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My Nine Lives
Hardcover | 240 pages | Doubleday | Music - Individual Composer & Musician; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-0-385-52918-1 (0-385-52918-X)
November 30, 2010 | $30.00
The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.
The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like...
Hardcover | 240 pages | Doubleday | Music - Individual Composer & Musician; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-0-385-52918-1 (0-385-52918-X)
November 30, 2010 | $30.00
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The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.
The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like...
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My Nine Lives
eBook | 240 pages | Doubleday | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-0-385-53366-9 (0-385-53366-7)
November 30, 2010 | $30.00
The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.
The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like...
eBook | 240 pages | Doubleday | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-0-385-53366-9 (0-385-53366-7)
November 30, 2010 | $30.00
The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.
The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like...
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The English Ghost
Hardcover | 144 pages | Chatto & Windus | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-7011-6989-3 (0-7011-6989-3)
November 23, 2010 | $24.95
Hardcover | 144 pages | Chatto & Windus | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-7011-6989-3 (0-7011-6989-3)
November 23, 2010 | $24.95
The Hemlock Cup
Hardcover | 288 pages | Jonathan Cape | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
978-0-224-07178-9 (0-224-07178-5)
November 23, 2010 | $65.00
Hardcover | 288 pages | Jonathan Cape | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
978-0-224-07178-9 (0-224-07178-5)
November 23, 2010 | $65.00
My Prizes
Hardcover | 144 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-27287-4 (0-307-27287-7)
November 23, 2010 | $26.00
A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth century’s most famous literary enfants terribles.
Written in 1980 but published here for the first time, these texts tell the story of the various farces that developed around the literary prizes Thomas Bernhard received. Whether it was the Bremen...
Hardcover | 144 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-27287-4 (0-307-27287-7)
November 23, 2010 | $26.00
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A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth century’s most famous literary enfants terribles.
Written in 1980 but published here for the first time, these texts tell the story of the various farces that developed around the literary prizes Thomas Bernhard received. Whether it was the Bremen...
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My Prizes
eBook | 144 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-59423-5 (0-307-59423-8)
November 23, 2010 | $26.00
A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth century’s most famous literary enfants terribles.
Written in 1980 but published here for the first time, these texts tell the story of the various farces that developed around the literary prizes Thomas Bernhard received. Whether it was the Bremen...
eBook | 144 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-59423-5 (0-307-59423-8)
November 23, 2010 | $26.00
A gathering of brilliant and viciously funny recollections from one of the twentieth century’s most famous literary enfants terribles.
Written in 1980 but published here for the first time, these texts tell the story of the various farces that developed around the literary prizes Thomas Bernhard received. Whether it was the Bremen...
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Pam Ayres The Works: The Classic Collection
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | BBC Books | Biography & Autobiography; Poetry
978-1-84607-793-7 (1-84607-793-1)
November 23, 2010 | $21.95
The Works contains 120 of Pam’s best-known poems from the seventies and eighties, including ‘The Battery Hen,’ ‘Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In,’ ‘Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire,’ ‘Mother,’ and ‘Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth.’
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | BBC Books | Biography & Autobiography; Poetry
978-1-84607-793-7 (1-84607-793-1)
November 23, 2010 | $21.95
The Works contains 120 of Pam’s best-known poems from the seventies and eighties, including ‘The Battery Hen,’ ‘Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In,’ ‘Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire,’ ‘Mother,’ and ‘Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth.’
Remembering Ronnie Barker
Hardcover | 368 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography
978-1-84605-712-0 (1-84605-712-4)
November 23, 2010 | $54.95
Hardcover | 368 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography
978-1-84605-712-0 (1-84605-712-4)
November 23, 2010 | $54.95
Starting Over
Hardcover | 304 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography
978-1-84605-486-0 (1-84605-486-9)
November 23, 2010 | $48.50
Hardcover | 304 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography
978-1-84605-486-0 (1-84605-486-9)
November 23, 2010 | $48.50
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Starting Over
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography
978-1-84605-487-7 (1-84605-487-7)
November 23, 2010 | $34.95
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography
978-1-84605-487-7 (1-84605-487-7)
November 23, 2010 | $34.95
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The Amateur
eBook | 288 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading; Biography & Autobiography - Women
978-0-307-87420-7 (0-307-87420-6)
November 17, 2010 | $28.00
In this unusual memoir of the life of the mind, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review reflects upon the choices she has made in pursuit of her vocation as a self-described "eighteenth-century man of letters." Wendy Lesser, one of our shrewdest cultural observers, describes how her education, her experiences, and...
eBook | 288 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading; Biography & Autobiography - Women
978-0-307-87420-7 (0-307-87420-6)
November 17, 2010 | $28.00
In this unusual memoir of the life of the mind, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review reflects upon the choices she has made in pursuit of her vocation as a self-described "eighteenth-century man of letters." Wendy Lesser, one of our shrewdest cultural observers, describes how her education, her experiences, and...
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Amazing Faith
eBook | 320 pages | WaterBrook Press | Biography & Autobiography - Religious
978-0-307-56511-2 (0-307-56511-4)
November 17, 2010 | $13.95
The Amazing Story of One Faithful Man...One Extraordinary Vision... One Unstoppable Movement.
An unforgettable chronicle of courage, determination, faith, and humility, Amazing Faith is the exclusive and inspiring account of how Dr. Bill Bright, founder and president of Campus Crusade for Christ International, stepped out in simple, unwavering obedience to God. Readers...
eBook | 320 pages | WaterBrook Press | Biography & Autobiography - Religious
978-0-307-56511-2 (0-307-56511-4)
November 17, 2010 | $13.95
The Amazing Story of One Faithful Man...One Extraordinary Vision... One Unstoppable Movement.
An unforgettable chronicle of courage, determination, faith, and humility, Amazing Faith is the exclusive and inspiring account of how Dr. Bill Bright, founder and president of Campus Crusade for Christ International, stepped out in simple, unwavering obedience to God. Readers...
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Ancestors
eBook | 320 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-48145-0 (0-307-48145-X)
November 17, 2010 | $19.95
The National Book Award-winning author of So Long, See You Tomorrow offers an astonishing evocation of a vanished world, as he retraces, branch by branch, the history of his family, taking readers into the lives of settlers, itinerant preachers, and small businessmen, examining the way they saw their world and how...
eBook | 320 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-48145-0 (0-307-48145-X)
November 17, 2010 | $19.95
The National Book Award-winning author of So Long, See You Tomorrow offers an astonishing evocation of a vanished world, as he retraces, branch by branch, the history of his family, taking readers into the lives of settlers, itinerant preachers, and small businessmen, examining the way they saw their world and how...
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
eBook | 608 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-87421-4 (0-307-87421-4)
November 17, 2010 | $25.95
An illuminating portrait of Anne Morrow Lindbergh--loyal wife, devoted mother, pioneering aviator, and critically acclaimed author of the bestselling Gift from the Sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh has been one of the most admired women and most popular writers of our time. Her Gift from the Sea is a perennial favorite. But the...
eBook | 608 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-87421-4 (0-307-87421-4)
November 17, 2010 | $25.95
An illuminating portrait of Anne Morrow Lindbergh--loyal wife, devoted mother, pioneering aviator, and critically acclaimed author of the bestselling Gift from the Sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh has been one of the most admired women and most popular writers of our time. Her Gift from the Sea is a perennial favorite. But the...
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Autobiography of a People
eBook | 576 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
978-0-307-75493-6 (0-307-75493-6)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
Benjamin Banneker on Thomas Jefferson's hypocrisy * Old Elizabeth on spreading the Word * Frederick Douglass on life in the North * Sojourner Truth on black women's rights * W.E.B. Du Bois on the Talented Tenth * Matthew Henson on reaching the North Pole * and many more.
"It has been said...
eBook | 576 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
978-0-307-75493-6 (0-307-75493-6)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
Benjamin Banneker on Thomas Jefferson's hypocrisy * Old Elizabeth on spreading the Word * Frederick Douglass on life in the North * Sojourner Truth on black women's rights * W.E.B. Du Bois on the Talented Tenth * Matthew Henson on reaching the North Pole * and many more.
"It has been said...
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