As we begin to leave the Gutenberg age, and into a era dominated by the Internet, we have much to learn from how we transitioned into the age of print and how it changed how we think and communicate.
A compelling combination of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, and writer
From the married partnership of Tudor historians John Guy and Julia Fox, a major new history of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the marriage that convulsed a continent.
A straight-talking, honest, warm and funny call-to-arms for women as they get older to remember their value, feel more confident and change their lives for the better - written by television star and Loose Women favourite Sue Cleaver.
The much-anticipated memoirs of A. N. Wilson, one of Britain's leading contemporary critics, both literary and cultural, and a figure celebrated for his waspish and subversive writing.
From Normandy to the Caribbean Islands, this innovative biographical pursuit follows Adèle Hugo on her reckless journey of unrequited love – and the writer who chased after her more than 150 years later.
The first biography of Simone de Beauvoir since publication of her letters and early diaries, and the newly published letters to her lover Claude Lanzmann, which sheds new light on her relationship with Jean Paul Sartre
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A national bestseller by the award-winning author of The January Children - intimate poems that explore feminine shame and violence and imagine what liberation from these threats might look like
A new study of Captain T. E. Lawrence’s ideas on warfare and the context of his military campaign, as well as the peace settlement and the legacies that followed.