Autobiography: literary books

Bereft of a civilized social life, her mother plunged into a deep depression and turned completely away from Carolyn....  Read More >>

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

All was sunshine--all was spring! The vine hung in long trails from tree to tree; never since have I seen Italy...  Read More >>

A troubled, sometimes violent drinker, Lowry lived his life on the edge--then wrote about it.  Read More >>

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THIS 28 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Good Men and Great, by Elbert...  Read More >>

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""Bertie's story is a testament to the 3 T's--tenacity, talent, and triumph. She just kept on fighting and we are...  Read More >>

With the posthumous publication of his long-suppressed novel Maurice in 1970, E.M. Forster came out as a homosexual....  Read More >>

An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated...  Read More >>

A record of a year in the life of the author. It dissects the financial crisis, deplores Israel's bombardment of...  Read More >>

A brilliantly insightful biographical study. Allen is equally sound on all important aspects of Kipling. --Martin...  Read More >>

This book is more or less a rambling account of some of the events in the author's twenty-five years, more or less,...  Read More >>

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In his first ever work of non-fiction, the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders and Waterland delivers a warm...  Read More >>

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Iris Chang, the bestselling author of The Rape of Nanking and tireless human rights activist, shocked the world...  Read More >>

This is André Brink's story of a life lived in tumultuous times. He describes with searing honesty his conflicting...  Read More >>

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This is the true life story of a small boy who was born in to a world of wonderment with a poor beginning. His life's...  Read More >>

Khalid Sindawi introduces the reader to a prominent Shi'ite poet of the Abbasid period who has been largely ignored...  Read More >>

Perhaps America's foremost literary stylist and most mordant wit, H.L. Mencken's most engaging writing told about...  Read More >>

A memoir that presents the story of 'a freckle-faced country boy, green as a gourd, a sheep ready to be sheared',...  Read More >>