Penguin Classics, February 2021. Trade Paperback. An incredible collection of verse by women poets writing in Persian, many translated into English for the first time From Iran and India, to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, from princesses and entertainers to anonymous wives and daughters, The Mirror of My Heart displays the extraordinary..... More
New Directions, May 2019. Trade Paperback. Who has not suffered grief? In Mourning Songs, the brilliant poet and editor Grace Schulman has gathered together the most moving poems about sorrow by the likes of Elizabeth Bishop, William Carlos Williams, Gwendolyn Brooks, Neruda, Catullus, Dylan Thomas, W. H. Auden, Shakespeare, Emily..... More
Penguin Books, November 2022. Hardcover. A warm and relateable collection of essays exploring the memories we associate with different meals in our lives, from a spectrum of talented creators What is your most poignant memory surrounding food? Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only food..... More
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Notting Hill Editions, November 2021. Hardcover. For centuries, cats have been worshipped, adored and mistrusted in equal measure. This beautiful gift book contains a selection of essays, stories, and poems on cats by writers from across the ages. In these pages, writers reflect on the curious feline qualities that inspire..... More
Notting Hill Editions, November 2019. Hardcover. Calling all dog-lovers: On Dogs collects essays about man's best friend by Charles Dickens, Vita Sackville-West, Brigitte Bardot, and Shakespeare, among others, with an introduction by acclaimed actor, comedian, and adopter of strays Tracey Ullman. Dogs throughout history have enjoyed a special relationship with..... More
Penguin Classics, September 2020. Trade Paperback. A short, accessible collection of key historic writings about presidential impeachment, as part of a new Penguin Classics series on liberty and constitutional rights. A Penguin Classic With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution's text and values..... More
Random House, October 2023. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice..... More
Oxford University Press, October 2009. Trade Paperback. Boasting almost one hundred articles and book excerpts, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a breathtaking celebration of the finest writing by scientists--the best such collection in print--packed with scintillating essays on everything from "The Discovery of Lucy" to "The Terror..... More
Signet, May 2009. Mass Market Paperback. 24 stories from today's best indian authors India's literary tradition has found a growing audience around the world. Many talented writers have arrived on the scene, each illuminating different parts of the Indian experience, from years of colonial rule to the unique challenges of..... More
Penguin Classics, October 2021. Trade Paperback. Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones A Penguin Classic The most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear..... More
Penguin Classics, September 2020. Trade Paperback. A landmark collection of stories--nearly half appearing in English for the first time--selected and introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri A Penguin Classic When Jhumpa Lahiri decided to read exclusively in Italian, a language she had studied for many years, her life as..... More
Penguin Classics, July 2020. Trade Paperback. A major new collection of Japanese short stories, many appearing in English for the first time, with an introduction by Haruki Murakami, author of Killing Commendatore A Penguin Classics Hardcover This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the art of the Japanese short story..... More
Penguin Classics, September 2019. Trade Paperback. [Ahmad's] "introduction is fiery and charismatic... This book encompasses the diversity of experience, with beautiful variations and stories that bicker back and forth." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times The first global anthology of migration literature featuring works by Mohsin Hamid, Zadie Smith, Marjane..... More
Penguin Classics, September 2007. Trade Paperback. 'Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa, has continued to compete for primacy against the newer forms of prose fiction and theatre drama.' This wonderfully comprehensive anthology of African poetry has been expanded to include ninety-nine poets from twenty-seven countries, thirty-one of..... More
Chronicle Books, August 2016. Trade Paperback. More
Pryor Publishing. Trade Paperback. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March 2005. Trade Paperback. More
Penguin Classics, November 2021. Trade Paperback. To understand the most contentious issues around religious liberty, this volume provides influential philosophical ideas from the U.S.'s founding to the present day and key U.S. Supreme Court judgements to ask how the two twin pillars of religious freedom -- free exercise and the..... More
Slightly Foxed (U.K.), 2004. Trade Paperback. More
Slightly Foxed (U.K.), 2004. Trade Paperback. More
Slightly Foxed (U.K.), 2004. Trade Paperback. More
Slightly Foxed (U.K.), 2021. Trade Paperback. More
Slightly Foxed (U.K.), 2021. Trade Paperback. More
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