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Memoirs of a Medieval Woman
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Louise Collis |
From back cover: This unique biography tells the story of an extraordinary fifteenth-century woman who journeyed all over Europe from England to the Holy Land. A vigorous and passionate woman, Marger… |
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The history of Henry Fielding
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Wilbur Lucius Cross |
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As I walked out one midsummer morning
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Laurie Lee |
It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building site. Then, knowing one… |
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England have my bones
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T. H. White |
White taught at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, for four years. In 1936 he published England Have My Bones, a well-received memoir about a year spent in England. The same year, he left Stowe and lived… |
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Meet J.K. Rowling
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S. Ward |
An easy-to-read biography of J. K. Rowling, the English author of the popular Harry Potter series of children's books. |
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Robert Graves
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Miranda Seymour |
Perhaps the finest love poet of our age, Robert Graves was also a man of strong opinions and stronger passions whose long life was one of extremes and contradictions. Profligate in his emotions but p… |
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Father figure
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Nichols, Beverley |
If your previous experience with Beverly Nichols has been the books of his funny, warm and affectionate gardening trilogy (Down the Garden Path, Sunlight on the Lawn, etc), *caveat lector.* This is … |
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Christopher Isherwood encyclopedia
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David Garrett Izzo |
"Major entries appear on Isherwood's most influential friends, including W.H. Auden, Aldous Huxley and Stephen Spender. All of the monumental 'roles' Isherwood exemplified during his life-writer, reb… |
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The Importance Of Series - J.R.R. Tolkien
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Stuart P. Levine |
Describes the life and work of the renowned British fantasy writer, creator of the world of hobbits and Middle Earth, and author of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. |
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Somerset Maugham
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Jeffrey Meyers |
An instinctive and magnificent storyteller, Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and successful writers of his time. He published seventy-eight books -- including the undisputed classics Of H… |
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The play's the thing
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Ruth Turk |
Traces the life of the famous English writer, from his childhood and schooling in Stratford-on-Avon, through his successful career as actor and playwright in London, to his death in 1616. |
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Goodbye Christopher Robin FILM TIE
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Ann Thwaite |
xxxi, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm |
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Uncommon Reader
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Helen Smith |
440 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm |
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Shakespeare and his theatre
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Jim Bradbury |
Traces the life of Shakespeare and describes the Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre. |
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A confession in writing
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Shaughnessy, Alfred. |
ix, 230 p., [12] p. of plates : 23 cm |
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Agatha Christie
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Carol Dommermuth-Costa |
A biography of the English mystery writer who, after creating Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, became a Dame Commander of the British Empire. |
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Thomas Hardy A to Z
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Sarah Bird Wright |
"Thomas Hardy A to Z is an encyclopedic reference to the writer's life and work. This comprehensive volume features individual entries covering Hardy's work in a variety of genres: novels; poetry; sh… |
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James and the giant peach
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Lucy Dahl |
Offers a glimpse into the life of Roald Dahl, author of "James and the Giant Peach," and tells the story of how the book was made into a movie. |
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Boswell's presumptuous task
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Adam Sisman |
"James Boswell's Life of Johnson is the most celebrated of all biographies, acknowledged as one of the greatest and most entertaining books in the English language. And yet Boswell himself has genera… |
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C.S. Lewis
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Sam Wellman |
Presents the life and times of the author who created the fantasy world of Narnia. |
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