Biography - Secondhand

Volume 4 of the letters of T. S. Eliot, which brings the poet, critic, editor and publisher into his forties, documents a period of anxious and fast-moving professional recovery and...

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

These letters throw light on a more complex figure than most readers will probably be expecting. Whether addressing his literary friends, who included Barbara Pym, Kinglsey Amis and John Betjeman,...

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...

"[A] fascinating and accessible account . . . In his entertaining book, Mr. Eilenberger shows that his magicians' thoughts are still worth collecting, even if, with hindsight, we can see...

"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...

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...

The Inspiration Behind The Golden Globe --Winning Film "An engrossing and memorable tale."Jewish Book World "The sheer emotion of telling the tale is palpable. The whole is moving, and strange...

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,...

'All goes well with me - everybody treats me kindly, from the Governor downwards. I hope soon to have writing materials: then I shall write first a book called Introduction...

The book titled Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House by the author H.R. Haldeman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled A Woman Mannd Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame D'Epinay and the ABBE by the author Francis Steegmuller. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

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.

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.

Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) was one of the most accomplished composers in American music, the creator of such standards as "Take the 'A' Train," yet all his life he was overshadowed...

'David Bodanis is an enthralling storyteller. Prepare to be taken on a surprising, wide-ranging and ultimately inspiring journey to explore what makes us human' Tim Harford Can you succeed without...

A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author's own mother. 'Page-turning and profoundly...

Two days after the start of the 1941 invasion of Malaya, Captain Patrick Stanley Vaughan Heenan, a New Zealander serving in the Indian Army, was caught sending secret codes to...

Originally published in 1983, this book tells the story of the two Moscow merchants, Sergey Shchukin and Ivan Morozov, who between them amassed the greatest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist...

In this compelling new reconstruction, Germany's greatest historian of Nazism describes in vivid detail the claustrophobic atmosphere of the Fuhrer's bunker during the bitter last days of the war when,...

A biography of Hjalmar Schacht, Chief Architect of the Nazi economy, whose rampant inflation financed the creation of the Europe's war machine in the devastated Weimar Republic. His meteoric success...

In this unique tribute, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill remembers Frank Sinatra. Drawing upon intimate conversations over many years, Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra - examining his art...

Drawing from the Sinatra family's private archive, FRANK SINATRA: THE FAMILY ALBUM vividly chronicles the private life of America's iconic star. Accompanied by unique firsthand recollections and stories from Nancy...

The book titled The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart by the author Mary S Lovell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

ROAD TO VALOUR is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and continues to hold the record for...

This work presents the stories of two remarkable men and an extraordinary woman, and how they lived in an age when gayness was reviled and outlawed. Paul Bailey's interest in...

Years after his death, Jacques Lacan remains not only one of the foremost intellectuals of the century, but also one of the most controversial. The first major biography of Lacan,...

Kurt Wolff (1887-1963) was a singular presence in the literary world of the twentieth century, a cultural force shaping modern literature itself and pioneering significant changes in publishing. During an...

Conversations with Picasso offers a remarkable vision of both Picasso and the entire artistic and intellectual milieu of wartime Paris, a vision provided by the gifted photographer and prolific author...

William Gerhardie was the rising star of the 1920s, hailed as the most brilliant writer of the decade, and admired by Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Olivia Manning and many others....

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback The formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country...

The Second World War was the first truly global conflict and sixty years on its consequences continue to shape the modern world. Season by season The Voice of War charts...

A moving culmination to an epic personal story from one of the twentieth century's great writers Beginning in 1956 with the publication of A Legacy, Sybille Bedford has narrated -...

Frederick Douglass was a key figure in helping to secure the abolition of slavery in America - discover his Narrative on the 150th anniversary of that event. Frederick Douglass was...

The book titled Stay Alive, My Son by the author John Man. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The sequel to Grass's controversial and successful book Peeling the Onion. In this delightful sequel to Peeling the Onion, G nter Grass writes in the voices of his eight children...

The book titled Spitfire into Battle by the author W.G.G.Duncan Smith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Yeager: An Autobiography by the author Chuck Yeager. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A rich and valuable portrait of Winston Churchill and his age, in the great man's own words Churchill (1874-1965) was one of the 20th century's most charismatic and controversial characters....

Vitali's fearless journalism made him a national hero in the USSR, as well as a sitting target for the criminals he has helped to convict. In this book he investigates...

The book titled Journey to a Revolution: A Personal Memoir and History of the by the author Michael Korda. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Tiger and Cleopatra's Sister now offers a poignant and bittersweet memoir of her unusual childhood, spent in England and Egypt--a thought-provoking exploration of the...

Beckett criticism is well known for its use of impenetrable jargon in describing the themes in his famous novels, poems and especially his seminal plays Waiting for Godot and Endgame....

'Abandoned' is the true story of a childhood full of secrets, abuse and a little girl who didn't belong. This inspirational story is about how one woman finally overcame her...

The authorized life of Ronald Reagan written by America's most innovative and Pulitzer Prize-winning political biographer. This unprecedented book breaks through all conventional definitions of biography. 'Poor dear. There's nothing...

James Boswell called him 'the greatest man of any age'. Christian Meier's biography is the definitive modern account of Caesar's life and career, and places him within the wider context...