Against Wind and Tide: Letters and Journals, 1947-1986

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh(Hardback)

The sixth and concluding volume of selected letters and diary entries of the beloved author of "Gift from the Sea." Although Anne Morrow Lindbergh published five volumes of letters and diary excerpts in her lifetime, when she died in 2001 there was a treasure trove of material left unpublished. This new volume begins in 1947, as Mrs. Lindbergh is agonizing....

The Secret Life of William Shakespeare

By Jude Morgan(Paperback)

For fans of David Mitchell and The Children's Book, or of the blockbusting biographies of great writers, or just anyone who loves books and wants an intelligent, utterly compelling, brilliant read, The Secret Life of William Shakespeare brings the past unforgettably to life

Why be Happy When You Could be Normal?

(Paperback)

Tells the story of a life's work to find happiness. This book includes stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a tyrant in place of a mother, who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the duster drawer, waiting for Armageddon; and, about the Universe as a Cosmic....

The Secret Life of William Shakespeare

By Jude Morgan(Hardback)

For fans of David Mitchell and The Children's Book, or of the blockbusting biographies of great writers, or just anyone who loves books and wants an intelligent, utterly compelling, brilliant read, The Secret Life of William Shakespeare brings the past unforgettably to life

Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir

By Agatha Christie Mallowan(Paperback / softback)

The Messenger

By Yannick Haenel(Hardback)

Jan Karski, a young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer, joined the Polish underground movement after escaping from a Soviet detention camp in 1939. He served as a courier for the underground, ferrying messages between occupied Poland and the exiled Polish leaders, before he was captured and brutally tortured by the Gestapo. Escaping from the Germans, Jan Karski was charged with....

Cider with Rosie

By Laurie Lee(Hardback)

An autobiographical trilogy of the poet Laurie Lee (1914-1997). It describes his life in the Gloucestershire village of Slad from his earliest years until he was twenty. It tells of thin winters, fat summers, local legends and ghosts, of neighbours and relations, and of growing up against a half-pagan landscape.

Conversations with David Foster Wallace

(Hardback)

Across two decades of intense creativity, David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) crafted a remarkable body of work that ranged from unclassifiable essays, to a book about transfinite mathematics, to vertiginous fictions. Whether through essay volumes (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Consider the Lobster), short story collections (Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion), or his....

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Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black and White

(Hardback)

Carl Van Vechten was a white man with a passion for blackness who played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance, a black movement, come to understand itself. This book is grounded in the dramas occasioned by the Harlem Renaissance, as it is called today, or New Negro Renaissance, as it was called in the 1920s, when it came....

Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives

(Hardback)

In the spirit of Dr. Johnson's "Lives of the Poets, " acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland tours the history of fiction in English

English Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Religious Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Asian Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Irish Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Detective & Mystery Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Gothic Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Feminist Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Russian Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

Science Fiction Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.

African American Novelists

(Paperback / softback)

Specific subject selections from the Critical Survey of Long Fiction create 24 single-volume trade paperbacks. Titles include Feminist Novelists, Gothic Novelists, Science Fiction Novelists, plus Asian, Greek, French, German, Latin, Russian, Italian and Jewsh Novelists.