Autobiography: Literary

This richly illustrated biography is the first book in English to chronicle the life of Nelly Sachs (18911970), recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize i...

'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intel...

The philosopher's writings on, and engagement with, twentieth century feminism By turns surprising and revelatory, this sixth volume in the Beauvoi...

In Doing More with One Life, best-selling author Piasecki welcomes the reader into his home, revealing the heart-breaking early death of his father...

The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby Theres no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAME...

Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War. With characteristic scrutiny, Orwell questions the actions an...

'Every woman on Earth should read it' Caroline Overington, Weekend AustralianHaving lived through the humiliation and bewildering complexity of hea...

Named one of 12 of the Best Jewish Books of the Year by the Jewish Telegraph Agency, New York Jewish Week, & Jerusalem Post2023 International B...

A Sunday Times Book of The YearA Mail on Sunday Book of The YearAn Independent Book of The YearA The Times Book of The YearDuring the US book tour ...

Over her four decades of working in newsrooms big and small, Margaret Sullivan has become a trusted champion and critic of the American news media ...

Annotated by Professors Jansen and Eto, the book illuminates the experiences of Miyazaki's generation with Western culture and the development of a...

Growing up on the Upper West Side of New York City in the 1970s, in an apartment filled with dazzling literary and artistic characters, Priscilla G...

We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.This beautiful edition of Boy, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, featur...

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwells first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid exposé of hard lives w...

The young naturalist W. N. P. Barbellion described this remarkably candid record of living with multiple sclerosis as 'a study in the nude'. It beg...

An iron-willed mother, an ageing grandmother, a pair of mismatched dogs and 90 mu of less-than-ideal farmland: these are Li Juans companions on the...

Annotated by Professors Jansen and Eto, the book illuminates the experiences of Miyazaki's generation with Western culture and the development of a...

Presented here in English translation are letters selected for publication by the poet himself, shortly before his death, from his wide corresponde...