Spanning almost seven centuries, this anthology encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English, culminating in some of the finest works produced in English in the high … [Read more...] about Old and Middle English – An Anthology
Fiction
Intelligent Thrillers Make Great Christmas Presents
We believe that a good book makes a great Christmas present. You cannot beat a great thriller. We feature The Second Sleep by Robert Harris - A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a … [Read more...] about Intelligent Thrillers Make Great Christmas Presents
Call me by Your Name by André Aciman
Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. The … [Read more...] about Call me by Your Name by André Aciman
Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar
Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends. A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an … [Read more...] about Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Frank Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. The Ragged Trousered … [Read more...] about The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work … [Read more...] about The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Around The World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
This is an early edition of the Jules Verne classic. It was published in 1875 by Sampson Low and Marston of Fleet Street, London. The book is good condition throughout. The text was translated … [Read more...] about Around The World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
The Capuchin Annual
The Capuchin Annual was an Irish annual publication published every year in Dublin from 1930 to 1977. The motto of the publication was Do chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na hÉireann. Which means For the … [Read more...] about The Capuchin Annual
The Season of Comfort by Gore Vidal
From the author of MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and DARK GREEN, BRIGHT RED, a novel, first published in 1949, describing the growing-up of a brilliant and precocious schoolboy whose parents separate when he is … [Read more...] about The Season of Comfort by Gore Vidal
Selected Poems 1988 – 2013 by Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney's New Selected Poems 1988-2013 provides an unrivaled account of a period of work that was crowned by the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Together with its earlier volumes it shows … [Read more...] about Selected Poems 1988 – 2013 by Seamus Heaney