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'A quite stunning collection. There are descriptions in this book so fresh that they sear themselves into the imagination.' - Jeremy Paxman

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Presents a critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain. This work examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruption, hope for the future lies only in revolt without revolution.

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It contains fifty-one key texts, spanning Freud's entire career from early case histories through his work on dreams, essays on sexuality, and on to his late writings, including Civilisation and Its Discontents.

Peter Gay, a leading scholar of Freud, has put together this selection to provide a full portrait of Freud's thought.

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Having expanded far beyond the Beat poems that first brought his work into the public eye, Snyder has produced a wide-ranging body of work that encompasses his fluency in Eastern literature and culture and his commitment to the environment.

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Offers a selection from author's startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire.

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A timely reissue of a classic collection from the 1980s by one of Britain most radical cultural commentators

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A fascinatingly diverse anthology of the literature of exile, from the myths of Ancient Egypt to contemporary poetry.

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Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours.

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Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip.

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Now a National Bestseller, an ode to our national parks by the beloved New York Times bestselling author of When Women Were Birds

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"The illustrated Walden was originally published in 1897 as a two-volume "Holiday Edition" of Walden, and republished in 1902 as a single volume"--Title page verso.

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A richly varied selection of Tony Harrison's provocative prose, taken from 50 years of writing, in the year that the great poet of page, stage and screen turns 80.

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Presents the author's incisive, paranoiac, maddened and maddening worldview in interviews interspersed with stories and other writing.

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New and selected writing from the beloved New Yorker short story writer, Lore Segal.

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Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages. This title describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188. It provides a view into the medieval world.

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A witty and magical collection of essays that investigates western culture through the broadest spectrum of literature, media and popular phenomenon.

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'This brilliant collection of essays should be a feast for his admirers, as well as for those who approach his dazzling oeuvre for the first time.. .Calvino is not only constantly and supremely intelligent; he is constantly and supremely faithful to his narrative imagination' Guardian

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Thoughtful and affirming, this collection of essays about the joys and struggles of being alone illuminates an experience that is rarely openly discussed.

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Presents an account of common errors in subjects including sciences, history, literature and philosophy. This title includes "Hydriotaphia" or 'Urn Buriall', "The Garden of Cyrus", "A Letter to a Friend", and "Christian Morals".

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A collection of the New Yorkers groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more

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A collection of the New Yorkers groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more

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It might be thought the height of poor taste to ascribe good fortune to a healthy man with a young family struck down at the age of sixty by an incurable degenerative disorder from which he must shortly die.