Essays, Anthologies, Letters & Prose

The private encounters described in this new book stretched from 1967 to the present and were the products of friendship, research, happenstance, curiosity or calculated risk. From Gerald Ford to...

What makes a violinist become a policeman, or a monk fall in love? How does someone lose eighteen stone in as many months? Or a follower of radical Islam turn...

A selection of Cicero's speeches and letters, which have had a profound effect on the Western liberal tradition of political thought Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero...

"This book is hilarious and that bitch made me laugh out loud."-Chelsea Handler A chaotically joyous collection of essays from one of the original influencers and the internet's sweetheart, Bretman...

The third edition incorporates texts which were previously available only in difficult-to-obtain form as well as corrections and emendations to the text by the critic and columnist Merlin Holland, Oscar...

A Sunday Times Bestseller Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a matchless writer, debater and humanist. Throughout his life he shone the light of reason and truth into the eyes of charlatans...

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Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged...

In this selection of writings, largely unpublished during Diderot's lifetime, the reader encounters the private man, an engaging character who uses his intellect critically to explore the relationship between Enlightenment...

True and tender stories from a master. The pressure inside the house changes. The shutters give off long stuttering bursts like submachine-gun fire. You tell yourself that this is it....

Day after day, we're bombarded with the drumbeat of news that veers from the shocking to the unfathomable. How do we come to grips with this chaos? For years, in...

'Newsrooms were these crazy universities, full of experts on the strangest things, people with real understanding and experience of things that mattered, places where you could ask anybody anything, though...

'One of the most important writers in America today' ANN PATCHETT 'Ward writes like a dream: a real dream, uneasy, vivid and deep as the sea' THE TIMES The collected...

New edition of Tolkien's Tree and Leaf, illustrated for the first time by Pauline Baynes, which includes his famous essay, 'On Fairy-stories' and the story that exemplifies this, 'Leaf by...

In this posthumous collection of thought-provoking essays-many published here for the first time-Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author David McCullough affirms the value of history, how we can be guided...

'A n uplifting work: complex, precise and bracing' Susie Boyt, Financial Times 'A profound book about the intrication of literature and life, about the modest, miraculous ways art helps us...

Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Notable Book From Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved authors of her generation, a...

*Introduced by Rory Stewart* What makes a person good? What does it mean to be evil? And what does it tell us about being human? Philosophers have been grappling with...

Good Mother. Bad Mother. Proud Mother. Guilty Mother. Modern motherhood is riddled with contradictions and myths. In Mothermorphosis, some of Australia's most talented writers and storytellers share their own experiences...

'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...

" No Tea, No Shade is an essential read for anyone who has searched for a way to feel like themselves." -- Booklist Intimate, hilarious, and inspiring essays by celebrated...

****This paperback edition includes an exclusive letter from Annie and two bonus chapters**** "A beautifully written story of the sweetness of staying put, Jones's book will add depth to any...

Contains new translations of de Nerval's work Poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer, Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855) explored the uncertain borderlines between dream and reality, irony and madness, autobiography and...

InWe're All Going to Die (Especially Me),award-winning journalist Joel Meares reflects on the muddle of Gen Y existence with razor-sharp insight and riotous good humour. From 'My hands are pretty,...

A memoir from the beloved author behind the multimillion-copy bestselling A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS 'Handler's memoir, although subtle, ironic and full of dry wit, still pulses with that same...

'An elegant masterpiece... Wry but also warm and generous' Roxane Gay Ten days after calling off her wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to study the whooping crane. After...

The first English translation to appear since 1851, this volume contains a fascinating selection from the original Personal Narrative. One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the...

Penguin Classics relaunch. When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony...

"Full of heart and wisdom, Daughters of Latin America sheds a brilliant light on Latine and Caribbean women writers across time, space, languages, and genres."- World Literature Today Spanning time,...

I am gonna write poems til I die and when I have gotten outta this body I am gonna hang round in the wind and knock over everybody who got...

A vivid eulogy for London of the late 1970s and early 80s - the last years prior to the rise of the digital city. An elliptical, wildly atmospheric remembrance of...

Witty, tender and daring essays from the British David Sedaris 'A lovely writer: supple, stylish and almost effortlessly witty.' Daily Mail 'Made me laugh out loud and then properly cry.'...

A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was...

A collection of the lives of pioneering Christian saints Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies...

Containing two years of missives from live events held in Indonesia, the USA, the UK and Ireland,Airmailis the first international anthology in the Women of Letters series. Women of Letters...

Following The Broken Estate , The Irresponsible Self , and How Fiction Works books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation The Fun Stuff c onfirms...

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"Writing an essay is like catching a wave," posits guest editor Ariel Levy. "To catch a wave, you need skill and nerve, not just moving water." This year's writers are...

William Shawn once called The Talk of the Town the soul of the magazine. The section began in the first issue, in 1925. But it wasn't until a couple of...

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Ever since the last 1970s, his monthly essay in Natural History and his full-length books...

Interviews with one of the world's most stimulating creative talents Audiences internationally have been thrilled and moved by such remarkable and personal works as Robert Lepage's The Dragon's Trilogy, Needles...

The Best Australian Essays showcase the nation's most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. The Best Australian Essays showcase the nation's most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. In her...

From the legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower and anti-war activist-a posthumous collection of Daniel Ellsberg's previously unpublished writings that offers a window into his courageous life, work, and most deeply held...

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A new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks 'A wise and heartfelt piece of writing' THE TIMES 'Witty' INDEPENDENT 'Wry and reflective . ....

Gilmore Girls hit our screens in 2000 and has been our autumn obsession ever since. There's a reason that Vogue calls it ' the quintessential autumn girl show' and that,...