With Visible Man, Jeffrey B. Leak offers a full examination of both Dumas's life and his creative development.

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A full biography of Ernest Hemingway draws on a wide range of previously untapped material and offers particular insight into the private demons that both inspired and tormented him.

This marvelous guide begins where other books on writing and the writing life leave off.

. Buck may be this generation’s story.”—NPR A coming-of-age story about navigating the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family, Buck shares the story of a generation through one original and riveting voice ...

From the dreams and nightmares of John Cheever's journals Tóibín makes flesh this darkly comic misanthrope and his relationship to his wife and his children.The majority of these pieces were previously published in the Londron Review of ...

Rogue State and its author came to sudden international attention when Osama Bin Laden quoted the book publicly in January 2006, propelling the book to the top of the bestseller charts in a matter of hours.

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These are surprise, the quality of opposing forces, the success of friendly forces with which the Rangers were cooperating, and popular support.