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Biography: literary

Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825778
ISBN
9780753825778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harper
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780007197903
ISBN
9780007197903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued the literary great. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, this book traces Hemingway's encounters and reflects on how they impacted and influenced his decisions, actions, philosophy of life, and, of course, his works. Num Pages: 212 pages, 67 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
R&L
Condition
New
SKU
KHN0002436
ISBN
9781538102404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.70

Paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRA0006680
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A new edition of a wonderful Birmingham working-class childhood. As memorable as William Woodruff's Nab End series. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083022
ISBN
9781844083022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Hardcover. Village rectories, the traditional family homes of church ministers, have had a long association with writers in Britain. In this book, each chapter explores the life of a writer during the time they lived at a particular rectory/ parsonage or vicarage and the effect it had on them. Num Pages: 208 pages, 75 illustrations, 12 in colour. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500516775
ISBN
9780500516775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Condition
New
SKU
9781408842416
ISBN
9781408842416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.28

Hardcover. The blazingly inventive, fictional autobiography of Mark Leyner, one of America's "rare, true original voices." (Gary Shteyngart) Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316323253
ISBN
9780316323253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Hardcover. The story of Oscar Wilde and his extraordinary family is a remarkable one. Oscar's sensational triumphs and terrible downfall are incredibly moving but the story of the Wildes through the generations is one of phenomenal achievements and heartbreaking misfortunes, an epic family saga against a background of rebellion and famine. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 690. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Collins Press Cork
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0014599
ISBN
9781848891203
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.81

Paperback. English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two women never knew one another. At just nineteen years old, Mary travelled around Italy with Percy Shelley and Lord Byron, and there wrote Frankenstein. She also went on to become the editor of her husband's poetry. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 52. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780099592396
ISBN
9780099592396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. Offers a biography of Shakespeare, this book reads like the work of a contemporary meeting Shakespeare. It is a depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749386559
ISBN
9780749386559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work. Num Pages: 832 pages, 32pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0024921
ISBN
9780192806093
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925363
ISBN
9780813925363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551526003
ISBN
9781551526003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.85

Hardcover. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300171969
ISBN
9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564784575
ISBN
9781564784575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Marina. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781590174449
ISBN
9781590174449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who's who and chronology. Num Pages: 2752 pages, Index. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780008214548
ISBN
9780008214548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.79
€ 90.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 721. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027109
ISBN
9781606350768
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Daniels, Ian. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. Inside the Dark, Twisted World of H. P. Lovecraft. 352 pages, Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Daniels, Ian. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 21. Weight: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Page Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601632197
ISBN
9781601632197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

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