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A beautifully illustrated, celebratory anthology exploring sadness-and the transformative power of tears. When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated?...

Cicero's reflections upon the way to a live a good life For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero, 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment and...

"The articles and columns in The Scandal of the Century demonstrate that his forthright, lightly ironical voice just seemed to be there, right from the start . . . He's...

Sometimes, we all need to get away... Griffith Review 74: Escape Routes plots the course of our daydreams, our transformations and our jailbreaks. It takes us across borders and through...

Auberon Waugh has been compared to Jonathan Swift. He was an outrageous satirist who slaughtered whole herds of sacred cows and turned people's heartfelt convictions on their heads. The best...

The book titled Along the Western Road: Bush Stories and Ballads by the author Lindsey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is a collection of essays in celebration of the Trust's centenary. The wide range of subjects embraced by the Trust (conservation, preservation, education, access for leisure, archaeology, natural history,...

This is a collection of new and previously published articles written by Raybon Kan. It brings together a collection of pieces from columns featured in the 'Sunday Star Times' and...

Weaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard's own life, and sheer imagination, these extraordinary pieces embody the hospitality of spectacular writing: they are spaces you fall...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDS A Kind of Confession is a secret look into Alex Miller's writing life, spanning sixty years of creativity and inspiration. As a young...

Folly exists because good literature should turn you on a little. Intellectually, emotionally - sometimes viscerally. We're not here to bore you. We're here to dazzle you, disturb you, make...

The book titled Divine Landscapes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Stories for Today , a special summer fiction edition, presents a fresh and candid reinterpretation of the Australian character, with stories from the writers who are making an impact at...

Andrew Motion was appointed Poet Laureate in 1999, but alongside his work as a poet he also had a significant career as a prize-winning biographer and an illuminating critic. Ways...

Big as in substantial, powerful, famous; men as in weak, wicked, and notorious. Gitta Sereny on Albert Speer, the tyrant as survivor; Caroline Alexander on the classical tyrant, Hastings Banda;...

No other edition offers extensive textual apparatus such as explanatory notes, plot summaries, particularly vital as stories are complex and interwoven. The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from...

A man vilified by society and condemned to death for his crime wakes every morning knowing that this day might be his last. With the hope for release his only...

The internet has shaken the foundations of life: public and private lives are wrought by the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week news cycle that means no one is ever off duty. On Disruption...

A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Lit Hub Chicago Review Ms. Magazine March pick A Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Book In this perceptive and provocative essay collection, an award-winning writer...

'Powerful and profound' Deirdre Purcell 'A beautiful book of great tenderness, love of life, and wisdom learned the tough way' Joseph O'Connor For almost fifty years, Michael Harding has been...

The book titled OXFORD TYPE THE BEST OF ISIS by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In his new collection of essays Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe in an exploration of the personal and collective memory held within natural and built landscapes. His roving curiosity takes...

In The Call of the Tribe , Mario Vargas Llosa surveys the readings that haveshaped the way he thinks and has viewed the world over the past fifty years.The Nobel...

I heard this crazy story, and I want you to know. It is the age of internet gossip; of social networks, repackaged ideas and rating everything out of five stars....

'I loved her ruthless, impatient thinking, her ferocious attention' Adam Thirlwell, New Statesman Books of the Year 2025 From one of the most talented young thinkers in the US, a...

This is a book of the thoughts, philosophies, humour and favourite sayings of Australia's most listended to talk radio commentator, John Laws. A selection of the best from his popular...

A collection of stirring, poignant personal essays from Tony Judt, one of our leading historians. It might be thought the height of poor taste to ascribe good fortune to a...

'We stand on the shoulders of giants. Now we learn their names.' A powerful, joyous, stunningly illustrated collection of essays by queer icons about the LGBTQ+ trailblazers throughout history who...

For the last three decades Gary Younge has had a ringside seat during the biggest events and with the most significant personalities to impact the black diaspora: accompanying Nelson Mandela...

Author: Louise Kenward Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A first-of-its-kind anthology of nature writing by authors living with chronic illness and physical disability WITH A FOREWORD BY SAMANTHA WALTON...

The book titled The White Review Anthology by the author Jacques Testard. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Welcome to the ultimate TBR list! With meticulously researched book descriptions and hundreds of guided prompts and reading tips, The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is an officially licensed, one-of-a-kind fan's...

'A profound book about the intrication of literature and life, about the modest, miraculous ways art helps us to live' Garth Greenwell 'I can think of few writers capable of...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this legendary edition...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Today, George Orwell is perhaps most...

This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the small moments that make up a life 'How did I so unwittingly transform the joy...

'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good' In these selected writings by Simone Weil - philosopher,...

New to the Penguin Pocket Hardbacks series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound editions In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural...

The Metropolitan Critic was Clive James's first book. Originally published in 1974, by Faber, it is a collection of thirty-seven pieces from his initial period as a literary journalist. He...

"Golding makes Ovid both dreamy and robust. Here we can listen to the English language as it moves confidently into the highest eloquence" - Tom Paulin Bringing together a series...

'One of the most important books to have been published since the war' Daily Telegraph In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society...

Author: Louise Kenward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'An anthology to treasure and return to' ELINOR CLEGHORN 'Uniquely compelling, dynamic and powerful' LUCY JONES 'Deeply affecting' TOM SHAKESPEARE 'Promises...

This anthology looks at a broad, international cross-section of literary talent cut short by the 1914-18 War and is published to coincide with the Armistice Festival on the 70th anniversary...

The latest no-f**ks-given guide from July 2017 New York Times bestselling author of the international sensation The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k , Get Your Sh*t Together ,...

Oscar Wilde's early fame ensured that throughout his short life he was written about by many of those he met. He was celebrated - or mocked - as the master...

'Pure balm for your soul. Savor one at a time every morning, this summer, or wolf them all down en masse on a gorgeous sunny day.' CELESTE NG, author of...

'Has the power to knock the breath out of you. Edelstein writes about all of us' THE TIMES 'A must-read' JESSIE BURTON 'I LOVED this book' NINA STIBBE In this...