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Biography: literary
Paperback. Playwright, novelist, polyglot, pianist, trickster Tomson Highway's Henry Kreisel Lecture on the importance of multilingualism. Illustrator(s): Sokaymoh Frederik, Christine. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120417
- ISBN
- 9781772120417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.94
€ 13.99
€ 11.94
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€ 37.31
€ 51.99
€ 37.31
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804305
- ISBN
- 9781609804305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.71
€ 20.99
€ 19.71
paperback. As father and son, John and Dan Fante's relationship was characterized by competition, resentment, rages, and extended periods of silence. This title traces Dan Fante's family's history from the hillsides of Italy to the immigrant neighborhoods of Colorado to Los Angeles. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780062027092
- ISBN
- 9780062027092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.78
€ 19.99
€ 18.78
Paperback. A. N. Wilson's Tolstoy is a highly intelligent and accessible biography of the most famous writer in the Russian canon. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 44. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782390916
- ISBN
- 9781782390916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
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
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. When Chabani Manganyi published the first edition of selected letters twenty-five years ago as a companion volume to "Exiles and Homecomings: A Biography of Es'kia Mphahlele", the idea of Mphahlele's death was remote and poetic. That death has now come and we mourn it. This volume offers an account of Mphahlele's rich and varied life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144891
- ISBN
- 9781868144891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Editor(s): Podnieks, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493764
- ISBN
- 9781611493764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.96
€ 173.96
hardcover. Lives are known textually, and this collection of new essays explores, corrects, and advances contemporary knowledge of historical lives and texts, particularly of the British eighteenth century. Complementing the essays is a complete translation and critical edition of a life of Hester Thrale Piozzi written in French by Frances Burney. Editor(s): Swan, Jesse G. Num Pages: 302 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611485400
- ISBN
- 9781611485400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.25
€ 155.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474886
- ISBN
- 9781611474886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.89
€ 154.89
Hardback. Dashiell Hammett changed the face of crime fiction. A controversial political activist who stood for civil liberty, he was also a very private man. In this biography, the author uses fresh research, including interviews with Hammett's family and Hellman's heir, to reexamine his life and works. Num Pages: 264 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 8 x 5 x 140. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611457841
- ISBN
- 9781611457841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.50
€ 25.99
€ 21.50
Paperback. This is the authoritative biography of writer, poet, and beat generation icon Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), whose novel On the Road catapulted him to the forefront of the literary world and influenced budding writers for generations to come. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589793668
- ISBN
- 9781589793668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.46
€ 22.46
Hardback. Examines Charlotte Armstrong's contribution to the suspense genre through an exploration of her childhood diaries, adult correspondence, published and cinematic works, reviews of those works, and the recollections of her agent, children, and grand children. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911229
- ISBN
- 9781575911229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1994. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; WZ. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628724387
- ISBN
- 9781628724387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
This is the first book-length study on the Anglo-Jewish writer Bernard Kops, who became famous as part of the new wave of British drama with the production of his play The Hamlet of Stepney Green in 1958. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611476569
- ISBN
- 9781611476569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Random House Australia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857985767
- ISBN
- 9780857985767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.40
€ 30.99
€ 26.40
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
€ 21.99€ 20.67
€ 21.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 30 color & 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764338816
- ISBN
- 9780764338816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628725339
- ISBN
- 9781628725339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.86
€ 18.99
€ 17.86
Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475074
- ISBN
- 9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46