Lessing, Doris May

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1997

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White, Michael

Summary: This concise, informative biography explores : Tolkien's experiences as a young teacher, lecturer, and storyteller in Britain ; The founding of the Inklings, the group of intellectuals centered on Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other Oxford University professors ; Tolkien's relationship with his publisher in releasing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other books ; The continuing impact of his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2002

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Summary: Made for television documentary chronicles the C.S. Lewis story from his early days in Northern Ireland, through his acclaimed academic career at Oxford University, his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, and his relationship with his wife, Joy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Crouse Entertainment Group/Duncan Group 2001

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Feigel, Lara.

Summary: A portrait of World War II-era London by five literary volunteers documents their experiences as ambulance drivers, firefighters, and other civilian aids through five years of war, beginning with a single night in September 1940.

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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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Green, Roger Lancelyn.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1994

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Haymon, S. T.

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1988

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Worsley, Lucy

Summary: "Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2022

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Harwood, Laurence

Contents: Introduction -- Friends at Oxford -- Lovers of literature -- Walking tours -- Friendship after Oxford -- Godfather Jack -- My letters from my godfather -- My mother's death -- My failure at Oxford -- Jack's illness and marriage to Joy Davidman -- Jack's last years -- Jack's death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books 2007

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Lear, Linda J.

Summary: In this now classic biography, reissued in a new edition for the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, Linda Lear offers the astonishing portrait of an extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Potter found freedom from her conventional Victorian upbringing in the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007

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Marsden, George M.

Summary: Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and much-beloved book.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016

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Garth, John.

Summary: This book tells the full story of how Tolkien embarked on the creation of Middle-earth as the world around him was plunged into the catastrophe of World War I. It reveals the horror and heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme and introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology into life. It shows how, after two of these brilliant young men were...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003

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Winter, Douglas E.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002

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Nichols, Beverley

Summary: In this, the second volume of the Merry Hall trilogy, Nichols is less concerned with his garden and more with his house, but the story does include the memorable characters Our Rose, the ditzy floral designer, and the cantankerous gardener Oldfield.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 1998

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Nichols, Beverley

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 1998

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Nichols, Beverley

Summary: Sunlight on the Lawn brings to a close Beverley Nichols's delightful Merry Hall trilogy describing the renovation of his run-down Georgian mansion and its garden.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 1999

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Thompson, Laura

Summary: "The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a fascist who married Oswald Mosley; the fourth idolized Hitler and shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany; the fifth was a member of the American Communist Party; the sixth became Duchess of Devonshire. They were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016

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Poe, Harry Lee

Summary: Slowing down to focus on his younger years, this detailed portrait of "Jack" Lewis helps us discover seeds of what would inform his later writings--such as his delight in literature, his key relationships, his suffering and struggles, and his intense pursuit of joy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossway 2019

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Wilson, A. N.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1990

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Eagleton, Terry

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002

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Milne, Christopher

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Publisher / Publication Date: E. P. Dutton 1975

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Mortimer, John

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1984

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Hastings, Selina

Summary: "From the celebrated biographer of Nancy Mitford, and Evelyn Waugh: a full and fascinating biography--the very first--of the long-admired and universally-acclaimed English writer. When Sybille Bedford died in 2006 at the age of 94, she had written ten books, including four novels and a biography of Aldous Huxley. Her novels--the last of which was shortlisted for the Booker--all fictionalized...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

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