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Seems like yesterday
By Art Buchwald, Ann Buchwald. 1980
Her and his versions of love in Paris, a romantic lark that, despite misgivings and misadventures, led to a secure…
and happy marriage. At first, religion appeared to be a stumbling block in this union between a Catholic and a Jew with very different backgrounds, but these recollections describe a charmed life. 1980.Sean
By Eileen O'Casey, J. C. John Courtney Trewin. 1971
When Eileen O'Casey read "Juno and the Paycock" in 1926, she was so overwhelmed by its tragi-comedy that she returned…
to England to meet its author. That meeting was the beginning of a 37-year love affair that endured celebrity and sorrow, through happy and hard-up days until O'Casey's death in 1964. Eileen's portrait compliments the bitter passion of the plays and offers a further dimension to O'Casey's own autobiographies. 1971.Seldom disappointed: a memoir
By Tony Hillerman. 2001
Author of award-winning Navaho mysteries records his memoir of growing up in depression-era Oklahoma, serving with the World War II…
American infantry, pursuing a career in journalism, and teaching at the University of New Mexico. Concludes with notes on his works and some origins of his ideas. 2001.Sandhills boy: the winding trail of a Texas writer (Lone Star audio)
By Elmer Kelton. 2007
Award-winning author of more than fifty westerns describes growing up in west Texas and choosing not to follow in the…
footsteps of his ranch-foreman father. Kelton recalls his time as a World War II soldier, meeting his wife in Austria, and his writing career. 2007.Samuel Pepys: the unequalled self
By Claire Tomalin. 2002
A full-scale biography of naval administrator Samuel Pepys, who was well-known for being the friend of the famous and powerful.…
Covers his childhood and young adulthood, moving through the famous diary years and beyond, to the death of his wife and the setting up of a new household. Some descriptions of sex. 2002.Savage beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
By Nancy Milford. 2001
Biography of the twentieth-century American poet - the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize - whose life mirrored her…
verses: "My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- / It gives a lovely light!" Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001.Sagan
By Jean Claude Lamy. 1988
Biographie de Françoise Sagan. En 1954, une jeune fille timide devient brusquement célèbre avec la parution de "Bonjeur Tristesse." Pendant…
plus de trente ans, Francoise Sagan n'a cessé d'être un mythe, une légende vivante, sans jamais oublier son métier d'écrivain. 1988.Sagan à toute allure
By Marie-Dominique Lelièvre. 2008
Saint-Simon, ou, L'encre de la subversion (L'infini)
By Cécile Guilbert. 1994
Bien plus qu'un historien, Saint-Simon a été un écrivain qui a fait l'histoire. C'est ce qu'affirme l'auteure dans cet essai…
inspiré d'un de ses écrits intitulé "Mémoires." Elle montre que Saint-Simon convoquait la littérature comme stratégie de subversion. 1994.Sable mouvant: fragments de ma vie
By Henning Mankell. 2015
En janvier 2014, j'ai appris que j'étais atteint d'un cancer grave. Cependant, ce n'est pas un livre crépusculaire, mais une…
réflexion sur ce que c'est que vivre. Je me suis promené dans ma propre histoire, de l'enfant que j'étais à l'homme que je suis aujourd'hui. Je parle d'événements qui m'ont marqué à jamais et d'hommes et de femmes qui m'ont ouvert des perspectives insoupçonnées. Je parle d'amour et de jalousie, de courage et de peur, de la cohabitation avec une maladie potentiellement mortelle. Je parle des artistes qui vivaient il y a 40 000 ans, des images fascinantes qu'ils nous ont laissées dans les recoins profonds et obscurs des grottes. Je parle du troll maléfique que nous avons engendré et que nous essayons à présent d'enfermer dans la montagne afin qu'il ne s'en échappe pas pendant les cent mille ans à venir. Je parle de la manière dont a vécu et dont vit l'humanité, et dont j'ai moi-même vécu. Je parle de la joie de vivre. Elle m'est revenue après que j'ai échappé au sable mouvant, qui menaçait de m'entraîner dans l'abîme. 2015.Sailor on snowshoes: tracking Jack London's northern trail
By Dick North. 2006
Though Jack London set sail for the north to accumulate gold, in the back of his mind lurked a resolve…
to become a writer. He absorbed the experiences and observations he later organized into mesmerizing stories. This book is the story of the search for the Yukon bush cabin in which London wrote his name. 2006.Russian: The complete course II; Part B (Pimsleur language programs)
By Paul Pimsleur. 1998
Russian: The complete course I; Part B (Pimsleur language programs)
By Paul Pimsleur. 2001
Russian: The complete course II; Part A (Pimsleur language programs)
By Paul Pimsleur. 1998
Russian: The complete course I; Part A (Pimsleur language programs)
By Paul Pimsleur. 2001
Robertson Davies: man of myth
By Judith Skelton Grant. 1994
A full-scale biography on the life of one of Canada's greatest novelists. Davies' interests included theatre, a passion that began…
at the age of four, Jungian psychology, and Victorian melodrama, all of which influenced his creative work and his life. His popularity as a national icon was established at the age of 57, with the release of "Fifth business." c1994.Robert's Rules in plain English
By Doris P Zimmerman, Henry M Robert. 1997
Roald Dahl: a biography
By Chris Powling. 1994
No other writer for children was as bold, as exciting, as rude or as funny as Roald Dahl. His characters,…
Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG have become household names, but their creator was himself a fascinating, larger-than-life character: a fighter pilot, a spy, a life-saving inventor, as well as a screenwriter and best-selling author. This is an entertaining account of a truly exceptional man. 1994.Rita will: memoir of a literary rabble-rouser
By Rita Mae Brown. 1997
Autobiography of the openly lesbian novelist who has co-authored mysteries with her cat, Sneaky Pie. Describes her illegitimate birth, adoption…
by relatives, and southern childhood; how she became an advocate for women's rights; and her relationships with tennis star Martina Navratilova and author Fannie Flagg. Some strong language. c1997.Rilke: une existence vagabonde
By Catherine Sauvat. 2016
Icône absolue de la poésie de langue allemande aux traces pourtant si parisiennes, Rilke est cet homme toujours en partance.…
De Prague à Paris, en passant par Munich, Capri ou Venise, il parcourt l'Europe en quête d'un havre d'inspiration. Catherine Sauvat suit le poète dans ces éternelles errances à travers des lieux tantôt aimés tantôt haïs. Mais elle brosse aussi le portrait d'un personnage distant et dépressif dont les départs soudains ont déjoué toutes les relations. Car ce mondain et grand amoureux n'a rien autant chéri que sa solitude, moteur indispensable à sa création. Nombreuses sont celles qui souffrirent de ce séducteur impénitent, de Clara Westhoff, Paula Modersohn-Becker à Baladine Klossowska, quand la liaison ne pouvait se vivre qu'à distance et dans des lettres exaltées. Catherine Sauvat nous plonge dans l'intimité de l'homme qui, par ces constantes lignes de fuite, cet acharnement à la distance, se révèle tel qu'en lui-même. 2016.