Biography: writers

Canny, infuriating, cynical and generous by turns, Felix Dennis was a true one-off.

'The mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck - It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.

A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species.

This is a reissue edition of the previously published title Peat Smoke and Spirit (9780747245780), published in 2005.

'Laura Thompson's outstanding biography .

'A fascinating from-the-heart memoir' Nigel Slater'A revelatory honest read' Red magazineFUNNY, HEART-WRENCHING, GENEROUS AND TRUE, IN FINDING MY VOICE NADIYA HUSSAIN SHARES THE UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE MADE HER THE WOMAN SHE IS TODAY.

The Waugh family has been writing books since the nineteenth century.

'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times6 April 2007Writing income for the year so far: minus 300'I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens.

'Breathtaking untold story .

'A delightful memoir' Kate Saunders, The Times'Fabulous .

'Brilliant' Mail on SundayTake a trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS and 'Axel F'; of outsiders, lost boys and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's, two Coreys and one summer when everyone called her Baby .

'Pink is my favourite colour.

Agatha Christie s 80 novels and short-story collections have sold over 2 billion copies in more than 45 languages, more than any other author.

Basándose en material de archivo inédito y con una ambientación digna de una novela, Febrero de 1933, traducido a trece idiomas, es un meticuloso relato histórico de la escalofriante rapidez con la que Hitler desmanteló el Estado de derecho y, con él, el mundo literario alemán.

'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore LeonardI Was Looking For a Street tells the story of the author's childhood and adolescence as an orphan, as he moves from railroad yard to hobo tent citiy, to soup kitchen and desert around Los Angeles and across the United States.

For many, Ernest Hemingway remains more a compilation of myths than a person: soldier, sportsman, lover, expat and, of course, writer.

A formally audacious and deeply moving memoir in three timeframes that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son.

WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY?

'Genuinely funny: indeed, the story will keep you entertained for a very long time' Sunday Times Joy Division changed the face of music.

From the author of the definitive biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky, never-before-published lectures that provide an accessible introduction to the Russian writer's major worksJoseph Frank (1918-2013) was perhaps the most important Dostoevsky biographer, scholar, and critic of his time.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY - The Woman Behind The Books: Autobiography & Private Letters (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series, Emily Starr Trilogy & The Blue Castle)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

This collection chronicles a journey through life, love, loss and finding your true soul mate.

'A beautiful, compelling memoir .

Anyone who has come under the spell of Elisabeth Ogilvies novels to bound to wonder about this writer who, for more than fifty years, has crafted one memorable book after another: historical fiction, mysteries, young adult stories, even a gothic novel.

Ogden Nash was a rare poet.

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Anna Wickham's life is characterized by the turbulent, burgeoning feminism of the early 20th century.

Apuntes del desborde recopila los ensayos ganadores y destacados del Premio Desmadres de No Ficción, otorgado en el festival literario que convirtió a Buenos Aires en el epicentro de la literatura latinoamericana en 2023.

TELL IT ALL, TELL IT EARLY, TELL IT YOURSELF Nobody ever calls Lanny Davis to give him good news.

Dieses eBook: "Briefe eines Verstorbenen" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Dieses eBook: "Richter und Dichter (Ein Lebensausweis)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

The appearance of this self-portrait by Patrick White is a literary event for which his readers and admirers have long hoped.

Philip Roth one of the most renowned writers of his generation hardly needs introduction.

An extraordinary book of real passionate research Edmund de WaalIn 1945, Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War.

Gustave Flaubert, whose Madame Bovary outraged France's right-thinking bourgeoisie when it was first published in 1857, is brought to life in Frederick Brown's new biography in all his singularity and brilliance.

The startling, frighteningly convincing sequel to The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail that reveals the very nature of the Messianic Legacy.

'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (.

A Woman in Charge reveals the true trajectory of Hillary's astonishing life and career.

As the nephew of Virginia Woolf, Quentin Bell enjoyed an initimacy with his subject granted to few biographers.

Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing is to be found in this collection of five unpublished pieces.

'A brilliant, unlikely book' SpectatorHow can we celebrate, challenge and change our remarkable world?

Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn, in a style best described as arsenic without the old lace.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKSOnce upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroin) was easily available over the chemist's counter.

You put together two things that have not been put together before.

'Superlative.

Of all the poets of the First World War, Wilfred Owen most fires the imagination today this is the comprehensive literary biography of the greatest WW1 poetWilfred Owen tragically died in battle just a few days before the Armistice.

'One of the best literary biographies of the year.

Unruly Times is a superlative portrait of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a fascinating exploration of the Romantic Movement and the dramatic events that shaped it.

Christopher Isherwood settled in California in 1939 and spent the war years writing for Hollywood, but by 1945 he had all but ceased to write fiction and even abandoned his habit of keeping a diary.