Late Ruskin: New Contexts
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This title was first published in 2001. Ruskin said that 1860 marked the beginning of his 'proper...
The Bare Essentials: A Passion for Lingerie
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This invaluable guide pays homage to the silk, satin and lace (or sometimes the Lycra and pvc) that...
Circe and the Cyclops
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'You must be Odysseus, man of twists and turns...' The tales of Odysseus' struggle with a man-eating...
O Cruel Alexis
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'But I, while vineyards ring with the cicadas' scream, Retrace your steps, alone, beneath the...
The Great Fire of London
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'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from...
The Madness of Cambyses
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'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.' The...
A Possible Life
Sebastian Faulks, Sian Thomas, Rupert Degas and Samuel West
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Terrified, a young prisoner in the Second World War closes his eyes and pictures himself going out...
The Life of a Stupid Man
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'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'...
The Millstone
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A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, published as a Penguin...
The Streets
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From the author of "Half of the Human Race" (Channel 4 "TV Book Club") comes an intricate and...