Biography: literary books

23713 books were found.

The Real JRR Tolkien: The Man Who Created Middle-Earth

The Real JRR Tolkien: The Man Who Created Middle-Earth...
Author: Jesse Xander ISBN: 9781399003285 Format: Paperback	$44.99
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The Creators of Winnie the Pooh: A A Milne and E H Shephard

The Creators of Winnie the Pooh: A A Milne and E H Shephard...
Author: Andrew Norman ISBN: 9781399064231 Format: Hardback	$59.99
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The Real D.H. Lawrence

The Real D.H. Lawrence
Author: Caroline Roope ISBN: 9781399058162 Format: Hardback	$65.00
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Donald Writes No More: The Life of Donald Goines, the Godfather of Street Lit

Donald Writes No More: The Life of Donald Goines, the...
Author: Eddie Stone ISBN: 9781496743046 Format: Paperback	$35.00
For the 50th anniversary of his murder, this gritty, engrossing, definitive biography of the legendary Black writer... Read More >>

Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London

Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens's London...
Author: Lee Jackson ISBN: 9780300279344 Format: Paperback	$24.95
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A Muzzle for Witches

A Muzzle for Witches
Author: Dubravka Ugresic , Ellen Ellias-Bursac ISBN: 9781960385253 Format: Paperback	$24.99
Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature As with the rest of her literary career, Dubravka Ugresic's... Read More >>

The Place of Tides

The Place of Tides
Author: James Rebanks ISBN: 9780241426937 Format: Hardback	$45.00
A story of friendship, history and redemption on a remote Norwegian island We are all in need of lights to follow.... Read More >>

Didion & Babitz

Didion & Babitz
Author: Lili Anolik ISBN: 9781805463993 Format: Paperback	$34.99
An outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work on the complicated relationship between Joan Didion and... Read More >>

Were Early Modern Lives Different?: Writing the Self in the Renaissance

Were Early Modern Lives Different?: Writing the Self...
Author: Andrew Hadfield (University of Sussex, Brighton, UK) ISBN: 9781032929675 Format: Paperback	$83.99
Should we assume that people who lived some time ago were quite similar to us or should we assume that they need... Read More >>

William Maginn and the British Press: A Critical Biography

William Maginn and the British Press: A Critical Biography...
Author: David E. Latané ISBN: 9781032920801 Format: Paperback	$83.99
The first scholarly treatment of the life of William Maginn, David Latané’s meticulously researched biography follows... Read More >>

A Season of Death: A Memoir

A Season of Death: A Memoir
Author: Mark Raphael Baker ISBN: 9780522880892 Format: Paperback	$29.99
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The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham

The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke...
Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett ISBN: 9780008126575 Format: Paperback	$36.99
From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers,... Read More >>

Unleashed

Unleashed
Author: Boris Johnson ISBN: 9780008733452 Format: Paperback	$49.99
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The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the...
Author: William Egginton ISBN: 9781805337652 Format: Hardback	$49.99
A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explore the greatest enigmas of the universe in this scintillatingly original... Read More >>

Amos Oz’s Two Pens: Between Literature and Politics

Amos Oz’s Two Pens: Between Literature and Politics...
Author: Arie M. Dubnov (The George Washington University, USA) ISBN: 9781032398143 Format: Paperback	$83.99
This volume revisits Amoz Oz's the two pens parable. It brings together scholars from various disciplines who assess... Read More >>

Sophie From Romania: A Year of Love and Hope with a Rescue Dog

Sophie From Romania: A Year of Love and Hope with a...
Author: Rory Cellan-Jones ISBN: 9781529918588 Format: Hardback	$50.00
The heartwarming true story of adopting, befriending and learning to love a shy rescue dog from Romania. 'Fills... Read More >>

The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham

The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke...
Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett ISBN: 9780008126551 Format: Hardback	$59.99
From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers,... Read More >>

In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig

In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig
Author: Rüdiger Görner ISBN: 9781914979101 Format: Hardback	$57.95
In the Future of Yesterday offers a refreshing approach to the life and work of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and... Read More >>

Unleashed

Unleashed
Author: Boris Johnson ISBN: 9780008618209 Format: Hardback	$69.99
THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSON ‘ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY... Read More >>

Life in Two Worlds

Life in Two Worlds
Author: Ted Nolan , Meg Masters ISBN: 9780735244979 Format: Paperback	$32.99
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The Illustrated Book of Japanese Haiku: A Journey through the Seasons with Japan's Best-Loved Poets (Free Online Audio)

The Illustrated Book of Japanese Haiku: A Journey through...
Author: William Scott Wilson , Manda ISBN: 9784805318072 Format: Hardback	$34.99
A beautifully illustrated collection of haiku poetry from the 100 most famous Japanese poets. Read More >>

When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's Trailblazing Gay Journalist

When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's...
Author: Michael G. Lee ISBN: 9780914090304 Format: Hardback	$54.99
Randy Shilts was the preeminent LGBTQ+ reporter of his generation. He was the first openly gay reporter assigned... Read More >>

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography
Author: Washington Irving , George Philip Krapp ISBN: 9781434422828 Format: Paperback	$55.41
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books... Read More >>

An Area of Darkness

An Area of Darkness
Author: V.S. Naipaul ISBN: 9781035051809 Format: Paperback	$24.99
The first book in V. S. Naipaul’s acclaimed Indian trilogy, republished as part of the Picador Collection. Read More >>

Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self

Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self
Author: Annabel Abbs ISBN: 9781529366495 Format: Paperback	$24.99
A revelatory, personal exploration of insomnia and the night which shows how women throughout history have found... Read More >>

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