Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Pursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241963302
- ISBN
- 9780241963302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
Hardcover. Arthur Hallam's early death was the subject of Tennyson's celebrated poem "In Memoriam". As a result of its popularity, Hallam became a legendary figure, very much accepted on Tennyson's terms as being almost divinely gifted and of immense promise. This book intends to supplement and challenge this representation of Hallam. Num Pages: 309 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194185
- ISBN
- 9781845194185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bene Factum Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909657625
- ISBN
- 9781909657625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.53
€ 11.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. Illustrated with maps, sketches and more than fifty photographs, this book uncovers the secret locations featured in Arthur Ransome's original "Swallows & Amazons" adventures. It contains numerous quotations from Arthur Ransome, which support both text and photographs. Num Pages: 136 pages, 60+ half-tones, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 201 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Sigma Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850588399
- ISBN
- 9781850588399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.25
€ 13.99
€ 12.25
Paperback. Tells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. Translator(s): Quintman, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106227
- ISBN
- 9780143106227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.49
€ 14.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. This updated edition, published for the first time in trade paperback, includes all-new essays to celebrate eight additional stores. My Bookstore is the enthusiastic, heartfelt, sometimes humorous tribute by 92 known authors to their favorite independent bookstores. Num Pages: 432 pages, 89 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316395076
- ISBN
- 9780316395076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.32
€ 18.99
€ 15.32
Paperback. Aimed at presenting the known and, especially, the unknown Mark Twain, this book covers his works as well as the rambling and often wildly psyche and contradictory life. It presents his unforgettable characters - Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Pudd'nhead Wilson and many others. It is suitable for general readers, students, and scholars. Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions. 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. Aimed at presenting the known and, especially, the unknown Mark Twain, this book covers his works as well as the rambling and often wildly psyche and contradictory life. It presents his unforgettable characters - Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Pudd'nhead Wilson and many others. It is suitable for general readers, students, and scholars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826418135
- ISBN
- 9780826418135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.88
€ 23.99
€ 20.88
Paperback. In this biography of Iris Origo, Caroline Moorehead has drawn on unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts to provide a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century. Num Pages: 474 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Allison & Busby
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749016562
- ISBN
- 9780749016562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.82
€ 14.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. The autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers with an introduction by Jane Campion Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086238
- ISBN
- 9781844086238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.01
€ 16.99
€ 13.01
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: 436.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386559
- ISBN
- 9780749386559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.99
€ 21.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. How was Ted Hughes's poetry influenced by Sylvia Plath? What is the importance of his early life on the Yorkshire moors with his elder brother, a life he called Paradise? How did writing Birthday Letters affect his career? This close study of Hughes's poetic development, now available in paperback, answers all these questions and more. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580978
- ISBN
- 9780230580978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408842416
- ISBN
- 9781408842416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.81
€ 10.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. How does a writer compose a suicide note? This account gives us a description of the author's descent into mental anguish, and his eventual success in overcoming a little-understood yet very common condition. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK; JM; VFJB; VFJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 5. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872618
- ISBN
- 9781784872618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.68
€ 7.99
€ 7.68
Paperback. * The sixth volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to coincide with publication of her new book Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085064
- ISBN
- 9781844085064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
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
€ 24.99€ 17.55
€ 24.99
€ 17.55
Hardback. Translator(s): Derbyshire, Katy. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424273
- ISBN
- 9780857424273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.56
€ 21.99
€ 18.56
Paperback. The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien's 125th Anniversary. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 b/w plates (8pp), Index. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008207779
- ISBN
- 9780008207779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.46
€ 16.99
€ 12.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198442
- ISBN
- 9781845198442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Hardcover. Presents a comprehensive photographic biography of Sweden's influential writer and playwright. This title offers more than 500 contemporary photographs from Strindberg's world Stockholm, the archipelago, Berlin, Paris and all the other places that have contributed in shaping the world-renowned playwright and writer. Num Pages: 512 pages, 450 illustrations, 24 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DNS; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 285 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2644.
- Publisher
- Bokforlaget Max Strom Sweden
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789171262486
- ISBN
- 9789171262486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.38€ 48.50
€ 56.38
€ 48.50
Paperback. In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. This book focuses on this episode in Shakespeare's life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 x 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023748
- ISBN
- 9780141023748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95