Autobiography: literary books

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I Have Seen the Future: A Life of Lincoln Steffens

I Have Seen the Future: A Life of Lincoln Steffens

Author: Peter Hartshorn
ISBN: 9781582438078
Format: Paperback
$52.67

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Lincoln Steffens, an internationally known and respected political insider,...  Read More >>

Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1959-1974

Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs,...

Author: William S Burroughs ,  Bill Morgan
ISBN: 9780062088864
Format: Paperback
$92.40

A long anticipated collection of over 300 of Burroughs s letters from the early 60s through the mid 70s, written...  Read More >>

Autobio: An Archival Website

Autobio: An Archival Website

Author: Daniel McVay
ISBN: 9781469944098
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Adapted from my website, this is an archival autobiography by Author Daniel McVay, including: ChronoPixScrapBookReport...  Read More >>

Byron

Byron

Author: John Nichol
ISBN: 9781470043070
Format: Paperback
$34.19

First published in 1880, this biography explores the flamboyant life and highly influential works of Lord Byron...  Read More >>

John Barleycorn

John Barleycorn

Author: Jack London
ISBN: 9781470042097
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Initially, Jack London gives a quick tease of White Logic, mentioning the white light of alcohol and how alcohol...  Read More >>

Goodbye Twentieth Century

Goodbye Twentieth Century

Author: Dannie Abse
ISBN: 9781908069757
Format: Hardback
$51.75

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History of a Suicide

History of a Suicide

Author: Jill Bialosky
ISBN: 9781439101940
Format: Paperback
$36.96

From acclaimed poet and novelist Bialosky comes an exploration of her sister's suicide and its lifelong impact on...  Read More >>

Contemporary Authors, Volume 315: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields

Contemporary Authors, Volume 315: A Bio-Bibliographical...

Author: Michael J Tyrkus
ISBN: 9781414460970
Format: Hardback
$773.52

Find biographical information on more than 130, 000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists...  Read More >>

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Author: Thomas de Quincey
ISBN: 9781617205293
Format: Paperback
$19.28

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is a powerful nineteenth-century autobiography tracing Thomas De Quincey's...  Read More >>

Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood

Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood...

Author: Charlotte Silver
ISBN: 9781594488153
Format: Hardback
$68.51

Recounts the author's childhood in her mother's Harvard Square restaurant at the side of a rotating cast of eccentric...  Read More >>

The Earl of Oxford and the Making of ""Shakespeare"": The Literary Life of Edward de Vere in Context

The Earl of Oxford and the Making of ""Shakespeare"":...

Author: Richard Malim
ISBN: 9780786463138
Format: Paperback
$54.95

Investigates the role of Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, establishing him as the mostly likely candidate...  Read More >>

La oculta demencia policial

La oculta demencia policial

Author: Ignacio Fernandez Candela
ISBN: 9781470003913
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Ignacio Fernandez Candela, novelista, ensayista, poeta y pintor...  Read More >>

Goodbye Twentieth Century

Goodbye Twentieth Century

Author: Dannie Abse
ISBN: 9781908069726
Format: Paperback
$25.85

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Through the Magic Door

Through the Magic Door

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 9781470016548
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Through the Magic Door (1907) is an essay by Arthur Conan Doyle: his subject is the charisma and charm of books....  Read More >>

Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color

Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color...

Author: Cherene Sherrard-Johnson
ISBN: 9780813551678
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Captures the scope of the author's long life and career, this is an essential book for both fans of West's fiction...  Read More >>

Topical Essays

Topical Essays

Author: Charles E. May
ISBN: 9781587658006
Format: Hardback
$462.00

Essays in this set are organised into three categories: “Theories, Themes & Types”, “History of Short Fiction”,...  Read More >>

Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Fourth Edition

Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Fourth Edition

Author: Charles E. May
ISBN: 9781587657894
Format: Hardback
$2626.80

Profiles of major short-story writers throughout history and the world - organized so libraries can select only...  Read More >>

World Writers

World Writers

Author: Lo Jung-pang
ISBN: 9781587657993
Format: Hardback
$462.00

Examines writers from a wide range of different countries, including Argentina's Jorge Luis Borges, China's Ha Jin,...  Read More >>

American Writers

American Writers

Author: Lo Jung-pang
ISBN: 9781587657900
Format: Hardback
$1306.80

Authors covered include Sherman Alexie, Saul Bellow, Benjamin Franklin, Dashiell Hammett, Herman Melville, Dorothy...  Read More >>

British, Irish & Commonwealth Writers

British, Irish & Commonwealth Writers

Author: Lo Jung-pang
ISBN: 9781587657955
Format: Hardback
$778.80

Includes Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Alice Munro, and Roald...  Read More >>

Roughing It

Roughing It

Author: Mark Twain ,  Professor Grover Gardner
ISBN: 9781455115396
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$184.77

Capturing tales of the American West told through wildly-humorous autobiographical essays by Mark Twain, this classic...  Read More >>

Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1959-1974

Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs,...

Author: William S Burroughs ,  Bill Morgan, (Ps
ISBN: 9780061711428
Format: Hardback
$92.40

A collection of 300 of the best of Burroughs's letters from 1959 to 1974 thatprovides unparalleled insight into...  Read More >>

Death of a Rebel: The Charlie Fenton Story

Death of a Rebel: The Charlie Fenton Story

Author: Scott Donaldson
ISBN: 9781611474930
Format: Hardback
$114.95

Death of a Rebel tells the story of Charles Andrews Fenton (1919-1960), a charismatic teacher, scholar, and writer...  Read More >>

Manchild in the Promised Land

Manchild in the Promised Land

Author: Claude Brown ,  Nathan McCall
ISBN: 9781451631579
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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