Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1994. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; WZ. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628724387
- ISBN
- 9781628724387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.18
€ 18.99
€ 18.18
Hardback. Examines Charlotte Armstrong's contribution to the suspense genre through an exploration of her childhood diaries, adult correspondence, published and cinematic works, reviews of those works, and the recollections of her agent, children, and grand children. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911229
- ISBN
- 9781575911229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.95
€ 117.95
Paperback. This is the authoritative biography of writer, poet, and beat generation icon Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), whose novel On the Road catapulted him to the forefront of the literary world and influenced budding writers for generations to come. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589793668
- ISBN
- 9781589793668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.82
€ 21.82
Hardback. Dashiell Hammett changed the face of crime fiction. A controversial political activist who stood for civil liberty, he was also a very private man. In this biography, the author uses fresh research, including interviews with Hammett's family and Hellman's heir, to reexamine his life and works. Num Pages: 264 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 8 x 5 x 140. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611457841
- ISBN
- 9781611457841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.88
€ 24.99
€ 20.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474886
- ISBN
- 9781611474886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.99
€ 141.99
hardcover. Lives are known textually, and this collection of new essays explores, corrects, and advances contemporary knowledge of historical lives and texts, particularly of the British eighteenth century. Complementing the essays is a complete translation and critical edition of a life of Hester Thrale Piozzi written in French by Frances Burney. Editor(s): Swan, Jesse G. Num Pages: 302 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611485400
- ISBN
- 9781611485400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.91
€ 141.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Podnieks, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493764
- ISBN
- 9781611493764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.42
€ 160.42
Paperback. When Chabani Manganyi published the first edition of selected letters twenty-five years ago as a companion volume to "Exiles and Homecomings: A Biography of Es'kia Mphahlele", the idea of Mphahlele's death was remote and poetic. That death has now come and we mourn it. This volume offers an account of Mphahlele's rich and varied life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144891
- ISBN
- 9781868144891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.68
€ 47.68
Paperback. The memoir of the man who "has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."--Alice Munro Series: Biblioasis Renditions Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927428955
- ISBN
- 9781927428955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.86
€ 18.99
€ 18.86
hardcover. Osip Mandelstam is the maverick Russian poet. This title carries the reader through Mandelstam's early life and education in prerevolutionary Petersburg and at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Heidelberg and his return to revolutionary Russia. Translator(s): Retivov, Tatiana. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843284
- ISBN
- 9781934843284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.29
€ 34.99
€ 34.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Viva Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936740321
- ISBN
- 9781936740321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.08
€ 19.99
€ 19.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 659
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873515412
- ISBN
- 9780873515412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.20
€ 42.99
€ 39.20
Paperback. A. N. Wilson's Tolstoy is a highly intelligent and accessible biography of the most famous writer in the Russian canon. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 44. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782390916
- ISBN
- 9781782390916
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.64
€ 45.99
€ 31.64
paperback. As father and son, John and Dan Fante's relationship was characterized by competition, resentment, rages, and extended periods of silence. This title traces Dan Fante's family's history from the hillsides of Italy to the immigrant neighborhoods of Colorado to Los Angeles. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780062027092
- ISBN
- 9780062027092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.83
€ 19.99
€ 16.83
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452265
- ISBN
- 9780752452265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.86
€ 16.99
€ 14.86
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550027860
- ISBN
- 9781550027860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804305
- ISBN
- 9781609804305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.05
€ 19.99
€ 19.05
Hardcover. Num Pages: 510 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780720613179
- ISBN
- 9780720613179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.30
€ 9.30
Paperback. I remember shaving off my beard in the bathroom on the eve of the camp, with Mahalia Jackson singing rousing spirituals from the living room. Afterwards my chin was strangely smooth, and seemed to have shrunk. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770091443
- ISBN
- 9781770091443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. A self-portrait of a man of letters driven by a restless hunger for adventure, it takes the readers on a voyage, from a gas-lit big-house childhood in 1930s Tipperary, to college days at Cambridge, enraptured by Carl Jung and Wilhelm Reich, to commando training and naval service in the World WarII, protecting Allied convoys from Uboat attack. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510703
- ISBN
- 9781843510703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.84
€ 19.99
€ 17.84