The Quest for Julian: The Life and Times of Julian Maclaren-Ross
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Julian Maclaren-Ross shares with Evelyn Waugh the distinction of having written the best stories of...
The Road to Middlemarch: My Life with George Eliot
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At the age of seventeen, Rebecca Mead read Middlemarch for the first time, and has read it again...
We are Not Afraid: 2017
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Devastated by the series of terrorist attacks that killed 130 people - the deadliest attacks on...
When Stone Walls Cry: The Nehrus in Prison
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Millions in India have long been obsessed with the vicissitudes of the Nehru-Gandhi family's fate....
Portrait Inside My Head
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Reader, you have in your hands a motley collection of essays, personal and critical. The advantage...
Roth Unbound
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Philip Roth - one of the most renowned writers of his generation - hardly needs introduction. From...
Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings
Samuel Johnson and Peter Martin
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Thanks to Boswell's monumental biography of Samuel Johnson, we remember Dr. Johnson today as a great...
The Emperor Nero: A Guide to the Ancient Sources
Anthony A. Barrett, Elaine Fantham and John C. Yardley
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Nero's reign (AD 54-68) witnessed some of the most memorable events in Roman history, such as the...
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for
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On publication in 2006, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was hailed as one of the masterpieces of the...
Booky Wook 2: This Time it's Personal
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In the sequel to Russell's best-selling biography 'My Booky Wook' we follow the now sober but still...