Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Paperback. Arturo Barea (1897-1957) is often seen as merely a spontaneous writer with a passion against injustice. This biography is based on numerous interviews with people who knew Barea. It revisits Barea's writing qualities and deficiencies in the context of stimulating intersections of literature and politics, and of Spain and England. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194697
- ISBN
- 9781845194697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.25
€ 35.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628726107
- ISBN
- 9781628726107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.67
€ 17.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. A study of Elizabeth Gaskell's early life up to her marriage in 1832. It analyses three travel journals by her Knutsford cousins which prove that she grew up in a literary milieu. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719082429
- ISBN
- 9780719082429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.72
€ 48.72
Paperback. The second title in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to coincide with the publication of her new book Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085026
- ISBN
- 9781844085026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER 'A TOUR DE FORCE' Huffington Post - 'SIMPLY EXTRAORDINARY' NEW YORK TIMES 'It's such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is, it doesn't hurt one bit. A blackout doesn't sting, or stab, or leave a scar when it robs you. Close your eyes and open them again. That's what a blackout feels like.' Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473616103
- ISBN
- 9781473616103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Hardcover. A chronological account takes the reader through the key events in the lives of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, and their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 250 colour photographs, 20 archive photographs, 20 artworks. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; BGL; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909342132
- ISBN
- 9781909342132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 26.21
€ 38.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. 'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master and Alice B Toklas, the 'worker bee' who ministered to Stein's needs throughout their forty-year expatriate 'marriage'. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143102
- ISBN
- 9780300143102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.25
€ 15.99
€ 13.25
Hardcover. Artist and poet David Jones fought in the Somme, Passchendaele and Ypres, surviving to write and paint some of the greatest modernist works on war. Now, thanks to Dilworth's painstaking research, Jones's story can be told in detail.. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907587245
- ISBN
- 9781907587245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.92
€ 19.99
€ 17.92
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Clr Csm
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250134561
- ISBN
- 9781250134561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.35
€ 16.99
€ 15.35
Paperback. The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199675296
- ISBN
- 9780199675296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Paperback. The story of Lawrence Durrell and his enigmatic first wife, Nancy: love, betrayal and literary endeavour set among the glittering intellectuals of 1930s London, Paris and Corfu Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087945
- ISBN
- 9781844087945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.49
€ 14.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative historians. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227948
- ISBN
- 9781780227948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.49
€ 14.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. Presents hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married Shakespeare. This book asks questions, opens fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288. 416 pages. Presents hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married Shakespeare. This book asks questions, opens fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 28. Weight: 286.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747593003
- ISBN
- 9780747593003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.18
€ 18.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. From one of our most perceptive and provocative voices comes an arresting and wholly original account of the last days of Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, Maurice Sendak and James Salter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349008530
- ISBN
- 9780349008530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Kanareck, Maurice. Num Pages: 166 pages, b/w illus & line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 128 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Evelyn Kent United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952371670
- ISBN
- 9780952371670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.15
€ 10.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his subject. This is a biography that beautifully unravels the magic of Alice. It is a history of love and loss, innocence and ambiguity. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594031
- ISBN
- 9780099594031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 plate sections of 8 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 262 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1284.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781256497
- ISBN
- 9781781256497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99
€ 40.99
Paperback. The authorized biography of 'the greatest diarist of our times' Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565502
- ISBN
- 9780719565502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780720615883
- ISBN
- 9780720615883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.98
€ 21.99
€ 16.98
Paperback. Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, dressed in colourful clothes, Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women - and avidly read by generations of readers. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287476
- ISBN
- 9780099287476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70