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Walter Lionel George's 'Anatole France' provides a comprehensive analysis of the life and work of the acclaimed French author. The book delves into France's literary style, focusing on his use of sa……続きを見る

This exciting anthology contains stories from twenty-five women from different parts of the world. Their ages differ, as do their backgrounds and locations, but one thing they all have in common is ……続きを見る

2000 Deciduous Trees is an exploration of individual experience selected from Nath Jones’s ‘90s zine, The Skirt. The writing resists losing its balance during a time when gasoline was cheap and no ……続きを見る

So, was there a corpse underneath the sofa? A visiting friend once said to Margery Allingham: 'My dear Marge, although you write crime novels, you do have a dainty drawing room!' 'What did she expec……続きを見る

Yone Noguchi's delightful, groundbreaking essays of the 1920s and 1930s, previously available only in hard-to-obtain periodicals, are collected here for the first time in this Noguchi Project Editio……続きを見る

"Lord, I'm glad I'm a hermit novelist," Flannery O'Connor wrote to a friend in 1957. Sequestered by ill health, O'Connor spent the final thirteen years of her life on her isolated family farm in rur……続きを見る

The Lake Poets, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey, have become a literary myth and we are used to looking at the Lake District landscape through its romantic prism. But for their sisters, wives and ……続きを見る

A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H.L. Mencken stands out as one of our most influential stylists and fearless iconoclasts--the twentieth century's greatest newspaper journalist,……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Charles Dickens remains – 200 years after his birth – arguably Britain’s most successful writer. Works such as Great Expectations and Oliver Tw……続きを見る

He wrote all his life – but was he an author? Herbert Allingham was one of 'the men who wrote for the Million'. His melodramatic serial stories ran week after week in the ha'penny papers a hundre……続きを見る

The English rectory nestling beside an ancient church may evoke a scene from Jane Austen or conjure up something much darker, such as the parsonage on the Yorkshire Moors where the Brontë sisters le……続きを見る

As a reporter for 30 years in both newspapers and television, Clarence Jones was always taking risks. He specialized in the Mafia, dirty cops and crooked politicians. Who better to kill you and get ……続きを見る

The author of American Psycho rips into his most frightening subject yet: himself. He became a bestselling novelist while still in college, immediately famous and wealthy. He watched his insufferabl……続きを見る

When Miss Katherine Mansfield, the brilliant novelist, passed away the other day in almost the spring of her promise, it was in a curious little oasis in the historic Forest of Fontainebleau… From '……続きを見る

Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story - providing testament to the power of ideas, the enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage. Out of the Flames tracks the history of ……続きを見る

The elegantly dressed, elderly couple sat in front of me and handed me a picture of a handsome young man.  They did not have to say a word.  I told them that their son had been murdered by……続きを見る

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’ S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A Best Book of the Year: San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography The acclaimed biogr……続きを見る

In 1859, Samuel Butler, a young Cantabrigian out of joint with his family, with the church, and with the times, left England to hew out his own path in New Zealand. At the end of just five years he ……続きを見る

THE MAKER OF KITES is a book [novel] that, through the story of a real overcoming story, shows us – in a didactic way – how we can, from the exercise of dialogue between the Philosopher and the Exec……続きを見る

Margaret Laurence: The Making of a Writer is an engaging narrative that contains new and important findings about Laurence’s life and career. This biography reveals the challenges, successes, and fa……続きを見る

'[A] deeply considered and stimulating book, informed throughout by the author's intimate knowledge of the literature and society of Shakespeare's age... ' Stanley Wells, TLS 'It is unquestionably t……続きを見る

'If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.' William Godwin, the author's future husband, was not alone in admiring Letters written……続きを見る

Nickolaus Pacione candidly speaks about what happened with both Smashwords.com and Lulu.com as he was tossed out on lies on both occasions -- Kevin of Smashwords.com didn't like how Pacione got the ……続きを見る

NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 When his widowed father - once a high court judge and always a formidable figure - drifted into vagueness if n……続きを見る

At his death in 1985, Alden Nowlan stood in the first rank of Canadian writers. Today, his poetry is beloved by Maritimers and popular across Canada and in the US as well. If I Could Turn and Meet M……続きを見る

**An Amazon Best Book of 2016 A celebration of the writing and editing life, as well as a look behind the scenes at some of the most influential magazines in America (and the writers who made them w……続きを見る

In the summer of 1816 paparazzi trained their telescopes on Byron and the Shelleys across Lake Geneva. Mary Shelley babysat and wrote Frankenstein. Byron dieted and penned The Prisoner of Chillon. H……続きを見る

La biographie fictive et émouvante d’un grand acteur de la lutte ouvrière et de la solidarité José Fontana est né le 28 octobre 1840 au Tessin, il est mort à Lisbonne le 2 septembre 1876. Une vie re……続きを見る

For generations of children, including a young Oprah Winfrey, opening a Lois Lenski book has meant opening a world. This was just what the author wanted: to help children “see beyond the rim of thei……続きを見る

"Love, Life and Me" is a wonderful anthology of original pieces by Vizion B. Jones which opens up a youthful and heartwarming innocence in poetic writings that can truly be appreciated for its wisdo……続きを見る