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How the Just So Stories Were Made(2021) BATCHELOR, JOHNA fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling’s world-famous children’s classicVezava: Trda30,88 € -
The High Sierra(2022) ROBINSON, KIM STANLEYA "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).Vezava: Trda49,07 € -
On the Wilder Shores of Love(2017) BLANCH, LESLEY,DE CHAMBERET, GEORGIAThe story of a fascinating, bohemian - and, at times outrageous - life that spanned the twentieth century - the perfect book for fans of the Mitfords.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Thousand Laurie Lees(2014) HOROVITZ, ADAMThis is not a book about Laurie Lee, still less a biography. Taking this as a starting point, poet Adam Horovitz reaches back through myth, memory and literature to explore Laurie Lee’s impact on the Slad Valley and its people.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Bright Star, Green Light(2022) BATE, JONATHANA dazzling biography of two interwoven, tragic lives: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. ‘Highly engaging … Go now, read this book’ THE TIMESVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Like a Fiery Elephant(2005) COE, JONATHANThe critically acclaimed biography of a man respected for his fierce commitment to truth and honesty, and his passionate belief in the avant-garde.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Emile Zola(2020) NELSON, BRIAN (MONASH UNIVERSITY)Émile Zola occupies a distinctive place in the great tradition of French realist fiction. Brian Nelson introduces this quintessential novelist of modernity, and explores his fascination with change, and the way he opened the novel up to new areas of repreVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy(2019) RIOUX, ANNE BOYDRediscover the beloved classic Little Women and its lasting power as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.Vezava: Mehka36,58 € -
Charles Williams(2017) LINDOP, GREVEL (FREELANCE WRITER, FREELANCE WRITER)A lively and readable literary biography of a remarkable personality who was a central member of the Inklings, this book rediscovers the dramatic and contradictory life of a brilliant writer and publisher from a poor London background who became a ground-Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Ode to Darkness(2019) SANDBERG, SIGRIA charming meditation on our relationship with darkness, translated from the original NorwegianVezava: Trda23,82 € -
Jane Austen(2022) KEYMER, TOM (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO)Jane Austen is one of the most widely-read novelists in the English language, and one of very few pre-Victorian writers to have a large popular following. This book situates Austen in the literary and historical context of her time, and combines criticalVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Becoming Superman(2020) STRACZYNSKI, J. MICHAELThe deeper he read, the more he came to realize that he, too, had a superpower: the ability to tell stories and make everything come out the way he wanted it.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Undertaking(1998) LYNCH, THOMASLike all poets, inspired by death, Lynch is, unlike others, also hired to bury the dead or cremate them and to tend to their families in a small Michigan town where he serves as the funeral director. These are essays of rare elegance and grace, full of fiVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Story of Alice(2016) DOUGLAS-FAIRHURST, ROBERTSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the secret history of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his subject.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Romantic Outlaws(2016) GORDON, CHARLOTTE***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4***NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER'A gripping account of the heartbreaks and triumphs of two of history's most formidable female intellectuals, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Franz Kafka(2022) KILCHER, ANDREAS,SCHMIDT, PAVELThe first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka’s graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawingsVezava: Trda66,53 € -
Katherine Mansfield(2012) TOMALIN, CLAIREPursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters(2013) WODEHOUSE, P.G.'Wodehouse said letters make "a wonderful oblique form for an autobiography," and Sophie Ratcliffe's expertly edited collection amply proves the point.'SpectatorOne of the funniest and most admired writers of the twentieth century, P.Vezava: Mehka28,04 €
