Biography: writers

Considered one of the finest of Canada's early poets, the raw intellect and emotional appeal of Isabella Valancy Crawford's poetry drew author Elizabeth McNeill Galvin on a personal journey that traced Isabella's life which began in Dublin, Ireland, and ended in Toronto, Canada.

Percy Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets.

This book contains a fascinating treatise on the English King, Edward VII.

One of the most famous writers of all time, George Orwell's life played a huge part in his understanding of the world.

Learn of Hemingway''s doomed love affairs, his patriotic activities during World War II, and his writing experiences in an old farmhouse in Cuba.

This is an introduction to the life and work of Kate Roberts, the most important woman writer ever to have emerged from Wales.

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

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL IN NON-FICTION'This will be read for many, many years to come as a classic not just of the memoir genre but of contemporary writing' Simon Schama'The work of a poet.

Margaret Mitchell was as complex and compelling as her legendary heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, and her story is as dramatic as anything out of her own imaginationindeed, it is the basis for the legend she created.

An unbearably moving, intensely passionate, deeply personal account of life as seen through the eyes of one of America's best-loved novelists.

"e;Calvary"e; ("e;Le Calvaire"e;) is a 1886 novel by the French journalist, playwright, and novelist Octave Mirbeau.

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.

From Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans of Klostermans writing on living and society.

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.

This vintage text contains Jack London's 1911 non-fictional work, "e;The Cruise of the Snark"e;.

Mono effects and retro photography is an excerpt from Creative Photography Ideas Using Photoshop which presents 75 comprehensive workshops that have been specifically designed for photographers; each offers a clever and creative technique that can be immediately applied.

Christy Brown was severely disabled with cerebral palsy, unable to use any part of his body other than his left foot.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842.

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

This antiquarian volume contains 'A Backward Glance', Edith Wharton's detailed account of her life, both pubic and private.

It is this group of papers, of special interest and significance to the student of Hearn, themselves marked by the rich beginnings of his characteristic charm, that have been selected to form the bulk of the present volume.

'A tender memoir of the challenges of bereavement .

First published in 1883, this edition of the 'Eminent Women Series' contains a fascinating biography of English writer Emily Bronte.

A searing, inventive memoir that interrogates misogyny, heroism and women's power in an often-unsafe world through the lens of Vicky's Foster's own traumatic background.

This early work by William Lyon Phelps was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

'A scrupulous biography'--Publishers Weekly'Fresh, incisive, and uplifting'--Kirkus'If you want to know the real Baldwin, this is the book to read'-- Robin D.

This early work is a collection of Louisa May Alcott's letters, journals, and notes.

What happens within us when we read a novel?

'A tender memoir of the challenges of bereavement .