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Biography: literary
Paperback. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. This title offers portraits of a man destroyed by his genius. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619021051
- ISBN
- 9781619021051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, YES. BIC Classification: BGL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 26 x 151 x 232. Weight in Grams: 479. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002172
- ISBN
- 9780340752395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Inspirations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 353 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 122. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Argyll Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006178
- ISBN
- 9781906134693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691154114
- ISBN
- 9780691154114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.52
€ 19.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862079083
- ISBN
- 9781862079083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.28
€ 11.99
€ 9.28
Hardcover. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 39. Weight in Grams: 746. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007390
- ISBN
- 9780007486960
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781851969050
- ISBN
- 9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 504.99€ 318.03
€ 504.99
€ 318.03
Paperback. Frances Partridge: the last survivor of the Bloomsbury group - the authorised biography. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Edition
- New ed.
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826997
- ISBN
- 9780753826997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
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
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KKD0009969
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Presents the history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of literature. In this one year, we follow what he reads and writes, what he saw, and who he worked with as he creates four of his most famous plays - "Henry V", "Julius Caesar", "As You Like It", and "Hamlet". Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports.,. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 31. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571214815
- ISBN
- 9780571214815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.01
€ 18.99
€ 14.01
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
€ 18.99€ 17.45
€ 18.99
€ 17.45
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
€ 14.99
€ 12.86
Hardcover. Presents a study of the work of Sean O Dalaigh/John O'Daly, the great 19th-century scribe; compiler and collector of manuscripts, editor, anthologist; and, founder of societies for the publication of Gaelic literature. This text includes an analysis of his sources, manuscript compilations, printed editions and connections in the literary world. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Edition
- Chead Choiriu ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184073
- ISBN
- 9781859184073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118281529
- ISBN
- 9781118281529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825778
- ISBN
- 9780753825778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued the literary great. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, this book traces Hemingway's encounters and reflects on how they impacted and influenced his decisions, actions, philosophy of life, and, of course, his works. Num Pages: 212 pages, 67 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHN0002436
- ISBN
- 9781538102404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KRA0006680
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A new edition of a wonderful Birmingham working-class childhood. As memorable as William Woodruff's Nab End series. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083022
- ISBN
- 9781844083022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, was both a brilliant and controversial man. This biography offers a nuanced account of this morally ambiguous man. Drawing on Hamsun's extraordinary private archives and on his psychoanalyst's notes, it delves into Hamsun's personal life and character. Translator(s): Skuggevik, Erik; Dawkin, Deborah. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 b/w. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123562
- ISBN
- 9780300123562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Hardcover. The blazingly inventive, fictional autobiography of Mark Leyner, one of America's "rare, true original voices." (Gary Shteyngart) Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316323253
- ISBN
- 9780316323253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.68
€ 30.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. A passionate and deeply researched reassessment of Emily Dickinson's life and singular legacy in American arts and letters Num Pages: 256 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781934137987
- ISBN
- 9781934137987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; HBAH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141979472
- ISBN
- 9780141979472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.46
€ 25.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class system yet prized the friendship of aristocrats. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241963289
- ISBN
- 9780241963289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.59
€ 15.99
€ 12.59