“The nearest thing to an autobiography Irving has written . . . worth saving and savoring."—Seattle Times Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir ...
The author offers a moving account of her life with her husband, aboard the "MoreKelp," the salmon-fishing boat they sailed for four years until his death
An authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the Divine Comedy For all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work.
In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell embarks on a fleet-footed act of evangelism, showing us the many sides of Donne’s extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times—unveiling Donne as the ...
... John Ferebe , probably his brother , chorister Basle , 1581-5 ; restored to ... in author's lifetime , the first in 1563 . Foxe , Samuel ( 1560-1630 ) ... brand , a Dutch Protestant who , fleeing from religious persecution ...
Impeccably researched and beautifully told, in Jonathan Swift Stubbs has found the perfect subject for this masterfully told biography of a reluctant rebel—a voice of withering disenchantment unrivaled in English.
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