906075750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408849460
ISBN
9781408849460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.11

Hardcover. A new biography of John Osborne, published to coincide with major revivals of his seminal plays in 2015 and 2016, written by a well-known cultural journalist and drama critic. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783198771
ISBN
9781783198771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198804826
ISBN
9780198804826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.51

Editor(s): Noble, Don. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Salem Press Inc United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587657030
ISBN
9781587657030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.06
€ 108.83

Hardback. A biography of one of the most impressive and influential figures of nineteenth-century Scotland, Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748611850
ISBN
9780748611850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.32
€ 143.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 colour illustrations in plate section: pp.68-69. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501307171
ISBN
9781501307171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.58

Paperback.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780300205411
ISBN
9780300205411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Born in Buenos Aires in 1899, Jorge Luis Borges was a voracious reader from childhood, perhaps in part because he knew he lived under a sentence of adult-onset blindness inherited from his father. This title chronicles Borges' life, charting the literary friendships, love affairs and polemical writings that formed the foundation of his youth. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 279.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892867
ISBN
9781861892867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.94

Paperback. Tells the story of a remarkable woman whose artistic mission was to relate Mexican cultural history to English-language readers. A world-renowned playwright in the 1930s and best-selling novelist in the 1940s, Josefina Niggli published at a time when Chicana/o literature was not yet recognized as such. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826342720
ISBN
9780826342720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563440
ISBN
9780099563440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647968
ISBN
9780691647968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.69

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