Literary Figures
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Q’s Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books
$15.00 Add to cartThis memoir tells the remarkable story of how Helene Hanff came to write 84, Charing Cross Road, and how its success changed her. Hanff recalls her serendipitous discovery of a volume of lectures by a… [more below]
- Author: Hanff, Helene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 05 1986
- ISBN10: 0140089365
- Language: English
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A Mark Twain Christmas: A Journey Across Three Christmas Seasons
$19.99 Read moreFilled with the remarkable wit and humor of America’s favorite storyteller, A Mark Twain Christmas gives readers insight into Twain’s life through little known stories about how he and his family cele
- Author: DeVito, Carlo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1604334487
- Language: English
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The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861
$29.95 Add to cartHenry David Thoreau’s Journal was his life’s work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right-… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 24 2009
- ISBN10: 159017321X
- Language: English
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In Front of Your Nose: 1946-1950
$19.95 Read moreEssays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1945 to 1950. Even many decades after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our wo
- Series: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters George Orwell
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 555
- Publish Date: August 06 2002
- ISBN10: 1567921361
- Language: English
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Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film
$35.00 Read moreA book that explores the great American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Ficton, whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies; the writing of her con… [more below]
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1524748439
- Language: English
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El Olvido Que Seremos (Novela Gráfica) / Memories of My Father. Graphic Novel
$25.95 Read moreLa adaptaci?n a novela gr?fica de una de las obras en espa?ol m?s conmovedoras de los ?ltimos tiempos, que inspir? la nueva pel?cula de Fernando Trueba.
Un inolvidable homenaje de un hijo a su padre.- Author: Abad Faciolince, Hector
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 8416131805
- Language: Spanish
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Momma’s Lost Piano: A Memoir
$24.95 Add to cartWhen she is seventeen, Emily Merritt’s beloved father gives her the piano she has always wanted. A few days later, having lost his job, he sells Emily’s piano and moves the family out of its two-story… [more below]
- Author: Madden, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1621907821
- Language: English
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In Search of Amrit Kaur: A Lost Princess and Her Vanished World
$20.00 Read moreAs she builds her own life anew, an Italian writer embarks on an all-consuming search for the true story of the mysterious princess H. H. Amrit Kaur of Mandi.
On a sweltering day in 2007, having just- Author: Manera Sambuy, Livia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1250872227
- Language: English
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A Life of Philip K. Dick: The Man Who Remembered the Future
$14.95 Read more“Anthony Peake is uniquely qualified to analyze Philip K Dick’s life.” – E J Morgan, author of A Kindred Spirit
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane – Philip K. Dick, VALIS- Author: Peake, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1788284585
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Sylvia Plath
$25.00 Read moreIn her last days, Sylvia Plath struggled to break out from the control of the towering figure of her husband Ted Hughes. In the antique mythology of his retinue, she had become the gorgon threatening … [more below]
- Author: Rollyson, Carl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 149682122X
- Language: English
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Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life
$23.00 Read moreThe first biography of Shirley Hazzard, the author of The Transit of Venus and a writer of “shocking wisdom” and “intellectual thrill” (The New Yorker).
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life tells the extra- Author: Olubas, Brigitta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1250872650
- Language: English
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Rilke: The Last Inward Man
$19.95 Read moreAn incisive and intimate account of the life and work of the great poet Rilke, exploring the rich interior world he created in his poetry
When Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed- Author: Chamberlain, Lesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1782277218
- Language: English
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Ford Madox Ford
$25.00 Read moreA critical biography of the great modernist editor and novelist.
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) lived among several of the most important artists and writers of his time. Raised by Pre-Raphaelites and- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Saunders, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147018
- Language: English
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Library of Luminaries: Jane Austen: An Illustrated Biography
$16.95 Read moreDiscover the stories behind the stories in this treasurable illustrated biography of Jane Austen. Enchanting illustrations and handwritten text featuring excerpts from Austen’s personal letters outlin… [more below]
- Series: Library of Luminaries
- Author: Alkayat, Zena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1452150214
- Language: English
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My Life as a Villainess: Essays
$18.99 Read moreNew York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her par
- Author: Lippman, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0062997335
- Language: English
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The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father
$20.00 Add to cartDuke Wolff was a flawless specimen of the American clubman — a product of Yale and the OSS, a one-time fighter pilot turned aviation engineer. Duke Wolff was a failure who flunked out of a series of … [more below]
- Author: Wolff, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 19 1990
- ISBN10: 0679727523
- Language: English
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My Dog Skip
$16.00 Add to cartThis classic story of a boy, a dog, and small-town America is “a rich experience all around…. Skip turns out to be a dog worth writing about…. I’d take him home in a shot” (The New York Times Book… [more below]
- Author: Morris, Willie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 30 1996
- ISBN10: 0679767223
- Language: English
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Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate
$15.95 Read moreA memoir, biography, work of history, and literary criticism all in one, this moving book tells the story of three exiled writers–Erich Auerbach, Fran輟is Fé§elon, and W. G. Sebald–and their relat… [more below]
- Author: Mendelsohn, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1681376393
- Language: English
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Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995
$39.95 Read moreRelegated to the genre of mystery during her lifetime, Patricia Highsmith is now recognized as one of “our greatest modernist writers” (Gore Vidal). Beloved by fans who were unaware of the real psycho
- Author: Highsmith, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1324090995
- Language: English
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Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1800-1815
$27.95 Add to cartThe second part of an infamous memoir about life in the time of Napoleon by a rebellious literary celebrity.
In 1800, François-René de Chateaubriand sailed from the cliffs of Dover to the headlands- Author: Chateaubriand, François-Réne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1681376172
- Language: English
