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- James Herriot : the life of a country vet / by Lord, Graham,1943-;
- Subjects: Herriot, James; Authors, English; Veterinarians;
- © c1997., Headline,
- Burning man : the trials of D.H. Lawrence / by Wilson, Frances,1964-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."An electrifying, revelatory life of D.H. Lawrence, with a focus on his difficult middle years"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.; Authors, English;
- Otherwise / by Mowat, Farley,1921-;
- Subjects: Mowat, Farley, 1921-; Authors, Canadian (English);
- © 2008., M&S,
- The adventures of Miss Barbara Pym : a biography / by Byrne, Paula,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Renowned biographer and author Paula Byrne brings Barbara Pym back to centre stage as one of the wittiest and greatest English novelists: a generous, shrewdly perceptive writer and a brave woman, who only in the last years of her life was suddenly recognized for her genius. Brimming with new extracts from Pym's diaries, letters and novels, this book is a joyous introduction to a woman who was herself the very best of company.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Pym, Barbara.; Authors, English; Novelists, English; Women authors, English;
- Farley : the life of Farley Mowat / by King, James,1942-;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-384) and index.
- Subjects: Mowat, Farley, 1921-; Authors, Canadian (English);
- © c2002., HarperFlamingo Canada,
- Between Gods / by Pick, Alison,1975-author.;
- "A spare, moving memoir about family secrets, unearthing the past, and imagining a path for the future"--Back jacket.
- Subjects: Pick, Alison, 1975-; Authors, Canadian (English);
- Big girls don't cry : a memoir about taking up space / by Swan, Susan,1945-author.; Atwood, Margaret,1939-writer of foreword.;
- "Swan examines the expectations of women of her generation and beyond using the lens of her then-unusual height as a metaphor for the way women are expected not to take up space in the world"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Swan, Susan, 1945-; Tall people; Tall women; Authors, Canadian (English); Women authors, Canadian (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;
- Agatha Christie's complete secret notebooks : stories and secrets of murder in the making / by Curran, John,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976; Authors, English;
- Her own woman : the life of Mary Wollstonecraft / by Jacobs, Diane;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-320) and index.
- Subjects: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.; Authors, English; Feminists;
- © c2001., Simon & Schuster,
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