
A Room of One's Own
Book
In this extraordinary essay, Virginia Woolf examines the limitations of womanhood in the early...

Seventeenth-Century British Poetry, 1603-1660
John Peter Rumrich and Gregory Chaplin
Book
A time of political and social unrest in England, this period produced some of the greatest poetry...

A Sweet, Wild Note: What We Hear When the Birds Sing
Book
Birdsong is woven into our culture, our emotions, our landscape; it is the soundtrack to our world....

Pilgrim's Way
Book
"Pilgrim's Way. An Essay on Recollection" by Scottish novelist and politician John Buchan...

A Grain of Wheat
Book
A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one of Africa's great...

Roy Jenkins
Book
This book was shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize. It was shortlisted for the 2014 Costa...

Pleasures of the Table: A Literary Anthology
Book
This beautifully illustrated collection of food writing includes delectable scenes of cooking and...

A Most Secret War: R.V. Jones and the Genesis of British Scientific Intelligence 1939-45
Book
The history of scientific intelligence - its birth, its importance during the Second World War and...
Cultural Heritage of the Great War in Britain
Book
As the hundredth anniversary approaches, it is timely to reflect not only upon the Great War itself...

Revolt in the Desert: The Abridged Edition of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'
Book
The Arab Revolt of 1916-1918, when the disparate tribes of Arabia rose up as one great force to...