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Iris Origo(2014) MOOREHEAD, CAROLINE (AUTHOR)In this biography of Iris Origo, Caroline Moorehead has drawn on unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts to provide a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lie About My Father(2007) BURNSIDE, JOHNTells the story of a lost and damaged world of childhood and the constants of his father's world: men defined by drink they could take and the pain they could stand, men shaped by their guilt and machismo. This book examines the way men are made and how tVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire(2018) WALKER, ALICEA beautifully illustrated, definitive account of Alice Walker's life, told in the Pulitzer Prize winner's singular voice24,94 € -
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire(2022) WALKER, ALICEThe unseen journals of Alice Walker - literary icon and author of The Color PurpleVezava: Trda41,58 € -
After the Titanic(2014) ENNISS, STEPHENAfter the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon is a portrait of an artistic life in motion and stirring reflection on the capacity of great poetry to fashion something lasting of our deepest fears and insecurities.Vezava: Trda54,67 € -
Bruce Chatwin(2000) SHAKESPEARE, NICHOLASA biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and activeVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Wilkie Collins(2013) ACKROYD, PETERAs well as his enduring masterpieces, The Moonstone – often called the first true detective novel – and the sensational The Woman in White, he produced an intriguing array of lesser-known works.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Siegfried Sassoon(2013) MOORCROFT WILSON, JEANThe definitive single-volume biography of Siegfried Sassoon, from the world's leading scholar of the great war poetVezava: Trda35,05 € -
Horror of Love(2012) HILTON, LISAThe compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Henry David Thoreau(2018) WALLS, LAURA DASSOWA full accounting of Thoreau’s life that takes him, his writings, and his ideas seriously and puts him in the context of his place and time.Vezava: Mehka33,86 € -
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 € -
At the Loch of the Green Corrie(2011) GREIG, ANDREWA fishing trip honoring a dying man's wish becomes a meditation on life, nature and friendship, a literary biography and a celebration of the beauty of the Highlands of Scotland.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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 €
