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Angel At My Table(2010) FRAME, JANETThe acclaimed autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. Introduced by Jane Campion, who made it into a prize-winning film.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Shakespeare(2006) ACKROYD, PETEROffers a biography of Shakespeare, this book reads like the work of a contemporary meeting Shakespeare. It is a depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Lodger(2008) NICHOLL, CHARLESIn 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist'Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
More Lives than One: A Biography of Hans Fallada(2012) WILLIAMS, JENNYHans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and longVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot(2012) GORDON, LYNDALLThe most authoritative life of Eliot ever written, acclaimed biographer Lyndall Gordon brings into focus a flawed yet brilliant man.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
For Your Eyes Only(2009) MACINTYRE, BENThe official book on Ian Fleming and James Bond by the bestselling author of Agent ZigzagVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Last Leopard(2008) GILMOUR, DAVIDAims to unearth the life story of the creator of "The Leopard", one of the novels of the twentieth century. This book stands as a meditation on what it is that makes a writer.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Last Englishman(2013) ROGERS, BYRONJ. L. Carr was the most English of Englishmen: headmaster of a Northamptonshire school, cricket enthusiast and campaigner for the conservation of country churches. But he was also the author of half a dozen utterly unique novels.Vezava: Mehka25,23 € -
Brontes(2010) BARKER, JULIET* Abacus reissue of Juliet Barker's unrivalled biography of the Bronte sisters, revised for this editionVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
C S Lewis(2013) DURIEZ, COLIN (READER)An accessible biography of C S Lewis, his life and the friendships that shaped him.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Georgette Heyer Biography(2013) KLOESTER, JENNIFERGeorgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today's bestselling authors. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, when she was seventeen in order to amuse her coVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
The Life of Milarepa (Penguin Classics)(2011) HERUKA, TSANGNYONTells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Bend for Home(2016) HEALY, DERMOTOne day, years after he's moved away from his childhood home in rural Ireland, Dermot Healy returns to care for his ailing mother. his mother, whose stories young Dermot has heard so often that he believes they are his own;Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Strands(2013) SPRACKLAND, JEANStrands describes a year's worth of walking on the ultimate beach: inter-tidal and constantly turning up revelations: mermaid's purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bottles, buried cars, beached whales and a perfect cup from a Cunard liner.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Tolkien and the Great War(2004) GARTH, JOHN* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture Acclaimed as ‘the best book about Tolkien’, this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
In the Blood(2007) MOTION, SIR ANDREW'A wonderful read.' Irish Times'Sad, gripping and powerful.' Margaret Drabble'Superbly clear, intimate and evocative.' New York TimesFrom the former poet laureate, Andrew Motion, In the Blood is an unforgettable evocation of family, school and country lifVezava: Mehka15,41 €