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Under the sun : the letters of Bruce Chatwin / by Chatwin, Bruce,1940-1989.(CARDINAL)713413; Chatwin, Elizabeth.(CARDINAL)502370; Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-(CARDINAL)739284;
Schooldays: 1948-58 -- Sotheby's: 1959-66 -- Edinburgh: 1966-8 -- The nomadic alternative: 1969-72 -- Sunday times: 1972-4 -- Gone to Patagonia: 1974-6 -- The viceroy of Ouidah: 1976-80 -- On the Black Hill: 1980-83 -- The songlines: 1983-5 -- China and India: 1985-6 -- Homer End: 1986-8 -- Oxford and France: 1988-9.A definitive collection of personal correspondence by the late author offers insight into his life and perspectives and includes letters written to family members and friends including Patrick Leigh Fermor, Paul Theroux, and Susan Sontag.
Subjects: Personal correspondence.; Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989; Authors, English;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Fathers and sons / by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich,1818-1883.(CARDINAL)148562; Matlaw, Ralph E.(CARDINAL)714387; Correspondence.English.Selections.1989.;
Bibliography: page 345.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Fiction.; Historical fiction.; Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883.; Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883.; Fathers and sons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beatrix Potter's letters / by Potter, Beatrix,1866-1943,author.(CARDINAL)150307; Taylor, Judy,1932-writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)724645;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470) and index.A representative collection of letters documenting every stage of Beatrix Potter's life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal correspondence.; Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.; Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943; Authors, English;
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Mantel pieces : Royal bodies and other writing from the London review of books / by Mantel, Hilary,1952-2022,author.;
Introduction: Hilary Mantel -- Letter from Hilary Mantel to Karl Miller, 1987 -- American marriage, 1988 -- Letter from Mary-Kay Wilmers to Hilary Mantel, 1988 -- Bookcase shopping in Jeddah, 1989 -- Postcard from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1989 -- John Osborne's memoirs, 1991 -- Draft of a cover caption by Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1992 -- In bed with Madonna, 1992 -- 'LRB' cover, 28 May 1992 -- On Théroigne de Méricourt, 1992 -- Postcard from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1997 -- On Christopher Marlowe, 1992 -- Fax from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1994 -- A Mohawk captive, 1994 -- Fax from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 1997 -- The murder of James Bulger, 1997 -- Postcard and fax from Hilary Mantel, 1999 -- On Marie Antoinette, 1999 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2001 -- Britain's last witch, 2001 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2003 -- Meeting my stepfather, 2003 -- Card and email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2003 -- The Hair Shirt Sisterhood, 2004 -- 'LRB' covers, 24 March 2004 and 20 April 2006 -- The People's Robespierre, 2006 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2005 -- On Jane Boleyn, 2008 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to the editors, 2006 -- 'LRB' cover, 9 April 2009 -- Marian devotion, 2009 -- On Danton, 2009 -- 'LRB' cover, 4 November 2010 -- Meeting the Devil, 2010 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2012 -- Royal bodies, 2013 -- Emails from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2013 -- On Charles Brandon, 2016 -- Fact-checking correspondence, 2016 -- The secrets of Margaret Pole, 2017 -- Email from Hilary Mantel to Mary-Kay Wilmers, 2019.A collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir selected from three decades of the author's contributions to the London review of books. Subjects include Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s), the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, and Helen Duncan, Britain's last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, Her famous lecture, 'Royal Bodies', which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman. Interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive.
Subjects: Essays.; Literary criticism.; Reviews.; Autobiographies.; Diaries.; Excerpts.; Periodicals.; Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022.; English literature;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Rebecca [videorecording] / by Anderson, Judith,1897-1992,actor.; Barnes, George,1892-1953,cinematographer.; Bates, Florence,1888-1954,actor.; Bruce, Nigel,1895-1953,actor.; Carey, Leonard,1887-1977,actor.; Carroll, Leo G.,1886-1972,actor.; Cooper, Gladys,1888-1971,actor.; Cooper, Melville,1896-1973,actor.; Denny, Reginald,1891-1967,actor.; Fielding, Edward,1875-1945,actor.; Fontaine, Joan,1917-2013,actor.(CARDINAL)173977; Harrison, Joan,1907-1994,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)824337; Hitchcock, Alfred,1899-1980,film director.(CARDINAL)139569; Hogan, Michael,1893-1977,screenwriter.; Kern, Hal C.,editor of moving image work.; MacDonald, Philip,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)509126; Olivier, Laurence,1907-1989,actor.(CARDINAL)510067; Sanders, George,1906-1972,actor.(CARDINAL)766207; Selznick, David O.,1902-1965,film producer.(CARDINAL)122498; Sherwood, Robert E.(Robert Emmet),1896-1955,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)150304; Smith, C. Aubrey(Charles Aubrey),1863-1948,actor.; Waxman, Franz,1906-1967,composer (expression); Wheeler, Lyle,1905-1990,art director.(CARDINAL)843441; Winter, Philip,actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Du Maurier, Daphne,1907-1989.Rebecca.(CARDINAL)762501; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; Selznick International Pictures,production company.;
Director of photography, George Barnes ; music by Franz Waxman ; editor, Hal C. Kern ; art direction by Lyle Wheeler.Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey, Lumsden Hare, Edward Fielding, Philip Winter.A young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter. But upon moving to Manderley, her groom's baroque ancestral mansion, she soon learns that his deceased wife's memory haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well.Not rated.DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.Academy Award, 1941: Best cinematography, black-and-white; Best picture
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Country homes; De Winter, Maximilian (Fictitious character); De Winter, Mrs. (Fictitious character); Man-woman relationships; Widowers; Wives; Wives;
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