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Biography: literary

Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684069
ISBN
9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Paperback. Pursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241963302
ISBN
9780241963302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Hardcover. Arthur Hallam's early death was the subject of Tennyson's celebrated poem "In Memoriam". As a result of its popularity, Hallam became a legendary figure, very much accepted on Tennyson's terms as being almost divinely gifted and of immense promise. This book intends to supplement and challenge this representation of Hallam. Num Pages: 309 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194185
ISBN
9781845194185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.69

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

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Hardback. Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784740214
ISBN
9781784740214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. Illustrated with maps, sketches and more than fifty photographs, this book uncovers the secret locations featured in Arthur Ransome's original "Swallows & Amazons" adventures. It contains numerous quotations from Arthur Ransome, which support both text and photographs. Num Pages: 136 pages, 60+ half-tones, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 201 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Sigma Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850588399
ISBN
9781850588399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Tells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. Translator(s): Quintman, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106227
ISBN
9780143106227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. This updated edition, published for the first time in trade paperback, includes all-new essays to celebrate eight additional stores. My Bookstore is the enthusiastic, heartfelt, sometimes humorous tribute by 92 known authors to their favorite independent bookstores. Num Pages: 432 pages, 89 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316395076
ISBN
9780316395076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. Aimed at presenting the known and, especially, the unknown Mark Twain, this book covers his works as well as the rambling and often wildly psyche and contradictory life. It presents his unforgettable characters - Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Pudd'nhead Wilson and many others. It is suitable for general readers, students, and scholars. Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions. 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. Aimed at presenting the known and, especially, the unknown Mark Twain, this book covers his works as well as the rambling and often wildly psyche and contradictory life. It presents his unforgettable characters - Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Pudd'nhead Wilson and many others. It is suitable for general readers, students, and scholars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight: 370.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826418135
ISBN
9780826418135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.08

Paperback. The autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers with an introduction by Jane Campion Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086238
ISBN
9781844086238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Offers a biography of Shakespeare, this book reads like the work of a contemporary meeting Shakespeare. It is a depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386559
ISBN
9780749386559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. A comprehensive look at the life and poetry of Sa'di - the poet of life, love and compassion. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684731
ISBN
9781851684731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Paperback. How was Ted Hughes's poetry influenced by Sylvia Plath? What is the importance of his early life on the Yorkshire moors with his elder brother, a life he called Paradise? How did writing Birthday Letters affect his career? This close study of Hughes's poetic development, now available in paperback, answers all these questions and more. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580978
ISBN
9780230580978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408842416
ISBN
9781408842416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

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. A collection of biographies: a gifted artist and shrewd businesswoman; a pioneering scientific researcher; a powerful landowner who conserved acres of Lakeland countryside; a daughter who defied her parents with her first tragically short engagement and who, finally was given a second chance of love and happiness. Num Pages: 608 pages, 4 x 8 page colour/black and white insets. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464.
Edition
1st Penguin Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141003108
ISBN
9780141003108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Hardback. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127. .
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424273
ISBN
9780857424273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.25

Paperback. The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien's 125th Anniversary. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 b/w plates (8pp), Index. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008207779
ISBN
9780008207779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Griffin Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926837260
ISBN
9781926837260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. A series of recollections that concern both the childhood and work of the writer John Fowles. For him, the tree is the best analogue of prose fiction, symbolising the wild side of our psyche, and he stresses the importance in art of the unpredictable, the unaccountable and the intuitive. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282839
ISBN
9780099282839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 90 b/w photos & 39 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGL; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Apogee Books Science Fiction Canada
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897350270
ISBN
9781897350270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

paperback. In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. This book focuses on this episode in Shakespeare's life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 x 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023748
ISBN
9780141023748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Tells how Clarice Lispector through long exile abroad and difficult personal struggles, matured into a great writer, and asserts, for the first time, the deep roots in the Jewish mystical tradition that make her the true heir to Kafka as well as the unlikely author of "perhaps the greatest spiritual autobiography of the twentieth century". Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846147814
ISBN
9781846147814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

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

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