Biography: literary books

The second volume in Simone de Beauvoir's autobiography. In it she continues the story of her life from the age...  Read More >>

A fascinating new biography of the man behind James Bond, by an award-winning biographer and novelist who has unprecedented...  Read More >>

A book of letters revealing the inner desires and turmoils of Jack Kerouac after his rise to literary acclaim in...  Read More >>

A compelling, timely exploration of Fernando Pessoa's profound, innovative ideas.  Read More >>

The orphaned Philadelphia Austen was forced to seek for herself those objects of eighteenth-century womanhood: social...  Read More >>

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Translated by Alison L. Strayer into English for the first time, The Use of Photography is an extraordinary meditation...  Read More >>

Fifty years after the death of J.R.R. Tolkien, these essays look at Tolkien's own history in relation to his fiction...  Read More >>

VOLTAIRE: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO HIS LIFE AND WORKS offers an introduction to this unique 18th-century French author....  Read More >>

""An unforgettable book, A Life in Trans Activism will leave the reader questioning the 'safe' and 'comfortable'...  Read More >>

In seiner Schrift ""Baumeister der Welt"" widmet sich Stefan Zweig den kreativen und geistigen Genies, die durch...  Read More >>

Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was a poet, critic and, above all, an essayist of great distinction. Charles Lamb: Man...  Read More >>

An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand...  Read More >>

An extraordinary memoir about family, the past and mortality, and the final work from the peerless Jonathan Raban....  Read More >>

Frankie King was a precocious student and a promising basketball player at Brooklyn’s James Madison High School...  Read More >>

A collection of previously unpublished writing culled from the Kerouac archive Jack Kerouac's archive is vast....  Read More >>

Zweig révèle la complexité d'un personnage troublant et talentueux, en explorant de manière psychologique les déchirements...  Read More >>

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Vocal Republican, accomplished gardener, lover of large cars, Ernest Haycox was nothing if not three-dimensional....  Read More >>

Delve into the profound spiritual journey of Elie Wiesel through this comprehensive study of his fiction. From the...  Read More >>

Ce recit autobiographique relate les premieres annees de la vie du jeune Alexis Pechkov, alias Maxime Gorki (1868-1936),...  Read More >>

""Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer's activism.""--Provided by publisher....  Read More >>

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Writers' Journeys That Shaped Our World invites you to follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous...  Read More >>

Una de las autoras más sugestivas de la literatura en español, ganadora del Premio Latin American Voices, recrea...  Read More >>