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Politics and the English Language
'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of...
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As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh
As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh reveals the inner life of Susan Sontag. Providing a unique insight into the mind of one of the leading...
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Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile
Sylish, shimmering and amoral, Sagan's tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera was her masterpiece, published when she was just...
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Religion for Atheists
Alain de Botton's "Religion for Atheists" looks at the God debate with fresh eyes. "All of us", whether religious, agnostic...
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New Ways to Kill Your Mother
From Colm Toibin comes "New Ways to Kill Your Mother", a fabulously entertaining book about writers and their families. In this wonderfully...
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The Divine Comedy
Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy, published in a single volume, is the ideal edition for students as well as...
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Of Human Freedom
In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of...
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Literature and Evil
‘Literature is not innocent,’ Bataille declares in the preface to this unique collection of literary profiles. ‘It is guilty and should admit...
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often...
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012
Wasn't the twentieth century the most violent in history? In his extraordinary, epic book Steven...
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The End of History and the Last Man
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER. STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY. 20th anniversary edition of The End of History and the Last Man, a landmark of political philosophy...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
This is the essential edition of the essential book of modern times, "1984", now annotated for students with an introduction by D. J....
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Jabberwocky & Other Nonsense
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...' wrote Lewis Carroll, author of "Alice's Adventures in...
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My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man
In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly personal and philosophical vision of the self. "My...
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Gods without men
In the desert, you see, there is everything and nothing . . . It is God without men.
—Honoré de Balzac, Une passion dans le désert,...
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There but for the
Ali Smith, twice shortlisted for both the Man Booker and the Orange Prizes, is back with the sparkling "There but for the"...'There...
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AlWAYS LOOKING ESSAYS ON ART
Following on from the acclaimed "Just Looking" and "Still Looking", "Always Looking" is an insightful collection of art...
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Higher gossip. Essays and criticism
'Gossip of a higher sort' was how the incomparable John Updike described the art of the review. Here then is the last collection of his best,...
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The Portrait of a Lady
Regarded by many as Henry James's finest work, and a lucid tragedy exploring the distance between money and happiness, The Portrait of a Lady...
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Austerlitz
A classic novel of post-war Europe, haunting and timelessly beautiful
'The greatest writer of our time' Peter Carey
In 1939, five-year-old...
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100 Artists’ Manifestos
In this one-of-a-kind volume, indispensable for students of art, architecture and film, Alex Danchev presents 100 Artists' Manifestos, each...
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Ill fares the Land
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay' - Oliver Goldsmith. Something is profoundly wrong with the...
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Nationalism
Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western...
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