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This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew
Author: Julia Copus Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The British poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was regarded as one of the best poets of her age by fellow writers, including...
Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces
Author: Patrick Mackie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Mozart holds a central, unwavering place in our culture, and his works are widely loved and listened to, often as much-loved...
Read the Classics: The Books that Nurtured Human Thought
Author: Matt Doucet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Take a stroll through some of the most influential pieces of literature of all time with Read the Classics. From Aristotle...
The Bookseller's Tale
Author: Martin Latham Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 A lively cultural history of the book from a charmingly idiosyncratic bookseller 'The right book has a neverendingness, and...
Books That Saved My Life: Reading for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure
Author: Michael McGirr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books Here are forty texts to read at some...
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020
Author: Salman Rushdie Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP...
Breaking Bread with the Dead: Reading the Past in Search of a Tranquil Mind
Author: Alan Jacobs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Should we still bother with the supposedly great works of past ages? Aristotle believed that men were naturally superior to women....
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
Author: Carlo Rovelli Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on...
Mao's Last Dancer
Author: Li Cunxin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 Before you can fly, you have to be free. A new edition of the phenomenal international bestseller. From bitter...
The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones
Author: Daniel Mendelsohn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 'Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace ... He writes about things so clearly...
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World
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Author: Maya Jasanoff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 "Enlightening, compassionate, superb" --John Le Carre Winner of the 2018 Cundhill History Prize A New York Times Book Review Notable Book...