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Biography: literary

Paperback. Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952672
ISBN
9780241952672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444783148
ISBN
9781444783148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.34

Paperback. Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of domestic life. Between 1st January 1915 and her death in 1941 she regularly recorded her thoughts with unfailing grace, courage, honesty and wit. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518259
ISBN
9780099518259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGLA; BM; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578892
ISBN
9781877578892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; BGL; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089291
ISBN
9781844089291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. A fresh, illustrated colour guide to the important and life-changing time Robert Burns spent in Edinburgh, with drawings and photographs of key people and places in the city by David Alexander, and Jerry Brannigan. Burns was in Edinburgh at the time of the Enlightenment (1786-1787. This new guide shows that time in a new way. Illustrator(s): David, Alexander. Num Pages: 208 pages, throughout colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849341714
ISBN
9781849341714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. One of France's most high-profile writers and a Nobel Prize-winner, Albert Camus experienced both public adulation and acrimonious rejection during his career, which was cut short by a fatal car accident in 1960. Edward J. Hughes unravels the life of a complex personality whose work and stance were the subjects of intense interest and scrutiny. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780234939
ISBN
9781780234939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. AJ Cronin, author of some of the best-loved novels of the mid-twentieth century and the creator of Dr Finlay, has been unjustly overlooked by literary biographers. This title tells the story of Cronin's Scottish childhood as the son of a Protestant mother and Catholic father, his subsequent medical career, and his rise to literary prominence. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 504. The Man Who Created Dr Finlay. 384 pages, Illustrations. AJ Cronin, author of some of the best-loved novels of the mid-twentieth century and the creator of Dr Finlay, has been unjustly overlooked by literary biographers. This title tells the story of Cronin's Scottish childhood as the son of a Protestant mother and Catholic father, his subsequent medical career, and his rise to literary prominence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 150 x 215 x 29. Weight: 500.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846881121
ISBN
9781846881121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. At eighteen, Forsyth was the youngest pilot to qualify with the RAF. At twenty-five, he was stationed in East Berlin as a journalist during the Cold War. He wrote his game-changing first novel, The Day of the Jackal and never looked back. He's been shot at, he's been arrested, he's even been seduced by an undercover agent. This is his story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552171700
ISBN
9780552171700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; BGL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Halsgrove United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
4th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857040701
ISBN
9780857040701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

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

€ 19.72

Hardback. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven; Neal, Lisa. Num Pages: 832 pages, 2 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 243 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1266.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167879
ISBN
9780691167879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. The authorized biography of a literary legend, written with unique access to all of Sassoon's previously unseen papers Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447243281
ISBN
9781447243281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799592
ISBN
9781589799592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.74

Hardback. A journey through the life and thought of George Orwell, from public school satirist and imperial policeman to Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199680801
ISBN
9780199680801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. 'You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.' From the point of view of his life now, the author moves you through the events of his life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283248
ISBN
9780571283248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. He published a volume of poems in 1934 and during the war served in the Royal Navy. Afterwards he returned to being a schoolmaster in Salisbury. This title introduces Golding. Num Pages: 592 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571231645
ISBN
9780571231645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. J. L. Carr was the most English of Englishmen: headmaster of a Northamptonshire school, cricket enthusiast and campaigner for the conservation of country churches. But he was also the author of half a dozen utterly unique novels. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781311523
ISBN
9781781311523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2008 BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 488.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330440097
ISBN
9780330440097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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