How To Write Like Tolstoy

Smith, Zadie

A profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essaysIn this eagerly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects that have captured her attention in recent years.She takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih Odutola, Kara Walker and Celia Paul. She invi...

Sarah Harkness

From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of two brothers - Daniel and Alexander Macmillan - who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world. Their remarkable achievements are revealed in this entertaining, superbly researched biography.Daniel and Alexander arrived in London in the 1830...

Anna Beer

Anna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literatureMargery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Austen. Warned not to write - and certainly not to bite - these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. ‘Smart, funny and highly readable... a tour de force.' ...

Dai George

An entertaining guide to history's mostinfluential and inspiring poets - fromHomer and Sappho to Shakespeare andFrank O'Hara - and how they can teachus to better understand the worldaround us.This book paints vivid pictures of aglobal assortment of renowned poetsthroughout history. ...

Fintan O'toole

A provocative but serious reflection on Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, showinghow the finest plays of Shakespeare have been made unintelligible and irrelevantto a modern audience in an attempt to fit a world of conservative values.The works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere,from our early schooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from cl...

Ruta Sepetys

The nonfiction debut by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys is now in paperback! Perfect for fans of Burn After Writing and Bird by Bird.Life is a story in motion. Each day, you add to your story, revise it, and view it from a different angle. You erase things. Tear pages out. And sometimes, in hindsight, wish you could put them back. A day is a story. A year is a...

Cohen, Richard

La historia del mundo a través de la espada La espada está entrelazada con la historia de la humanidad desde el inicio de la civilización y todavía hoy nos saludamos dándonos la mano para mostrar a la otra persona que no vamos a desenvainar. En Blandir la espada, Richard Cohen recorre la historia de la espada desde el antiguo Egipto, los gladiadores romanos y los ritos sagrad...

Cohen, Richard

¿Qué sabemos realmente sobre la homosexualidad? ¿Por qué algunas personas experimentan AMS: Atracción por el Mismo Sexo? ¿Hay una causa genética, procede de heridas familiares o influencias socioculturales, responde a una preferencia personal? ¿En qué dirección han moldeado la opinión pública los impulsores de la agenda LGTB en las últimas décadas? ¿Promueven de verdad la compr...

Cohen, Richard

¿Por qué Nabokov llamó Lolita a Lolita? ¿Qué pensaba Mark Twain de sus lectores? ¿Por qué Tolstói dijo que todas las familias felices se parecen? ¿Por qué Virginia Woolf creía que el ritmo es lo más importante? ¿Por qué según García Márquez todo está en la primera frase? ¿Por qué Philip Roth escribía de pie? ¿Por qué Doctorow no era capaz de redactar un justificante del colegio...