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The Collected Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920S and 1930s in New York were a time of great...
The Best Of Dorothy Parker
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The Uncollected Dorothy Parker
During the early years of her literary career Dorothy Parker wrote more than 300 poems and verses for a variety of popular magazines and newspapers. Many of these were collected...
Horsie
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books What can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will not dance with you....
Big Blonde
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Dorothy Parker was the most talked-about...
Dorothy Parker Murder Case
The book titled Dorothy Parker Murder Case by the author George Baxt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour, and the Avant-Garde
Experience the glamour and excitement of the Jazz Age, through the lives of the women who defined it. It was a time of unimagined new freedoms. From the cafes of...
An Unfinished Woman
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most formidable voices of twentieth-century American letters, Lillian Hellman bares her extraordinary life in An...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Popular Penguins
Dorothy thinks she's lost forever when a tornado whirls her and her dog, Toto, into a magical world. To get home, she must find the wonderful wizard in the Emerald...
Friends of Dorothy: The funny and brilliant new novel from the star of
The funny, wise and brilliant new novel from the star of QI and the author of Between the Stops - an instant Sunday Times bestseller 'Warm, witty and wise ....
Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s
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She Said: Witty Words from Wise Women
Author: Dominique Enright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 In it you'll find writers, artists, politicians, actors, musicians, fashionistas, from Sappho to Beyonce and Dorothy Parker to Carrie Fisher, all...
The Oxford Dictionary Of Humorous Quotations
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLaughter, it turns out, has a remarkably long paper trail. The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, edited by...
Genius in Disguise: Harold Ross of "the New Yorker"
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This hugely entertaining biography of the founding editor of "The New Yorker" tells the diverting story of how Ross and the brilliant group of people he gathered around him--including James...
She Said: Witty Words from Wise Women
Author: Dominique Enright Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 This inspirational collection is a wonderful celebration of the wit and wisdom of women through the ages. In it you'll find...
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Who introduced the phrases "banality of evil", "cold war", "economical with the truth" and "back to the future"? Who first declared "The customer is always right"? And who wrote the...
More Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
Follow-up to the phenomenal international bestseller. Including letters from: Jane Austen, Richard Burton, Helen Keller, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry James, Sylvia Plath, John Lennon, Gerald Durrell, Janis...
The Wizard of Oz
Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this magical edition...
The Twenties: From Notebooks And Diaries Of The Period
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A landmark work of American literary memoir, The Twenties...
She Said: Witty Words from Wise Women
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In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Stories
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The Admiral's Wife: Mrs Phillip Parker King; A Selection Of Letters 1817-56
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Admiral's Wife opens a rare and intimate window into the life of Mrs Phillip Parker King, the...
Wodehouse: A Life
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Wodehouse: A Life
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Writer, Reader, Critic
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis book explores the multifaceted role of a writer, reader, and critic, delving into the intricacies of literature and the...
The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia
Author: P. J. O'Rourke Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'P. J. O'Rourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific....
The New Penguin Book of American Short Stories, from Washington Irving
The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to...
Ezra Pound And Dorothy Shakespear: Their Letters: 1909-1914
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis meticulously edited volume of correspondence chronicles the passionate and intellectually charged early relationship between Ezra Pound, one of modernism's...
Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear: Their Letters, 1909-1914
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Author: Pound, O. (ed) et alBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection features the correspondence between Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear, providing...
Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt: Collected Works
Author: Peter W. KunhardtFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 290mm, 1880g, 304 pagesPublished: Steidl Publishers, Germany, 2022Celebrating one of the most dynamic forces in American children's literature, Dorothy Kunhardt's Collected Works is...
Bastard Out of Carolina
A critically acclaimed tale of abuse and betrayal in America's deep South Carolina in the 1950s, and Bone - christened Ruth Anna Boatwright - lives a happy life, in and...
Skeletons
ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BBC POETRY EXTRA 'Book of the Month' 'Landau's stunning collection Skeletons opens: "So whatever's the opposite of...
Modernist Impulses in the Human Sciences, 1870-1930
These essays examine modernism in the human sciences and adjacent areas of philosophy and natural science. Among the contributors, David Hollinger expands his important work on the cognitive/aesthetic divide to...
My Chapter
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Author: Dorothy FentonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Self-Published, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageMemoir-style writing, capturing the reflective journey of the author's life from...
The Wizard of Oz
This enchanting tale has captivated generations of children and adults alike. 'The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick' When a tornado crashes through Kansas City,...
Mother of Rock: The Lillian Roxon Story
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The Wizard of Oz
A perfectly wicked new gift edition of the classic story, printed in real cloth with two coloured foils. Follow the yellow brick road! Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when...
D. J.
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Scorn: The Wickedest Insults in Human History
'Authors are easy to get on with - if you're fond of children.' - Michael Joseph, publisher 'May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits' - Arab curse...
Virginia Woolf
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of literary criticism and biography, Dorothy Brewster's Virginia...
Etiquette for Lovers and Killers: 'Utterly delightful and crackling
'Utterly delightful and crackling with wit, I could not put this down!' KRISTIN PERRIN, New York Times bestselling author of HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER 'Alluring and impressive ....
A Haiku Journey
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Author: Dennis Stock; Dorothy BrittonBinding: HardbackPublished: Kodansha International, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection of poetry presents a series of...