Biography: Literary

A National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century   One of Orwells very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanis...

In her unique dual biography, Kate Ashton delineates the parallel lives of Hans Christian Anderson and Søren Kierkegaard, their personal relationsh...

A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book tradenow in paperback When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was...

The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby Theres no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAME...

A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER 'He understands only ...

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882) is probably the most successful 19th Century writer that most people haven't heard of. Journalist, essayis...

At the Inns of Court, the intellectual, literary, and social heart of early 17th century London, many pivotal friendships were forged: few closer t...

The tragic conscience of modern Chinas most revered critic-translator, Fou Lei, is portrayed in this biography. Discoveries made in Parisian archiv...

Affectionate and informative, Unearthing the Secret Garden is not unlike a garden itself, with its smooth lawns of prose and striking shows of illu...

Uneven tells the stories of nine pioneering bisexual artists, writers and musicians that will change our understanding of the world's largest sexua...

A revised and updated edition of a comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2...

Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer is Allison Adelle Hedge Cokes searching account of her life as a mixed-blood woman coming of age off reservation, yet dee...

Tender, wise, and deeply true. Andrew Denton Do not be deceived by the size of this book. It is big in all the ways that matter. Sydney Morning He...

THE BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK FOR NOVEMBER 2024'This book is magic. It's all I ever needed' LENA DUNHAMEve Babitz died on December 17, 2021. Found ...

Fills my heart with so much joy' Niall Harbison, bestselling author of Hope'In a dark time, a daily dose of hope Jojo MoyesHow do you welcome someo...

Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the 20th century. This book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat's...

It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellec...