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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he remains one of the ……続きを見る

This edition features linked Footnotes. CHAPTER I It is believed that in 1665, James Stevenson in Nether Carsewell, parish of Neilston, county of Renfrew, and presumably a tenant farmer, married one……続きを見る

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Une passion incompatible raconte lhistoire dramatisée des derniers trois mois dans la vie du poète activiste, Percy Bysshe Shelley.----Au printemps 1822, Percy et sa deuxième épouse, Mary Woolstonec……続きを見る

Das Geheimnis eines langen und erfolgreichen Lebens Künstler, die so lange im Geschäft sind wie Peter Kraus, gibt es eigentlich gar nicht. Seine Karriere dauert nun schon über 50 Jahre an und viele ……続きを見る

Lives that Never Grow Old Part of a radical series –edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Johnson’s book is a biographical masterpiece, still t……続きを見る

You know their works, but do you know their lives? Do you know what inspired them to write some of the greatest literature the world has ever known? This book contains profiles of five different Am……続きを見る

‘I am almost exclusively a writer, and my style is all I have’, wrote Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977). Best known for his deeply controversial 1955 novel Lolita, Nabokov is celebrated as a prolific aut……続きを見る

An entertaining biography of Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central im……続きを見る

News correspondent Leslie Cockburn has dined with the Cali Cartel, marched with the Khmer Rouge, hunted down the Black Turban in Afghanistan, pursued the Russian mafia to the Arctic Circle, shared p……続きを見る

Martin Amis is one of the most gifted and innovative writers of our time. With Experience, he discloses a private life every bit as unique and fascinating as his bestselling novels. He explores his ……続きを見る

In a memoir that pierces and delights us, Jill Ker Conway tells the story of her astonishing journey into adulthoodーa journey that would ultimately span immense distances and encompass worlds, idea……続きを見る

This changes everything we thought we knew about John Steinbeck. After languishing in the CIA's archives for 60 years, a letter is uncovered in John Steinbeck's own hand that shatters everything his……続きを見る

So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. Alexander……続きを見る

**The complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plathーessential reading for anyone who has been moved and fascinated by the poet's life and work. "A genuine literary event.... Plath's journals contai……続きを見る

In his remarkable memoir, at once frank, audacious, canny, and revealing, Michael Korda, the author of Charmed Lives and Queenie, does for the world of books what Moss Hart did for the theater in Ac……続きを見る

The life and work of Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski was dangerously bold and deeply enigmatic. This controversial biography opens up the secrets and contradictions of this globally renowned Polish journalist a……続きを見る

Spring was late in 1913 and Edward Thomas decided to go and search for winter’s grave and the tell-tale signs of season’s turn. On Good Friday, March 21st, Thomas set out to cycle westwards from Lon……続きを見る

Souvenirs de son adolescence en pleine nature, dans le Pays Craonnais : Oeuvre plaisante, pittoresque, reflétant les paysages et les moeurs du Haut Anjou, avec quelques pages émouvantes qui annoncen……続きを見る

From Eudora Welty's memoir of childhood to May Sarton's reflections on her seventieth year, writers' journals offer an irresistible opportunity to join a creative thinker in musing on the eventsーwh……続きを見る

Widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s greatest fiction writers, Maurice Gee has written virtually no non-fiction. The exceptions are the two exquisite childhood reminiscences combined here into a ……続きを見る

If you want to understand how modern media has changed the world, this is the one book you must read. Rupert Murdoch is the man everyone talks about but no one knows. He’s everywhere, a larger-than-……続きを見る

“Will make many readers smile with recognition.”ーThe New Yorker “Readaholics, meet your new best friend.”ーPeople **“This book is bliss.”ー**The Boston Globe Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, t……続きを見る

The definitive critical study of Tolkien’s greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey. Following the unprecedented and universal acclaim for The Lord o……続きを見る

Jerry celebrates his 50 years together with Dani in Poetry. A true love story for all ages. 続きを見る

The letters of Cicero are of a very mixed character. Many sides of Cicero's life other than the political are reflected in these letters. The period covered by them is one of the most interesti……続きを見る

The greatly admired essayist, novelist, and philosopher, author of Cartesian Sonata, Finding a Form, and The Tunnel, reflects on the art of translation and on Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies -- a……続きを見る

One Degree West: Reflections of a Plainsdaughter describes Bair’s struggle for independence and acceptance within the male-dominated farming and ranching culture of her birth. As a portrait of one ……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manuall……続きを見る

The Myth of Ephraim Tutt explores the true and previously untold story behind one of the most elaborate literary hoaxes in American history. Arthur Train was a Harvard-educated and well-respected at……続きを見る