This selection of short, engaging essays examines and explains key terms that Jane Austen repeatedly drew on in her fiction, words which have faded from everyday use today but are vital to understanding her fiction.
What was it like to live on the edges of ancient empires, at the boundaries of the known world? In this bold revisionist history of the ancient world, Owen Rees shifts our focus from the centres of Greece and Rome to the lively, long-ignored societies on the borders.
This book tells the story of the Kennedy family during the summer of 1944, leading up to the death of Joe Jr that became a turning point for a family on the cusp of political greatness.
Wise and tender, this astonishing memoir bravely interrogates a personal story of mental health through a family history of murder, dispossession, silence, and the long echo of the Holocaust across generations
Dispelling the myths and stereotypes of living with dementia, Sunday Times bestselling author of Somebody I Used to Know Wendy Mitchell offers a warm, wise and thoroughly practical guide to life after a life-changing diagnosis – from someone who knows.
