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Authors, English Authors, English 20th century Biography Authors, English 20th century Biography Juvenile literature Christie, Agatha 1890-1976 Huxley, Laura Archera Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples) 1898-1963 Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Potter, Beatrix 1866-1943 Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973 Women authors, English 20th century BiographyWorsley, 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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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CHRISTIE WORThompson, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 THOFabiny, Sarah
Summary: A young reader's biography of Beatrix Potter, the author-illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POTHastings, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEDFORD, SYBILLE HASPollack, Pam
Summary: Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gifted with languages and used this skill as a signals officers in World War II as well as in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TOLKIENDuraffourg, Willy
Summary: "This graphic novel explores the youth of the author of The Lord of the Rings, and his traumatic experience of the battlefields of the First World War, which will forge the imagination of his literary work" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ablaze Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. DURDennison, Matthew
Summary: "Inspired by the twenty-three "tales," Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations from Potter's stories and uses them to explore her multifaceted life and character: repressed Victorian daughter; thwarted lover; artistic genius; formidable country woman. This dramatic narrative charts her transformation from a young girl with a love of animals and fairy tales into a bestselling author and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POTTER, BEATRIX DENMcGrath, Robyn
Summary: "Uncover the fascinating, inspiring, and sometimes-mysterious true story of world-renowned detective novelist Agatha Christie's journey to authorship in this picture book biography"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHRGreen, Roger Lancelyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 GREBond, Jenny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9 BONKelley, True.
Summary: Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this Who Was-- ? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also wrote books and screenplays for adults. Entertaining and readable, this biography has 80 black-and-white illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAHJacobs, Alan
Summary: A journey into the imaginitive life of C.S. Lewis exploring the themes and life events that allowed an Oxford don, a scholar of medieval literature who loved to debate philosophy at his local pub, to the author of some of the greatest children's books of all time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LEWIS, C.S. JACDe Hartog, Jan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DE HARTOG, JAN DEHRoiphe, Katie.
Summary: Cultural critic Roiphe delves deeply into one of the most layered of subjects: marriage. Drawn in part from the private memoirs, personal correspondence, and long-forgotten journals of the British literary community from 1910 to the Second World War, here are seven "marriages à la mode"--each rising to the challenge of intimate relations in more or less creative ways: H.G. and Jane Wells;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.91209 ROITomalin, Claire.
Summary: "A portrait of the enigmatic nineteenth-century novelist and poet discusses his humble origins, rise through the London literary scene, and efforts to challenge the sexual and religious conventions of his time." -Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.09 TOMFry, Stephen
Summary: The popular actor, comedian, and writer traces his unlikely Cambridge education, his relationships with such contemporaries as Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson, and his hedonistic rise to stardom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRY, STEPHEN FRYWade, Francesca
Summary: "In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square, a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London, was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who "lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles," the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Laura Huxley married Aldous Huxley in 1956. Their home was the center of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde of Los Angeles. Huxley on Huxley offers a compelling glimpse of Laura's life with Aldous and the revolutionary and provocative work that had a major influence on American and contemporary cultural history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUXHertog, Susan.
Summary: A dual portrait of the influential British and American journalists draws on previously sealed archival sources to examine their personal and creative lives as well as the close, four-decade friendship they shared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HERWhite, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. WHIGarth, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio TolkienRicks, Thomas E.
Summary: A "dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 RICCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RICPollack, Pam.
Summary: "In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J.K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags-to-riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life and her love of literature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012