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Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality.

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An inspiring anthology of some of the best Black British writing centred around the experiences of the Windrush generation, published for the 75th anniversary and featuring new writing from Bernardine Evaristo, Margaret Busby and Mike Philips.

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Milan Kundera's new collection of essays is a passionate defence of art in an era that, he argues, no longer values art or beauty.

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A collection of all the essays that David Jones wished to see preserved in his lifetime, reissued in paperback with a cover based on the artist's original design.

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One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense feeling, intelligence and perception. This title includes translation of selected letters and essays that traces the life and thoughts of this extraordinary writer.

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Presents essays on Turgenev, Goldsmith, Congreve, Gibbon and Horace Walpole. This title is suitable for for students, common readers and scholars alike.

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This comprehensive work describes the origin, technology and subsequent far-reaching effects on foreign policy which arose as a result of the Corona satellites.

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George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected--and illuminated--the fraught times in which he lived.

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Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco, celebrated author of The Name of the Rose.

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Searing and exhilarating new essays from the beloved, award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville.

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A gathering of Seamus Heaney's prose of three decades. Whether autobiographical, topical or specifically literary, these essays and lectures circle the central preoccupying questions: How should a poet live and write What is his relationship to be to his own voice and place

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Most of the earlier essays in this collection were first printed in a collection entitled Let it bleed: essays, 1985-1995, published in 1996 in New York by High Risk Books/Serpent's Tail.

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Embracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in today's world.

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A selection of writings including a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraiser Peter O'Toole; and, a profile of fading baseball star Joe DiMaggio, which turns into a immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity.

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Essays on race, culture, and identity, Native Americans, the Latinx community, and more.

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Philip Larkin's Required Writing, a selection from his miscellaneous prose from 1953-82, was highly praised and enjoyed when it appeared in 1983. This second edition of Further Requirements includes two more essays by Larkin: 'Operation Manuscript' and his Introduction to Earth Memories by Llewelyn Powys.

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An essay collection, that delves into the mythos of the nineteenth century, exploring our fascination with its "auratic gaslight," its mingling of romanticism and modernity, enlightenment and darkness. It brings nineteenth century to life with all its contradictions, aspirations, and absurdities, inviting us to reexamine that era and our own.

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From Roxane Gay to Leslie Jamison, 30 brilliant writers share their timeless stories about the everlasting magic -- and occasional misery -- of living in the Big Apple, in a new edition of the classic anthology