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John le Carré : the biography / by Sisman, Adam,author.;: Includes bibliographical references and index.An authorized biography of the influential post-World War II writer covers his unconventional youth, service in British intelligence, and struggles to build a literary career.; Subjects: Le Carré, John, 1931-; Novelists, English;
In the pines : a lynching, a lie, a reckoning / by Hale, Grace Elizabeth,author.;: "Grace Hale was home from college when she first heard the family legend. In 1947, while her beloved grandfather had been serving as a sheriff in the Piney Woods of south-central Mississippi, he prevented a lynch mob from killing a Black man who was in his jail on suspicion of raping a white woman -- only for the suspect to die by his own hand. It was a tale straight out of To Kill a Mockingbird, with her grandfather as the tragic hero. This story, however, hid a dark truth"--; Subjects: Murder.; Hate crimes.; Lynching.;
Spillane : king of pulp fiction : a biography / by Collins, Max Allan,author.; Traylor, James L.,author.;: Includes bibliographical references and index."The first-ever biography of the most popular and most influential pulp writer of all time, written by the collaborator who knew him best. Beginning in 1947 with I, the Jury, Mickey Spillane's crime writing career charted one of the most meteoric rises in modern letters. The author quickly amassed a readership in the tens of millions, which made him the bestselling novelist in the history of American publishing. His Mike Hammer private eye novels were tough, violent, and sexually suggestive, which made them a lightning rod for controversy in post-war America. Scorned by critics and by the literary establishment, Spillane's work was nevertheless beloved by readers, and his character soon spurred film and television adaptations that were as popular and as influential as the books on which they were based. His enormous success changed the course of popular fiction in the decades that followed and inspired scores of imitations. There is, however, more to the life of Frank Morrison Spillane than his books. Born in Brooklyn, raised in New Jersey, the young son of a bartender worked as a circus performer and fighter pilot before his writing career took off, and, through writing, he went on to a career as an actor, a crimestopper, and a Miller Light spokesperson in commercials so popular they ran for a quarter of a century. These stories and more are included in Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction, the definitive biography of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, written by the author's friend and collaborator, Max Allan Collins, and pulp fiction scholar James L. Traylor"--; Subjects: Biographies.; Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006.; Novelists, American;
A memoir of my former self : a life in writing / by Mantel, Hilary,1952-2022,author.; Pearson, Nicholas(Editor),editor.;: "In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. "Ink is a generative fluid," she explains. "If you don't mean your words to breed consequences, don't write at all." A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Her subjects are wide-ranging, sharply observed, and beautifully rendered. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life popping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels--revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England; and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V.S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health that she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is her legendary essay "Royal Bodies," on our endless fascination with the current royal family. From her unusual childhood to her all-consuming interest in Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel's life in her own luminous words, through "messages from people I used to be." Filled with her singular wit and wisdom, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writers."--; Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022.; Authors, English;
Inventory of a life mislaid : an unreliable memoir / by Warner, Marina,1946-author.; Herxheimer, Sophie,illustrator.;: Includes bibliographical references and index.Marina Warner was born in 1946 to an English father and an Italian mother who had met during the war. In this beautiful memoir, Warner reaches back to their wartime meeting, romance, and the precarious tale of her wilful mother making the difficult move to London. It is also the story of Warner's childhood spent in Cairo, in a time when Egypt was in revolution and tumult, as well as her adolescence and life thereafter.; Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Warner, Marina, 1946-; Authors, English; Novelists, English;
Ernest Hemingway, selected letters. 1917-1961 / by Hemingway, Ernest,1899-1961; Baker, Carlos Heard1909 -;: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Subjects: Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961; Novelists, American;; © c1981., Scribner and Sons,
Mightier than the sword / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-;: Subjects: Historical fiction.; Families; Social classes;
These violent delights / by Gong, Chloe.;: In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.Ages 14 up.LSC; Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Gangs; Monsters;
Liverpool gems / by Baker, Anne,author.;: It is 1935 and as Carrie Courtney watches her twin sister, Connie, marry the man of her dreams, she longs to find a love of her own. Having lost their mother at an early age, the girls were brought up by their maiden aunts and, with Connie leaving home, Carrie is desperate to spread her wings. Using her skills as a bookkeeper, Carrie gets an exciting new job but her stunning beauty soon attracts the wrong kind of attention. And romance is the last thing on her mind when her beloved father finds himself caught up in an illegal jewellery business that threatens to destroy them all.; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Nineteen thirties;

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