English - 20th century

  • Going Solo

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    From the bestselling author Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes an autobiographical account of his exploits as a World War II pilot

    Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures

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    • Author: Dahl, Roald
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: February 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 142413836
    • Language: English
  • A Collection of Essays

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    A clear-eyed, uncompromising collection of essays from the “conscience of his generation” and the author of 1984 (V. S. Pritchett). One of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists of the twentie

    • Series: Harvest Book
    • Author: Orwell, George
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: October 21, 1970
    • ISBN10: 0156186004
    • Language: English
  • A Writer’s Diary: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition

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    An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years.

    Included are entries that refer to her own writing, and those tha… [more below]

    • Series: Harvest Book
    • Author: Woolf, Virginia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: March 31, 2003
    • ISBN10: 0156027917
    • Language: English
  • The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

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    DON’T MISS THE PIGEON TUNNEL DOCUMENTARY–NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS AND STREAMING ON AppleTV+

    The New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carré, the legendary author of A Legacy of Spies.

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    • Author: Le Carré, John
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: September 5, 2017
    • ISBN10: 0735220786
    • Language: English
  • An Autobiography

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    Back in print in the exclusive authorized edition, is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the “Queen of Mystery.” Fans of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and readers of John Curran’s

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    • Author: Christie, Agatha
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 576
    • Publish Date: September 11, 2012
    • ISBN10: 0062204572
    • Language: English
  • Orwell: The New Life

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    A fascinating exploration of George Orwell–and his body of work–by an award-winning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twenty-first-century readers.

    We find ourselves i

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    • Author: Taylor, D. J.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 608
    • Publish Date: May 23 2023
    • ISBN10: 163936451X
    • Language: English
  • Boy: Tales of Childhood

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    Find out where the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG got all his wonderful story ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood

    From his own life, of cours

    • Author: Dahl, Roald
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: February 01, 2009
    • ISBN10: 014241381X
    • Language: English
  • The Secret Life of John Le Carre

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    The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive.

    Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought

    • Author: Sisman, Adam
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: October 24, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0063341042
    • Language: English
  • The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition

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    The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing

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    • Author: Tolkien, J. R. R.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: November 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 0358652987
    • Language: English
  • A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

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    THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS

    In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life

    • Author: Mantel, Hilary
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: October 24, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1250342228
    • Language: English
  • Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography

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    Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work” and declared, “I am a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories).” Yet he insisted his writings were not

    • Author: Ordway, Holly
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 544
    • Publish Date: September 02, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1685789919
    • Language: English
  • Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

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    A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.

    Ian Fleming’s greatest creation, James Bo

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    • Author: Shakespeare, Nicholas
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 864
    • Publish Date: April 09, 2024
    • ISBN10: 0063012243
    • Language: English
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