Biography: literary books

27218 books were found.

Under the Shade of the Tree Named Bhaskar

Under the Shade of the Tree Named Bhaskar

Author: Prasanta Maji
ISBN: 9781954021433
Format: Paperback
$50.13

The book is a kind of multi-hued diary, a first-person account (by the author) of the life and times of Bhaskar...  Read More >>

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

A fresh linguistic, critical and anthropological perspective on Tolkien's life and works.  Read More >>

A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft...

Author: Lucy Sussex ,  Nancy Holder
ISBN: 9781922856401
Format: Paperback
$44.85

In 1797 an extraordinary visionary died, leaving behind a grieving husband, a two-year-old daughter, and a newborn....  Read More >>

The Inner Adventure: Conversations with Louis Calaferte

The Inner Adventure: Conversations with Louis Calaferte...

Author: Jean-Pierre Pauty ,  Willard Wood
ISBN: 9780810160668
Format: Hardback
$131.87

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

Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work

Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work

Author: Delia Steverson ,  Delores Phillips
ISBN: 9780820364964
Format: Hardback
$303.47

Expands and contextualizes the unpublished works of the late African American writer Delores Phillips. Stumbling...  Read More >>

Kafka: Making of an Icon

Kafka: Making of an Icon

Author: Ritchie Robertson
ISBN: 9781851246229
Format: Hardback
$69.99

An authoritative collection of essays celebrating Kafka’s life and work, and examining how his writing has continued...  Read More >>

The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: Her Last Years and the Scandal That Made Her

The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: Her Last Years and...

Author: Graham Watson
ISBN: 9781803995373
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Backstabbing, stalking, and illicit love; discover the Brontë family as they’ve never been seen before  Read More >>

The Life of LTC Rolt: Where Engineering Met Literature

The Life of LTC Rolt: Where Engineering Met Literature...

Author: Victoria Owens
ISBN: 9781399056618
Format: Hardback
$59.99

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Entrevistas Con Escritores Legendarios del M�s All�

Entrevistas Con Escritores Legendarios del M�s All�...

Author: Cathy McGough
ISBN: 9781998304868
Format: Paperback
$73.89

"�QU� LE PREGUNTAR�AS A TU ESCRITOR FAVORITO DEL M�S ALL� SI TE ENCONTRARAS CON �L? Con la ayuda de...  Read More >>

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

The story of the creators of Winnie the Pooh.  Read More >>

An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948

An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem...

Author: Sonja Mejcher-Atassi
ISBN: 9780231214759
Format: Paperback
$62.95

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In Fielding′s Wake

In Fielding′s Wake

Author: Jeremy Black
ISBN: 9781587314285
Format: Paperback
$36.95

"In the second volume of The Weight of Words Series, Jeremy Black continues his efforts to present and preserve...  Read More >>

Escaped at Thirteen: The True Story of a War Child's Rise to Success

Escaped at Thirteen: The True Story of a War Child's...

Author: Alieza Mogadam
ISBN: 9781038307422
Format: Paperback
$52.77

In a world of mounting chaos and upheaval, it is increasingly hard to believe we are in charge of our own fates....  Read More >>

An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948

An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem...

Author: Sonja Mejcher-Atassi
ISBN: 9780231214742
Format: Hardback
$248.95

In Jerusalem, as World War II was coming to an end, an extraordinary circle of friends came together across religious...  Read More >>

Agatha Christie and Ealing: Queen of Crime and Queen of the Suburbs

Agatha Christie and Ealing: Queen of Crime and Queen...

Author: Jonathan Oates
ISBN: 9781901091922
Format: Paperback
$23.76

This book explores the Ealing that Agatha Christie knew and reveals the inspiration for Miss Marple.  Read More >>

Horizonte der Seele: Gedanken und Reflexionen �ber die menschliche Existenz: Sammlung der besten Aphorismen und Zitate �ber das Leben

Horizonte der Seele: Gedanken und Reflexionen �ber die...

Author: Ivan Santos
ISBN: 9798324120801
Format: Paperback
$39.68

Diese Sammlung von Aphorismen und Reflexionen bietet einen tiefen Einblick in die Nuancen des Seins und beleuchtet...  Read More >>

The Nature of Things Fragile: Poems

The Nature of Things Fragile: Poems

Author: Peter Vertacnik
ISBN: 9781641773652
Format: Hardback
$44.99

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George and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and the Whigs

George and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and...

Author: Brigid Allen
ISBN: 9780718897451
Format: Hardback
$168.19

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Reading Shakespeare Reading Me

Reading Shakespeare Reading Me

Author: Leonard Barkan
ISBN: 9781531507312
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A gripping, funny, joyful account of how the books you read shape your own life in surprising and profound ways....  Read More >>

Malcolm Lowry: The Man and His Work

Malcolm Lowry: The Man and His Work

Author: George Woodcock ,  George Woodcock
ISBN: 9781551643021
Format: Paperback
$52.77

A troubled, sometimes violent drinker, Lowry lived his life on the edge--then wrote about it.  Read More >>

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting...

Author: Elizabeth Winkler
ISBN: 9781982171278
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote...  Read More >>

The Flight to Italy: Diary and Selected Letters

The Flight to Italy: Diary and Selected Letters

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ,  Terence James Reed (Taylor Professor emeritus of the German language and literature, Taylor Professor emeritus of the German language and literature, Oxford University)
ISBN: 9780198901228
Format: Paperback
$14.95

This is the authentic day-to-day record never before translated, of the first eight weeks of freedom as Germany's...  Read More >>

George Sand: True Genius, True Woman

George Sand: True Genius, True Woman

Author: Séverine Vidal ,  Kim Consigny
ISBN: 9781914224201
Format: Paperback
$39.99

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