LB could turn straw into gold. Here she describes chancing across the writings of a rather obscure Greek philosopher, and the wonders and illuminations that followed. Transformative.
An original and entertaining book on the smoke and mirrors of the modern consumer's world - case studies that take apart our ideas of the real and the fake, of appearance and deception.
Five piercingly brilliant essays on stories from the margins, art, Black history, and the crossroads of Africa and Asia as well as with the West. First work of non-fiction by an author much ... read more
Secular wisdom in an age of unbelief, from Montaigne, Akhmatova, Hume, Camus, Cicero, Job and many others who sought, lost or found consolation. Perceptive, intelligent, a giving of necessar... read more
BHL reports from some of the world's most desperate humanitarian crises - from Syria to Iraqi Kurdistan; Nigeria to Lybia; Afghanistan to Lesbos - and argues, with a unique mix of philosoph... read more
Charles Foster is one of those rare people who seem to cram several lives into their own allotted span while the rest of us just about manage one... Adopting a sort of method-acting approach... read more
While MG's early short stories have recently found acclaim as modern classics, she is less well known as a brilliantly perspicacious critic and essayist. This new selection of her non-fictio... read more
Admirably and endlessly discursive, the essayist explores Orwell's ideas of happiness and joy - 'the right to live, not just to exist' - that permeate his writing and which are exemplified b... read more
A new anthology from the most cerebral of Scottish bishops. RH brings together a thoughtful selection of work from various writers and poets reflecting on faith, hope, forgiveness, sin and m... read more
A wide ranging collection of essays and memoir from the US novelist exploring everything from her late blooming friendship with Tom Hanks, the inspiration she finds in Snoopy, and the joy of... read more