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Beauty of Living(2022) ROSENBLITT, J. ALISON (REGENT'S PARK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)An incisive biography of E.E. Cummings’ early life, including his First World War ambulance service and subsequent imprisonment, inspirations for his inventive poetryVezava: Mehka29,93 € -
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass(2022) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKIn his final autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself, Frederick Douglass shares the stories of his 'several lives in one.' He does powerful justice to his lives lived in U.S. slavery, in the fight for abolition, and in the 'Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Bite of the Apple(2020) GOODINGS, LENNIE (PUBLISHER, PUBLISHER, VIRAGO PRESS)In this insightful memoir Lennie Goodings takes the reader behind the scenes at Virago, the feminist press that she has led for twenty years. Moving from Virago's early days of independence, through its various commercial incarnations, the author reflectsVezava: Trda29,43 € -
My Bondage and My Freedom(2019) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKMy Bondage and My Freedom is the second of Frederick Douglass's full-length autobiographies. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
William Shakespeare(2015) WELLS, STANLEY (HONORARY PRESIDENT, THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST)In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world's greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how andVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Charles Dickens(2019) HARTLEY, JENNY (EMERITUS PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON)Jenny Hartley introduces Charles Dickens's life and works, looking at the vitality of his characters and the energy which surges through his writing. Examining the themes running through his books, she considers the institutions which influenced his workVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Only Wonderful Things(2021) HOMESTEAD, MELISSA J. (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN)Drawing on newly uncovered archives, The Only Wonderful Things offers a groundbreaking look at American novelist Willa Cather's creative process by arguing that the writer's life partner, magazine editor Edith Lewis, had a crucial impact on Cather's literVezava: Trda61,76 € -
Oscar's Ghost(2019) LEE, LAURAThe dramatic story of the legal and emotional battle that raged between two of Oscar Wilde's closest friends – both former lovers – following the playwright's deathVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Crichel Boys(2022) FENWICK, SIMONAn elegant biography of Long Crichel, a house in a secluded village in rural Dorset which, during the second half of the twentieth century, became a hub of creativity and social activity for its denizens and their guests.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Depression(2017) STYRON, WILLIAMHow does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, he describes an illness that reduced him from a successful writer to a man arranging hiVezava: Mehka8,40 € -
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days(2018) CLEGG, BILLWhat makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful young literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack-addiction: a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and - very nearly - his life?Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Virginia Woolf at Home(2019) MACASKILL, HILARYAn intimate exploration of Virginia Woolf's homesVezava: Trda35,05 €
