Oscar. A Life, Paperback - Matthew Sturgis

The first major biography of Oscar Wilde in thirty years is the most complete telling of his life and times to date.

The first major biography of Oscar Wilde in thirty years is the most complete telling of his life and times to date.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s...

The first major life of the outstanding British painter - and Jack the Ripper suspect - Walter Sickert (1860-1942), by the highly acclaimed biograp...

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The first authoritative biography of film star Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between eastern and western...

Do real heroes wear spectacles?Oscar doesn't think so when he finds out he has to start wearing them.Then he meets with the mysterious optician, Mr...

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Publisher: Amazon PublishingAuthor(s): Carol WyerNumber of pages: 364Collection: Detective Kate YoungPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 172 x 197 x ...

DescriptionFrom #1 New York Times bestselling novelty creator Matthew Van Fleet comes an exciting book that teaches little ones the months of the y...

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This book provides an accessible account of the poet and politician Andrew Marvell's life (1621-1678) and of the great events which found reflectio...

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Wendell Berry's poetry, fiction, and essays persistently ask the question: How can we live meaningful lives in a consumer-driven, fragmented age? H...

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A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe ...

A source of inspiration for Mike Leigh's MR TURNER, in this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, d...

Isaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for ten years, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interv...

Publisher: Paul DavidAuthor(s): Paul DavidNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 150 x 210 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century

Translation of: Montaigne: un biographie politique.

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Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Sue PrideauxNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 193 x 138 x 30Cover type: Paperback / ...

Haunted by a mysterious and half remembered event from her early childhood, Marianne's life evolves from her upbringing in Vermont, to her literary...

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From the founder of Noughticulture, Rootbound explores how a whole new generation are discovering the power of plants

A beautifully written and moving memoir of one of the great British photographers of the twentieth century. "A moving book, lyrically written, a po...

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Reducere. Combining firsthand scholarship and material drawn from the Jefferson Papers, Willard Sterne Randall calls on his skills as an investigative journa...