Literature: history & criticism books

From Ernest Hemingway's perfect hamburger to Beatrix Potter's home-made gingerbread, The Writer's Table presents...  Read More >>

Oscar Wilde once wrote “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on...  Read More >>

How have global commodities such as coffee, oil and lithium shaped literary texts, movements and genres? And how...  Read More >>

A comical collection of 100 paintings of dogs from the Renaissance period (1400-1650), an age when dogs were so...  Read More >>

El libro examina cómo las diferencias idiomáticas y culturales afectan la traducción y la comunicación intercultural....  Read More >>

Here is the definitive edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry, with illuminating critical notes, including a substantial...  Read More >>

This book examines the similarity between capitalism and socialism over the twentieth century as both systems found...  Read More >>

Celebrating 70 years, this is the timeless classic story of Dylan Thomas's childhood Christmas memories, featuring...  Read More >>

Welcome to our exciting book series dedicated to helping you master the art of reading and pronouncing Chinese through...  Read More >>

Welcome to our exciting book series dedicated to helping you master the art of reading and pronouncing Chinese through...  Read More >>

You feel the nudge to write-but fear, doubt, and distraction keep you from starting or finishing. In Your Message...  Read More >>

""What does it mean to dissolve into one's text?"" Naomi Washer asks in Marginalia: An Autobiography. Comprised...  Read More >>

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Nach dem Fall von Paris schein ein Sieg für die Mittelmächte zum Greifen nah. Während Frankreich unter seinem neuen...  Read More >>

On October 7, 2023, at 6:29 a.m., the music stopped at Israel's Nova Festival - and 22-year-old Naya started running...  Read More >>

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This volume is the very first annotated translation of all the titled stories included in the New ABC Book and in...  Read More >>

Stories of resilience, belonging, and the quiet beauty of life on the edge of the wild. In The Little Lights of...  Read More >>

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A poetic exploration of how we carry the past forward: reshaped but never broken. In Markers and Shrines, Margot...  Read More >>

A luminous new perspective on aging, science, and the tender strangeness of being alive. What does it mean to...  Read More >>

Poems that travel through time and terrain, seeking solace in the raw physicality of the world. To grieve is to...  Read More >>

Unflinching and deeply human—Derek Green perfectly encapsulates the quiet dramas of modern America. The characters...  Read More >>

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