Nick Selby offers a view of the critical debate about Melville's "Moby Dick". The text begins with Melville's own letters and essays and the early reviews, followed by later studies of Melville from the 1920s, 40s & 50s and 1980s.

This collection features work by some of the most important and innovative thinkers and writers in the field, including a new poem by Assia Djebar.

A collection of essays on the absurdity of war, from the Nobel Prize laureate

The moving story of the life and work of novelist Virginia Woolf, revealed through her own letters to those closest to her.

The popular comedian and science presenter blends memoir, wit, and popular science to examine the human condition. Now updated with new material.

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Discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces and markets of the US nation-state, yet, through exclusion laws and bars from citizenship, have been distanced from the terrain of national culture.

The most authoritative life of Eliot ever written, acclaimed biographer Lyndall Gordon brings into focus a flawed yet brilliant man.

An interdisciplinary book which established itself as a seminal text in its field.

BYRON'S WAKEThe Extraordinary Story of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter:Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace The only legitimate daughter of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was to become a pioneer of the computer revolution. This masterful new biography is a portrait of two remarkable women, Ada and her mother Annabella, haunted by the mercurial spirit of the notorious poet.

With the death of her aunt, Maria Stepanova is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family managed to survive the twentieth century.

Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die. This is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the most repressive country on earth, and her harrowing escape.

Works of Wilde's annus mirabilis of 1891 in one volume, with an introduction by renowned British playwright.

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

The first collection of Alice Walker's non-fiction spanning fifteen years in the career of this remarkable writer.

A dissemination of the figure of the 'Afropolitan' from a critical literary angle. It attempts to explore a field of study which lacks a comprehensive literary approach to ways of being Afropolitan in the 21st century.

A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets.

A delightful collection of original essays by Elena Ferrante as she reflects on the "adventure of writing"-her own and others'.

Full transcript of Ali Smith's Muriel Spark lecture, given in November 2017.

Based on Crisell's popular podcast of the same name, here is an inspiring and fascinating glimpse into the creative process - with some of our best-loved contemporary writers

In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space.