Publication date: 1991-08-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £43.00
Review "Nancy Blackett": Under Sail with Arthur Ransome / Jonathan Cape:
Creator: Linda Wagner-Martin
Publication date: 2008-12-15
Dewey code: 813.52
RRP: £31.50
Price: £29.40
Review Hemingway: Eight Decades of Criticism / Michigan State University Press:
Creator: Thelma Jurgrau
Publication date: 1991-07-31
Dewey code: 843.7
RRP: £27.50
Price: £27.50
Review The Story of My Life: Autobiography of George Sand (SUNY Series, Women Writer's in Translation) / State University of New York Press:
Publication date: 2003-10-30
Dewey code: 920
RRP: £6.99
Price: £0.84
Review J.K. Rowling: Princess of Dreams / Blake Publishing:
Creator: Leslie Kane
Publication date: 2001-07-31
Dewey code: 812.54
RRP: £16.50
Price: £12.79
Review David Mamet in Conversation (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) / The University of Michigan Press:
Publication date: 2003-03-03
RRP: £18.99
Price: £4.95
Review Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams / Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:The untimely death of Douglas Adams was a sharp reminder of what a protean talent (and remarkable character) the man was. As MJ Simpson's Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams reminds us, when The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy appeared as a radio series, few could guess that its gifted author would, in the space of several books (and adaptations in various other media), single-handedly inaugurate a whole new genre: the sardonically funny, outrageous science fiction parody that combined the sharp-edged sensibility of Monty Python and a marvellously jaded view of British life (taking in some hilarious philosophical asides along the way). Many writers continue to be influenced by Adams, and a new film of Hitchhiker's Guide has been much discussed. So the time is right for this exhaustive and sympathetic biography. Although several such books are in the pipeline, genre specialist MJ Simpson (a cofounder of the glossy SF magazine SFX) is the perfect chronicler of a strange and eventful life. Adams' quirky personality comes brilliantly to life (thanks to Simpson's impressive research, which he began before Adams' death). We are taken back to his auspicious beginnings as a comic talent in the Cambridge Footlights and through his phenomenal later success (not ignoring the man's pathological inability to meet a deadline). Simpson's writing style is never academic, and sounds the same wry and witty note as his subject effortlessly found. By interviewing a host of friends and associates (and consulting exclusive archives), Simpson paints a picture of this complex and fascinating man that is unlikely to be beaten for quite some time. -Barry Forshaw.
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1985-09-02
Price: £2.95
Review One Writer's Beginnings (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization) / Faber and Faber:
Publication date: 2003-08-01
Dewey code: 889.132
RRP: £25.00
Price: £20.09
Review George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel - A Biography / Yale University Press:
Publication date: 2001-10-24
Price: £11.95
Review In My Own Good Time: The Autobiography of the Author of "A Kind of Loving": The Autobiography of the Author of "A Kind of Loving" / Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd:
Creator: Thalia Gouma-Peterson
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-05-17
Dewey code: 949.503092
RRP: £19.99
Price: £18.99
Review Anne Komnene and Her Times (Garland medieval casebooks) / Routledge:
Publication date: 1985-10-01
Dewey code: 915.6940454
Review To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account / Penguin Books:
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: 1996-06
Dewey code: 812.54
RRP: £15.95
Price: £14.59
Review Tennessee Williams' Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-65 (Brown Thrasher Books) / University of Georgia Press:
Creator: Graham Robb
Publication date: 1989-06-29
Dewey code: 841.8
RRP: £20.00
Price: £33.71
Review Baudelaire / Hamish Hamilton Ltd:
Creator: Barry Moser
Publication date: 2008-01-15
Dewey code: 820.9
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.93
Review Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English and American Literature / Paul Dry Books, Inc:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 1997-06-30
Dewey code: 843.912
RRP: £22.50
Price: £22.50
Review Celine the Crippled Giant (Library of Conservative Thought) / Transaction Publishers,U.S.:
Publication date: 2008-09-15
RRP: £14.99
Price: £14.24
Review A Restless Life / Liberties Press:
Publication date: 2006-01-18
Dewey code: 831.914
RRP: £36.50
Price: £20.09
Review Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger: An Unresolved Conversation, 1951-1970 / The Johns Hopkins University Press:
Publication date: 2003-02-27
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.03
Review Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey / Granta Books:
Edition: New title
Publication date: 2007-01-10
Dewey code: 828.809
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.66
Review Thomas Carlyle / Hambledon Continuum:
Publication date: 1994-05-26
Price: £20.00
Review James Baldwin: Prophet on the Threshing Floor / Michael Joseph Ltd:
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"Nancy Blackett": Under Sail with Arthur Ransome, Hemingway: Eight Decades of Criticism, The Story of My Life: Autobiography of George Sand (SUNY Series, Women Writer's in Translation), J.K. Rowling: Princess of Dreams, David Mamet in Conversation (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance), Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams, One Writer's Beginnings (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization), George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel - A Biography, In My Own Good Time: The Autobiography of the Author of "A Kind of Loving": The Autobiography of the Author of "A Kind of Loving", Anne Komnene and Her Times (Garland medieval casebooks), To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account, Tennessee Williams' Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-65 (Brown Thrasher Books), Baudelaire, Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English and American Literature, Celine the Crippled Giant (Library of Conservative Thought), A Restless Life, Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger: An Unresolved Conversation, 1951-1970, Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey, Thomas Carlyle, James Baldwin: Prophet on the Threshing Floor |
