An Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Epic
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From the best-selling author of 'The Lost', a deeply moving tale of a father, a son and the lessons...
Blood on the Stage, 1800 to 1900: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem
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The history of theater is rife with tales of crime, suspense, and murder. The nineteenth century was...
Cenotaph South: Mapping the Lost Poets of Nunhead Cemetery
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Step through the iron gates of one of London's most spectacular Victorian cemeteries on the hunt for...
Pleasures of the Table: A Literary Anthology
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This beautifully illustrated collection of food writing includes delectable scenes of cooking and...
The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature
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Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat...
Nausea
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Jean-Paul Sartre's first published novel, Nausea is both an extended essay on existentialist ideals,...
On the Road
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Five decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac's seminal Beat novel On the Road finally...
Eve Out of Her Ruins
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With brutal honesty and poetic urgency, Ananda Devi relates the tale of four young Mauritians...
One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits
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One Breath is a gripping and powerful exploration of the strange and fascinating sport of...
The Colonial Kitchen: Australia 1788-1901
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The first Europeans to settle on the Aboriginal land that would become known as Australia arrived in...