Autobiography: literary books

This book is the story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers...  Read More >>

In the latter part of her life, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became heavily involved in books as both an editor and...  Read More >>

Listeners will be enchanted with Conroy's ruminations on reading and books, and want to own and share this perfect...  Read More >>

[Nabokov] has fleshed the bare bones of historical data with hilarious anecdotes and with a felicity of style that...  Read More >>

An autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence,...  Read More >>

At the time of his death, Auchincloss had just finished taking on a subject he had long avoided: himself. His memoir...  Read More >>

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Miscelaneous literary essays originally published by renowned Costarrican poet Luis Chaves in periodicals, online...  Read More >>

The Visiting Suit is a powerful addition to classic gulag literature, furthering Xiaoda Xiao's budding reputation...  Read More >>

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Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Life...  Read More >>

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In this probing look at the woman behind ""Little Women,"" Reisen explores Alcott's life in the context of her works,...  Read More >>

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

""The three chapters which form Part One of this book were given as the Clark Lectures in 2007""--p. vii.  Read More >>

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A revelatory true story about adoption, secrets and the need to belong.  Read More >>

Bestselling author Conroy (""The Prince of Tides"") celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life....  Read More >>

Winner of two prestigious literature prizes - China Times Literature Prize and Lianhe Literature Prize, Gaobie...  Read More >>

This is a gathering of essays, poems, and recollections dedicated to the memory of poet, scholar, teacher, and political...  Read More >>

The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists,...  Read More >>

In one of the great autobiographies of the English language, Mark Twain recounts everything that ever happened to...  Read More >>