Zbirka: Biografije: književnost
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Mad World(2010) BYRNE, PAULAA terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England’s greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpieVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Vera Brittain: A Life(2022) BOSTRIDGE, MARK,BERRY, PAULTo tie-in with the new collection of letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby - Between Friends - a reissue of the definitive biography of the author of Testament of Youth. With a new introduction by Mark Bostridge.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life(2023) OLUBAS, BRIGITTAThe authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of The Great Fire, The Transit of Venus and Greene on Capri, winner of the National Book Award, the Miles Franklin Award and shortlisted for The WomenVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Hyacinth Girl(2023) GORDON, LYNDALLThe revealing of the hidden muse - Emily Hale - the Hyacinth Girl of the famous The Waste Land poem - who influenced the life and art of TS Eliot.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Charles Dickens(2012) TOMALIN, CLAIRECharles Dickens was a phenomenon: a hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, and a great novelist. This book paints a fresh portrait of Dickens, capturing the complex characVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Molly Keane(2018) PHIPPS, SALLYA wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - 'An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen' (Bookseller) - by her daughter.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
The Essential Writings of John Marshall(2022) CHRISTMAN, HENRY M.,MARSHALL, JOHNVezava: Mehka10,50 € -
Life of Charlotte Bronte(2009) GASKELL, ELIZABETHElizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857) is a pioneering biography of one great Victorian woman novelist by another. This edition is based on the Third Edition of 1857, revised by Gaskell and collated with the manuscript and the previous two edVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
John Barleycorn(2018) LONDON, JACKAs close to an autobiography as London ever wrote, this brutally frank memoir of a lifelong struggle with alcohol also offers insights into the author's life as an adventurer and popular writer.Vezava: Mehka5,60 € -
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Swing Low(2013) TOEWS, MIRIAMOne morning Mel Toews put on his coat and hat and walked out of town, prepared to die. But it is also a funny, winsome evocation of country life: growing up on farm, courting a wife, becoming a teacher, and rearing a happy, strong family in the midstVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Enid Blyton: The Biography(2006) STONEY, BARBARAEnid Blyton is known throughout the world for her imaginative childrens books and her enduring characters such as Noddy and the Famous Five. Yet until 1974, when Barbara Stoney first published her official biography, little was known about this most privaVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Now All Roads Lead to France(2012) HOLLIS, MATTHEWFrost returned to the safety of New England while Thomas stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter Monday 1917.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
William Golding(2010) CAREY, PROFESSOR JOHNWilliam Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. Lord of the Flies, his first novel, was an immediate success, and was followed by a series of remarkable novels, including The Inheritors, Pincher MarVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Last Englishman(2010) CHAMBERS, ROLANDArthur Ransome was, from 1930 to the early 1960s, what J.K. As the Red Army engaged with an Allied invasion of Russia, Ransome was conducting a love affair with Evgenia Shelepina, private secretary to Leon Trotsky, then Soviet Commissar for War.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Jane Austen(2022) LEITHART, PETER J.This edition will include updated text that highlights the new film adaptations inspired by Austen’s books and characters, and a reading guide perfect for deeper thought or book club discussions.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
