Tom Wolfe 
New York Stories 

In 1625 Lady Eleanor Davies“ life took a dramatic turn when, by her account in 1641, a ‚Heavenly voice‘ told her ‚There is Ninteene yeares and a halfe to the day of Judgement, and you as the meek …

This is surely the most extraordinary book on food and eating ever published in the English language. Miss Pennell, who was a correspondent for the Pall Mall Gazette at the height of its amusement an …

_______________ “[An] acutely observed collection of occasional pieces that pick at absurdist life and reveal him to be a quiz, a cultural critic gifted with precise comic timing“ – The Time …

The Punjab region of India sent more than 600, 000 combatants to assist the British war effort during World War I. Their families back home, thousands of miles from the major scenes of battle, were …

“Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas: philosophical concepts nurtured in the stillness of a professor“s study could destroy a c …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 “Deeply poetic.“ CAROLINE LUCAS MP “A masterpiece of storytelling.“ NICK MAYHEW-SMITH “Mary Colwell is a candle of …

A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine“s past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a …

An Unfortunate Woman, An Unforgettable Journey was the final book written by Richard Brautigan before his death in 1984 and lay unpublished for sixteen years.Originally written in the 160 pages of a …

This critical, multi-volume edition of Mao“s writings is an indispensable guide to post-1949 Chinese politics and an invaluable research tool for anyone seeking to understand Communist rule in …

As writers strongly committed to the Reformation, Anne Lock Prowse and Elizabeth Russell translated works which they believed were doctrinally useful for their Protestant readers. Lock translated …