(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781836745563)
How had the world by 1914 become susceptible to a disastrous systemic breakdown? The one American historian who rose to this analytical challenge was Paul Schroeder. These historical insights have an obvious urgency today Nicholas Mulde...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198994756)
A Book of Greek Life: The Ancient World Through Epigram introduces interested general readers to the richness and weirdness of the ancient world through its own social media (little poems called epigrams, of which we have thousands)....Loe edasi...
This book focuses on the work of internationally celebrated writer Lorna Goodison, with special attention paid to the body of poetry beginning with the 2001 volume Travelling Mercies, published some twenty years after her first collection, and endin...Loe edasi...
This is the definitive, collected prose of Ian Hamilton (1938-2001): editor, poet, biographer and literary giant. Responsible for the creation of the influential poetry magazine, the Review, in the 1960s, Hamilton was also renowned for his biographi...Loe edasi...
This book explores the variety of forms and discourses employed by members of the Gosse family, tracing the intergenerational, intertextual, and interdisciplinary conversations between its members during the period from the 1820s to the 1930s. It ar...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300282382)
Essays on imagining a better world in dark times, from one of our most esteemed scholars of fairy tales Fairy tales take us to a world where magic is commonplace, where wishing works, where the conflicts in our hearts are literalized...Loe edasi...
An adventure to rival David Granns Lost City of Z, and a riveting exposé of the plunder that still fills the worlds top art museums Zeke Faux, author or Number Go Up Immaculately researched and beautifully written, a gripping real-life...Loe edasi...
Lessons in finding freedom, fulfilment and joy wherever you are, and what living a life less ordinary can teach us about what it really means to be human, from the hugely popular content creator, Adam Lind AKA adam.floatinghome...Loe edasi...
A fascinating collection of rarely seen journalism and other writings by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series.Ian Fleming was best known for bringing to life the legendary character of James Bond, one of the most be...Loe edasi...
Richard Benjamin Crosby, Isaac James Richards, Richard Benjamin Crosby, Isaac James Richards
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252089329)
The epic story of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cannot be told without including its dedication to speechmaking and eloquence. Richard Benjamin Crosby and Isaac James Richards collect important speeches from a broad range of source...Loe edasi...
Richard Benjamin Crosby, Isaac James Richards, Richard Benjamin Crosby, Isaac James Richards
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252049675)
The epic story of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cannot be told without including its dedication to speechmaking and eloquence. Richard Benjamin Crosby and Isaac James Richards collect important speeches from a broad range of source...Loe edasi...
Sari: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9781399543132)
Essays and translations by modern-day scholars organised along the principles of the Arabic narrative tradition. Adab is not an English word, but it could become one. This collection, in honour of Julia Bray, experiments with juxtap...Loe edasi...
The first comprehensive overview of Werner Sollors’ ground-breaking work on culture and ethnicity. Born in Silesia, raised in the Frankfurt area and educated in Berlin, Werner Sollors has spent most of his career at Harvard University in t...Loe edasi...
David Hume reshaped, redirected, and re-energised the English essay. His sceptical, rational, self-questioning persona created what amounted to a new intellectual arena, in which it was possible to think afresh about the world and the self. When he f...Loe edasi...
David Hume reshaped, redirected, and re-energised the English essay. His sceptical, rational, self-questioning persona created what amounted to a new intellectual arena, in which it was possible to think afresh about the world and the self. When he f...Loe edasi...
**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... one of the best anthologies I have ever read John Self, Obser...Loe edasi...
**A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR** Wonderful An anthology with an immense amount to tell us about its period, and our lives now ... unmissable Philip Hensher, Spectator The second in a major two-part antholo...Loe edasi...
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The renowned author returns with a timely book about his journeys to three sites of conflict - Dakar, South Carolina, and Palestine - exploring how the stories we tell, and the ones we dont, s...Loe edasi...
Dwight Macdonald, John Summers, John Summers, Andrew J. Bacevich
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226847993)
This collection features Dwight Macdonald’s prophetic essays on politics, art, and violence in twentieth-century America. What does extreme violence do to human values? Does the concept of collective guilt make sense in assessing respo...Loe edasi...
Dwight Macdonald, John Summers, John Summers, Andrew J. Bacevich
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226830971)
This collection features Dwight Macdonald’s prophetic essays on politics, art, and violence in twentieth-century America. What does extreme violence do to human values? Does the concept of collective guilt make sense in assessing respo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Alma Classics, ISBN-13: 9781847499387)
New annotated collection of George Orwells articles while he was writing for the British left-wing newspaper Tribune. Part of Alma George Orwell Collection....Loe edasi...
In Praise of Shadows belongs to that special order of slim, enormously powerful books that enchant the lay reader with an esoteric subject, leaving a lifelong imprint on the imagination. —Maria PopovaThese all-new translations...Loe edasi...
Two important books of criticism by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the author...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226834245)
The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics. Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a...Loe edasi...
This book offers the first study of the young Meinong, his concern with politics, education and religion in Vienna in the second half of the 19th century, together with an analysis of the historical and cultural context of that time....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Metropolitan Museum of Art, ISBN-13: 9781588398093)
This collection of essays provides dynamic new perspectives on 100 works of art that span centuries of human creativity around the globe Across ages and cultures, artists have found inspiration in the human urge for connection. This...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9798895270813)
This volume addresses the unique relationship between the American dream and the manifold ways in which food and food-related topics support and expand upon elements that constitute the American dream. The contributors discuss instances in which Ame...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN-13: 9780826369703)
A debut essay collection probing the multifaceted range of experiences, both common and unusual, that define human interaction with our wild and human-made worlds. In this luminous debut collection, wilderness guide Hannah Hindley explore...Loe edasi...
One of TIMEs 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 and Electric Lits Best Nonfiction of 2025 The rich and deeply personal debut memoir of motherhood via surrogacy, by award-winning Palestinian-American poet and novelist Hala Alyan....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781836745563)
How had the world by 1914 become susceptible to a disastrous systemic breakdown? The one American historian who rose to this analytical challenge was Paul Schroeder. These historical insights have an obvious urgency today Nicholas Mulde...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198994756)
A Book of Greek Life: The Ancient World Through Epigram introduces interested general readers to the richness and weirdness of the ancient world through its own social media (little poems called epigrams, of which we have thousands)....Loe edasi...
This book focuses on the work of internationally celebrated writer Lorna Goodison, with special attention paid to the body of poetry beginning with the 2001 volume Travelling Mercies, published some twenty years after her first collection, and endin...Loe edasi...
This is the definitive, collected prose of Ian Hamilton (1938-2001): editor, poet, biographer and literary giant. Responsible for the creation of the influential poetry magazine, the Review, in the 1960s, Hamilton was also renowned for his biographi...Loe edasi...
A globe-spanning essay collection on the human condition from the author James McBride calls “one of the most creative and important nonfiction writers in our era”Our hyper-informed digital era of climate catastrophe, historic...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: August Books, ISBN-13: 9781835986103)
Returning home from a work trip, too jet-lagged to fall asleep, Chris Jones opened his wifes laptop intending to get some writing done. Instead, he found a series of text messages that would burn his world to the ground. In the span of tw...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: ZE Books, ISBN-13: 9798988670124)
Tastykakes, Soul Songs and Shining Stars is a rich and passionate record of a life-long obsession with soul music and Rhythm & Blues from music industry stalwart Joe McEwen, legendary A&R man for acts including Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, K.D. Lang,...Loe edasi...
Describing encounters and missed encounters with the wildlife that surrounds the Teifi, Love Letters on the River is a lyrical, honest and tender tribute to the many creatures - both in the garden and beyond the garden wall - that bring joy to Carly...Loe edasi...
