Biography: writers

These two volumes comprise a biography of John Donne, Dean of St.

James Allen's "e;The Eight Pillars of Prosperity"e; is a timeless classic that offers profound insights and practical wisdom on achieving lasting success and fulfillment.

Xavior Zevon's book Crazy Chick Magnet sees him getting a rough start at life as a nerdy kid with awkward tendencies and a bowl haircut to boot.

Who Can I Turn to Now, tells the story of my life.

International bestseller Le la Slimani's elegant meditation on life and death, art and beauty, translated by Sam Taylor 'A revelation - I have never felt more seen by a book, nor have I been so gripped' KATY HESSEL'An engaging meditation' DAILY TELEGRAPHIn 2019, Le la Slimani was commissioned by her editor to spend a sleepless night alone in a museum and to document the experience.

Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.

WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND REVISED INTRODUCTION'A superb biography .

'I wanted to climb inside this book and live there' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE'This witty, fascinating book is a delight.

'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait'- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to Christie's life and work, firmly busting the myth that she, or her novels, were cosy.

Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives?

'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed.

DISCOVER the BESTSELLING GRAPHIC MEMOIR behind the Olivier Award nominated musical.

The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering and inspiring account of a life in books.

'One of my favourite living writers: intelligent, lucid and, most impressive of all, funny' - Jonathan CoeIf we're talking agoraphobia, we're talking books.

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford PrizeThe Top Ten BestsellerWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the MonthA Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 'If you want to read a book that moves you both at the level of sentence and the quality of language and with the emotional depth of its subject matter, then A Fortunate Woman is definitely the book you should be reading' - Samanth Subramanian, Baillie Gifford judgeWhen Polly Morland is clearing out her mother's house she finds a book that will lead her to a remarkable figure living on her own doorstep: the country doctor who works in the same remote, wooded valley she has lived in for many years.

Two magnificent memoirs by Aleksandar Hemon, presented together in a glorious single edition: together they make a major work from one of our major writers.

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book.

Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War.

'Dazzlingly and daringly written' Rachel Cooke, ObserverW-3 is a small psychiatric ward in a large university hospital, a world of pills and passes dispensed by an all-powerful staff, a world of veteran patients with grab-bags of tricks, a world of dishevelled, moment-to-moment existence on the edge of permanence.

'Brown Baby is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir.

Erudite and entertaining in equal measure, Somewhere Becoming Rain is a love letter from the much-loved writer Clive James to one of the world's most cherished poets: Philip Larkin.

'One of the most eloquent thinkers about our life in language' The Sunday TimesTime Lived, Without Its Flow is a beautiful, unflinching essay on the nature of grief from critically acclaimed poet Denise Riley.

Explosive and unforgiving, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater describes in searing detail the pleasure, pain and mind-expanding powers of opium.

A joyful, playful celebration of Lewis Carroll's love of language combined with an introduction to his life and the origin of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, exquisitely illustrated by Julia Sarda.

Hailed as one of the greatest western novelists of all time, French author Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) first became famous for his debut novel "e;Madame Bovary"e; (1857), a seminal work of literary realism that resulted in Flaubert being put on trail for obscenity.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, theologian, literary critic, philosopher, and co-founder of the English Romantic Movement.

First published in 1915, this volume contains Theophile Gautier's biography of the French poet, art critic, and essayist Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867).

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a French poet, art critic, and essayist who was among the first people to translate the work of Edgar Allen Poe.

"e;Remembering Keats"e; is a brand-new collection of poetry and essays by various authors dedicated to English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821).

"e;My Reminiscences"e; is Rabindranath Tagore's 1917 memoir written just before he embarked on a trip to Europe and America in 1912 due to his bad health.

As a remedy to sleeplessness, Charles Dickens used to take to wandering the streets of London at night for long stretches of time.

In 1763, an 11-year-old boy named Thomas Chatterton began publishing mature works of poetry.

First published in 1914, "e;Shelley - An Essay"e; is a treatise on the life and work of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley by Francis Thompson.

Previously unpublished research sheds new light on how Bram Stoker researched and wrote Dracula and the people who inspired his characters.

First published in 1814, "e;The Excursion"e; is the second and only completed part of Wordsworth's three-part work "e;The Recluse"e;.

Wordsworth's "e;The Prelude"e; is an autobiographical poem written in blank verse within which he reveals intimate details of his life.

"e;The Recluse"e; is part one of an unfinished philosophical poem by William Wordsworth.

"e;Remembering Wordsworth"e; is a fantastic collection of essays and other assorted writings by various authors discussing the life and work of this seminal poet, not to be missed by lovers of poetry and those with an interest Wordsworth's life both public and private.

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"e;The Man, Shakespeare - And his Tragic Life Story"e; is a 1909 work by Frank Harris that explores the character of Shakespeare by analysing that of his most notable characters.

First published in 1916, this vintage book contains both volumes of Frank Harris's biography "e;Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions"e;.

First published in 1916, this volume contains the second volume of Frank Harris's biography "e;Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions"e;.

First published in 1916, this volume contains the first volume of Frank Harris's biography "e;Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions"e;.

"e;The Road"e; is a 1907 autobiographical memoir by American writer Jack London.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Contained herein is a vast collection of Whitman's writing, including vignettes from his childhood, a series of powerful accounts of his work in hospitals during the Civil war, and a large amount of nature writing.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

First published in 1912, "e;Your United States - Impressions of a First Visit"e; is an interesting account of the author's experiences when visiting the USA for the first in the early twentieth century.