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An arresting collection of interviews, collated by Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan's close friend and longstanding agent, bringing to life the late, great Milligan in all his various guises. Heralded a……続きを見る

The Silent Woman is a brilliant, elegantly reasoned meditation on the nature of biography. Janet Malcolm (author of Reading Chekhov, The Journalist and the Murderer, In the Freud Archives) examines ……続きを見る

A Vivid Visual Journey Through the Life of Nobel Prize-Winning Author Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse: A Pictorial Biography offers a treasure trove of previously undiscovered photographic and textual m……続きを見る

CONTENTS (abridged list) INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I MR. BELLOC AND THE PUBLIC A CASE FOR LEGISLATION AD HOC CHAPTER II MR. BELLOC THE MAN ... CHAPTER XIII THE TRAVELLER CHAPTER XIV MR. BELLOC AND THE FU……続きを見る

On the strength of a National Book Award for his novel Going After Cacciato (1978) and a widely acclaimed short-story cycle, The Things They Carried (1990), Tim O'Brien (b. 1946) cemented his reputa……続きを見る

'When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin.' With a bewildering blend of the everyday and the fantastical, Kafka thus beg……続きを見る

From the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, this memoir chronicles Maya Angelou's involvement with the civil rights movement. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and……続きを見る

The translated autobiography of one of the greatest children's writers that has ever lived: Hans Christian Andersen. Anderson is most famous for his versions of classic fairytales, such as The Littl……続きを見る

'The Wicked Wit Of Charles Dickens' explores and reveals aspects of the author's personal and professional life, whilst celebrating his flair for witty and satirical observations about society and h……続きを見る

Lake Effect Poetry is north-east Ohio's slam team, representing Cleveland, Akron, Canton, and everywhere around and in-between. This collection features poetry from all five members of the 2012 Lake……続きを見る

This is the riveting tale of two brave nonconformists whose dramatic lives open up new perspectives on the history of the twentieth century. Thomas Mann’s two eldest children, Erika and Klaus, were ……続きを見る

The celebrated Nigerian writer Tanure Ojaide relates here his experience of living in the United States where he has been based teaching and writing since 1996. Drawing the Map of Heaven picks up wh……続きを見る

One of America's most admired TV anchors gives us an intimate chronicle of the final year of the twentieth century. In this engrossing narrative, a national bestseller, are all the most significant ……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Early Years CHAPTER II. Girlhood and Married Life CHAPTER III. Début in Literature CHAPTER IV. Lélia ー Italian Jou……続きを見る

A poignant memoir of life on the wrong side of the tracks-which was a SIBA bestseller in hardcover-with a colorful cast of misfits, plenty of belly laughs, and lessons for finding joy in spite of ha……続きを見る

Part of the Jewish Encounter series A masterly biography of Yehuda Halevi, one of the greatest of Hebrew poets and a shining example of the synthesis of religion and culture that defined the golden ……続きを見る

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A Year in My Love chronicles an illicit love affair, through all of its unexpected highs, and devastating lows. It expresses profound joy and crippling sadness, but most of all, it expresses my hear……続きを見る

Best-selling author Evelyn Eaton (Quietly My Captain Waits) wrote a series of light-hearted stories about her life in England, France, and Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. Those stories, published in ……続きを見る

What's a wise, witty travel writer to do when she reaches forty and is still single? Wander the globe searching for romance and adventure, of course. On a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, to celebrate her fo……続きを見る

Married to Stefan Zweig by Friderike Zweig (translated from the German by Erna McArthur, with an introduction by Helen Epstein, a chronology of Stefan Zweig's life and a bibliography of works by and……続きを見る

Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual as it is inspiring. Th……続きを見る

This is the first generously illustrated biography of the Mohawk poet-performer E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake. The author has created an exciting volume of anecdotes, letters and poetry, and illus……続きを見る

**A poignant and beautiful memoir-in-verse that captures the wisdom that comes with age from the award-winning author of The Woman Warrior and China Men. “[A] graceful meditation. . . . Achieves mea……続きを見る

In this definitive biography of the legendary Russian poet, Elaine Feinstein draws on a wealth of newly available material–including memoirs, letters, journals, and interviews with surviving friends……続きを見る

Duke Wolff was a flawless specimen of the American clubman -- a product of Yale and the OSS, a one-time fighter pilot turned aviation engineer. Duke Wolff was a failure who flunked out of a series o……続きを見る

**In an astonishing feat of literary detection, one of the most provocative critics of our time and the author of In the Freud Archives and The Purloined Clinic offers an elegantly reasoned meditati……続きを見る

Taking a unique look at one of the most acclaimed and best-loved English writers of the nineteenth century, 'Charles Dickens, A Very Peculiar History' asks why, what, where, how and who the Dickens ……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling memoir by Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, who was falsely convicted of three murders and spent nearly eighteen years on Death Row. In 1993, teenagers Damien E……続きを見る

_______________ 'Curtis spent a decade trying to negotiate her way past possessive Soviet archivists, and the result of her persistence is the most comprehensive selection of personal documents so f……続きを見る