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Agatha Christie: Inspiring Lives by Cathy Cook 9780750992282
£7.55This miscellany explores the fascinating and enigmatic world created by the undisputed 'Queen of Crime', Agatha Christie. Examining her place in literary history, her books and her iconic characters, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, this unique... -
Arthur Miller: His Life and Work by Martin Gottfried 9780571219476 [USED COPY]
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Father and Son: A Memoir by Jonathan Raban 9780593863152
RRP: £30.00£21.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593863152Author Jonathan RabanFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Lectures on Dostoevsky by Joseph Frank
£14.38From the author of the definitive biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky, never-before-published lectures that provide an accessible introduction to the Russian writer's major worksJoseph Frank (1918-2013) was perhaps the most important Dostoevsky biographer,... -
Ursula Le Guin: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations by Ursula Le Guin
RRP: £12.99£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612197791Author Ursula Le GuinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon by Stephen Enniss
RRP: £39.00£28.11Over forty-five years have elapsed since Derek Mahon announced his arrival at the forefront of Irish literary life with the release of Night-Crossing, but he remains an elusive figure. In the first comprehensive biography of Ireland's greatest... -
Henry David Thoreau: A Life by Laura Dassow Walls 9780226599373
RRP: £19.00£14.75"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to "live deliberately" in a small... -
Nothing to Be Frightened of by Julian Barnes 9780307389985
RRP: £19.00£14.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307389985Author Julian BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 242gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
James Warren: Empire Of Monsters: The Man Behind Creepy, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters by Bill Schelly
RRP: £24.99£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683964179Author Bill SchellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics -
Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives by Robert D. Richardson 9780691224305
RRP: £18.99£13.93From their acclaimed biographer, a final, powerful book about how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience from devastating loss, changing the course of American thoughtIn Three Roads Back, Robert Richardson, the author of magisterial... -
Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer by Richard Bradford
£15.32The first biography to examine Mailer's life as a twisted lens, offering a unique insight into the history of America from the end of World War II to the election of Barack Obama. Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, firstly in 1969 for The Armies of... -
John Barleycorn: `Alcoholic Memoirs' by Jack London
RRP: £8.99£6.45Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100... -
Regions of the Great Heresy: Bruno Schulz, A Biographical Portrait by Jerzy Ficowski 9780393325478
RRP: £18.50£16.01Sixty years after his murder by the Nazis, Bruno Schulz, one of the twentieth century's greatest and most enigmatic writers, is experiencing a renaissance in part occasioned by this biography by the renowned Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski. Widely regarded as... -
James Herbert - The Authorised True Story by Craig Cabell 9781782196709 [USED COPY]
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James Herbert - The Authorised True Story by Craig Cabell 9781782196709
RRP: £11.99£10.95For almost 40 years, Herbert was Britain's most popular horror author. With sales f over 50 million copies, he carved a niche in quality bestselling fiction all of his own. Famous for his Rats trilogy and The Fog, he broke away from the cut-and-thrust... -
Born With Teeth: A Memoir by Kate Mulgrew
£16.98At 22, Kate Mulgrew gave birth to a daughter. Having already signed the adoption papers, she was allowed only a fleeting glimpse of her child. Three days later, she returned to work as the star of a popular soap opera. Twenty years later, she went in... -
Russian Writers and Society in the Nineteenth Century by Ronald Hingley
RRP: £28.99£26.93This book, first published in 1977, begins with a close look at the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers, and at the problems of their profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Russian empire being considered from... -
Difficult Women by David Plante
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681371498Author David PlanteFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
The Weil Conjectures: On Maths and the Pursuit of the Unknown by Karen Olsson
RRP: £9.99£7.11_______________ 'Beguiling ... I was riveted. Olsson is evocative on curiosity as an appetite of the mind, on the pleasure of glutting oneself on knowledge' - New York Times 'A wonderful book ... Reading it is akin to kicking a can along the road... -
Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka
RRP: £14.99£14.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805208511Author Franz KafkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 170mm *... -
A Plea For Eros by Siri Hustvedt
RRP: £9.99£6.80FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED AND A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN'A luminous collection of mind-expanding pieces on literary and philosophical themes . . . A book to renew one's faith in the literary essay' Robert... -
The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit: Author of The Railway Children by Eleanor Fitzsimons 9780715652022 [USED COPY]
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The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit: Author of The Railway Children by Eleanor Fitzsimons 9780715652022
RRP: £12.99£8.63A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of the Rubery Book Award 2020 (Non Fiction) Edith Nesbit is considered the inventor of the children's adventure story and her brilliant children's books influenced bestselling authors including C.S... -
Fighting Theory by Avital Ronell
£20.01International interest in the work of Avital Ronell has expressed itself in reviews, articles, essays, and dissertations. For Fighting Theory, psychoanalyst and philosopher Anne Dufourmantelle conducted twelve interviews with Ronell, each focused on a... -
H. G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds by Peter Filkins
RRP: £25.49£21.98The biography of H.G. Adler (1910-88) is the story of a survivor of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and two other concentration camps who not only lived through the greatest cataclysm of the 20th century, but someone who also devoted his literary and... -
Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
RRP: £25.00£16.73In the second memoir from the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, Joy Harjo invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses and humble realisations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic meditation, Poet Warrior reveals... -
Me and Nu: Childhood at Coole by Anne Gregory 9780861400102 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£6.12Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
An Orderly Man: A Memoir by Dirk Bogarde
RRP: £15.99£12.01________________ 'Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional' - The Observer ________________ First published in 1983, An Orderly Man is volume three of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs. After completing work on Visconti's Death in... -
The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola 9780691210773
£12.91How the legendary debate between a civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism illuminates America's racial divideOn February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic... -
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux
RRP: £21.99£18.55Soon after its publication on 30 September 1868, Little Women became an enormous international bestseller. When Anne Boyd Rioux read it in her twenties, it had a powerful effect on her and through teaching it, she has seen its effect on many others. In... -
Orwell's Nose: A Pathological Biography by John Sutherland
RRP: £12.99£9.09Orwell's Nose, now available in paperback, is an original and imaginative account of the life and work of George Orwell, exploring the 'scent narratives' that abound in Orwell's fiction and non-fiction. This illuminating and irreverent book provides a... -
Beatrix Potter's Scotland: Her Perthshire Inspiration by Lynne McGeachie 9781906817435
£9.26Beatrix Potter's Scotland gives insight into the life of one of the best-loved writers in Britain. Based around Potter's own journal, the book goes into detail about her upbringing and influences. She was largely brought up by nannies and governesses and... -
My Unwritten Books by George Steiner
RRP: £9.99£6.80George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections.In this fiercely original and audacious work, George Steiner tells of... -
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition by Mark Twain 9780520267190
£31.61Autobiography of Mark Twain READER'S EDITION Now Available! Half the Size, All the Twain! ISBN 978052027255 "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away--to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have... -
The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge by Adam Sisman
RRP: £16.99£13.09The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship - and quarrel - between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism. Wordsworth and Coleridge's passionate intimacy, shared ambition and subsequent... -
Thomas Hardy: Half a Londoner by Mark Ford
£29.36Because Thomas Hardy is so closely associated with the rural Wessex of his novels, stories, and poems, it is easy to forget that he was, in his own words, half a Londoner. Focusing on the formative five years in his early twenties when Hardy lived in the... -
Mean by Myriam Gurba 9781566894913
RRP: £12.99£8.63True crime, memoir, and ghost story, Mean is the bold and hilarious tale of Myriam Gurba's coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana. Blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor, Gurba takes on sexual violence, small towns, and race, turning... -
A Stinging Delight: A Memoir by David Storey 9780571360321
RRP: £12.99£8.56The third son of a coalminer, David Storey takes us from his tough upbringing in Wakefield, to being 'sold' to Leeds Rugby League Club, to his escape to the Slade School of Art and his life in post-war London. He describes shocking scenes in the... -
English Hours: A Portrait of a Country by Henry James 9781848854857
£8.38'Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun - one wondered what had become of it, on this side of the world - and the grey mildness, shading away into black at any pretext, appeared in itself a promise.' ... -
The Fragments of my Father: A memoir of madness, love and being a carer by Sam Mills 9780008300586
RRP: £16.99£9.94A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR In the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and...