Essays, Anthologies, Letters & Prose

'A faker,' said Orson Welles, 'makes fools of the experts. So, who's the expert? Who's the faker?' Griffith Review 79 lifts the curtain on fakes, frauds and forgeries. Treading the...

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The audio...

There's more to being queer than coming out and getting married. This exciting and contemporary collection contains stories that are as diverse as the LGBTQIA+ community from which they're drawn...

From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist, The Vast Extent is an ingenious constellation of "exploded essays" about light and image, seeing and the unseen. Each is a record of...

Writers from Chimamanda Adichie and Rashida Jones to Alice Waters and Jason Wu celebrate Michelle Obama in a collection of dazzling essays inspired by the unforgettable tribute "To the First...

'I evidently saw that unless the great God of his infinite grace and bounty, had voluntarily chosen me to be a vessel of mercy, though I should desire, and long,...

"The Prince" shocked Europe on publication with its ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abdonment of conventional morality. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) came to be regarded by some as...

Kapuscinski has witnessed 27 revolutions and coups. This is his account of the revolutions he has seen, a chronicle of the Third World establishing its independence and coming into its...

The extracts from memoirs, letters, poetry and interviews gathered here is testimony to the indomitable spirit of defiance which has empowered prisoners throughout Africa's colonial and postcolonial history to survive...

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman. "Imparting some piece of yourself-any part-is arduous and warrants some...

A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker 'His work has a symphonic quality unique in fiction' THE TIMES 'The autobiography of one of...

A collection of journalism from a topical and entertaining author. A cornucopia of a book, Godless in Eden brings together a selection of lectures and essays contributed to newspapers, magazines...

The award-winning actress and New York Timesbestselling author pens the funniest, most accessible and timely book of her career, detailing all the things she's over ... and a few things...

In "At Large and At Small," Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay--a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and...

From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writer In The Position of Spoons, Deborah...

Inspired by Robert Macfarlane and curated by Jennie Orchard, an anthology of essays about the joys of giving books to children and young people, from some of the world's most...

Winter 2018 Clementine Ford wonders whether the #MeToo movement represents a turning point for women, Anna Spargo-Ryan thinks not- 'In the wake of #MeToo, when women said 'this time it...

This collection of essays and articles - taken from the late-1960s onwards - show Chatwin and every twist and turn of his career, from art expert to archaeologist, to journalist...

With Borrowed Time and Becoming a Man-the 1992 National Book Award winner for nonfiction-this collection completes Paul Monette s autobiographical writing. Brimming with outrage yet tender, this is a remarkable...

'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial...

This is an anthology of poetry, fiction and prose, designed to introduce the English language reader to contemporary Indian writing. Contributors include well knownn names in Asian writing, such as...

The subjects of this stylish and audacious collection of essays range from an assault in Nicaragua to a Morgellons meeting; from Frida Kahlo's plaster casts to a gangland tour of...

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman. "Imparting some piece of yourself-any part-is arduous and warrants some...

A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub * Shondaland By the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES...

Travel has always been central to the experience of living in Australia and to giving that life meaning. For Aboriginal Australians, identity was bound up in the travelling of the...

Now more than ever, we need a human-centred approach to the big dilemmas of the day, learning from literature and philosophy and drawing on the creative imagination.

A sparkling anthology of newly commissioned writing on the joys and rewards of reading non-fiction Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure,...

From legendary journalist Gay Talese, a collection of his greatest reporting on New York City. "Along with Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe and others, Mr. Talese has been acclaimed...

Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and he waged a private war to save it. His...

Praise for Jenny Slate and Little Weirds 'Magical' Mindy Kaling 'Delicious' Amy Sedaris 'This book is something new and wonderful. It made me remember I was alive' George Saunders From...

Written in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today...

Brooke Boney has been in the public eye for well over a decade, first as a recognisable voice on triple j, and then as a recognisable face on The Today...

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables , the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music-from Beyonce to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez,...

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet- Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen...

The pick of the keenest, most lively and most controversial journalism and photography from the Guardian in 2004. This book pulls together the sharpest writing from the Guardian in 2004....

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables , the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music-from Beyonce to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez,...

The books that we choose to keep - let alone read - can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In THE IDEAL BOOKSHELF, dozens...

Truly Criminal showcases a group of highly regarded writers who all share a special passion for crime, reflected in this superb collection of essays re-examining some of the most notorious...

First published in 1930, the essays in this manifesto constitute one of the outstanding cultural documents in the history of the South. In it, twelve southerners-Donald Davidson, John Gould Fletcher,...

This is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time - the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Using the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas...

An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you...