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John Betjeman (Writers & Their Work S.)

By Press, John

To My Children's Children

By Magona, Sindiwe

What to Look for in Winter

By McWilliam, Candia

What to Look for in Winter

By McWilliam, Candia

Origins: A Memoir

By Maalouf, Amin, Temerson, Catherine

Horace: A Life

By Levi, Peter

Andrew Marvell: The Critical Heritage

By Donno, Elizabeth Story

A Backward Glance: An Autobiography

By Wharton, Edith

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Modern Library)

By Hunter S. Thompson

Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief (Library of Religious Biography Series)

By Lundin, Roger

To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface (Canons)

By Olivia Laing, Laing, Olivia

Phoenix: A Brother's Life (Vintage)

By Dolan, J D

Joseph Anton: A Memoir

By Rushdie, Salman

Two Guys Read "Moby-Dick": Musings on Melville's Whale and Other Strange Topics: Musings on Melville's Whale & Other Strange Topics

By Steve Chandler, Terence N. Hill

Melville: His World And Work

By Delbanco, Andrew

Follow the Sun: A Further Selection of the Writings of Arthur Marshall

By Marshall, Arthur, Muir, Frank

The Journals of John Cheever

By Cheever, John

Sister Mother Husband Dog (etc)

By Delia Ephron

The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting in

By Rekdal, Paisley

MOVING VOICES : Black Performance Poetry

By Asher Hoyles, Martin Hoyles

How to Write Your Own Life Story: The Classic Guide for the Nonprofessional Writer

By Daniel, Lois

Life of Charlotte Bronte (Wordsworth Literary Lives)

By Elizabeth Gaskell

William Shakespeare: A Popular Life (Applause Books)

By O'Connor, Garry

REMEMBERING HENRI

By Twomey

Trevor Huddleston: A Life

By Denniston, Robin

Reporter: A Memoir

By Hersh, Seymour M.

Thomas Merton: the Exquisite Risk of Love: The Chronicle of a Monastic Romance

By Robert Waldron

Muriel Spark: The Biography

By Stannard, Martin

Bowen's Court & Seven Winters

By Bowen, Elizabeth

Notes on Grief: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

By Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda