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Biography & Autobiography - Literary Figures
An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of
1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its
deep and lasting effect on the Cold War, and its vast influence
throughout world culture at every level, from high to pop.
"A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is
that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-crime story
she'd spent years researching. Casey Cep has excavated this
mesmerizing story and tells it with grace and insight and a fierce
fidelity to the truth.
The definitive, fascinating, all-reaching biography of Dr.
Seuss
Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. His work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own children. More than twenty-five years after his death, his books continue to find new readers, now grossing over half a billion dollars in sales.
Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. His work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own children. More than twenty-five years after his death, his books continue to find new readers, now grossing over half a billion dollars in sales.
In arguably his most personal and lasting book, America's most
daringly original and controversial critic gives us brief, luminous
readings of more than eighty texts by canonical authors-- texts he
has had by heart since childhood.
Gone are the polemics.
Gone are the polemics.
From the acclaimed biographer--the fascinating, little-known
story of a Victorian-era murder that rocked literary London,
leading Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and Queen Victoria
herself to wonder. Can a novel kill.
In May 1840, Lord William Russell, well known in London's highest social circles, was found with his throat cut.
In May 1840, Lord William Russell, well known in London's highest social circles, was found with his throat cut.
From the bestselling author of Operating Instructions and
Bird by Bird comes a chronicle of faith and spirituality
that is at once tough, personal, affectionate, wise and very
funny.
With an exuberant mix of passion, insight, and humor, Anne Lamott takes us on a journey through her often troubled past to illuminate her devout but quirky walk of faith.
With an exuberant mix of passion, insight, and humor, Anne Lamott takes us on a journey through her often troubled past to illuminate her devout but quirky walk of faith.
The powerful story of a young poet who becomes an activist
through a trial by fire
What You Have Heard is True is a devastating, lyrical, and visionary memoir about a young woman's brave choice to engage with horror in order to help others.
What You Have Heard is True is a devastating, lyrical, and visionary memoir about a young woman's brave choice to engage with horror in order to help others.
A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly
rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron;
she changed English poetry; her novels, short stories, and
criticism, like Byron though in a woman's voice, explored the dark
side of sexuality--by the acclaimed author of The Brontë
Myth ("wonderfully entertaining .
A routine procedure left novelist, memoirist, and poet Judy
Goldman's husband paralyzed. Together is her unforgettable
account of the struggle to regain their "normal" life and a nuanced
portrait of a marriage tested.
When Judy Goldman's husband of almost four decades reads a newspaper ad for an injection to alleviate back pain, the outpatient procedure sounds like the answer to his longtime backaches.
When Judy Goldman's husband of almost four decades reads a newspaper ad for an injection to alleviate back pain, the outpatient procedure sounds like the answer to his longtime backaches.
From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting. a
narratively driven, deeply human biography of the Tang dynasty poet
Li Bai—also known as Li Po
In his own time (701–762), Li Bai's poems—shaped by Daoist thought and characterized by their passion, romance, and lust for life—were never given their proper due by the official literary gatekeepers.
In his own time (701–762), Li Bai's poems—shaped by Daoist thought and characterized by their passion, romance, and lust for life—were never given their proper due by the official literary gatekeepers.
The acclaimed and beloved author of Hourglass now gives
us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets--a
real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she recently made
about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden
story of her own life.
The author of the award-winning, two-volume Matisse. A
Life, now gives us the long-awaited, definitive biography of
literary master Anthony Powell--the critic, editor, and novelist
known as "the English Proust"-- that, at the same time, takes us
deep into twentieth-century London literary life.
