Literary essays

A fascinating collection of essays on literary subjects ranging from Daniel Defoe to Samuel Beckett by a Nobel and Booker Prize-winning writerLate Essays gathers together J.

Words have power.

Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalised by humans.

Discover the final book from one of Europe's cultural giants.

A beautiful clothbound pocket edition of Sir Terry Pratchett s essay on why we all deserve a life worth living and a death worth dying for.

Continuing the tradition of parodying all things sacred, the author of The XXXX Files and PMT takes up the reigns of satire by rewriting the essential 1970s hippy handbook Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

In Bit Rot, Douglas Coupland explores the different ways in which twentieth-century notions of the future are being shredded, and creates a gem of the digital age.

You come away from Murphy s book with a renewed amazement at what Lee was able to achieve with a single perfect novel Entertainment WeeklyFirst published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird is not only a beloved classic, but also a touchstone in literary and social history.

'A work of genius' Ben Fountain'A bittersweet book, but also a sharp and profoundly wise one' Herald'Searcy writes with an urgency that makes his essays matter.

The unforgettable collection of autobiographical essays from Jill Soloway, the creator and director of Transparent and Emmy-nominated writer for Six Feet Under.

A lavish and definitive view of the oceanic world - accompanying the landmark 7-part BBC series narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

We are not OK.

The Sunday Times bestsellerOver her ten years of documentary film making, Stacey Dooley has covered a wide variety of topics, from sex trafficking in Cambodia to Yazidi women fighting back in Syria.

Summer is the fourth volume of the Seasons quartet, a collection of short prose and diaries written by a father for his youngest daughter, with stunning artwork by Anselm Kiefer.

From global literary superstar Karl Ove Knausgaard, an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and love letters addressed directly to Knausgaard s unborn daughterIn Winter, we rejoin the great Karl Ove Knausgaard as the birth of his daughter draws near.

The Sunday Times bestseller from literary phenomenon Karl Ove Knausgaard, a love letter about the world written by a father to his unborn daughter.

'She's a genius, I believe, because she lights up every subject she touches.

In January 2014 Henning Mankell was informed that he had cancer.

No one illuminates the wonderful workings of the natural world as perceptively and enjoyably as Stephen Jay Gould.

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal.

Discover Wollstonecraft s classic feminist text in an abridged, digestible form.

***ONE OF BILLBOARD'S TOP TEN MUSIC BOOKS OF 2018*** A brilliant book about singing I have been talking to Nick Coleman about music, in person and in my head, for forty years now.

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'How much do I beat myself up about the fact that he's my son?

In Passions of the Mind, A.

In her powerful opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors' - A.

A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the author of My Struggle, spanning literature, philosophy, art and how our daily and creative lives intertwine.

An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa.

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, chosen by Tom Stoppard"e;A revelation.

In this remarkable blend of memoir and criticism, James Wood has written a master class on the connections between fiction and life.

A collection of the writings of Raymond Williams, who many considered to be the most significant post-war intellectual in Britain.

Cierto día en el mundo, un empleado de una compañía con 28 años de antigüedad fue despedido.

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IDEAS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLDThe best of an extraordinary 70 year archive, gathered in one volume for the first time.

A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species.

'A real hero looks like Nice Leng'ete .

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'Keep Moving speaks to you like an encouraging friend reminding you that you can feel and survive deep loss, sink into life's deep beauty and constantly make yourself new' Glennon Doyle, bestselling author of Untamed'Candid, lyrical and full of empathy, this is a book that feels vital and welcome in these times - for those who are struggling, or anyone just seeking joy' Sin ad Gleeson, author of Constellations'Maggie Smith writes so honestly without being brutal and she shows readers hope while avoiding the saccharine.

As a physicist, Alan Lightman has always held a purely scientific view of the world.

'Timely, necessary and important' J.

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**A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Quite simply, this book is a work of genius' Matthew Parris, Spectator'An essential study of post-war gay London life.

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I am here with you, my dear reader, on the pages of this book.

Thomas Manns wichtigste Schriften zur Demokratie»Es ist mit der Selbstverständlichkeit der Demokratie in aller Welt eine zweifelhafte Sache geworden.

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An evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich varietyClosed shops and roast dinners.