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Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPR , The Washington Post , and Financial Times "No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more...

Author: Francine Prose Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPR, The Washington Post, and Financial Times "No one states problems more...

A wild night outdoors with Bill Buford. A football tradition with Nathaniel Rich. A jog around the reservoir with Mark Helprin as he "protects" Jacqueline Onassis from imagined harm. The...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterful collection of literary nonfiction, Adam & Eve and the City: Selected Nonfiction gathers Francine du Plessix Gray's most...

Author: Francis E. WilsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: -Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrancie: And Other Lonesome Travellers presents a compelling collection of narratives that...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. A woman's life unfolds in a series of razor-sharp vignettes in Lovers...

Acclaimed novelist and essayist Francine du Plessix Gray paints a spirited portrait of a woman who defied the rules and expectations of a misogynistic society to become one of its...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when the written word is allowed to flow freely from...

Tatiana du Plessix, the wife of a French diplomat, was a beautiful, sophisticated "white Russian" who had been the muse of the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Alexander Liberman, the...

Author: John Ashbery Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 An essential, vibrant collection of masterful translations by one of the finest poets at work today Collected French Translations: Prose, the...

Bestselling author Fiona McIntosh weaves a gripping tale of love, resilience, and redemption that spans across continents, where past and present intertwine in a quest for a brighter future. MILLION...

'Addictive' Stylist'Sultry' Elle'Shimmers with suspense' Daily Mail'Sizzling' EsquireSummer in Paris. Leah, bored of tedious dead-end jobs, is intrigued to spot a job advert posted by the famous author Michael Young:...

Ford's novel, "Parade's End", has been acknowledged as one of the great British novels about World War I. This book features a selection of Ford's other writings about the war,...

Author: Miranda France Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Both extremely funny and deeply sad, The Writing School examines how and why we tell our own stories. It's beautifully written...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDrawn from the deep well of human experience, The Secret Spring: An Anthology of Prose Writing...

Although best known for his collection of poetry, Les Fleurs du Mal , Baudelaire was also a gifted and inventive prose writer. In combining certain of the restrictions of poetic...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Heinrich Heine — poet, satirist, and one of the great literary provocateurs...

The most famous horror story in world literature-the original tale of a mad scientist and his monster-is also a profoundly moving masterpiece. No-one in the grip of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN,...

The essential works of a master of English prose, reissued in Penguin Classics This selection brings together the best prose writings of the great early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb, whose...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew voices in twentieth-century literature carry the weight and lyrical intensity of Boris Pasternak's, and The Voice of Prose: Volume One — Early Prose...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Set against the sweeping backdrop of Normandy across two world wars,...

Author: Sylvia Plath Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other...

A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's most influential and important artists. The documents selected...

Searing, haunting and timeless prose from one of England's greatest poets This selection of John Donne's most powerful prose shows that the man remembered predominantly for his poetry was also...

A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's most influential and important artists. The documents selected...

Author: Chloe Frayne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 This collection is a love letter to whatever is inside of us that pulls between who we are and who we...

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The complete edition of Sylvia Plath's prose including much unpublished and previously uncollected material, edited by Peter K. Steinberg. The Collected Prose stands alongside the Journals (2000) and the two...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThe Inner Presence: Recollections Of My Spiritual Life presents a profound spiritual memoir from the esteemed Nobel laureate,...

Author: Kenneth SlessorBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, Sydney; London; Melbourne; Singapore, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerKenneth Slessor’s prose reveals...

Gathers twenty-eight stories about Englishmen in the far reaches of the British Empire.

The 'invigorating', 'stupendous' and 'exhilarating' guide (Observer) to the beguiling form which has attracted many of our most beloved writers 'It is hard to know how it could possibly be...

Born in 1902 in Seattle, Washington, Frances Lovell Oldham left her hometown in her early twenties to pursue a journalism career in Europe. At a time when women rarely found...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some edge wear and minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: inscription on fep. Binding: Hardcover, appears intact. Stickers/Labels: minor nick/tear on fep. A gripping...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersOne of French literature's most haunting and morally complex...

When a mysterious spacecraft comes hurtling toward Earth, Carol Danvers - the hero known as Captain Marvel - narrowly prevents it from crashing and killing its mysterious pilot. The young...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in the English literary canon burn with such concentrated, spiritual intensity as that of Gerard Manley...

'Addictive' Stylist 'Sultry' Elle 'Shimmers with suspense' Daily Mail 'Sizzling' Esquire Summer in Paris. Leah, bored of tedious dead-end jobs, is intrigued to spot a job advert posted by the...

Author: François Mauriac; Translated by Gerard HopkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsMémoires Intérieurs presents a profound journey into the spiritual and...

A must-have collection from one of the literary world's finest thinkers and stylists. From the celebrated author of The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace and The Book of Illusions, comes...