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Daimon Verlag Rock Rabbit & the Rainbow: Laurens van der Post
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£39.19
Daimon Verlag Rock Rabbit & the Rainbow: Laurens van der Post
Book SynopsisSir Laurens van der Post, author, film-maker, storyteller of world-wide renown, soldier, prisoner of war, political advisor to heads of state, humanitarian, explorer, conservationist... the list goes on and on. His extraordinary curiosity, his love for the small and the great, and his tremendous feeling and concern for his surroundings and all that they included, set him travelling the lands and the waters of the world, a messenger in search of meaning. He touched and inspired many along the way, some of whom are to be found in the pages of this book. A true man of his time, Sir Laurens was born in 1906 in the interior of South Africa, served in the British forces during World War II, including three-and-a-half years in Japanese captivity, and lived and worked since that time in London, where he died just after celebrating his 90th birthday in December, 1996. ''The Rock Rabbit and The Rainbow'' was originally conceived as a Festschrift, or gift collection of writings, for Sir Laurens by several of his friends and then evolved into its present form, which includes numerous original contributions by Sir Laurens himself.
£34.55
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd Indian Writing in English
Book SynopsisThis is a bible for aspiring Indian writers who wish to use English as a medium to communicate. The author has detailed all the important aspects of taking up writing in English to produce work that is avant-garde but is based on the same old principles. It helps an aspiring writer to know what to look out for when he takes up writing in English and also what things to refrain themselves from. It has been widely appreciated for its clear concepts of explanation and ease of understanding it offers its reader.
£13.49
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Kama Sutra
Book SynopsisThe Kama Sutra was written approximately eighteen hundred years ago. In its unabashed, fearless and uninhibited approach to sexual passion, it is more enlightening than the theories of modern day erotologists.
£12.39
Minerva Press India Pvt Ltd Time After Time: It All Happened
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£8.55
Museum Tusculanum Press Oral Art Forms and their Passage into Writing
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£36.54
Museum Tusculanum Press Archive of the Wullu Family
Book SynopsisArchive of the Wullu Family
£46.74
Museum Tusculanum Press Carl Nielsen Collection, Volume 4
Book SynopsisCarl Nielsen is generally considered to be Denmark''s greatest composer. His works cover the full range of musical genres: symphonies and operas, chamber music, pieces for piano, and songs. Whereas in Denmark Carl Nielsen is especially loved for his Danish songs and the opera Maskarade, internationally he is primarily known for his instrumental music. Collecting, cataloguing and organising the musical manuscripts of this composer has been carried out for the benefit of the Danish and international music community.
£55.24
Museum Tusculanum Press Danmark og antikken 1980-1991: En bibliografi
Book SynopsisA complete bibliography of Danish-language literature on the Classical Antiquity, published in the period from 1980 to 1991.
£29.69
Museum Tusculanum Press Codices Graeci Haunienses: Ein deskriptiver
Book SynopsisThe Royal Library in Copenhagen owns c. 170 Greek manuscripts, dating from the 10th to the 19th century. This catalogue is the first to offer detailed descriptions and inventories of all these manuscripts.
£61.19
Museum Tusculanum Press Danmark og antikken 1968-1979: En bibliografi
Book SynopsisDanmark og antikken 1968-1979 - En bibliografi over 12 års dansksproget litteratur om den klassiske oldtid
£14.24
Museum Tusculanum Press Stephanii Notæ Uberiores in Historiam Danicam
Book SynopsisThis facsimile edition of Stephanus Johannis Stephanius'' Notæ Uberiores in Historian Danicam Saxons Grammatici, one of the high-water marks the century of the foundation of the Carlsbergfondet, since 1876 a never-failing sponsor of Danish humanistic studies.
£32.39
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: ROADS TO HAPPINESS
Book SynopsisIn a grey and frightened world driven to despair by the pandemic, Ruskin Bond?suminous new book, it?s a wonderfulife, cuts through the gloomike a blade of bright Steel. His unerring eye seeks out the joys and positive truths to be found in the smallest of incidents that occur in ourives, The good news and sources of happiness that we often Miss out on as a result of the anxiety and bad news that has pervaded our daily existence over the past year. Perceptive, uplifting, and deeply moving, it?s a wonderfulife is another triumph from one of our most beloved writers.
£999.99
Juggernaut Publication Our Freedoms
Book SynopsisA collection of essays by prominent Indian voices reflecting on the concept of freedom in the face of challenges. The book is described as inspiring, thought-provoking, and timely.
£19.99
Buddhist Publication Society,Sri Lanka Beginnings: Collected Essays of S.Bodhesako
Book SynopsisThis book compiles essays by S. Bodhesako on topics like the Buddhist Canon's authenticity, concepts of change and impermanence, and similarities between Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 and the Buddha's Teaching.
£9.89
Blacksmith Books My Private China
Book SynopsisWhat do normal people in China look forward to when they get up in the morning? What is the mentor of Lang Lang like? What about the personal friend of Chairman Mao and how does his granddaughter relate to him after the murderous Cultural Revolution? What do the numerous evangelical Americans really think of the Chinese? How does the One Country, Two Systems paradigm work for Hong Kong? For the last 73 years, American Book Award winner Alex Kuo has travelled back-and-forth between America and China. These letters and essays portray the private China, and provide indispensable cultural information for anyone interested in the People''s Republic in the 21st century.
£10.44
Academic Studies Press Silhouettes of Russian Writers
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£999.99
Academic Studies Press Anton Chekhov. Earliest Stories Chekhovs Complete Collected Works vol. 1
£80.24
Academic Studies Press Nabokov on the Heights
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£999.99
White Goat Press Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945, Volume 1
Book SynopsisWritings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945 is the first in a three-volume series, featuring twenty-five carefully curated essays (selected from over 150) written from just before the start of World War II through to its immediate aftermath. Isaac Bashevis Singer originally published each of these pieces under pseudonyms in Forverts, the world's oldest Yiddish newspaper, when he was still relatively unknown. The essays are arranged chronologically, offering readers the unique opportunity to bear witness to the shifts in Singer's perspective as history unfolded--a rarity for English audiences, considering that much of Singer's work was written well before it was eventually translated. Short introductory paragraphs also accompany each piece, offering exact publication dates and remarks about the larger historical and cultural context of Singer's writing.
£19.76
HarperCollins Publishers Time Bites
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£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers PALE SHADOW OF SCIENCE
Book SynopsisTwo of Aldiss’ essay collections from the mid-1980s in one volume.Trade Review'For decades, Brian Aldiss has been among our most prolific and consistently stylish writers.’THE TELEGRAPH ‘Aldiss has rarely been far from SF’s intellectual centre.’ SFX MAGAZINE
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers THIS WORLD AND NEARER ONES
Book SynopsisAldiss’ acclaimed 1979 essay collection reissued for the first time in over thirty years.Trade Review'For decades, Brian Aldiss has been among our most prolific and consistently stylish writers.' THE TELEGRAPH ‘The best of British science fiction writers.’ THE SCOTSMAN
£9.99
HarperCollins Best Sermons 7
£12.89
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Marley Me
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£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Holy the Firm
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£12.74
HarperCollins Essays of E.B. White
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£16.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
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£23.39
HarperCollins The Content of Our Character
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Inc How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
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£15.29
HarperCollins The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates
Book SynopsisWhen her journals began, 34-year-old Oates was already a recipient of the National Book Award (1969), with many O Henry awards, and others, under her literary belt. This volume focuses on excerpts from that first decade, 1973-1983, one of the productive of Oates' long career.Trade Review"Fascinating." -- Library Journal
£15.29
HarperCollins Meister Eckhart
£13.60
HarperCollins Ill Fly Away
£13.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Alex Me
Book SynopsisNew York Times BestsellerThe remarkable true story of an extraordinary relationship between psychologist Irene M. Pepperberg and Alex, an African Grey parrot who proved scientists and accepted wisdom wrong by demonstrating an astonishing ability to communicate and understand complex ideas. You be good. I love you, were Alex''s final words to his owner, research scientist Irene Pepperberg, before his premature death at age thirty-one on September 6, 2007. An African Grey parrot, Alex had a brain the size of a shelled walnut, yet he could add, sound out words, understand concepts like bigger, smaller, more, fewer, and none, and he disproved the widely accepted idea that birds possess no potential for language or anything remotely comparable to human intelligence.Alex & Me is the incredible story of an amazing, irascible parrot and his best friend who stayed together through thick and thin for thirty years—t
£15.19
HarperCollins What Light Can Do
Book SynopsisFeatures essays that are as much a portrait of the elegant thought processes of an unconventional and virtuoso mind as they are inquiries into their subjects, which range from meditations on how we see and treat the earth to the relationship between literature and religion.Trade Review"Drawn to compelling subjects that he makes his own, Hass writes prose every bit as zestful, penetrating, and sure-footed as his poetry... This powerful collection affirms Hass' stature as a philosophically attentive observer, deep thinker, and writer who dazzles and rousts." -- Booklist
£12.89
HarperCollins An Extraordinary Theory of Objects A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris
Book SynopsisAn awkward, curious girl growing up in a foreign country, the author finds solace and security in strange yet beautiful objects. When her father's mysterious job transports her and her family to the quaint Parisian suburb of Le Vesinet, everything changes for the young American. This title tells her story.Trade Review"This captivating, wonderfully strange little book is like no other I've ever read. Stephanie LaCava has created something original and true, at once emotionally resonant and intellectually challenging. A sheer delight." -- Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion and Slow Motion "What cleverly fills the honeycomb of LaCava's own story is a compassionate, evocative biography of seemingly aberrant things and a collection of historical anecdotes that most readers would never otherwise learn, let alone find gathered all together in one small (but not diminishing), deliberate, and careful book." -- Booklist "A series of wistfully illustrated essays... A strange and lovely journey." -- Flavorwire "Its brilliance lies in the depth in plumbs... Stephanie LaCava, along with the lovely illustrations throughout the book, shows us just how extraordinary these odd things are." -- Matchbook Magazine "Truly a lovely book in every sense." -- Minnesota Public Radio's "The Daily Circuit Blog" "With help from Matthew Nelson's elegant drawings, the worldly LaCava impresses by unearthing hidden treasures from a painful youth." -- Interview Magazine
£13.60
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Abundance
Book SynopsisIn recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author herself“A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake reader,” warns Geoff Dyer in his introduction to this stellar collection. Carefully culled from her past work, The Abundance is quintessential Annie Dillard, delivered in her fierce and undeniably singular voice, filled with fascinating detail and metaphysical fact. The pieces within will exhilarate both admiring fans and a new generation of readers, having been “re-framed and re-hung,” with fresh editing and reordering by the author, to situate these now seminal works within her larger canon.The Abundance reminds us that Dillard’s brand of “novelized nonfic
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Walking
Book SynopsisA meandering ode to the simple act and accomplished art of taking a walk. Profound and humorous, companionable and curmudeonly, Walking, by America''s first nature writer, is your personal and portable guide to the activity that, like no other, awakens the senses and the soul to the absolute freedom and wildness of nature.
£11.77
HarperCollins The Pagan Book of Living and Dying
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking addition to today’s popular literature on death and dying, in The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is the first comprehensive guide to Paganism’s beliefs and practices in facing death.
£14.30
HarperCollins Earth Keeper
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£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc More Home Cooking
Book SynopsisWith a new foreword by Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen, the triumphant sequel to Home Cooking by “a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion as she chatters on about the small culinary accomplishments and discoveries that occur in her kitchen” (Chicago Tribune). Lucky readers in the 1970s and ’80s discovered Laurie Colwin’s urbane, witty fiction in The New Yorker, as well as her warm, engaging food writing in Gourmet magazine columns. More Home Cooking, the second collection of these columns, is an expression of Colwin’s lifelong passion for cuisine and offers a delightful mix of recipes, advice, and personal anecdotes from the kitchen and beyond. She muses over the many charms and challenges of cooking at home in timeless essays including “Desserts That Quiver,” “Real Food for Tots,” and “Catering on One Dollar a Head.”As informative as it is entertaining, and filled with Colwin’s trademark down-to-earth charm and wit, More Home Cooking is a rare treat for anyone who spends time in the kitchen and feels “like having a great conversation with someone that you love” (Samantha Bee).
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc These Precious Days
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£15.30
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Patriarchy Blues
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER[A] scorching treatise on toxic masculinity. Joseph’s critiques of “the patriarchy... both overt and ingrained” are razor-sharp, but it’s the clear-eyed reckoning of his own place within it that tethers the soul of his book. —Publishers WeeklyJoseph has learned a great deal from bell hooks here, and I think she would be proud because Patriarchy Blues is such a moving, inspiring, rigorous vision for living.” —Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The ProphetsIn this personal and poignant collection, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Black Friend examines the culture of masculinity through the lens of a Black man. What does it mean to be a man today? How does the pervasive yet elusive idea of “toxic masculinity” actually reflect men’s experiences—particularly those of color—and how they navigate the world?In this thought-provoking collection of essays, poems, and short reflections, Frederick Joseph contemplates these questions and more as he explores issues of masculinity and patriarchy from both a personal and cultural standpoint. From fatherhood, and “manning up” to abuse and therapy, he fearlessly and thoughtfully tackles the complex realities of men’s lives today and their significance for society, lending his insights as a Black man.Written in Joseph’s unique voice, with an intelligence and raw honesty that demonstrates both his vulnerability and compassion, Patriarchy Blues forces us to consider the joys, pains, and destructive nature of manhood and the stereotypes it engenders.
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Bite by Bite
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£18.04
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Book SynopsisAward-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022.A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2022, selected by guest editor Carl Zimmer and series editor Jaime Green. Trade Review“Captivating. . . . The contributors showcase science journalism’s capacity to educate while entertaining, and the timely bent of the selections gives the collection a sense of urgency. . . . Readers will be enthralled.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Bite by Bite
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£11.69
HarperCollins The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025
£16.40
HarperCollins On the Way Home
Book SynopsisIn 1894 Laura Ingalls Wilder, with her husband and young daughter, left the drought-stricken farm in South Dakota and travelled to a new farm and a new beginning in the Ozarks. In this diary, Laura describes that trip, the towns passed and the people they met along the way.
£9.39
