Suitable for adults, this book traces the course of author's life in a series of wonderfully observed vignettes that take him from the awkwardness and embarrassment of growing up to the vicissitudes and frustrations of growing old.

The first volume of fascinating interviews from one of the world's best loved literary magazines

The definitive, authorised biography of the creator of The Moomins

A compelling landmark anthology by two of the world's leading scholars of Arabic literature, it will become the key reference text of our age. With translated extracts of works by famous and lesser known but equally significant authors, it will appeal to those with an interest in world literatures and in Arab culture and history.

Presents a collection of works by some of the brightest stars in contemporary American theater. This book features plays ("Two Sisters and a Piano" and "The Trail of Her Inner Thigh") that focus on the mysterious and the unreal in their characters' lives and, in so doing, provide a window into the everyday and the real in our human experience.

An invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture

Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.

From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores

An exploration of the life, work, and historical background of Aphra Behn: seventeenth-century dramatist, poet, novelist, political propagandist, bisexual and spy.

A collection of traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the coasts and seas of England

'I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'One of Britain's greatest writers' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Alan Garner's world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous' GUARDIAN

This delightful anthology rounds up the most memorable walker-writers, from country hikers to urban strollers, from the rationalists to the truly outlandish. All of them analyse our need to put one foot in front of the other. Follow in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf, George Sand, Rebecca Solnit, Will Self, and dozens more.

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don't have the words to express, until now-from the creator of the popular online project of the same name.