The Lives of the Poets: A Selection (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

The Lives of the Poets: A Selection (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

Here is a substantial selection of Samuel Johnson's magisterial and unforgettable portraits of the lives of the English poets of the 17th and 18th centuries. Originally covering the lives of 52 poets, with the primary focus on Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope, Johnson's Lives was described by Thomas

Selected Essays (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback / softback)

This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of

Foreigners: Three English Lives (Phillips Caryl)(Paperback / softback)

Presents the stories of Francis Barber, 'given' to the great eighteenth-century writer Samuel Johnson; Randolph Turpin, Britain's first black world champion boxer; and, David Oluwale, a Nigerian stowaway who arrived in Leeds in 1949, the events of whose life called into question the reality of

Samuel Johnson: Selected Works (Johnson Samuel)(Pevná vazba)

An anthology of the essential and enduring works of Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was eighteenth-century Britain's preeminent man of letters--moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet--and his influence endures to this day. This anthology, designed to make Johnson's essential

The Life of MR Richard Savage (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

Life of Samuel Johnson (Boswell James)(Paperback / softback)

In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable

Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection (Pepys Samuel)(Paperback / softback)

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going &

Creeps - A Samuel Johnson Adventure: 3 (Connolly John)(Paperback / softback)

The adventures of Samuel Johnson, his dog Boswell, two demons, four dwarfs and a very polite

First & Second Samuel- Everyman's Bible Commentary (Laney J. Carl)(Paperback)

The books of Samuel focus on the lives of three men: Samuel, Saul, and David. They are first seen as individuals rising in their respective careers. As time passes, their lives more frequently interact and become interwined with each other. J. Carl Laney covers these two books section by section,

Snow Geese (Fiennes William)(Paperback / softback)

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Hawthornden

The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas (Janes Hilly)(Paperback)

In The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas, journalist Hilly Janes explores the poet's life and extraordinary legacy through the eyes of her father, the artist Alfred Janes. A member of Thomas's inner circle, he painted the poet at three key moments: in 1934, 1953 and, posthumously in 1964, portraits which

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. Their journey takes them to Egypt, where they study the various conditions of men's lives, before returning home in a

Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives (Plutarch)(Paperback)

'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.'In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures

Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron, and Other Tangled Lives (Hay Daisy)(Paperback)

Young Romantics tells the story of the interlinked lives of the young English Romantic poets from an entirely fresh perspective--celebrating their extreme youth and outsize yearning for friendship as well as their individuality and political radicalism. The book focuses on the network of writers

A History of London in 50 Lives (Long David)(Pevná vazba)

'By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.' - Samuel Johnson It is the people who make London what it is. The men and women living within its walls, with all their successes and failures, their loves and lies, their dramas and indulgences. Taking us from the sixteenth

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life.' By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and

A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology (Johnson Samuel)(Paperback)

Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and

London's Hidden Corners, Lanes & Squares (Chesters Graeme)(Paperback)

The inspiration for this book was the advice of the great Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), something of an expert on London, to his friend and biographer James Boswell on the occasion of his trip to London in the 18th century, to 'survey its innumerable little lanes and courts'. In the 21st century

The Lives of Brian - Brian Johnson

'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock 'n'roll history.The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian

Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley (Tinti Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

A father tries to protect his daughter from the legacy of his criminal past Bursting with imagination, THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as 'One part Quentin Tarantino, one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) and will appeal to fans of the Coen Brothers' True Grit

I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson (Johnson Osa)(Paperback)

This classic, bestselling memoir tells of the often heart-stopping adventures of early 20th-century explorers and photographers Osa and Martin Johnson - now in a new edition featuring additional photos and personal letters from the Johnsons to friends and family. Osa Johnson's memoir details her

Three Scottish Poets (Morgan Edwin)(Paperback)

MACCAIG * MORGAN * LOCHHEADThis book contains a selection of the finest work from three of Scotland's best-known and best-loved poets: Norman MacCaig, Edwin Morgan and Liz Lochhead. They have fascinated and charmed thousands of readers and listeners across Europe and America with the energy, humour

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Coleridge Samuel Taylor)(Pevná vazba)

Provides an introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the most important poets in our

Third Reich (Burleigh Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2001, this is a brilliant and indispensable one-volume history of the Third Reich from a leading