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Biography: literary

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061710230
ISBN
9780061710230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. * 'As rich as a novel by Henry James' DAILY TELEGRAPH * 'Will do nothing less than revolutionise the way Dickinson is read for years' GUARDIAN The definitive biography, out now in paperback Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084548
ISBN
9781844084548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From the renowned and award-winning biographer of Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Charlotte Bronte and Mary Wollstonecraft among others, a universal story about mothers and daughters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088911
ISBN
9781844088911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this book sees his life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088935
ISBN
9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788331
ISBN
9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762796427
ISBN
9780762796427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.75

Hardback. "The Jane Austen Guide to Life" poignantly examines Austen's life and novels for the timeless advice that still applies for today's women. Austen may not understand texting or or platform heels, but she can surely teach an awful lot about ourselves--to our surprise. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762773817
ISBN
9780762773817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.72

Paperback. Part literary mystery, part biography, part curiosity, here is the short, charming (and true) story of one man's obsession with Marcel Proust, and his decades-long quest to collect everything that once belonged to the writer - right down to his overcoat Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272721
ISBN
9781846272721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118281529
ISBN
9781118281529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Hardback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207849
ISBN
9780631207849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.79

Hardcover. Lowry's writing often transports readers into other worlds. Now, we have the rare opportunity to travel into a real world that is her own - her life. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Edition
Rev Exp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780544807969
ISBN
9780544807969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.60

Hardback. Nancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age. Num Pages: 504 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139380
ISBN
9780231139380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827734
ISBN
9780753827734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; BGL; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089291
ISBN
9781844089291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Series: Inspirations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 353 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 122. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Argyll Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006178
ISBN
9781906134693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Born in St Louis, Missouri, Marianne Moore eventually found her way to New York with her mother whom she continued to live with until her mother passed, a familial devotion so intense that William Carlos Williams complained that it was 'pathological' and prevented her from marrying any 'literary guys'. Moore never married. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 241 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571301829
ISBN
9780571301829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. A collection of biographies: a gifted artist and shrewd businesswoman; a pioneering scientific researcher; a powerful landowner who conserved acres of Lakeland countryside; a daughter who defied her parents with her first tragically short engagement and who, finally was given a second chance of love and happiness. Num Pages: 608 pages, 4 x 8 page colour/black and white insets. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464.
Edition
1st Penguin Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141003108
ISBN
9780141003108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476853
ISBN
9780801476853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.80

Paperback. Patrick Joseph McCall (1861 - 1919) was a musician best remembered for his epic ballad of the Insurrection of 1798, "Boolavogue". His ballads stand as the soundtrack for much of the history of the area. This title records the life and work of PJ McCall, artist and poet, and his influence on the Irish musical tradition. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 55 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845886950
ISBN
9781845886950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Morgan, Christopher. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DS; WDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lewis Carroll Society of North America
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930326029
ISBN
9780930326029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.60

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