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Set against the backdrop of Moscow and Odessa in 1918 and 1919 these are the great anti-Bolshevik diaries of Ivan Bunin, the first Russian to be awarded the Nobel prize...

The idea for Ian Hamilton's unorthodox new book was sparked by a rereading of Samuel Johnson's classic "Lives of the English Poets". Johnson included appraisals of 52 poets, but of...

Patrick French has been granted unique access to V.S. Naipaul's private papers and his personal recollections. With great feeling for Naipaul's formidable body of work, he has produced a luminous...

A guidebook to melancholia or depression, and a masterly, all-encompassing examination of the human condition The Anatomy of Melancholy is the vast and only work by Robert Burton, the seventeenth-century...

Betty O'Neill grew up knowing very little about her father, Antoni. She knew that he had fled Poland after World War Two, that he had disappeared overnight when she was...

The book titled Finding Herself in Fiction: Henry Handel Richardson 1896-1910 by the author Axel Clark. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A.B. Paterson loved the bush and wrote as bush folk would. It is this that made his poetry popular with them as well as city dwellers. His works still echo...

The book titled The Log of a Cowboy: Narrative of the Old Trail Days by the author Andy Adams. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The Welsh people have been part of Australian society since white settlements began two centuries ago, and today, those of Welsh descent, such as and Kylie Minogue, have achieved worldwide...

An original collection of lauded philosopher Galen Strawson's writings on the self and consciousness, naturalism and pan-psychism. An original collection of lauded philosopher Galen Strawson's writings on the self and...

Four translations of major accounts of the life of the fourth-century Egyptian desert father St. Bishoi, in one volume Saint Bishoi of Scetis (d. ca. 417) enjoys tremendous popularity throughout...

"The anecdotes are wonderful. The Knox Brothersprovides a striking insight into the elusive nature of Fitzgerald's genius."-New York Times.. Here is a biography whose eccentric genius perfectly matches that of...

This superb account of the public and private life of the greatest Englishman of our century makes a rare firsthand contribution to the history of an epoch and to the...

'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...

**THE SEQUEL I WANT TO DIE BUT I STILL WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI OUT NOW ** THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Powerful and profound' Esquire 'Unbridled and unapologetic' Vogue When Anthony Bourdain died in 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of...

A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times / Sunday Times, Observer , Economist, Guardian , BBC History Magazine, i-paper, Novara Media and History Today ' Quinn has done a...

THE TIMES AND WATERSTONES BEST ART BOOK OF 2023 'Intimate and insightful . . . reads like a novel by Samuel Beckett' Paul Theroux A portrait of one of the...

Celebrating 70 years, this is the timeless classic story of Dylan Thomas's childhood Christmas memories, featuring the wonderful artwork of Kate Greenaway medallist, Edward Ardizzone in this beautiful mini hardback...

'Witty, shocking in parts and written with real heart ... has something to say to everyone' Sunday Times 'Honest, witty and poignant observations on life that are both heart breaking...

Both as a dancer and a choreographer, Jose Limon electrified audiences from the1930s to the 1960s. With his striking looks and charismatic presence, he was American modern dance's first male...

The author of this book is the first writer to be granted access to the Nabokov archives and his research over the last ten years has taken him from New...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: A radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety 'A book that could actually make us happy' SIMON AMSTELL 'This amazing book will change your life'...

At a time when women were still largely excluded from both education and the workplace, Gertrude Bell was an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer and mountaineer - but...

In this heartfelt memoir, motivational speaker and life coach Keith Harrell writes passionately about the lessons he's learned from his parents, grandmother, teachers, coaches, mentors, and friends as he overcame...

Corey Mead's The Lost Pilots is the saga of two star crossed pilots who soar to the greatest heights of fame, tailspin into scandal and crime, and go the ultimate...

Called the greatest art dealer of the century, Kahnweiler introduced such painters as Picasso, Braque, Gris, Leger, and Klee.

Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written PICTORIAL GUIDES TO THE LAKELAND FELLS have been an inspiration to walkers for over forty years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three television...

'Extraordinary. A fabulous read' SIMON SCHAMA 'Wonderful. He writes with eloquence and wit' NICHOLAS HYTNER 'Fascinating' EIMEAR McBRIDE Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors....

___________________ SELECTIONS FROM GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S POSTBAG ____________________ '...wonderful entertainment' - Julian Symons, SUNDAY TIMES 'Shaw's charm and brilliance pervade this book' - Piers Brendon, OBSERVER '...sparkling celebration of a...

The book titled The Secret Servant: Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of British by the author Anthony Cave Brown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

David Cairns weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative, which puts Mozart's operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole. Mozart's unusual childhood as...

A powerful and illuminating biography - the first in English for two generations - of one of the most popular painters of all time. Of all Italian painters, Caravaggio (C....

Reissued with a new afterword Leonard Cohen is back! With a #1 bestselling poetry collection, The Book of Longing , flying off bookshelves; Lian Lunson's acclaimed documentary, Leonard Cohen: I'm...

This new selection of Strachey's letters is a whole new chapter in the history of the last century. Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) is one of the key figures in the cultural...

In a virtuoso collection of essays, Adam Phillips sets out to make and break the links between psychoanalysis and literature.

Philip Larkin, known to many through his poems, contrived to present a picture of himself to the world which kept many facets of his complicated personality hidden. In this biography...

"I have had the great good fortune to have been able to live an almost entirely private life with a small circle of friends and colleagues ..." With this modest...

With the first publication, in this edition, of all the surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), readers will for the first time be able to follow the thoughts, ideas and...

Ten years of research and the discovery of long-forgotten letters and photos enabled Patricia Albers to bring new recognition to this talented, intelligent, and independent photographer whose life embodied the...

Francis Bacon's powerful and disturbing images of the human figure have had a profound impact on the art of the 20th century. A lifelong student of colour, form and brushwork,...

Robert Frost is one of the most popular American poets of the twentieth century. Born in 1874, he came to England in 1912, where he met Rupert Brooke, Lascelles Abercrombie,...

The book titled Pleasures of a Tangled Life by the author Jan Morris. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was a man of many talents-a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar-but he is best known for Lives of the Artists , which singlehandedly established the canon...

The book titled STEVIE SMITH A BIOGRAPHY CL by the author Frances Spalding. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Landscape painter J.M.W. Turner was reticent about his private life. In this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, scotches many Turner myths,...