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This is the pioneering biography of the iconoclastic 19th century poet and activist whose verse gave a voice to the Statue of Liberty, but whose extraordinary life has remained a mystery until now.

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The first English language biography of the great European writer Joseph Roth, exploring his genius and his tragic life story, lived in the shadow of war.

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A powerful portrait of a Jewish German family divided by exile, abandonment and emigration.

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Beautifully designed, intimate and illuminating, the story of Ernest Hemingways life though the documents, photographs and miscellany that he kept.

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The story of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral that inspired it.

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A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, by acclaimed biographer Philip Eade.

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A unique portrait of the life and death of a writer who inspired a generation.

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The definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's foremost thinkers and writers.

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You will find all of life in this Deborah Levy

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An authoritative and entertaining deconstruction of an icon of literary modernism.

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Published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishing houses - a delight for all readers who are curious about the business of writing.

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A vibrant history of the London publishing house Faber and Faber told in its own words. Published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is for readers who love books and are curious about the business of writing.

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As father and son, John and Dan Fante's relationship was characterized by competition, resentment, rages, and extended periods of silence. This title traces Dan Fante's family's history from the hillsides of Italy to the immigrant neighborhoods of Colorado to Los Angeles.

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This is the second volume of Vonneguts autobiographical writings a collage of his own life story, snipped up and stuck down alongside his views on everything from suicidal depression to the future of the planet and Andrew Lloyd Webber. this rare glimpse of Vonnegut's soul is a dagger to the heart of Western complacency.

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In 1869, Gustave Flaubert published what he considered to be his masterwork novel, A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION, which told a deeply human and deeply pessimistic story of the 1848 revolutions. The book was a critical and commercial flop. Flaubert was devastated.

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Frances Partridge: the last survivor of the Bloomsbury group - the authorised biography.

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How the gonzo literary journalist became a crusader against Richard Nixon and the threat of fascism in America--and the devastating price his work exacted on his life, his health and his career

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From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker comes an unprecedented compilation of over 60 journals, drawing an intimate portrait of her development as an artist, human rights activist and intellectual over four decades of her life

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One of the most brilliant writers of her day, George Eliot (1819-1880) was also one of the most talked about. Intellectual and independent, she had the strength to defy polite society with her highly unorthodox private life, so why did she deny her fictional characters the same opportunities

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Georgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today's bestselling authors. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, when she was seventeen in order to amuse her convalescent brother. This title tells her story.

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Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been.