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Beethoven : The Universal Composer (Emminent Lives) by Edmund Morris
$26.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Eminent Lives Ser.
In "Beethoven", Edmund Morris, the author of three bestselling presidential biographies and a lifelong devotee of the great composer, brings him to life as a man of astonishing complexity and overpowering intelligence. A gigantic, compulsively creative personality unable to tolerate constraints, he was ...Show more
Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World by Simon Callow
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Eminent Lives Ser.
An entertaining biography of Charles Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language. From his ...Show more
Francis Crick Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Eminent Lives Ser.
Acclaimed author Matt Ridley traces the colourful life of the man who discovered the structure of DNA, the building blocks of life. Building on a biographical tradition that can be traced back to Aubrey's 'Brief Lives', Dr Johnson's 'Lives of the Poets' and Lytton Strachey's 'Eminent Victorians', this e ...Show more
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
$22.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Eminent Lives Ser. | Reading Level: good
William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal ...Show more
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Eminent Lives Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In this much anticipated addition to the Eminent Lives series, Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and sc ...Show more
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