Literary 84

Alexander Pope was born in London to a Roman Catholic family. A childhood sickness left him with stunted height, a curved spine, and ill health for the rest of his life. Pope earned fame and great f……続きを見る

Extrait : S’il est difficile de donner une juste idée des contemporains illustres dans l’intimité desquels on n’a pas pénétré, il l’est aussi d’en parler lorsqu’on……続きを見る

**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • This dazzling memoir from the former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Life on Mars is the story of a young artist struggling to fashion her ow……続きを見る

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMES This groundbreaking dual biography brings to life a pioneering English feminist and the daugh……続きを見る

Langdon Hammer has given us the first biography of the poet James Merrill (1926–95), whose life is surely one of the most fascinating in American literature. Merrill was born to high privilege and h……続きを見る

A vital, illuminating collection of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner’s elegant, passionately engaged nonfiction My Generation is the definitive gathering of William Styron’s nonfict……続きを見る

For much of his adult life, Saul Bellow was the most acclaimed novelist in America, the winner of, among other awards, the Nobel Prize in Literature, three National Book Awards, and the Pulitzer Pri……続きを見る

An extraordinary book; one that almost magically makes clear how Tennessee Williams wrote; how he came to his visions of Amanda Wingfield, his Blanche DuBois, Stella Kowalski, Alma Winemiller, Lady ……続きを見る

"Du warst katholischer Priester und jetzt bist du evangelischer Pfarrer?" "Sei froh, dass du beides kannst. Warum versuchst du es nicht noch bei den Mormonen, den Zeugen Jehovas, der Heilsarmee oder……続きを見る

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In my first few months of indie publishing, I made zero dollars. That's right. The big donut. But by the end of my first year, I'd grossed over $10,000, making me not a millionaire, but a thousandai……続きを見る

**National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: Biography Category National Book Award Finalist 2015 Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Haro……続きを見る

Scholars, Historians, students, and readers will learn much from Ernest Miller Hemingway: A Workbook. Carlos Baker, Hemingway's biographer said of the manuscript, "It is a wonderful and informative ……続きを見る

The critically acclaimed memoir from the well-loved broadcaster Gerry Anderson Gerry Anderson broadcast every day out of Londonderry, which once upon a time was called Doire Colmcille, evolving, und……続きを見る

A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817. The author of the highly acclaimed Posthumous Keats, praised as “full of…those fleeting moments ……続きを見る

The story of Oscar Wilde’s landmark 1882 American tour explains how this quotable literary eminence became famous for being famous. On January 3, 1882, Oscar Wilde, a twenty-seven-year-old “genius”……続きを見る

In this world of superheroes, bells-and-whistles gadgetry, and mind blowing techno-magic, isn’t it amazing that the elements of a simple story can still capture the imagination and appeal to the sen……続きを見る

This is the book that Maria Montesorri wrote in response to requests from thousands of American parents and teachers. A short, illustrated guide to the use of the Montessori classroom materials, it ……続きを見る

This book sheds light, detail and understanding regarding the targeted and stero-typed young and old alike Black men. 続きを見る

Obey includes three essays and one short story by Christopher G. Moore. This short collection is a penetrating analysis of the continued influences of Henry Miller and George Orwell work on contempo……続きを見る

Das Glamourpaar der wilden Zwanziger. Er gab einer Epoche ihren Namen. Sie war die Hauptfigur in all seinen Romanen. Zusammen waren sie das Traumpaar der Jazz-Ära und der "lost generation": Erfolgsa……続きを見る

Christine Nöstlinger erzählt - jedoch nicht über den grantigen Gurkenkönig oder den Franz, der aussieht wie ein Mädchen. Hier geht es um ihr eigenes Leben: Wie sie als Kind den Krieg im Bombenkeller……続きを見る

Mary Rowlandson’s captivity narrative describes her experience as a captive of the Native Americans during the King Philips War in 1676. Rowlandson observes her experience in relation to God and the……続きを見る

A.J.A. Symons’s life is changed forever when his friend Millard, a dealer in rare books, lends him an old tome and a stack of manuscript letters. The book is Hadrian the Seventh (1904), the work of ……続きを見る

Un pilote doit parfois compter sur la chance... Les 14 souvenirs retracés dans ce livre le prouvent à la perfection ! J'aurais pu raconter les vols où j'ai été brillant, génial ou même simplement hé……続きを見る

In Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in Lond……続きを見る

Matthew Dennison creates a revealing portrait of the brave and charismatic Vita, in the first biography of her to be written for thirty years. Vita Sackville-West was a woman who defied categorisati……続きを見る

The definitive illustrated biography of one of the most unique and beloved children's authors of the 20th century, the creator of the Moomins. Tove Jansson (1914-2001) led a long, colourful and prod……続きを見る

Domestic violence is an insidious malady, hidden in the shadows of shame and misplaced blame. It plagues families around the world, the trauma and harmful behavior patterns inherited by each generat……続きを見る

Legendary western author Max Evans has spent his entire life working with cows and horses. These rangeland animals, and other creatures both domestic and wild, play pivotal roles in his stories. Thi……続きを見る