Biography: literary books

As a single mother raising five children in the sixties, Betty Lunam is no stranger to struggle. Born in rural Québec...  Read More >>

A teacher recounts a year on Yamacraw Island, off the South Carolina coast, when he helped black children gain an...  Read More >>

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The Silenced Muse is the first full-length biography of Emily Hale, the longtime secret love of celebrated poet...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study of the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, related in two-year chapters by twenty-three leading writers...  Read More >>

This book ""Urdu ke kuch Adeeb: Funn aur Shakhsiat"" contains a few essays on the laureates of the progressive movement....  Read More >>

While best known for his work as a novelist, journalist, and film critic—Knoxville-born writer James Agee was also...  Read More >>

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A brilliant and satirical novelist of ideas; a prophet of the future; a pioneer of psychedelic experimentation:...  Read More >>

First published in 1972, Goethe presents a biography looking at one of the few great Europeans to be universally...  Read More >>

A Literary Exploration of Chicana Coming of Age, Identity, and Belonging  Read More >>

Entdecken Sie das außergewöhnliche Leben von Enrico Mattei, dem Unternehmer, der den italienischen Energiesektor...  Read More >>

This work comprises interviews with the writer Louis Calaferte. In it, he reveals the creative process and philosophies...  Read More >>

From bestselling author Sarah Moss, a boundary-breaking memoir about the battleground of the female body, and about...  Read More >>

The captivating story of the famed publisher who transformed not only publishing but the culture of ideas  Read More >>

An entertaining guide to history's most influential and inspiring poets - from Homer and Sappho to Shakespeare and...  Read More >>

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An intimate and revelatory eyewitness account of two generations of students in China's heartland, chronicling a...  Read More >>

From bestselling author Sarah Moss, a boundary-breaking memoir about the battleground of the female body, and about...  Read More >>

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COSA CHIEDERESTI AL TUO SCRITTORE PREFERITO DELL'ALDILÀ SE LO INCONTRASTE? Con l'aiuto di un collega sensitivo,...  Read More >>

Personification is another name for sketching. There are instances and remnants of it in every language, nation,...  Read More >>

Véritable plongée dans l'univers littéraire du XVIIIe siècle, ""Le Grand Classique du Roman Anglais: Henry Fielding""...  Read More >>

Le ""Journal de la comtesse Léon Tolstoï, Tome II"" de Sophie Tolstoï offre un regard intime et poignant sur la...  Read More >>

Examines the life of French writer Jane de La Vaudère (1857-1908), exploring how she adapted her persona to shifting...  Read More >>