Literary Figures
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Roman Year: A Memoir
$30.00 Add to cartThe author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood.
In Roman Year, André Aciman captures the period of his adolescence that be- Author: Aciman, Andr?
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0374613389
- Language: English
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Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
$37.50 Add to cart- Author: Kidby, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0063432420
- Language: English
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The Burroughs-Warhol Connection
$28.00 Add to cartThe Burroughs-Warhol Connection revolves around four meetings between William S. Burroughs and Andy Warhol in 1980. Its author, Victor Bockris, was a friend and collaborator of both men and attempted
- Author: Bockris, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: December 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1068698004
- Language: English
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Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
$28.00 Add to cartAn inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.
“A beautiful portrait of- Author: Edim, Glory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0525619798
- Language: English
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This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance
$39.95 Add to cartPortrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer’s activism
The American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924-87) considered himself a “witness” as he challenged pers
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1636811329
- Language: English
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Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism
$39.95 Read moreThe Extraordinary Life of a Revolutionary Journalist
Radical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Time- Author: Cockburn, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1804290742
- Language: English
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Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
$38.99 Add to cartA TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER
‘He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all’
Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-rea
- Author: Byrne, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0008322252
- Language: English
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Hemingway’s Passions: His Women, His Wars, and His Writing
$32.95 Add to cartA provocative and unique look at how the women Hemingway loved shaped this literary legend
Ernest Hemingway’s passion was writing, and he was inspired by a lifetime of daring adventures and encouraged
- Author: Sindelar, Nancy W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493084682
- Language: English
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Wandering Through Life: A Memoir
$17.00 Add to cartThe internationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells her own adventurous life story as she enters her eighties
In a series of vignettes full of affection, irony, and good humor
- Author: Leon, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 080216367X
- Language: English
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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 Add to cartThis 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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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 Read moreFilled 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 Read moreThe 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 Read moreA 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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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
