Memoir & Biography
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Steely-Eyed Athena: Wilmer Cave Wright and the Advent of Female Classicists [Hardback]
David Neal Greenwood (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781913701420
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Cambridge Classical Journal Supplements
Volume: 44
This monograph uses the life and work of ground-breaking female classicist, Wilmer Cave Wright, to examine several questions about the rise of women in that discipline. First, what went into the creation of a classics scholar under circumstances t... .... Learn More -
John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars [Paperback]
Eve Golden (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813196497
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
Charming and classically handsome, John Gilbert (1897–1936) was among the world's most recognisable actors during the silent era. He was a wild, swashbuckling figure on screen and off, and accounts of his life have focused on his high-profile roma... .... Learn More -
Coach Hall: My Life On and Off the Court [Paperback]
Joe B. Hall (Author); Marianne Walker (Other); Rick Bozich (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9780813183756
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Until I was nine or ten, everyone called me Joe or Joe Hall. Then one day, my grandmother, for reasons known only to her, pulled me aside, telling me my name was "too short and too plain." She said, "Let's add your middle initial to make it more i... .... Learn More -
The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories [Paperback]
Caroline Kim (Author)
£11.00ISBN: 9780822966746
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize
Winner of the 2020 Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Exploring what it means to be human through the Korean diaspora, Caroline Kim’s stories feature many voices. From a teenage girl in 1980’s America, to a boy growing up in the... .... Learn More -
Marcus Clarke: Novelist, Journalist and Bohemian [Paperback]
Michael Wilding (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9781922454430
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Michael Wilding’s essays on Marcus Clarke's life and works, from his schooldays at Highgate with Gerard Manley Hopkins to membership of the Melbourne Bohemian Yorick Club with Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall, and his associations with the Ch... .... Learn More -
A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky: The Diary of Frances Peter [Paperback]
Frances Dallam Peter (Author); John David Smith (Editor); William Cooper (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813153735
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Frances Peter was one of the eleven children of Dr. Robert Peter, a surgeon for the Union army. The Peter family lived on Gratz Park near downtown Lexington, where nineteen-year-old Frances began recording her impressions of the Civil War. Because... .... Learn More -
Apollonia on my Mind: The memoir of a paraplegic ocean scientist [Paperback]
Nicholas C. Flemming (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9789464260328
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Honor Frost Foundation General Publication
Volume: 2
The ocean conceals secrets, ancient, modern, and future. Nic Flemming's memoir recounts the life of a pioneer in ocean science. Each chapter describes a thread that structured his work: underwater cities, submerged Ice Age caverns dripping with st... .... Learn More -
Apollonia on my Mind: The memoir of a paraplegic ocean scientist [Hardback]
Nicholas C. Flemming (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9789464260335
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Honor Frost Foundation General Publication
Volume: 2
The ocean conceals secrets, ancient, modern, and future. Nic Flemming's memoir recounts the life of a pioneer in ocean science. Each chapter describes a thread that structured his work: underwater cities, submerged Ice Age caverns dripping with st... .... Learn More -
Robert Riskin: The Life and Times of a Hollywood Screenwriter [Paperback]
Ian Scott (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780813180526
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Because screenwriter Robert Riskin spent most of his career collaborating with legendary Hollywood director Frank Capra, Riskin's own unique contributions to film have been largely overshadowed. With five Academy Award nominations to his credit fo... .... Learn More -
Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley [Paperback]
Jeffrey Spivak (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780813154084
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
Characterised by grandiose song-and-dance numbers featuring ornate geometric patterns and mimicked in many modern films, Busby Berkeley's unique artistry is as recognizable and striking as ever. From his years on Broadway to the director's chair, ... .... Learn More
