Biography: Literary

During the years of Weimar and the Third Reich, Toller was one of the more active of the other Germany's left-wing intellectuals. A leader of the B...

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ...

This richly illustrated biography is the first book in English to chronicle the life of Nelly Sachs (18911970), recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize i...

'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intel...

The philosopher's writings on, and engagement with, twentieth century feminism By turns surprising and revelatory, this sixth volume in the Beauvoi...

In Doing More with One Life, best-selling author Piasecki welcomes the reader into his home, revealing the heart-breaking early death of his father...

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

An accessible introduction to a writer whose work is of timeless significance and whose unconventional life is a continuous source of fascination. ...

Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care?Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he inv...

A carefully rendered portrait of a brilliant but troubled daughter of the Old South who struggled against the conventions of gender, class, family,...

A collection of previously unpublished writing culled from the Kerouac archive Jack Kerouacs archive is vast. Throughout his life he was constantly...

A collection of previously unpublished writing culled from the Kerouac archive Jack Kerouacs archive is vast. Throughout his life he was constantly...

Named a most-anticipated book of 2024 by the Sunday Times, Financial Times, Stylist, Vogue, NPR.org, Oprah Daily, Town & Country and more. A m...

This book examines D.H. Lawrences attempt to create a utopian community of likeminded idealists in Cornwall, a quest that was given greater urgency...

Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War. With characteristic scrutiny, Orwell questions the actions an...

'Every woman on Earth should read it' Caroline Overington, Weekend AustralianHaving lived through the humiliation and bewildering complexity of hea...

It is so good, after so many years of public indifference, even hostility towards Vincent and his work, to feel towards the end of my life that the...