Autobiography: literary books

Historical documentarian Harriet Reisen presents a vivid, energetic account of the life of Louisa May Alcott, the...  Read More >>

Klaus W. Jonas' zweisprachige Ausgabe behandelt die literarische Laufbahn des Schriftstellers W. Somerset Maugham...  Read More >>

Fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one...  Read More >>

A work of a Ukranian-born cultural commentator and journalist whose life has been spent exploring the curious, the...  Read More >>

Words and pictures that show the South's imprint on the life and works of the great playwright  Read More >>

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Down-to-earth, real, and inspiring, this volume of distilled wisdom from beloved author and playwright Maya Angelou...  Read More >>

An insightful biography of Florence?s famous son Acclaimed biog rap her R.W.B. Lewis traces the life and complex...  Read More >>

Mary 'Mamie' Angela Dickens (1838-1896) was the oldest daughter of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife...  Read More >>

Morais pens this comprehensive biography of one of the world's most popular and widely-read novelists Paulo Coelho,...  Read More >>

At once a romantic history of a mighty river and an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, here...  Read More >>

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Wall's stylish and compelling book gives us Flaubert in all of his contradictory splendor, as a man writing his...  Read More >>

For more than half a century, The Paris Review has conducted in-depth interviews with our leading novelists, poets,...  Read More >>

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD ""In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain...  Read More >>

An outspoken and controversial autobiography of Kamala Das.  Read More >>

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

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Drawing on the searing letters that Walt Whitman, his brother...  Read More >>

The author of ""Bleeding London"" and ""Sex Collectors"" turns his eye to the intellectual and cultural history...  Read More >>

Messenger offers an inspiring look at Mattie Stepanek, a young man who embodied the best of human nature, touched...  Read More >>

Margaret Peg Woffington (c. 1720 - 26 March 1760) was a well-known Irish actress in Georgian London.Having a reputation...  Read More >>

Flannery O'Connor has been studied and lauded under many labels: the Southern author whose pen captured the soul...  Read More >>

"This exciting new book by acclaimed author Sally Tippett Rains will be a must-read for all ""Gone With The Wind""...  Read More >>

In the summer of 1887, George MacDonald's son Ronald, newly engaged to artist Louise Blandy, sailed from England...  Read More >>