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It has been said that when man needs company, a book is his best friend; when in doubt, a book is his adviser; when in damp spirits, a book is his comforter; and when bored, a book is his best recreation. Books are the lifeblood of humankind. With this in mind some 85 years ago, Holbrook Jackson, a highly respected man of letters, published in a limited edition a book called The Anatomy of Bibliomania. The current edition, now titled The Book About Books, was welcomed by book collectors and book lovers everywhere because the original was long out of print. 

A story becomes a story oce it has an ending, and there is no ending more powerful than death. The story of Romeo and Juliet begins when Romeo and Juliet die. The story of Othello. The story of Anna Karenina. The story of Madam Bowery, until their deaths, there is no Story. But what is the story of death itself? Granta 27, Death, presents work from fouteen writers and photographers who have set out to look at death and have tried to articulate what they have seen. Among the contributors: John Gregory Dummen, Edmund White, Mary McCarthy, Dam Mars-Jones, Louise Endrich, Michale Ignatieff.

The Art of Corporate Storytelling 

Part of the "Oxford Readings in Philosophy" series, this volume presents a selection of the major writings in the debate on the nature of meaning and reference which started 100 years ago with Frege's essay "On Sense and Reference". This subject lies at the heart of the philosophy of language.

The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a wide variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the question which which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading.

Of all the grim, gallant and inglorious battles of the Western Front, this is the name uniquely evocative of the mud and blood that pervaded the First World War. The total gain - a few thousand yards of indefensible slough - cost about a million Allied lives.

Geoff Dyer's classic "The Missing of the Somme" is part travelogue, part meditation on remembrance and completely, unabashedly, unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, he examines the way that photographs and film, poetry and prose determined sometimes in advance of the events described the way we would think about and remember the war. With his characteristic originality and insight, Dyer untangles and reconstructs the network of myth and memory that illuminates our understanding of, and relationship to, the Great War.

There are a number of anthologies of nineteenth-century American women poets in print, but these tend to offer a very small sample of poems from a very large number of writers, often based around a specific topical concern. "Major Voices, this Toby anthology, compiled and edited by Shira Wolosky, will instead present a substantial number of texts by a select group of poets--focusing in depth on the major voices of that time. This anthology will thus allow the reader the opportunity to engage more deeply with the poetry; to see the range within each poet's writings, and the relation among the poets. An introductory essay will identify central concerns, historical backgrounds, evolving patterns and poetic issues, as marked through the course of the century. The work of these poets provides a gripping view of the creativity of nineteenth-century American women that has been until recently almost entirely lost to literary history. Supremely relevant to today's readers, this is poetry that began the efforts at the redefinition of self, of America, and of womanhood that continues to touch the lives and thoughts of so many today.

This text discusses issues of human molecular biology: how the body develops and grows from a single cell to an adult and then declines into old age. What the new molecular genetics has to tell us about the human condition, how a limb is formed? Why we have five fingers (and not six). What controls the size to which we grow? and why we age. 

This book is an introduction to the political history of the Weimar Republic. The failure, in the years after the First World War, of German democracy was of crucial importance to the world as a whole. Very often the causes of this failure haven been sought in the national character of the Germans, in their historical development, in the nature of Western capitalism, in the weaknesses of the Weimar constitution and sometimes in the hypnotic power of Adolf Hilter. While some of these exppanations are more respectable than others, none alone can satisfy any serious enquiry. The book begins with the German defeat in 1918 and teh revolutionary disturbances which followed the collapse of Kaiwer Wilhem. It goes on to describe the structure of the new Republic, it points to the strengths and weaknesses of the new regime and to the stresses put upon it as a result of Germany's position as a defeated nation.

Kurz nach der Pensionierung ihres Mannes stirbt Lisa an Brustkrebs. Ihm, der sie liebevoll gepflegt hat, geht danach die Orientierung verloren. Er schwelgt in Erinnerungen an die gemeinsamen Jahre, bis eines Tages Liebesbriefe eines anderen, der offenbar nichts von Lisas Tod weiss, im Briefkasten landen. - Sieben subtile Geschichten über Sehnsüchte und Verwirrung, Nähe und Einsamkeit, Verstrickung und Schuld.

Sir Edward Elgar is a distinguished composer of the first rank, celebrated by the critics and his public, honored by the Crown. But in 1923 he is 66, and his talent and his zest for life are ebbing, yielding to age and the changing times. England is in the throes of postwar disillusionment; he is widowed and idle.  The world he knew has been swept away, leaving him oddly entombed by his own immense reputation and jealous of the even greater artist he might have been, had it not been for... for what? He doesn't truly know, or doesn't want to. On impulse, Eglar books passage on a cruise to Brazil and the Amazon port city of Manaos. It is as far from himself as he can get. Yet, there in the jungle, he wil encounter a figure from his past, the woman who inspired one of his major works...

One Cosmos under God is an extraordinary book that takes the reader on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the whole of creation. It dares to venture where language cannot go, into the "mind of God" prior to the creation, through to the "mind of the saint" who transcends the culturally conditioned ego, escapes history, and merges with the divine mind.
This book is intended to be both serious and entertaining, like an intellectual amusement park ride through the whole of creation. It operates under the premise that if God exists, He has a very sophisticated sense of humor, and the book makes many important points in an ironic or punning way, including in the opening "creation story" and the closing "Cosmobliteration" of language into mystical oneness.

Born with the new century, Princess Asya is drawn at an early age into the turbulent destiny of her country. After the idyllic splendor of her childhood is shattered by the outbreak of the Russian civil ar, she meets Sergei a dashing artillery officer, and falls in love for the first time. But their ecstatic love is brief. Fleeing the Bolsheviks, Asya moves to Paris bearing a fatherless son, and here amoung the community of exiled Russians Sergei reappears, only to draw her into a web of political intrigue, espionage and betrayal. A powerful love story that bears witness to the complex forces, both deeply private and harshly public, that shape our lives.

A gut-wrenching love story set in the underbelly of New York, about the unexpected connection between an illegal Uyghur migrant and a damaged Iraq veteran.
Set in the underbelly of New York, Preparation for the Next Life exposes an America as seen from the fringes of society and, in devastating detail, destroys the myth of the American Dream through two of the most remarkable characters in contemporary fiction. Powerful, realistic and raw, this is one of the most ambitious - and necessary - novels of our time.

-Winner of the New York City Book Award for Fiction
-Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Fiction

In this frank memoir, John Bayley describes the life he has shared with his wife, Iris Murdoch, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He explains how he has coped emotionally and practically with the illness that has beset the woman he loves and cherishes.

A line illustrated, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your home, from bedrooms and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms as well as a wide range of items in different categories, including clothes, photographs, paperwork, books, cutlery, cosmetics, shoes, bags, wallets and valuables.

Tom Michell is in his roaring twenties: single, free-spirited and seeking adventure. He has a plane ticket to South America, a teaching position in a prestigious Argentine boarding school, and endless summer holidays.
What he doesn't need is a pet. What he really doesn't need is a pet penguin.
But while on holiday in Uruguay he spots a penguin struggling in an oil slick and knows he has to help. And then the penguin refuses to leave his side . . .
Clearly Tom has no choice but to smuggle it across the border, through customs, and back to school. He names him Juan Salvador.
Whether it's as the rugby team's mascot, the housekeeper's confidant, the host at Tom's parties or the most flamboyant swimming coach in world history, Juan Salvador transforms the lives of all he meets - including Tom, who discovers a compadre like no other . . .
'One of the most touching tales we've read all year' Heat

In 1291, the Crusaders face their final stand in Acre as the Saracens seek revenge after two centuries of Christian rule. Defenders, including Grand Master William of Beaujeu and a diverse group of allies, prepare for battle. With no help from Europe and Assassins in their midst, Acre faces destruction, but is there hope for survival?

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss explores the enduring power of love and the written word.
Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer seeks a cure for her mother's loneliness by searching for the author of an old book her mother is translating. Meanwhile, Leo Gursky, an aging man in New York, reflects on lost love that inspired the book. Unknowingly, their lives are intertwined through the book that has traveled across generations.
A tender tribute to human resilience, The History of Love is a powerful testament to the written word's impact.

This wonderful anthology contains some of the nation's all-time favourite comic poetry. From much-loved classics such as Lewis Carroll's curious 'Jabberwocky' to lesser known and forgotten gems such as Gelett Burgess's 'The Purple Cow', Griff Rhys Jones takes us on a poetic tour of witty, nonsensical and plain laugh-out-loud funny poems.

The sole survivor of a crew sent to explore a new planet, Jesuit priest Emilio Sandoz discovers an alien civilization that raises questions about the very essence of humanity, an encounter that leads Sandoz to a public inquisition and the destruction of his faith.

SMOOTH STORYTELLING AND GORGEOUS CHARACTERIZATION . . . Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them. Entertainment Weekly

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year—a gothic masterpiece from the best-selling author of The Quincunx.
Christmas 1863. Seventeen-year-old Richard Shenstone, sent down from Cambridge under suspicion, is addicted to opium and troubled by disturbing desires. He seeks refuge in an old mansion with his impoverished mother and sister Effie, whose behavior becomes increasingly bizarre.
Threatening letters circulate, with nearly everyone a suspect in crimes ranging from vivisection to murder. Fans of Charles Palliser’s work, as well as readers of Sarah Waters and Michel Faber, will enjoy this first novel in over ten years. Hailed for his "mesmerizing, meticulous" fiction (Entertainment Weekly), Palliser remains "our leading contemporary Victorian novelist" (The Guardian).

Peel My Love Like an Onion is Ana Castillo’s breakthrough novel, set in the passionate world of flamenco dancing. Carmen "La Coja" Santos, a flamenco dancer in Chicago with a handicap from polio, has been having an affair with Agustin, the married director of her troupe. But when she begins a romance with the younger, talented Manolo, tension rises, sparking a rivalry. Carmen also faces the return of her crippling disease and struggles with her difficult relationship with her mother. The novel blends soap opera, tragicomedy, and romance, offering sharp observations and exploring the complexities of love.

Dreams and Nightmares: A Book of Gestalt Therapy Sessions, edited by Jack Downing and Robert Marmorstein, offers a unique glimpse into the world of Gestalt therapy. The book presents actual transcripts of therapy sessions conducted by Fritz Perls, the founder of Gestalt therapy. Through these sessions, readers witness Perls' therapeutic techniques and his interaction with clients, addressing issues such as dreams, personal struggles, and self-awareness. The editors provide insightful commentary, offering analysis and context to help readers better understand the principles of Gestalt therapy. This book serves as both a practical guide for therapists and an insightful look at the therapeutic process.

This study divides the history of anthropology into three phases: building the scientific foundation, addressing emerging issues, and a complete reconstruction. The first phase, from the late 19th century to the 1950s, laid the discipline’s foundation. The second phase, around the 1960s, focused on new theories and methods to address doubts about the scientific nature of culture and the reality of change and conflict. The third phase, starting in the 1970s, is shaped by postmodernism and feminist anthropology. A key argument is that, since phase two, a gap has emerged between our theories and methods, with recent theories moving away from science and aligning more with the humanities.

The author contends that religious, modern-day hoaxes erode the credibility of Christians in a world where Christian influence is being met by increasing skepticism. He dispels many of the common urban legends and myths popular with Christians as well as other issues.

A collection of outstanding short stories by masterful voices in Southern literature features twenty works by both established authors and new writers, including A. Manette Ansay, Clyde Edgerton, Robert Olen Butler, Allan Gurganus, Chris Offutt, Melanie Summer, and many others. Original.