As the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favourite writers. Writer, doctor, cricketer, public figure and family man, his life was no less fascinating than his fiction. Biography.Harvill Secker, 2008; 516 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
This annotated collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's previously unpublished private correspondence offers unique insight into one of the world's most popular authors. He emerges from the shadow of Sherlock Holmes, revealing a man whose character and exploits rival that of his famous creation.Penguin, 2007; 706 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 37,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 71 %
Arthur Conan Doyle was a.o. a doctor and the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who is renowned for his ability to unravel any mystery with cool logic. It was a great shock to his fans, when he declared that he was an adherent of Spiritualism and that he professed a belief in fairies. Andrew Norman, a doctor himself, examines Conan Doyle's medical records and writings to solve these seeming contradictions.Tempus, 2007; 192 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 27,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Reveals the relationships between Arthur Miller's life and his work, from the early, autobiographical plays to his personal and political references in After the Fall. All his work is discussed, from tentative idea to completed production.Faber and Faber, 2005; 486 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 20,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
Illustrated with photographic reproductions of manuscript pages and notebook entries, this book traces Kerouac's achievement as both a literary and cultural figure including his innovations in narrative techniques and in character development. The book also explores his relationships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and other Beats, as well as the Beat movement in general.Scala. 2007; 207 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 39,95 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 58 %
In 1764 and '65 the irrepressible playwright Beaumarchais travelled to Madrid, where immersed himself in the life and society and returned home to create The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. Account of his visit to Madrid.Yale, 2006; 177 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
In dit boek zijn 12 biografieen van beroemde Romeinen uit de tijd van de Romeinse republiek opgenomen, van Camillus tot Marcus Antonius. Voor deze biografieen zocht Ploutarchos naar uitspraken van deze mannen, anekdotes, brieven en dagboeken.Athenaeum, 2008; 611 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; hbhb € 45,00
The life of W.B. Yeats has hardly been neglected. Yet the subject of his politics is one that his various biographers have largely failed to examine. This provocative biography discusses various aspects of Yeats' political mind.Pimlico, 2005; 482 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 22,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books. Wilde's library, which Thomas Wright spent 20 years reading, provides the intellectual and emotional climate at the core of this deeply engaging portrait.Henry Holt, 2009; 370 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 27,90 Voor/Our Price € 9,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
The fame of the Romantic poet Lord Byron rests not only on his work but also on the way he was portrayed during his lifetime and after his death. This is the first collection of papers to be published on the visual aspects of Byron and Byronism.Univ. of Delaware, 2008; 129 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
The acclaimed biographer of James Joyce, Edna O'Brien presents an intimate biography of Lord Byron that suits her fiery and charismatic subject. She follows the poet from the dissipations of Regency London to the wilds of Albania and the Socratic pleasures of Greece and Turkey, culminating in his meteoric rise to fame at the age of 24 on the publication of Childe Harold.Norton, 2009; 288 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Meer dan 200 geleden werd Charles Darwin geboren en zijn werk is nog steeds springlevend. Met name zijn Origin of Species is van groot belang. Het is meer dan een theorie in de biologie. De filosofische betekenis ervan gaat over de grenzen van de natuurwetenschappen heen, het heeft ook onze opvattingen over kennis, moraal en religie veranderd. In een heldere en meeslepende monografie zet filosoof Michael Ruse deze veranderingen op een rij.Ten Have, 2009; 384 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 29,90 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 58 %
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