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The first freely elected head of state in Russia's 1000-year history, Boris Yeltsin ended Soviet military occupation of Eastern Europe, introduced the free market economy and, most importantly, forged and...

From the author of American Bloomsbury, Louisa May Alcott , and Home Before Dark , a major reassessment of the life and work of the novelist, painter, and playwright considered...

The acclaimed first volume of this definitive biography of W. B. Yeats left him in his fiftieth year, at a cross-roads in his life. The subsequent quarter-century surveyed in The...

This biography opens with a moving account of Foucault's death from AIDS. The author then returns to the provincial France of Michel's childhood, and follows the transformation of a conservative...

A unique exploration of acclaimed writer D.H. Lawrence's intimate relationships with women and men and how those relationships affected his work and his provocative theories of love. Feinstein's research and...

The product of the author's lifetime, this powerful narrative, insterrsperses the author's analysis of wars, philosophy, science, manners, sex, religion, morals, art, et al, from the Reformation to the present...

Backed up by previously unpublished papers and interviews with Brecht's colleagues and many lovers, this biography argues that Brecht was not in fact the author of the plays which have...

The book titled Selected Letters: v. 2 by the author Marcel Proust. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly illustrated work of film history and criticism, Marvellous Méliès chronicles the life...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary biography, VN: The Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov chronicles the extraordinary existence of one...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA delightful celebration of one of the twentieth century's most brilliantly comic minds, this collection compiled by Dick...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA meticulous work of film scholarship, Chaplin's Films: A Filmography presents a comprehensive catalog of one of cinema's most legendary...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A candid and deeply personal memoir, My Brother, Ernest...

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual wear. Tight binding and clean pages. Foxing on block but does not extend internally. A...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of literary criticism, Keats and the Mirror of Art by Ian Jack presents a meticulous...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid and adventurous memoir, My Crowded Solitude chronicles the remarkable true story of Jack McLaren's years spent living in...

Condition remarks:Book: Poor Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA sweeping work of historical fiction, My Theodosia chronicles the remarkable life of Theodosia Burr Alston, the brilliant and devoted daughter of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary criticism, Two Dreisers presents a rigorous and revelatory dual study of Theodore Dreiser, arguing that...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis scholarly collection presents a rich and intimate portrait of Arthur Symons — poet, critic, and central figure of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. A richly intimate work of biographical scholarship, Your Isadora: The Love Story of...

Edition: First Australian EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing and social observation, Australia From A Woman's Point Of View chronicles...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of autobiographical fiction rooted in the First World War, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer chronicles the harrowing experiences...

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Every Thursday for nearly a decade, Nagiub Mahfouz's brief column of recollection, refelction, and comment has appeared in the Al-Ahram Weekly. This celebratory volume, published on the occasion of the...

FAMILY BUSINESS is not only a personal glimpse into the life of one of the great US poets, but also the moving story of a relationship between a father and...

T.H. Huxley (1825-1895) - "Darwin's bulldog" - led a far more fascinating and outgoing life than the reclusive Darwin. He did battle with God and Gladstone, sat on royal commissions...

Black Livingstone is the first book to chronicle the remarkable life of William Henry Sheppard. As a twenty-four-year-old African American missionary in 1890, Sheppard departed for what was then the...

The book titled Golden Lilies by the author Kwei-li Liu. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

"A soaring biography. . . meticulously researched, elegantly organized, fluidly, lucidly written." --Chicago Tribune At the time of his death in 1926, Antonio Gaudi was arguably the most famous architect...

The book titled Perfection of the Morning by the author Sharon Butala. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerIn this captivating and elegantly drawn mid-century biography, noted chronicler Cecil Howard delivers Mary Kingsley, a definitive exploration of one...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rich work of literary biography and cultural history, Brecht: As They Knew Him...