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C.S. Lewis tells the story of how he passed from atheism to Christianity, giving information on his childhood and adolescence as background to understanding his spiritual life.

As Johnson's constant and admiring companion, Boswell was able to record not only the outward events of his life, but also the humour, wit, and sturdy common sense of his conversation.

"Several million readers throughout the world have enjoyed The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. This is the authorized biography of their creator, J.R.R. Tolkien." --

For the biographer this is a double-edged sword, however: thereare many periods for which documentation is uncommonly difficult.

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance.

The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic.

This is a unique work of reference for the twenty-first century that no reader or library should be without.