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By: George Orwell
ISBN: 9780141184388
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2001
UK Publication Date: 27th September 2001
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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This is Orwell's record of a period in the late 1920s when he lived among the tramps of London and Paris. Orwell's publishers initially took the book as a sign of him abandoning Socialism, but this was denied by the author himself. The book attempts to offer insights, rather than solutions.
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By: Brian Herbert
ISBN: 9781399621946
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The insightful and illuminating biography of one of science fiction's most imaginative minds, written by Frank Herbert's son Brian Herbert.
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By: Kate Kennedy
ISBN: 9780691218557
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Lucy Fry
ISBN: 9781912408597
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2020
Publisher: Myriad Editions
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A memoir on love, lust and attachment: one woman's remarkable and candid account of transforming a difficult and uncomfortable love triangle into an honest polyamorous relationship
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By: Jason McBride
ISBN: 9781982117030
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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The first full-scale, authorized biography of the pioneering experimental novelist Kathy Acker, one of the most original and controversial figures in 20th century American literature
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By: Dominique Edd
ISBN: 9781788734110
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 13th August 2019
Publisher: Verso Books
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An intimate account of Said's thought
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By: Sylvia Topp
ISBN: 9781800180260
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2021
Publisher: Boundless Publishing Group Ltd
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Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen this is the story of George Orwell's first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one of twentieth century's greatest writers
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By: Robert Crawford
ISBN: 9781529925456
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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By: Marta McDowell
ISBN: 9781604698220
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2019
Publisher: Workman Publishing
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From New York Times bestselling author Marta McDowell, an illustrated exploration of how gardening and plants inspired Emily Dickinson, one of the most beloved poets of all time.
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By: Keiron Pim
ISBN: 9781783785117
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2023
Publisher: Granta Books
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The acclaimed first English-language biography of the great European novelist and journalist, Joseph Roth, author of The Radetzky March, a writer who captured life in Europe between the wars like no other.
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By: Verna Kale
ISBN: 9781780235783
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2016
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A thoroughly researched, balanced new biography of author, journalist and adventurer Ernest Hemingway.
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By: Matthew Dennison
ISBN: 9781786697745
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 8th August 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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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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By: Anna Beer
ISBN: 9780861542932
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 13th October 2022
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The lives and achievements of eight women writers a startling and unconventional history of literature
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By: Barbara Cooke
ISBN: 9781851244874
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
Publisher: Bodleian Library
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A unique literary biography, this book brings to life Waughs Oxford, exploring the lasting impression it made on one of the most accomplished literary craftsmen of the twentieth century.
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By: Gary Cox
ISBN: 9781350066571
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Bartholomew Ryan
ISBN: 9781789149340
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A compelling, timely exploration of Fernando Pessoas profound, innovative ideas.
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By: Elizabeth Boyle
ISBN: 9780241992432
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd March 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Clare Pollard
ISBN: 9780241354797
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Joanna Scutts
ISBN: 9780715655269
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2024
Publisher: Duckworth Books
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In 25 witty and vibrant biographical essays,Firebrandsintroduces us to a selection of brilliant and complex women writers about whom every discerning reader should know.
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By: Harry Ricketts
ISBN: 9781776921386
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
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By: Julia Cameron
ISBN: 9781800811959
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2022
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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An bold and big-hearted memoir by Julia Cameron, the author of The Artist's Way - a book that has helped thousands of people uncover their creative inspiration.
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By: Max Saunders
ISBN: 9781789147018
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A concise, cogent biography of avant-garde writer, critic and publisher Ford Madox Ford.
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By: Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 9781644283790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
Publisher: Rare Bird Books
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By: Farrukh Dhondy
ISBN: 9781804295243
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
Publisher: Verso Books
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The rebellious life of a novelist, screenwriter and revolutionary activist
