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Biography: literary

Paperback. A biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935): Beecher-descendent, zealous reformer, exhilarating lecturer, prolific writer, scandalous divorcee, "unnatural mother," international celebrity, and life-long controversialist. Num Pages: 568 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738897
ISBN
9780804738897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Hardback. Although Irene Nemirovsky was Jewish, she frequented authors and politicians on the extreme right. This biography analyzes the discrepancy between Nemirovsky's real and imagined identities, and explores a literary work that revisits in a different way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of persecuted people. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804754811
ISBN
9780804754811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Hardback. The Fall of a Sparrow recounts the life and times of Abba Kovner, partisan, poet, patriot, an unsung and largely unknown hero of the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence. Editor(s): Yuval, Elizabeth. Translator(s): Yuval, Elizabeth. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 tables, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762489
ISBN
9780804762489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Lenfestey, James; Smith, Thomas R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
Har/Dvdr
SKU
V9780816677702
ISBN
9780816677702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Schechter, Daniel C. Num Pages: 120 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680658
ISBN
9780816680658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.98

Hardback. Over the years, Geoffrey Hartman has been a pivotal figure in the humanities. In his first book, in 1954, he helped establish the study of Romanticism as key to the problems of modernity. This title describes his early education, uncanny sense of vocation, and development as a literary scholar and cultural critic. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228324
ISBN
9780823228324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.02

Hardback. Biography of Robert Carlton "Bob" Brown, avant-garde publisher, poet and reading machine inventor, bestselling pulp fiction and Hollywood movie treatment writer, cookbook author with Cora and Rose Brown, advertiser copyrighter, editorial board member of the Masses, curator of A Museum of Social Change, and much more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSB; DSBH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823271450
ISBN
9780823271450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.43

Paperback. This is a reissue of a memoir published in 1931, featuring a new scholarly introduction." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563686689
ISBN
9781563686689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.68

paperback. A beautifully written memoir of nature, community, and poetry Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781584657040
ISBN
9781584657040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Zacharias, Greg W.; Anesko, Michael. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 illustrations, chronology. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 38. Weight in Grams: 943.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285477
ISBN
9780803285477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.90

Hardback. The Life of Robert Frost presents a unique and rich approach to the poet that includes original genealogical research concerning Frost s ancestors, and a demonstration of how mental illness plagued the Frost family and heavily influenced Frost s poetry. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470658529
ISBN
9780470658529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.50

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813552750
ISBN
9780813552750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.63

Hardcover. Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813216768
ISBN
9780813216768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.34

Paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678204
ISBN
9780816678204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.77

Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813538068
ISBN
9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Terhune, Alfred McKinley; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643472
ISBN
9780691643472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 259.33
€ 194.29

Hardcover. After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon is a portrait of an artistic life in motion and stirring reflection on the capacity of great poetry to fashion something lasting of our deepest fears and insecurities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780717164417
ISBN
9780717164417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 22.53

paperback. The first major biography of one of the greatest writers of the South, whose books will 'live on and on in American literature' (Elizabeth Bishop). Num Pages: 480 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316018999
ISBN
9780316018999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.93

Hardcover. Experiences of twentieth century history and major literary trends are reflected in the excellent but little-known writings of the Austrian-Czech physician and novelist Ernst Weiss (1882-1940). This book assesses the life and legacy of this important voice from mid twentieth century Central Europe. Num Pages: 284 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academica Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933146720
ISBN
9781933146720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Picador
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
9780330440097
ISBN
9780330440097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 12.20

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