21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
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Category: Literature
The Number One Bestseller Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the ...Show more
Warriors of Love-Odes to Shams of Tabriz by Mevlana Rumi; James Cowan (Introduction by)
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Category: Literature
This is a collection of 49 of the most divine love poems by Rumi, one of the most widely read and bestselling poets of the world. In 1244 a man wrapped in a coarse black coat entered Konya and so into the life of Islam's most celebrated poet and mystic: Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. A wanderer and spiritua ...Show more
To Read Aloud by Francesco Dimitri
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Category: Literature
Reading a story to another person creates a bond between two people. It is often assumed that reading aloud is only for children, but the practice was once a common pleasure for adults too. The time has come to rediscover it. This simple yet powerful action connects us with our friends, helps us centre ...Show more
The Magic Lamp : Dreams of Our Age by Ben Okri; Rosemary Clunie (Illustrator)
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34.99 (57% off)
Category: Literature
A lamp found in the attic of a London house inspires a sequence of images and writings. Meditations or stories, these pieces and pictures explore themes including modern times, lost worlds, revolutions, and love.
Planting Gardens in Graves II by R. H. Sin
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Category: Literature
r.h. Sin continues his bestselling series with Planting Gardens in Graves II, another powerful collection of poetry that hones in on the themes dearest to his readers. This series celebrates connection, mourns heartbreak, and above all, empowers its readers to seek the love they deserve.
Everybody Lies - What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
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Category: Literature
'This book is about a whole new way of studying the mind ... endlessly fascinating' Steven Pinker Everybody lies, to friends, lovers, doctors, pollsters and to themselves. In Internet searches, however, people confess their secrets about sexless marriages, mental health problems, even racist views. Seth ...Show more
Thomas Hardy - Faber Nature Poets by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Literature | Series: Faber Nature Poets
A selection of the writer's greatest nature poetry, selected by Tom Paulin, published in a beautiful new edition by Faber. At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted evensong Of joy illimited; An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, In blast-beruffled plume, Had chosen thus ...Show more
Skellig Play by David Almond
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Category: Literature
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Mic ...Show more
London Labour and the London Poor by HENRY MAYHEW
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Category: Literature | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
With an Introduction by Rosemary O'Day. London Labour and the London Poor is a masterpiece of personal inquiry and social observation. It is the classic account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a compelling portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, spe ...Show more
Latest Readings (PB) by Clive James
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Category: Literature
An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do," James moved his librar ...Show more
A Classic Christmas: A Collection of Timeless Stories and Poems by Charles Dickens; Louisa May Alcott; L.m. Montgomery; Hans Christian Andersen
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27.99 (64% off)
Category: Literature
"God bless us, every one ""Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night " Perhaps no Christmas novel is more beloved than Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, and no holiday poem more well-known than Clement Clarke Moore's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Together these classic literary masterpie ...Show more
The Written World: How Literature Shaped History by Martin Puchner
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Category: Literature
You're likely to list the invention of paper, the printing press and the world wide web as major influences on the way we share stories. You probably wouldn't include Malian singers, American astronauts, Greek generals, Japanese courtiers and Spanish adventurers. And yet all of them played a crucial rol ...Show more