Literary Figures
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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
$19.00 Add to cartA WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice – A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by wo… [more below]
- Author: Ogilvie, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0593469984
- Language: English
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Screams from the Balcony
$25.00 Add to cartScreams from the Balcony is a collection of letters chronicling Charles Bukowski’s life as he tries to get published and work at a postal office, all while drinking and gambling.
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0876859147
- Language: English
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Q’s Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books
$15.00 Read moreThis memoir tells the remarkable story of how Helene Hanff came to write 84, Charing Cross Road, and how its success changed her. Hanff recalls her serendipitous discovery of a volume of lectures by a… [more below]
- Author: Hanff, Helene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 05 1986
- ISBN10: 0140089365
- Language: English
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The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$27.99 Read moreLearn about the greatest works of literature, and the lives of those who wrote them in The Literature Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a si- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1465429883
- Language: English
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A Family Sketch and Other Private Writings: Volume 5
$32.43 Add to cartThis book publishes, for the first time in full, the two most revealing of Mark Twain’s private writings. Here he turns his mind to the daily life he shared with his wife Livy, their three daughters, … [more below]
- Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Wr #5
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 07 2014
- ISBN10: 520280733
- Language: English
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A Mark Twain Christmas: A Journey Across Three Christmas Seasons
$19.99 Add to cartFilled with the remarkable wit and humor of America’s favorite storyteller, A Mark Twain Christmas gives readers insight into Twain’s life through little known stories about how he and his family cele
- Author: DeVito, Carlo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1604334487
- Language: English
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The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861
$29.95 Add to cartHenry David Thoreau’s Journal was his life’s work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right-… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 24 2009
- ISBN10: 159017321X
- Language: English
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Devotion
$17.00 Add to cartThe National Book Award-winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process
“Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable si- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Smith, Patti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0300218621
- Language: English
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In Front of Your Nose: 1946-1950
$19.95 Read moreEssays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1945 to 1950. Even many decades after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our wo
- Series: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters George Orwell
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 555
- Publish Date: August 06 2002
- ISBN10: 1567921361
- Language: English
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Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film
$35.00 Add to cartA book that explores the great American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Ficton, whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies; the writing of her con… [more below]
- Author: Gilbert, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1524748439
- Language: English
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Mermaid Singing
$15.95 Read moreIn 1951 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post-war London for Greece. Settling first on the tiny island of Kalymnos, then Hydra, their plan was to live simply and fo… [more below]
- Author: Clift, Charmian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1838110135
- Language: English
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El Olvido Que Seremos (Novela Gráfica) / Memories of My Father. Graphic Novel
$25.95 Read moreLa adaptaci?n a novela gr?fica de una de las obras en espa?ol m?s conmovedoras de los ?ltimos tiempos, que inspir? la nueva pel?cula de Fernando Trueba.
Un inolvidable homenaje de un hijo a su padre.- Author: Abad Faciolince, Hector
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 8416131805
- Language: Spanish
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A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré
$0.00 Read moreAn archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving listeners access to the intimate thoughts of one of the greatest writers of our time
The never-before-seen correspondance of John le Ca- Author: Le Carré, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0593632745
- Language: English
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Momma’s Lost Piano: A Memoir
$24.95 Add to cartWhen she is seventeen, Emily Merritt’s beloved father gives her the piano she has always wanted. A few days later, having lost his job, he sells Emily’s piano and moves the family out of its two-story… [more below]
- Author: Madden, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1621907821
- Language: English
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Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens’s London
$28.00 Read moreThe intriguing history of Dickens’s London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years
“Jackson paints a vivid and detailed picture of the ci- Author: Jackson, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266200
- Language: English
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Grant and Twain: The Story of an American Friendship
$18.00 Read moreIn the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would pro… [more below]
- Author: Perry, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10 2005
- ISBN10: 0812966139
- Language: English
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Conversations with a Dead Man: Indigenous Rights and the Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott
$23.95 Read moreThe second edition of Mark Abley’s acclaimed creative biography, revised and expanded with a new introduction by the author.
When he died in 1947, Duncan Campbell Scott was revered as one of his countr
- Author: Abley, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1738993329
- Language: English
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In Search of Amrit Kaur: A Lost Princess and Her Vanished World
$20.00 Read moreAs she builds her own life anew, an Italian writer embarks on an all-consuming search for the true story of the mysterious princess H. H. Amrit Kaur of Mandi.
On a sweltering day in 2007, having just- Author: Manera Sambuy, Livia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1250872227
- Language: English
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The Apology
$16.00 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues–a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement–now in paperback.
“A triumph of artistry and empathy.” –Naomi Klein
“A crucial step- Author: Ensler, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1635575117
- Language: English
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A Life of Philip K. Dick: The Man Who Remembered the Future
$14.95 Read more“Anthony Peake is uniquely qualified to analyze Philip K Dick’s life.” – E J Morgan, author of A Kindred Spirit
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane – Philip K. Dick, VALIS- Author: Peake, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1788284585
- Language: English
