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By: Matthew Hollis
ISBN: 9780571297221
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd August 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A riveting account of the making of T. S. Eliot's celebrated poem The Waste Land, by a Costa award-winning biographer.
(Hardback)
By: Tom Huddleston
ISBN: 9780711282117
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2023
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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The Worlds of Dune presents a deep dive into the many different strands of inspiration, from Zen Buddhism to Indigenous American tribal ritual, that Frank Herbert wove into Dune and its sequels - collectively the worlds bestselling science-fiction epic.
(Paperback)
By: John Garth
ISBN: 9780711279858
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2022
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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An exploration of Tolkien's influences by renowned expert John Garth.
(Hardback)
By: Andrew Lycett
ISBN: 9780711281677
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2023
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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An exploration of all that encompasses the world of Sherlock Holmes - tracing the infamous character's own interests, personality and mythologised biography alongside that of his creator's.
(Hardback)
By: Jackie Bennett
ISBN: 9780711277168
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 28th September 2023
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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The Writers Garden presents an intriguing study of the beautiful gardens and outdoor spaces of 30 historys greatest writers.
(Hardback)
By: Uwe Neumahr
ISBN: 9781805330691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2024
Publisher: Pushkin Press
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(Paperback)
By: Deborah Shepard
ISBN: 9780995109537
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Massey University Press
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A unique and intimate survey of the lives and work of 12 of our most acclaimed writers: Patricia Grace, Tessa Duder, Owen Marshall, Philip Temple, David Hill, Joy Cowley, Vincent O'Sullivan, Albert Wendt, Marilyn Duckworth, Chris Else, Fiona Kidman and Witi Ihimaera.
(Paperback)
By: Joan Didion
ISBN: 9780008485122
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience classics which will endure for generations to come.
(Paperback)
By: Claire Tomalin
ISBN: 9780241974858
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Karen Lamb
ISBN: 9780702253560
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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(Paperback)
By: Ann Patchett
ISBN: 9781408842416
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
UK Publication Date: 14th August 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Michael Nott
ISBN: 9780571362523
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 18th July 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The eagerly awaited, no-holds-barred biography of the great poet: an intellectual maverick, sexual rebel and icon of queer literature.
(Paperback)
By: Yan Lianke
ISBN: 9781922268525
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Text Publishing
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The origin story of a childhood spent in poverty during the Cultural Revolution, from Yan Lianke, named Chinas most controversial novelist by the New Yorker.
(Paperback)
By: Joan Lindsay
ISBN: 9781922268624
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Text Publishing
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A must-read memoir for fans of Australian literary and art history, written by Picnic at Hanging Rock author Joan Lindsay
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By: Tosh Berman
ISBN: 9780872867604
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
Publisher: City Lights Books
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The triumphs and tragedies of growing up as the son of a famous Beat artist
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By: Boel Westin
ISBN: 9781908745569
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 5th April 2018
Publisher: Sort of Books
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The definitive, authorised biography of the creator of The Moomins.
(Paperback)
By: Patti Miller
ISBN: 9780702265549
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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(Paperback)
By: Jessica J. Lee
ISBN: 9780349008332
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
UK Publication Date: 5th April 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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She swims to explore the natural history of fresh water and to examine her own place in the world. Turning is a nature memoir chronicling Jessica J. Lee's year of swimming in the lakes around Berlin.
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By: D. Sumner Gregory
ISBN: 9780980863987
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
Publisher: Hunter Publishers
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Sumner gives us a poignant portrait of Vonnegut and his resistance to celebrating the traditional values associated with the American Dream: grandiose ambition, unbridled material success, rugged individualism, and 'winners' over 'losers.
(Hardback)
By: Hilary Macaskill
ISBN: 9781910258699
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 30th May 2019
Publisher: Pimpernel Press Ltd
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An intimate exploration of Virginia Woolf's homes
(Paperback)
By: Nawal El Saadawi
ISBN: 9780755651641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: C. K. Stead
ISBN: 9781869409463
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Auckland University Press
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The third and final volume of C. K. Stead's memoirs, from leaving the University of Auckland to write full-time until today.
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By: Hilton Als
ISBN: 9780141987293
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Jeanette Winterson
ISBN: 9780099556091
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
UK Publication Date: 12th April 2012
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was a story of survival.
This book is that story's the silent twin.
