Bracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman and Emma Dabiri A masterpiece about how history is made, written with power and ferocity Boston GlobeWordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world.
What does it take for two people to form a lifelong bond of love, one strong enough to endure through the good and the bad, including the loss of two children?
** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.
'A wonderfully entertaining ride' - Mark Gatiss, co-creator of Sherlock'A brilliant book, engaging and filmic' - Reece Shearsmith, co-creator of Inside No.
Special Deluxe by Neil Young - the second installment of the iconic musician's memoirsQuirky and wonderfully candid, Neil Young's new book of reminiscences is as compelling as his first book.
Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's political revolution.
Coming from a society where women were barred from serious writing and teaching, Julian, an anchorite of the great medieval city of Norwich, nevertheless uses her womanlines and the English vernacular of the day to describe a series of revelations which she received from God in the year 1373.
A heartfelt plea for the importance of excellence in music performance and education, from one of the leading role models of our time' Sir Nicholas Kenyon, former director of the BBC Proms and Barbican CentreCellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason knows and feels the transformative power of music as much as any musician alive.
One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector born into a famous artistic family who, after the death of his brother on active service, decides to fight the Nazis and joins SOE.
In the turbulent late seventies, six-year-old Susanna Crossman moved with her mother and siblings from a suburban terrace to a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside.
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote.
Since the Stone Age, drugs have been sniffed to induce sleep, mixed to cure ills, swallowed to stimulate creativity, snorted to increase sexuality, popped for the hell of it and smoked to see God.
Top Gear presenter and columnist for the Daily Telegraph James May brings together another brilliant collection of his most controversial and humorous writing.
The bestselling true story and inspiration behind the hit Netflix show, looking at how one underfunded FBI team became the first to explore the dark world of serial killers.
Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until the end of her eventful life.
In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards.
In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge.
Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer.
Ratgeber für Lehrer und Lehrerinnen an Grundschulen und weiterführenden Schulen, Klasse 1–13 +++Was müssen Sie als Lehrkraft über ein Trauma und seine Auswirkungen wissen?
A través de crónicas personales, el autor explora el Oriente Medio y, especialmente, la compleja realidad de un Líbano marcado por la guerra, la crisis económica y una estructura política basada en el confesionalismo.
Menschlichkeit, Tiefe und Hoffnung"Gesichter der Welt" gibt persönliche Einblicke in Länder und Lebensgeschichten, die im Alltäglichen oft nur als Schlagzeile vorkommen.
Being an Account: The Memoirs of Ernest Lycette, 1911–1921 is the first-hand memoir of Ernest Lycette, a Staffordshire scoutmaster and St John Ambulance volunteer who enlisted in the British Army in August 1914 and served through the First World War and its aftermath.
He Smiled Like a Perfect Husband… and Hid a Nightmare No One Could SeeBehind the quiet streets and carefully captured family photographs lived a story that shattered the illusion of safety itself.
Desde la llegada del conde Buono a la Cali de finales del siglo XIX, Los secretos de La Floresta y el pandebono revela el origen del legendario «pan de buono» y la historia de una familia atravesada por secretos, pasiones y disputas de herencia.
