W. B. Yeats: A Life II: The Arch-Poet 1915-1939
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The acclaimed first volume of this definitive biography of W. B. Yeats left him in his fiftieth...
Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane
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On the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a...
Pool of Life: The Autobiography of a Punjabi Agony Aunt
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Eleanor Nesbitts introduction contextualises the life of Kailash Puri, Punjabi author and agony...
Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon
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This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even...
The Art of Fiction
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James Salter's exalted place in American letters is based largely on the intense admiration of other...
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
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An exquisite memoir about how to live—and love—every day with “death in the room,” from poet...
The Calculus of Friendship: What a Teacher and a Student Learned About Life While Corresponding About Math
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The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a...
The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography
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Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Financial Times,...
Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen
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This is the image of Catherine of Aragon who has always suffered in comparison to the heir -...
Charles: The Heart of a King
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The Sunday Times Top Ten Best-seller. "[The book that] made headlines around the world."...