The author of 'Wittgenstein's Poker' traces the influential circle (Neurath, Carnap, Wittgenstein, Popper) whom the Austrian fascists and Nazis saw as such a threat.
A magnificent book by Chaucer's biographer: the forthright, funny, dynamic character from the Canterbury Tales is compared with some real medieval women, and is also traced in the work of la... read more
A compelling personal introduction to the life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish writer Czeslaw Milosz by his compatriot and fellow exile Eva Hoffman. The predominant themes here ar... read more