Autobiography: literary books

Part memoir, part adventure story, and part study of the natural world, this is an evocative and vividly written...  Read More >>

I am not a natural-born teacher. I am not a writer of ease and facility. I've done a lot of zigzagging to get where...  Read More >>

In this remarkable memoir, Price recounts scenes and events that are, without question, dreadful for any child;...  Read More >>

The extraordinary life story of the famed black writer, poet, and Harlem activist, told in his own words.  Read More >>

While working on his second novel, John Sedgwick spiraled into a depression so profound that it very nearly resulted...  Read More >>

Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams,...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

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'Miracles of Life' opens and closes in Shanghai, the city where J.G.Ballard was born, and where he spent the most...  Read More >>

The original version of Dreiser's classic novel, in print for the first time  Read More >>

A TRUE AND TRAGIC STORY Lethal Souvenir is the true and tragic story of Charlene, a beautiful young woman. Born...  Read More >>

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

Jimmy Carter - A Nobel President is the biography of Jimmy Carter, he was the thirty-ninth President of the United...  Read More >>

""Smart, affecting, and self-critically probing: a balm for anyone who has lost a loved one long before death.""...  Read More >>

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Much the way Donald Hall's Seasons at Eagle Pond captured New England, Sky Time in Gray's River captures the essence...  Read More >>

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

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Lucy Maud Montgomery's scrapbooks from the years 1893 to 1910 provide a revealing look into her life and inspiration...  Read More >>

A biography of Ruskin, an artist, scientist, poet, environmentalist, philosopher, and the pre-eminent art critic...  Read More >>

No literary figure of the past century - in America or perhaps in any other Western country - is comparable to Ezra...  Read More >>

Introduction. I am indebted to Mr. E. W. Emerson for assistance in preparation of this book and for various illustrative...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>