Autobiography: literary books

From the depths of a chaotic family romance to the winds spreading Chernobyl's nuclear fallout, Kupperman's episodic...  Read More >>

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Traces the growth of Jane Austen's fame, the changing status of her work and what it has stood for - or has been...  Read More >>

In the tradition of Sylvia Nasar's ""A Beautiful Mind,"" this penetrating work explores the amazing imagination...  Read More >>

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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott is a wonderful tale for kids, perfect for reading chapter by chapter to kids as...  Read More >>

From the author of ""Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft,"" a ""New York Times"" Notable Book, comes a startling...  Read More >>

Presents an account of the author's childhood in Czernowitz, Ukraine. This title portrays a twilit world suspended...  Read More >>

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Published in 1916, Twilight in Italy is a travelogue by D. H. Lawrence. He embarkes on foot to Italy with his German...  Read More >>

Over the course of his 60 years, Hitchens has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous...  Read More >>

A #1 New York Times -bestselling author and National Book Award finalist--one of the most admired and controversial...  Read More >>

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A collection of quotations by Henry David Thoreau, famous American author, naturalist, and transcendentalist.  Read More >>

The first and only biography of Nobel laureate William Golding, by preeminentBritish literary critic Carey.  Read More >>

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‘Where are the snows of yesteryear. And the speedballs I useta know? Well, I guess it’s time for my Ovaltine and...  Read More >>

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The much honored biographer unearths the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels captured ordinary...  Read More >>

Ghost Pine: All Stories True offers thirteen years worth of sparkling true stories from the life of author Jeff...  Read More >>

Granted unprecedented access to Maugham's personal correspondence and to newly uncovered interviews with his only...  Read More >>

"A #1 ""New York Times""-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist--one of the most admired and controversial...  Read More >>

First published in 1989, this memoir has become a classic in the genre. With this book, Wolff essentially launched...  Read More >>

The much honored biographer unearths the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels captured ordinary...  Read More >>