Fame and Folly

From one of America’s great literary figures, a collection of essays on eminent writers and their work, and on the war between art and life. The perilous intersection of writers’ lives with public and …

Manderley Forever

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Bestselling novelist Tatiana de Rosnay pays homage to Daphne du Maurier, the writer who influenced her deeply, in this startling and immersive new biography. A portrait of one writer by another, Mande …

Metaphor and Memory

From the author of The Messiah of Stockholm and Art and Ardor comes this collection of supple, provocative, and intellectually dazzling essays. In Metaphor & Memory, Cynthia Ozick writes about Saul Be …

Quarrel and Quandary

In this collection of essays, Cynthia Ozick, everywhere acclaimed as a critic, novelist, and storyteller, examines some of the world’s most illustrious writers and their work, tackles compelling conte …

The Din in the Head

One of America’s foremost novelists and critics, Cynthia Ozick has won praise and provoked debate for taking on challenging literary, historical, and moral issues. In her spirited essay collection The …

The Simplest Words

From one of Australia’s greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller’s journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligen …

Beyond the Truth

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‘THE QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIAN CRIME THRILLERS’ RED’A THRILLER WRITER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER’ LIZA MARKLUNDHanna Wilhelmsen risks everything for justice in this chilling thriller for fans of Jussi Adler-Ols …

Critics, Monsters, Fanatics and Other Literary Essays

If every outlet for book criticism suddenly disappeared – if all we had were reviews that treated books like any other commodity – could the novel survive? In a gauntlet-throwing essay at the start of …

Bream Gives Me Hiccups

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Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories is the whip-smart fiction debut of Academy Award-nominated actor and star of The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg. Known for his iconic film roles but also for …

Goodnight, Beautiful Women

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Anna Noyes has produced a powerful, mesmerizing debut collection of loosely interconnected short stories. Assured and atmospheric and imbued with the luminous beauty of the Maine coastline, these stor …

My Grandmother's Glass Eye

‘By poetry we – we the masses – mean something vague, something untrue, something uplifting, something beautiful, something so eloquent it isn’t for everyday. The word “poetry” is up there with “soul” …

No Echo

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‘THE QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIAN CRIME THRILLERS’ RED’A THRILLER WRITER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER’ LIZA MARKLUNDA high-profile murder brings Hanne Wilhelmsen back to the city she fled in the wake of heartbreak, …

The Three Battles of Wanat

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Ranging from war journalism to crime stories to profiles on influential leaders to pieces on sports, gambling and the impending impact of supercomputers on the practice of medicine, this collection is …

The Book of the People

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In The Book of the People A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writ …

Their Promised Land

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Ian Buruma’s maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun & Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still at school …

Dietland

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A wickedly funny, feminist revenge fantasy novel of one fat woman’s fight against sexism and the beauty industry. Dietland will be adapted into AMC’s 10-episode straight-to-series starring Julianna Ma …