My Father and Myself by J R Ackerley

$6.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: good-very good

Nancy Mitford by Harold Acton

$10.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: very good

Henry and June - From A Journal of Love -The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1931-1932) by Anaïs Nin

$10.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: good

The best-selling, uncensored diary of Anaïs Nin during the year she spent with Henry Miller and his wife in Paris--a thrilling and passionate account of sexual awakening. From the original, uncensored journals of Anaïs Nin, Henry and June spans a single year in Nin's life when she discovers love and torment in one insatiable couple. From later 1931 to the end of 1932, Nin falls in love with Henry Miller's writing and his wife June's striking beauty. When June leaves Paris for New York, Henry and Anaïs begin a fiery affair that liberates her sexually and morally, but also undermines her marriage and eventually leads to her psychoanalysis. As she grapples with her own conscience, a single question dominates her thoughts: What will happen when June returns to Paris? An intimate story of one woman's sexual awakening, Henry and June exposes the pain and pleasure of a single person trapped between two loves. ...Show more

A Literate Passion - Letters of Anais Nin and Henry Miller, 1932-1953 by Anais Nin; Henry Miller; Gunther Stuhlmann (Editor)

$18.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: very good

Anais - The Erotic Life of Anais Nin by Noel Riley Fitch

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: very good

Anais Nin (1903-1977) was the ultimate femme fatale, world-famous for her sexual exploits, most notably her simultaneous affairs with Henry and June Miller and her bigamous marriages. In the 1920s she fell in love with the creative circles of the Parisian Left Bank. She lived her long life as a liberate d woman - author of 11 books of fiction and erotica, uninhibited lover of men and women, and independent figure within the avant-garde worlds of Paris, Los Angeles and London. ...Show more

C.S. Lewis - A biography by A N Wilson

$10.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: good-very good

C. S. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever child from the

Nothing to be Frightened of by Julian Barnes

$8.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: good

'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him'. Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. T hough he warns us that 'this is not my autobiography', the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant writers. When Angela Carter reviewed Barnes' first novel, "Metroland", she praised the mature way he wrote about death. Now, nearly thirty years later, he returns to the subject in a wise , funny and constantly surprising book, which defies category and classification - except as Barnesian. ...Show more

Vedi by Ved Mehta

$6.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Series: Picador Bks. | Reading Level: good

The author describes his life in India as a young child and his education at the Dadar School for the Blind.

Bertolt Brecht in America by James K Lyon

$12.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: good

This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Germany to America during the Hitler era explores his activities as a Hollywood writer, a playwright determined to conquer Broadway, a political commentator and activist, a social observer, and an exile in an alien land. Originally published in 1980. T he Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ...Show more

Ammonites and Leaping Fish - A Life in Time by Penelope Lively

$14.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: very good

"One of the finest novelists writing in Britain today". (Times Magazine). A memoir that addresses ageing, memory, time and a life in the 20th century, by one of our greatest writers, Penelope Lively. 'This is not quite a memoir. Rather, it is the view from old age. And a view of old age itself, this pla ce at which we arrive with a certain surprise - ambushed, or so it can seem. One of the few advantages of age is that you can report on it with a certain authority; you are a native now, and know what goes on here.' In this charming but powerful memoir, Penelope Lively reports from beyond the horizon of old age. She describes what old age feels like for those who have arrived there and considers the implications of this new demographic. She looks at the context of a life and times, the history and archaeology that is actually being made as we live out our lives in real time, in her case World War II; post war penny-pinching Britain; the Suez crisis; the Cold War and up to the present day. She examines the tricks and truths of memory. She looks back over a lifetime of reading and writing. And finally she looks at her identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others. This is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved writers. "Lively's memoir about age and the pleasures and pains of seniority is informative, instructive, unexpected and beautifully observed". (Vogue). "Rich in observations and recollections. It should be read slowly because there is much to invite reflection". (Herald Scotland). "An elegant and thoughtful dissection of a subject few writers dare dwell on". (Times Magazine). ...Show more

George Orwell - The Road to 1984 by Peter Lewis

$12.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: good

Philip Larkin - A Writer's Life by Andrew Motion

$16.00 NZD

Category: Literary biography | Reading Level: good-very good