English - 20th century
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Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien?
$6.99 Read moreBest known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0448483025
- Language: English
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The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
$24.00 Add to cartBest Book of June 2015 (The Christian Science Monitor)
Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature C. S. Lewis is the 20th century’s most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R.- Author: Zaleski, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536252
- Language: English
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Who Is J.K. Rowling?
$6.99 Add to cartEveryone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry’s creator
In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0448458721
- Language: English
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Who Was A. A. Milne?
$6.99 Add to cartFind out how stories about his son’s stuffed bear, famously known as Winnie the Pooh, made A. A. Milne one of the world’s best-known children’s authors in this informative biography from the #1 New Yo… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0451532422
- Language: English
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The Completion of C. S. Lewis: From War to Joy (1945-1963)
$34.99 Read moreLoss and Love in the Final Years of C. S. Lewis’s Life
The Completion of C. S. Lewis: From War to Joy is the final volume in a trilogy on C. S. Lewis’s life. In this third book, scholar Harry Lee Po
- Series: Lewis Trilogy
- Author: Poe, Harry Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1433571021
- Language: English
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Ford Madox Ford
$25.00 Read moreA critical biography of the great modernist editor and novelist.
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) lived among several of the most important artists and writers of his time. Raised by Pre-Raphaelites and- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Saunders, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147018
- Language: English
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Virginia Woolf
$26.00 Read more“A biography wholly worthy of the brilliant woman it chronicles. . . . It rediscovers Virginia Woolf afresh.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
While Virginia Woolf–one of our century’s most brilliant and- Author: Lee, Hermione
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: October 05 1999
- ISBN10: 0375701362
- Language: English
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Boy and Going Solo: Tales of Childhood
$11.99 Add to cartRoald Dahl’s personal stories together in one edition
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course Boy includes tales of sweetshops and chocolate, me
- Author: Dahl, Roald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0142417416
- Language: English
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The Essential T.S. Eliot
$25.99 Add to cartA selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one of the twentieth century’s major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay Seshadri
T.S. Eliot was a towering figure in twentieth century l
- Author: Eliot, T. S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 006297811X
- Language: English
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Good-Bye to All That: An Autobiography
$19.00 Read moreIn this autobiography, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces the monumental and universal loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. Written after the war and as … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Graves, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0385093306
- Language: English
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth
$65.00 Add to cartThe range of J. R. R. Tolkien’s talents is remarkable. Not only was he an accomplished linguist and philologist, as well as a scholar of Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature and Norse folklore, but als… [more below]
- Author: McIlwaine, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1851244859
- Language: English
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Instead of a Letter
$16.95 Read moreWhen Diana Athill, nearly forty-three and far from a household name, sat down to write Instead of a Letter, the first in her series of trailblazing memoirs, she was looking for an answer to the questi… [more below]
- Author: Athill, Diana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 168137613X
- Language: English
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The Essential T.S. Eliot
$25.99 Read moreA selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one of the twentieth century’s major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay Seshadri
T.S. Eliot was a towering figure in twentieth century l
- Author: Eliot, T. S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 006297811X
- Language: English
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Who Was Beatrix Potter?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn into wealth in 1860’s London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. Aft… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 044848305X
- Language: English
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The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets
$7.99 Add to cartSecrets and surprises from Roald Dahl
Feast your eyes on a secret Between these covers is a long-lost chapter–and the original ending–from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and other delicious nev- Author: Dahl, Roald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0142417424
- Language: English
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C.S. Lewis: The Writer Who Found Joy
$14.99 Read moreThe lion, the writer, and the search for joy.
Not every author can write about theology, literature, and a talking lion and end up delighting readers for generations. But not every author is C.S. Lew- Series: Here I Am! Biography
- Author: DeWitt, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1087759234
- Language: English
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Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit
$17.99 Read moreWorld Magazine’s Picture Book of the Year 2020
“Fans of Beatrix Potter will delight in this tribute to her dedication and talent, encapsulating a legacy that reaches far beyond the pages of her belove- Author: Marshall, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1499809603
- Language: English
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J.R.R. Tolkien for Kids: His Life and Writings, with 21 Activities
$18.99 Read moreIntroduce a new generation of readers to the man who wrote the phenomenally beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.
J. R. R. Tolkien for Kids takes young readers through the exciting life o- Series: For Kids
- Author: Carr, Simonetta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1641603461
- Language: English
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Joseph Anton: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
On February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, S
San Francisco Chronicle – Newsweek/The Daily Beast – The Seattle Times – The Economist – Kansas City Star – BookPage- Author: Rushdie, Salman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0812982606
- Language: English
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Elegy for Iris
$23.00 Add to cartWith remarkable tenderness, John Bayley recreates his passionate love affair with Iris Murdoch–world-renowned writer and philosopher, and his wife of forty-two years–and poignantly describes the dim
- Author: Bayley, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0312253826
- Language: English
