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Rilke: The Last Inward Man by Lesley Chamberlain
RRP: £12.99£8.56When Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde turned, he was increasingly dismissed as apolitical, too inward. In Rilke: The Last Inward Man, acclaimed critic Lesley Chamberlain uses... -
The Soul of a Lion: Dietrich Von Hildebrand, a Biography by Alice von Hildebrand 9780898708011
£12.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898708011Author Alice von HildebrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 431g -
The Letters of Douglas Oliver and J. H. Prynne, 1967-2000 by Joe Luna 9789491780189
RRP: £24.00£19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789491780189Author Joe LunaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint The Last BooksPublisher The Last Books -
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books by John Carey
£3.54 - £8.56'Among the wealthy elders, my views gave some offence. Two or three people walked out of my lecture in Hamburg. At a dinner in Oldenburg I was seated next to a senior academic who berated me for my leftist leanings - not what he expected of an Oxford... -
Living, Thinking, Looking by Siri Hustvedt
£3.78 - £6.80FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED AND A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN'Richly intelligent insights on every page' Financial Times'A rare kind of quiet intellectual confidence' Sunday TelegraphIn these fascinating, lively... -
James Joyce: A Life by Gabrielle Carey 9781922952226
£16.68If you know nothing about James Joyce but would like to this is the book for you. If you know a little about James Joyce and would like to know more but not too much, this is the book for you. And if you are a die-hard Joycean who has spent your life... -
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark 9780307951267
RRP: £25.00£14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2020. Short-listed for Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2020 and National Book Critics Circle Awards 2020 and Pulitzer Prize... -
The Year of the End: A Memoir of Marriage, Truth and Fiction by Anne Theroux
RRP: £9.99£6.70'A moving and absorbing account' Adam Buxton'Scorching ... a brave book' Helen Brown, Telegraph'A wise and vivid memoir of a disintegrating marriage and a study of the role of the spouse in the life of a literary giant' Fiona Sturges, i Paper18TH JANUARY... -
I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 1 by Author S T Joshi
RRP: £30.00£27.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614980513Author Author S T JoshiFormat PaperbackPage Count 578Imprint Hippocampus PressPublisher Hippocampus PressWeight(grams) 762gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick by Kyle Arnold 9780199743254
RRP: £18.49£16.18Widely recognized as one of the most inventive and iconic science fiction writers of all time, Philip K. Dick is an author whose literary sophistication elevated the sci-fi genre into the storytelling powerhouse it is today. His works, known for their... -
Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard
£3.39 - £9.80The long-awaited biography of one of the great writers of the twentieth century - 'a wonderful blend of scholarly fact and juicy storytelling' (Mail on Sunday).Muriel Spark ended was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Hers is a Cinderella... -
The Letters of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson 9780593134658
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593134658Author Shirley JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The World Of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words by Raymond Chandler
RRP: £16.99£12.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804170482Author Raymond ChandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Apology by V (formerly Eve Ensler)
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635575118Author V (formerly Eve Ensler)Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams)... -
Lesya Ukrainka by Constantine Bida 9781442651883
RRP: £27.99£24.95The Ukrainian national poetess Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913) has contributed greatly to the development of Ukrainian Modernism and its transition from Ukrainian ethnographic themes to subjects that were universal, historical and psychological. Breaking the... -
Everyday Madness: On Grief, Anger, Loss and Love by Lisa Appignanesi
RRP: £9.99£6.64'You will find all of life in this' Deborah Levy After the death of her partner of thirty-two years, Lisa Appignanesi was thrust into a state striated by rage and superstition in which sanity felt elusive. Then, too,... -
Swimming In A Sea Of Death: A Son's Memoir by David Rieff 9781847080752
RRP: £7.99£5.46In spring 2004, Susan Sontag was diagnosed with the incurable blood cancer. She had a huge appetite for experience, and a wild, extravagant desire to live. Rieff writes movingly about being by her side during that last year and at her death, and about... -
Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre: Curtain Up by Julius Green
RRP: £16.99£11.87A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world's most successful and popular female playwright, including details of never-before-published scripts and stories. Agatha Christie is revered worldwide for her books... -
Takka Takka Bom Bom: An Intrepid War Correspondent’s 50 Year Odyssey by Al J. Venter 9781636243801
RRP: £25.00£15.84The world's oldest still-active war correspondent, Al J. Venter has reported from the front lines for well over half a century, witnessing the horrors humanity visits upon itself in twenty-five conflict zones across Africa, the Middle East, and Central... -
Her by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
RRP: £12.99£11.46"To all those who have for several years sought to discredit the new American literature, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has just dealt a most powerful blow," wrote French critic Pierre Lepape in 1961 when Her was published in France as La Quatrieme Personne du... -
Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano by John Tytell
RRP: £19.00£15.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385198707Author John TytellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 559gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
Authors in Context: Oscar Wilde by John Sloan
RRP: £9.99£7.29Authors in Context examines the work of major writers in relation to their own time and to the present day. Combining history with lively literary discussion, each volume provides comprehensive insight into texts in their context. Wit, dandy, literary... -
Walter Benjamin by Esther Leslie 9781861893437
RRP: £12.99£9.09Walter Benjamin, critic, essayist, translator, philosopher one of the twentieth century's most influential intellectuals continues to intrigue today. His work stimulates a profusion of responses in the form of new novels, operas, films and artworks, as... -
Lincoln by D. Herbert
RRP: £24.00£16.78David Herbert Donald's "Lincoln" is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in... -
The Romance of American Communism by Vivian Gornick
RRP: £14.99£9.70"Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class." So begins Vivian Gornick's exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where... -
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
RRP: £20.95£16.19By the author who inspired Wes Anderson's 2014 film, The Grand Budapest HotelWritten as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna-its seeming permanence, its... -
The Real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Creator of Sherlock Holmes by Andrew Norman 9781399042055
RRP: £20.00£14.29In the year 1900, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was at the height of his success as a qualified doctor, keen sportsman, writer of historical novels, champion of the oppressed and, most notably, the creator of that honourable, fearless, and eminently sensible... -
Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War by Sarah LeFanu
RRP: £25.00£21.98In early 1900, the paths of three British writers-Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley and Arthur Conan Doyle-crossed in South Africa, during what's become known as Britain's last imperial war. Each of the three had pressing personal reasons to leave England... -
Hemingway In Paris: A Biography of Ernest Hemingway's Formative Paris Years by Lifecaps
RRP: £7.99£6.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781500345006Author LifecapsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Merlin: Knowledge and Power through the Ages by Stephen Knight
RRP: £17.99£14.79Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh... -
Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography by Jeffrey Meyers 9780062316950
£13.36Scott Fitzgerald, a romantic and tragic figure who embodied the decades between the two world wars, was a writer who took his material almost entirely from his life. Despite his early success with The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald battled against failure and... -
Cells: memories for my mother by Gavin McCrea 9781914484988
RRP: £9.99£6.70From the author of Mrs Engels and The Sisters Mao, an intimate family memoir about filial love and its limits, separation, and loss. Gavin is spending the quarantine with his eighty-year-old mother, whose mind is slowly slipping away. He has returned... -
William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man by Duncan Wu 9780199549580
£45.97Romanticism is where the modern age begins, and Hazlitt was its most articulate spokesman. No one else had the ability to see it whole; no one else knew so many of its politicians, poets, and philosophers. By interpreting it for his contemporaries, he... -
Vivo: the Life of Gustav Meyrink by Mike Mitchell 9781903517697
RRP: £9.99£7.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903517697Author Mike MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Dedalus LtdPublisher Dedalus Ltd -
A Walk With A White Bushman by Laurens Van der Post
RRP: £15.99£11.61Explorer, novelist, writer and film-maker, Sir Laurens van der Post was one of the most influential figures of our era. Here, in conversation with Jean-Marc Pottiez, he records his ideas and insights into a wide range of issues and personalities, forged... -
Varying Degrees of Success: A Memoir 1992-2020 by David Lodge
RRP: £10.99£7.77In a career spanning six decades, David Lodge has been one of Britain's best-loved and most versatile writers. With Varying Degrees of Success he completes a trilogy of memoirs which describe his life from birth in 1935 to the present day, and together... -
Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women by Jenny Hartley 9780413776440
RRP: £9.99£8.17London in Charles Dickens's time was a city of great contrast. The affluent and middle classes enjoyed a comfortable existence but for the poor, life was cruel and harsh, the more so for girls and young women. Many characters in Dickens's classic novels... -
Family Business by Peter J. Conradi 9781781725016
RRP: £17.99£12.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781725016Author Peter J. ConradiFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press -
Nora Ephron: A Life by Kristin Marguerite Doidge
RRP: £26.95£20.12Nora Ephron was one of the most popular, accomplished, and beloved writers in American journalism and film.Nora Ephron: A Biography is the first comprehensive portrait of the Manhattan-born girl who forged a path of her own, earning accolades and... -
James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
RRP: £25.00£19.40'A scrupulous biography' Publishers Weekly 'Fresh, incisive, and uplifting' Kirkus 'If you want to know the real Baldwin, this is the book to read' Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk James Baldwin is an icon of liberation who created...