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Author
Series
Good thief's guide volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the beloved nineteenth century British author, discussing the poverty of his childhood, his work as a reporter, early successes as a novelist, marriage, and popular reading tours, along with summaries of some of his novels.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of the nineteenth-century literary master from the challenges he faced as the imprisoned son of a profligate father, his rise to one of England's foremost novelists, and the personal demons that challenged his relationships.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For more than forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreakingThe Day of the Jackal to the prescient The Kill List. Whether writing about the murky world of arms dealers, the shadowy Nazi underground movement, or the intricacies of worldwide drug cartels, every plot has been chillingly plausible because every detail has been minutely researched. But what most people don’t know...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlie Howard, part-time writer, part-time thief, has been engaged in a veritable spree of larceny and misappropriation since moving to Berlin. He's supposed to be working on his next novel, but high rent and a love of thrill-seeking have put a dent in his word count. Charlie's larcenous binge is interrupted by a call to duty -- on behalf of Her Majesty's Government.
27) Virginia Woolf
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the British novelist and discusses her major works
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Examines the life of the English novelist, describing her sense of humor, intelligence, strong opinions, and observations of life in rural England.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books/Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Throughout his life, from his childhood performances in pubs to his legendarily powerful reading tours, Dickens was fanatical about the stage. Callow reveals Dickens{u2019}s genius on and off the page and offers a compelling insight into a life that was driven as much by performance and showmanship as by literature.
30) Charles Dickens
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
31) Becoming Jane
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...
Author
Series
Good thief's guide volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Charlie is a crime writer, part-time thief-- and an amateur magician. He breaks into a conjurer's hotel room and makes a safe full of casino chips vanish into think air. When the victim disappears, Charlie is suspected of being his accomplice at cheating the roulette tables.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As Christmas of 1804 approaches, Jane Austen finds herself "insupportably bored with Bath, and the littleness of a town." It is with relief that she accepts a peculiar commission from her Gentleman Rogue, Lord Harold Trowbridge—to shadow his niece, Lady Desdemona, who has fled to Bath to avoid the attentions of the unsavoury Earl of Swithin.
But Jane's idle diversion turns deadly when a man is discovered stabbed to death in the...
But Jane's idle diversion turns deadly when a man is discovered stabbed to death in the...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"1851: a year of political unrest and social inequality, industrial progress and artistic innovation, it is also a turbulent year in the private life of Charles Dickens, as he copes with a double bereavement and a home in danger of falling apart. But this formative year will become perhaps the greatest turning point in his life and writing, as he embraces his calling as a chronicler of ordinary people's lives and establishes himself as an important...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"As a thirteen-year-old de Rosnay read and reread Rebecca, becoming a lifelong devotee of Du Maurier's fiction. Now de Rosnay pays homage to the writer who influenced her so deeply, following Du Maurier from a shy seven-year-old, a rebellious sixteen-year-old, a twenty-something newlywed, and finally a cantankerous old woman."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author. Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her writing--principally her five novels--is a critique of the British landed...
39) Jane Austen
Author
Publisher
Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the remarkable life of Jane Austen, the British novelist, in this true story of her life. Little Jane grew up in a big family that loved learning and she often read from her father's library. In her teenage years she began to write in bound notebooks and craft her own novels. As an adult, Jane secretly created stories that shone a light on the British upper classes and provided a witty social commentary...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An intimate portrait of the acclaimed twentieth-century writer discusses how her personal experiences inspired her later-in-life writing career and the creations of such award-winning novels as "The Gate of Angels" and "Offshore.".
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