Literary Figures
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The Complete Notebooks
$45.00 Add to cartThe first complete translation of Albert Camus’s personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, published for the first time in one comprehensive volume.
Throughout his career, French writer and p- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: December 11 2025
- ISBN10: 022669481X
- Language: English
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Travels with Agatha Christie
$28.00 Add to cartIn Travels With Agatha Christie, the celebrated Poirot actor replicates an international expedition which Agatha Chirstie undertook herself in the 1920s. Travelling to the stunning landscapes of Canad… [more below]
- Author: Suchet, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1408723921
- Language: English
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Tradecraft: Writers on John Le Carr?
$45.00 Add to cartOriginal insights on John le Carr? by the people who worked with him, illuminating the storied writer’s working methods.
John le Carr? is one of the most significant political novelists in the English
- Author: Varese, Federico
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246487
- Language: English
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Small Town Author
$26.95 Add to cartMore than fifty years ago, John R. Erickson took a vow of discipline. Every day, he would retreat to some quiet place and write for four hours. For nearly as many years, readers have eagerly awaited t
- Series: Voice in the American West
- Author: Erickson, John R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1682832546
- Language: English
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
$27.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed New York Times-bestselling biography and “emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a young man” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)
In the first biography of the iconic David Fo- Author: Max, D. T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0147509726
- Language: English
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Charles Dickens: A Life
$32.00 Add to cartAward-winning Claire Tomalin, author of A Life of My Own, sets the standard for sophisticated and popular biography, having written lives of Jane Austen, Samuel Pepys, and Thomas Hardy, among others. … [more below]
- Author: Tomalin, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122053
- Language: English
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Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens: Reportage
$24.50 Add to cartKnown for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, L?szl? Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European writers of his generation and the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. Here, … [more below]
- Author: Krasznahorkai, László
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0857425331
- Language: English
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?mile Zola: A Determined Life
$38.00 Add to cartNuanced and insightful, a comprehensive exploration of the life, work, and times of the celebrated French literary polymath.
?mile Zola is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest writers, who- Author: Lethbridge, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390173
- Language: English
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Roman Year: A Memoir
$20.00 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, Andr? Aciman captures the period of his adolescence that beg- Author: Aciman, André
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1250397685
- Language: English
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The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of the Magic Mountain
$28.00 Add to cartThe arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos
Like many writers of his generation, Thomas Mann (1875-1955) welcomed the outbreak- Author: Jensen, Morten Høi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0300233744
- Language: English
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Edgar Allen Poe: His Life and Legacy
$22.95 Add to cartThis biography of Edgar Allan Poe, a giant of American Literature who invented both the horror and detective genre, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant bu underpaid author, a t… [more below]
- Author: Meyers, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0815410387
- Language: English
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Idiocy
$17.95 Add to cartAn audacious, unabashedly transgressive memoir about two acts of escape by the author: breaking from his family to seek a freer life in Paris and then, later, deserting the French military during the … [more below]
- Author: Guyotat, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1681379198
- Language: English
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Experience: A Memoir (25th Anniversary Edition)
$20.00 Add to cartMartin Amis blends vivid memories, sharp wit, and tender honesty to deliver an unforgettable memoir that explores his relationships with family, personal tragedies, and the absurdities of being known.
- Author: Amis, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250414881
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes
$26.00 Add to cartThese are the dishes that fuelled great writing.
Ever wondered what Iris Murdoch might have served for supper, or how Emily Dickinson took her tea? The Writer’s Table brings together dining habits and
- Author: Stivers, Valerie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0711293910
- Language: English
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The Brothers Grimm: A Biography
$20.00 Add to cartThe first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm
A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection- Author: Schmiesing, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0300285574
- Language: English
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The War for Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933-1945
$29.99 Add to cartIn a world devastated by the cataclysm of war, two extraordinary authors and friends, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, delivered a bracing vision of the human story: a path back to goodness, beauty,
- Author: Loconte, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1400247934
- Language: English
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Jane Austen Cross-Stitch Kit: Includes 4 Patterns
$14.95 Add to cartThis delightful miniature kit includes everything you need to cross-stitch three Jane Austen-inspired designs:
- Book Includes. 32-page full-color mini book with spot illustrations featuring 4 patterns
- Series: Rp Minis
- Author: Caetano, Sosae
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 9798894140520
- Language: English
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Powsels and Thrums: Tales from a Creative Life
$26.00 Add to cartA lyrical memoir of essays and poems from the Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker–a profound reflection on the creative journey and the influences that have shaped one of Britain’s most belov… [more below]
- Author: Garner, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1668094800
- Language: English
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The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
$16.99 Add to cartA tribute to the brilliant craftsmanship of one of our most distinguished writers, providing valuable insight into her inspiration and her method
Joyce Carol Oates is widely regarded as one of America
- Author: Oates, Joyce Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0060565543
- Language: English
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The Golden Age of Murder
$19.99 Add to cartThe new and updated 10 year anniversary edition
Winner of the Edgar, Agatha, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating crime-writing awards, this definitive account of the secretive Detection Club and its trail-bla
- Author: Edwards, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0008708940
- Language: English
