In this searching lament by the award-winning author of We That Are Young, Taneja interrogates the language of terror, trauma and grief; the fictions we believe and the voices we exclude.

A ground-breaking biography of Agatha Christie from acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley

From the very first book publication in 1920 to the film release of Death on the Nile in December 2020, this investigation into Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world's favourite fictional detective.

King lays bare the background to Moby-Dick by moving through the voyage of the Pequod, exploring topics in marine biology, oceanography, and the science of navigation as Ishmael raises them in the novel.

One of France's most high-profile writers and a Nobel Prize-winner, Albert Camus experienced both public adulation and acrimonious rejection during his career, which was cut short by a fatal car accident in 1960. Edward J. Hughes unravels the life of a complex personality whose work and stance were the subjects of intense interest and scrutiny.

Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and traces it through the centuries.

Harold Bloom was awarded the 1999 Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism by the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Toibin's remarkable insights provide scholars, students, and general readers a fresh encounter with James's well-known texts.

The fifth volume in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to mark its induction to the Virago Modern Classics list, alongside several of the author's most celebrated works.

'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered into High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in pain, terror and ordure within the blood-spattered and viciously unpredictable world that is HBO's sensational evocation of Game of Thrones.

A blistering, mysterious exploration of the Kent coast -- a dark, experimental, very British classic.

From one of the most talented young thinkers in the US, a spiky, funny and intellectually dazzling response to modern culture - from sadomasochism to mindfulness to Sally Rooney

A selection of new and revised essays from eminent scholar and critic Professor Christopher Ricks.

Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way.

Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way.

This introduction to American literature and culture from 1900 to 1960 is organized around four major ideas about America: that is it "big", "new", "rich", and "free". * Illustrates the artistic and social climate in the USA during this period.

The latest edition in Barry Forshaw's well received and informative Noir series.

An intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist

A gorgeous faux leather volume full of exquisite sketches and colourful illustrations of Middle-earth - ideal for the true Tolkien fan.