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Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
An outstanding and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle, Edward Said and the power of narrative FROM THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION-SHORTLISTED AND RSL ENCORE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF ENTER GHOST...
How Fiction Works
A deep, practical anatomy of the novel from 'the strongest ... literary critic we have' (New York Review of Books) Rediscover this deep, practical anatomy of the novel from 'the...
My Left Foot
My Left Foot is Christy Brown's inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his determination to learn to read, write, and paint,...
The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
The hidden history of the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024** 'Unmissable' Stephen Fry 'A delight' Katherine Rundell 'Illuminating' Susie...
All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the art of risking everything
Accessible, lively new biography of an under-served female writer, from a bestselling, acclaimed literary biographer ** The Sunday Times Best Literary Book of 2023** ** A Waterstones Best Book of...
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography
An insightful and moving biography detailing the extraordinary life of award-winning and bestselling author Terry Pratchett, written by Rob Wilkins, his friend, former assistant, and now head of the author's...
The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020
From the Booker-shortlisted author, a wild ride of an essay collection about living fast and free in a crowded world. From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Mars Room, a career-spanning...
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world; perfect for fans of Ian Mortimer, who calls this book 'rich and wonderful' From the medieval bazaars of Tabriz, to the mysterious...
Jane Austen: A Life
'Truly marvellous. I cannot think of a better life of Jane Austen than Claire Tomalin's' Philip Hensher Claire Tomalin brings her extraordinary gifts of scholarship, fluent writing and empathy for...
Conversations with Goethe
A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, a classic in a new translation for the first time in 150 years Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated...
In Tasmania
A brilliant account of 200 years of Tasmanian history and an acclaimed writer's discovery of his secret connection with that island and its past. A brilliant account of 200 years...
Ulysses Unbound: A Reader's Companion to James Joyce's Ulysses
An illuminating reader's guide to Ulysses, with a new foreword by Colm T ibin, publishing to celebrate the centenary of the novel's first publication Ulysses is one of the foundational...
Homer and His Iliad
A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicists Homer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy....
Index, A History of the
A story of ambition, obsession and alphabetical order Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up....
The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-Fiction
An ingenious exploration of the meaning of literature, from one of Italy's most beloved writers 'If the world is increasingly senseless, all we can do is try to give it...
Deep Cry: First World War Soldier-Poets Killed in France and Flanders
The lives, deaths, poetry, diaries and extracts from letters of sixty-six soldier-poets are brought together in this limited edition of Anne Powell's unique anthology; a fitting commemoration for the centenary...
A New Literary History of America
America is a nation making itself up as it goes along-a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and poetry, unprecedented feats of scholarship and imagination....
Covetables: Snippets, trinkets and truffles from the south of France
This story began in 2008 in a tiny village called Champagnac de Belair... This rural French village is a quiet resting place with only the sounds of birdsong, the cool...
Handwritten: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Treasures from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
In an era when the practice, indeed the art, of writing by hand is fast giving way to the keyboard, it is timely to pause and to consider the volume...
William Wordsworth
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...
Oscar Wilde: Pulitzer Prize Winner
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Winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Oscar Wilde is the definitive biography of the tortured poet and playwright and the last book by...
The Yellow Admiral
Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in The Yellow Admiral , Patrick O'Brian's best-selling novel and eighteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Aubrey, now a...
The Truelove
A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the sandwich islands at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey, R. N., Is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order....
H. M. S. Surprise
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Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships...
Rereadings
Is a book the same book--or a reader the same reader--the second time around? The seventeen authors in this witty and poignant collection of essays all agree on the answer:...
Works On Paper: The Craft of Biography and Autobiography
Michael Holroyd opens with a startling attack on biography, which is answered by two essays on the ethics and values of non-fiction writing. The book then examines the work of...
On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life
Most famous for The Wilder Shores of Love , her book about four women travellers, Lesley Blanch was a scholarly romantic and a bold writer. Her lifelong passion was for...
A Dictator Calls
The new novel from first winner of International Man Booker, inspired by three minutes in June 1934 when Joseph Stalin allegedly called Boris Pasternak. A fascinating meditation on Soviet Russia,...
The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
The people's history of the first great crowdsourcing experiment of the Victorian age- the Oxford English Dictionary What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in...
Saints: A new legendary of heroes, humans and magic
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild , comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. I llustrated with over thirty original...
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography
The official biography of the award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett, written by Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the author's literary estate. WINNER OF...
An Atlas of Tolkien: An Illustrated Exploration of Tolkien's World
This lavish, colour atlas is a complete guide to the weird and wonderful geography of Tolkien's world. Packed with full page maps and illustrations of events in the annals of...
Charles Dickens and his Circle
'When I was at primary school, my teacher asked if any of us had heard of Charles Dickens. I was amazed she knew his name, because, until that moment, I...
An Inventory of Losses: WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION
"A fine example of everyone's favourite genre: the genre-defying book, inspired by history, filtered through imagination and finished with a jeweller's eye for detail" JOHN SELF, Guardian "As we deal...
How to Teach Classics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
It should have been a beautiful moment between a man and his dog. Philip Womack made a quip about Cerberus, the three-headed hell-hound, but for Una, the beloved lurcher, it...
The Girl from Leam Lane: The Life and Writing of Catherine Cookson
Catherine Cookson was born 100 years ago in a run-down area on the south bank of the Tyne. Forty-four years later her debut novel, Kate Hannigan , established her as...
M: Son of the Century
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Literary Theory: An Introduction
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Julius Caesar
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Bad Girls of Ancient Greece: Myths and Legends from the Baddies that Started it all
You've heard all about the 'brilliant men' of ancient myth, but what about the scheming and scandalous women who were so often lost in their shadow? Bad Girls of Ancient...
The Kreutzer Sonata and other stories (riverrun editions)
'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the thrills of Tolstoy's stories' Sharon Cameron in...
Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
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Enid Blyton N/E Stoney
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Edith Wharton Abroad: Selected Travel Writings, 1880-1920
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Making Australian History
A bold and expansive history that traces the changing and contested project of Australia's national story. You will think about this country differently after reading this book. 'Clark brings a...
Novelist as a Vocation: An exploration of a writer's life from the
Thoughts and advice on the creative writing process from an international master of literature. Words have power. Yet that power must be rooted in truth and justice. Words must never...
The Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky, a Crime and Its Punishment
From the acclaimed author of The Most Dangerous Book, the true story behind the creation of another masterpiece of world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment In the summer of...
The Trial: Popular Penguins
'Somebody must have laid false information against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.' From this first sentence onwards, Josef K. is on trial...