James Boswell

The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books

guardian.co.uk | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Samuel Pepys, Tom Wolfe, James Boswell, Best Books, Best Non-Fiction Books, Herodotus, Gertrude Stein, Non Fiction Books, Books News

After keen debate at the Guardian's books desk, this is our list of the very best factual writing, organised by category, and then by date. ...

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Cashing In on an Author's Death (18th Century Edition)

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caricature, James Boswell, Writers, Rare Books, Sir John Hawkins, Samuel Johnson, John Sayers, John Courtenay, Mrs. Piozzi, Celebrity Deaths, Books, Literature, Engravings, Books News
Stephen J. Gertz

When a famous author dies, an industry of postmortem exploitation begins. All, of course, with the very best of intentions.

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Unlisted -- But OK

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eisenhower, Truman, Virginia Woolf, The New Yorker, George W. Bush, Dr. Johnson, E.M. Forster, Fdr, Biography, Happy Holidays, Joe Scarborough, Reviewers, James Boswell, Courage, Reviews, The Twelve Caesars, C-Span, Norton Smith, Jfk, David Mitchell, Edmund Morris, Joanathan Franzen, American Caesars, Philip Roth, Suetonius, Books News
Nigel Hamilton

Just because you got some wonderful TV coverage doesn't get you on the list of "Reviewers' favorites from 2010."

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Samuel Johnson Biography Spin-Off

Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, The Other Life of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Books, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Books News

Books rights to The Other Life of Samuel Johnson were recently acquired by Penguin, which appears to have cornered the market on classics gone wild. A...

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Brian Dillon's Informative The Hypochondriacs: Read It and Become Symptomatic

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Marcel Proust, Florence Nightingale, James Boswell, "The Hypochondriacs, Hypochondria, Physician Robert Whytt, Imaginary Symptoms, Charles Darwin, Alice James, Glenn Gould, " Brian Dillon, Charlotte Bronte, Daniel Pal Schreber, Books News
David Finkle

In The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives, Brian Dillon goes into gory detail in describing the afflictions -- or presumed afflictions -- gripping the nonet.

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Porn For People Who Like Books

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Boswell's Life of Johnson, James Boswell, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Eat Pray Love, William-Dean-Howells, Samuel Johnson, Oliver-Twist, Tell-Tale Heart, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Edward Gibbon, Mark Twain, Da Vinci Code, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

The Decline and Fall of my Previously Erect Penis

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