A Little History of Literature John Sutherland A much-loved author and teacher brings the world of literature alive, guiding young readers and adults alike on an entertaining journey across centuries and cultures, from The Canterbury Tales to Harry Potter, Robinson Crusoe to 1984, and revealing how literature from across the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human. 40 b/w illus. Hardback £14.99
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The Leonard Bernstein Letters Edited by Nigel Simeone This fascinating selection of Bernstein’s letters, most never published before, sheds new light on his life, creative mind and relationships. His galaxy of correspondents includes Aaron Copland, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, Thornton Wilder, Boris Pasternak, Bette Davis, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and many more. 29 b/w illus. Hardback £25.00
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Susan Sontag The Complete Rolling Stone Interview Jonathan Cott Published in their entirety for the first time, Susan Sontag’s revelatory conversations with Rolling Stone contributing editor Jonathan Cott offer exceptional insights into her thinking and passions at a moment when she was at the peak of her powers. Hardback £15.99
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Friendship A. C. Grayling In this highly original investigation of the history of friendship, A. C. Grayling explores the many kinds of friendship, how technology has altered relationships, the role of friendship in an ethical life, and an array of other thought-provoking topics. ‘This is an intelligent, loving tribute to the virtues, values and varieties of friendship.’ – Iain Finlayson, The Times Hardback £12.99
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Roof Life Svetlana Alpers A celebrated art historian who has spent a lifetime looking at art writes about looking as a way of being in the world. ‘Alpers writes against the memoir form, creating a meditative self-portrait that pulls in family, literature, geography and a lifetime of looking at art.’ – New Statesman Hardback £18.99
The Danube A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest Nick Thorpe In this engaging book the author takes an unexpected journey up the entire length of the Danube River and provides a vivid record of the people he encounters, the recent and ancient history of the region, and the lands through which the great river flows. 32 b/w illus. Hardback £20.00
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The Experience of God Being, Consciousness, Bliss David Bentley Hart ‘David Hart can always be relied on to offer a perspective on Christian faith that is both profound and unexpected. In this masterpiece of quiet intellectual and spiritual passion, he magnificently sets the record straight as to what sort of God Christians believe in and why.’ – Rowan Williams Hardback £18.99
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The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot Frank Prochaska The spirited and measured memoir of Walter Bagehot, had he left one. ‘Remarkable … a testimony not only to [Prochaska’s] command of the Bagehot oeuvre but also to his deep understanding of Bagehot’s curious place in the pantheon of that endangered species, the man of letters.’ – Roger Kimball, Literary Review Hardback £18.99
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