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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in the turbulent landscape of nineteenth-century radical politics burned as defiantly as Louis Auguste Blanqui —...

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 A woman moves from the place of her birth to a remote northern country to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has just...

After leaving the man with whom she'd been living, an unnamed protagonist in an unnamed university city is working unspectacularly on the poet Paul Celan. The abiding feeling in the...

"A tour de force...prepare to be amazed." --John C. Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group Why didn't the Florentines invent the steam engines and flying machines that Da...

All but wiped out in the 1987 stockmarket crash, Joseph Gutnick marshalled all his skills to regain his position as one of the New World's wealthiest men. While his radical...

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A history of how, in the mid-twentieth century, we came to believe in the concept of creativity. Named a best book of 2023 by the New Yorker and a notable...

'You will not find a more devoted, thorough, loving and surprising book on the life of Leonard Bernstein - the most extraordinary man of extraordinary talents. Read it.' Lauren Bacall...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Behind the gentle whimsy and celebrated cartoons of James Thurber lay a...

Here is Leonard Bernstein, full scale and fully alive - the child prodigy, the man, the composer, the teacher, the hugely charismatic personality, the lover, the American folk hero. Everything...

Insight and advice on mastering the art of investing-from some of the biggest names in the business This invaluable volume presents what the experts' experts-Peter Bernstein, Gary Brinson, Foster Friess,...

Sam Slick, a clock-peddler who accompanies a visiting English gentleman on an unforgettable tour of Nova Scotia, first appeared in the 'Novascotian' in 1835. His shrewd observations and witty commentaries...

Published to co-incide with the pbk of Claire Tomalin's Whitbread Prize-winning biography The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the...

A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

Filled with never-before-published images and surprising details, this revealing portrait of the twentieth century's most enigmatic playwright focuses on the real-life drama that swirled around this troubled creative genius. 10,000...

Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...

"Penguin Illustrated Lives" is a series of photographic biographies that offers a fresh, intimate portrait of some of our favourite writers. An incisive, lively text is accompanied by over 100...

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....

Author: A. Scott BergBinding: PaperbackPublished: Ballantine Books, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA. Scott Berg's Goldwyn: A Biography chronicles the extraordinary life...

'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their...

A mini-monograph on Samuel Fosso, the renowned Cameroon-born Nigerian photographer. Samuel Fosso (b. 1962) is one of Central Africa's leading contemporary artists, whose playful and perceptive work investigates Pan-African identity...

Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...

A selectively comprehensive bibliography of the vast literature about Samuel Beckett's dramatic works, arranged for the efficient and convenient use of scholars on all levels.

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the formative years of one of England's most celebrated diarists, Samuel...

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The book titled Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett by the author James Knowlson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Samuel Pepys; Additions by Henry B. WheatleyBinding: HardbackPublished: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1923Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous...

The gripping story of the man who was the American Revolution's moral compass--Ira Stoll tells readers who Samuel Adams was, why he has been forgotten, and why he must be...

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Author: Allan WynnBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: SIGNED BY SAMUEL WYNN! Dust jacket has surface tear on back panel that doesn't go through and other general...

Author: Arthur BryantBinding: HardbackPublished: The Reprint Society, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical biography chronicles the formative years of one of England's most celebrated diarists,...

Edition: new ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the remarkable career of Samuel Pepys, focusing on his pivotal role in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFrom the sunbaked vineyards of South Australia to the corridors of Zionist activism, The Fortunes of Samuel Wynn chronicles the...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew figures loom as large in the origins of the English...

One of the great figures of English Romanticism, Coleridge's poems show diversity and imaginative genius One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) created works of...

Bursting with imagination, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as 'One part Quentin Tarantino, one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) and will appeal to fans...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew windows into the soul of a great artist are as intimate and illuminating as his private correspondence, and the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the autumn of 1837, the visionary English artist Samuel Palmer embarked on a two-year journey through Italy with his new bride,...

'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their...