authors, english

Huxley recalls her childhood on a small farm in Kenya; growing up among the Masai and Kikuyu peoples and enduring the rugged pioneer life.

A biography of C. S. Lewis emphasizing his growth from boyhood into an author famed for both adult and children's books and his zeal in the Christian faith which he adopted as an adult.

A collection of anecdotes in which English authors from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century reflect on their own work and the lives and works of other writers.

Contains twelve conversations with English author Anthony Burgess which have appeared in a range of venues between 1971 and 1989.

Examines the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley and how the writings of each constitute a personal and complex dialogue with each other, and explores ongoing public resistance to the family's unique set of values.

Chronicles the life and writing career of author J.R.R. Tolkien, examining his childhood as an orphan and the research that went into writing the "Lord of the Rings" books.