Rupert Brooke died in April 1915, on the eve of the Gallipoli landings. During the First World War Brooke was the iconic......more
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1946) has long been recognized as a pivotal figure in twentieth-century American literary and cul......more
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This collection examines the letters of Anton Chekhov, which have received relatively little scholarly attention. The co......more
This remarkable collection of essays celebrates a very special country estate in Tuscany that has become a noted retreat......more
From the acclaimed biographer of Jane Jacobs and Srinivasa Ramanujan comes the first full life and work of arguably the ......more
Her joyous remembrance of her first decade on an enchanted island And of those cherished friends who inspired her best-s......more
Memoirs of Casanova (1792) is the autobiography of Italian adventure and socialite Giacomo Casanova. Written at the end ......more
Memoirs of Casanova (1792) is the autobiography of Italian adventure and socialite Giacomo Casanova. Written at the end ......more
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Satyajit Ray in 100 Anecdotes is a gorgeously illustrated, one-of-a-kind book to introduce the genius of Satyajit Ray to......more
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The story both of the real world of the Brontës at Haworth Parsonage, their home on the edge of the lonely Yorkshire mo......more
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One of the New York Times’ 20 Books to Read in 2020 "A tonic . . . Splendid . . . A respite . . . A summer cocktail of a......more
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Arthur Schnitzer was not only a playwright with a keen eye for the human psyche, but he was also an astute social critic......more
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The Modern Movement in art was an authentic response to a much-changing world. The rapid industrialization and urbanizat......more
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The Modern Movement in art was an authentic response to a much-changing world. The rapid industrialization and urbanizat......more
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In 1870, Louisa May Alcott and her younger sister Abby May Alcott began a fourteen-month tour of Europe. Louisa had alre......more
Husband, addict, father, skeptic. Now sixty--with years of sobriety under his belt--the celebrated author of The Los Ang......more
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Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a French poet, art critic, and essayist who was among the first people to tran......more
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Conversations with Donald Hall offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of a major American poet, writer, edito......more
A searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville, who "......more
"Bradshaw was a famously charming man, and his lounge-lizard urbanity fully suffuses his prose. This new anthology is a ......more
Brodsky’s poetic career in the West was launched when Joseph Brodsky: Selected Poems was published in 1973. Its translat......more
Brodsky’s poetic career in the West was launched when Joseph Brodsky: Selected Poems was published in 1973. Its translat......more
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IT is due to the reader of a new work on a subject already so often handled as the Life of Shakespeare to tell him at th......more
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In the last couple of decades there has been a surge of interest in Octavio Paz’s life and work, and a number of importa......more
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This new biography of famed American novelist Philip Roth offers a full account of his development as a writer. Philip R......more
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-1000 PIECE PUZZLE: This 1000-piece puzzle reimagines Austen’s life and scenes from her six novels in glorious detail. -......more
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Elementary, My Dear is Author K. Bethany’s debut memoir that provides a gripping account of her early childhood growing ......more
Conversations with Donald Hall offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of a major American poet, writer, edito......more
Beth Kephart is a writing teacher and the award-winning author of more than thirty books; her many fans and students wil......more
Friederike Mayr cker met Ernst Jandl in 1954, through the experimental Vienna Group of German writers and artists. It wa......more
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John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with al......more
Confessions is an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, consisting of 13 books written in Latin between AD ......more