Autobiography: literary books

7631 books were found.

House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family

House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family...

Author: Paul Fisher
ISBN: 9780805090208
Format: Paperback
$58.05

Revealing the fascinating complexities of one of history's most brilliant, eccentric, and daring families, ""House...  Read More >>

Bangkok Days

Bangkok Days

Author: Lawrence Osborne
ISBN: 9780865477322
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Osborne offers a passionate, affectionate record of adventures and misadventures in the world's hottest metropolis....  Read More >>

About My Life and the Kept Woman: A Memoir

About My Life and the Kept Woman: A Memoir

Author: John Rechy
ISBN: 9780802144041
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Rechy, author of ""City of Night,"" writes openly about his life as a Mexican-American, in a powerful story that...  Read More >>

The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle: Biography - Stories - Articles

The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle: Biography - Stories...

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ,  David Timson
ISBN: 9781608478521
Format: Mixed media product
$158.37

A Life of Arthur Conan Doyle by Hesketh Pearson  Read More >>

Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back

Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back

Author: Reynolds Price
ISBN: 9780743291897
Format: Hardback
$92.40

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A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi

A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi...

Author: Nawal El Saadawi ,  Sherif Hetata
ISBN: 9781848132320
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Beautifully repackaged, volume one of the autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi, the Arab world's leading feminist....  Read More >>

Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi

Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi...

Author: Nawal El Saadawi ,  Sherif Hetata
ISBN: 9781848132290
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Beautifully repackaged, volume two of the autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi, the Arab world's leading feminist....  Read More >>

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

Author: Andrew Lycett ,  Frederick Davidson
ISBN: 9781433245824
Format: Downloadable audio file
$184.67

This gripping biography calls on a wealth of unpublished material to unravel the intricate story of the misunderstood...  Read More >>

A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi

A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi...

Author: Nawal El Saadawi ,  Sherif Hetata
ISBN: 9781848132313
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Beautifully repackaged, volume one of the autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi, the Arab world's leading feminist....  Read More >>

Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi

Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi...

Author: Nawal El Saadawi ,  Sherif Hetata
ISBN: 9781848132283
Format: Hardback
$319.31

Beautifully repackaged, volume two of the autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi, the Arab world's leading feminist....  Read More >>

Memoirs of My Life and Writings

Memoirs of My Life and Writings

Author: Edward Gibbon
ISBN: 9781438515342
Format: Paperback
$28.91

Memoirs of My Life and Writings from Edward Gibbon. English historian and Member of Parliament (1737-1794).  Read More >>

Shakespeare And Montaigne

Shakespeare And Montaigne

Author: Jacob Feis
ISBN: 9781438514789
Format: Paperback
$38.15

"Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Montaigne...  Read More >>

A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling

A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling

Author: V. S. Naipaul
ISBN: 9780375707292
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Originally published: Great Britain: Picador, 2007.  Read More >>

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Author: Philip Gabriel ,  Haruki Murakami
ISBN: 9780099526155
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Other Spaces, Other Times: A Life Spent in the Future

Other Spaces, Other Times: A Life Spent in the Future...

Author: Robert Silverberg
ISBN: 9781933065120
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Capturing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of science fiction, this autobiography of Robert Silverberg...  Read More >>

Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys

Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys

Author: Lilian Pizzichini
ISBN: 9780393058031
Format: Hardback
$79.07

This groundbreaking biography of Jean Rhys--best known for her 1966 ""Wide Sargasso Sea""--examines the life of...  Read More >>

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876: Volume 1

The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872–1876: Volume...

Author: Henry James ,  Pierre A. Walker
ISBN: 9780803222250
Format: Hardback
$246.50

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

Michener: A Writer’s Journey

Michener: A Writer’s Journey

Author: Stephen J. May ,  Valerie Hemingway
ISBN: 9780806140421
Format: Paperback
$45.10

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A Writer's Diary: Abridged Edition

A Writer's Diary: Abridged Edition

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky ,  Gary Saul Morson
ISBN: 9780810125216
Format: Paperback
$73.79

The essential entries from Dostoevsky's complete Diary, called his boldest experiment in literary form, are now...  Read More >>

The Secret Scripture: A Novel

The Secret Scripture: A Novel

Author: Sebastian Barry
ISBN: 9780143115694
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Set against an Ireland besieged by conflict, ""The Secret Scripture"" is an epic story of love, betrayal, and unavoidable...  Read More >>

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

Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to...

Author: Amy Elisabeth Fuller
ISBN: 9781414419206
Format: Hardback
$736.56

< P>Your students and users will find biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers in this volume...  Read More >>

Father and Son

Father and Son

Author: Edmund Gosse ,  Michael Newton (Lecturer in English, University College London)
ISBN: 9780199539116
Format: Paperback
$26.95

A pioneering naturalist and marine biologist, Philip Henry Gosse's strictly religious worldview is brought into...  Read More >>

Nothing to be Frightened Of

Nothing to be Frightened Of

Author: Julian Barnes
ISBN: 9780307356994
Format: Paperback
$55.44

'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him.' Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange...  Read More >>

Gather Together in My Name

Gather Together in My Name

Author: Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780812980301
Format: Paperback
$39.60

The second title in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to coincide with the publication...  Read More >>

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