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Inventing the Enemy
by Umberto EcoPublished: 06/09/2012
A collection of timely essays, written over the last ten years, by the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery
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Beyond the Lyric
by Fiona SampsonPublished: 06/09/2012
A groundbreaking as FR Leavis' New Bearings in English Poetry, this enthusiastic critical book maps the state of contemporary British poetry
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Pulphead: Notes from the Other Side of America
by John Jeremiah SullivanPublished: 15/08/2012
A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America's cultural landscape - from high to low to lower than low - by the award-winning young star of the literary world
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Bee Journal
by Sean BorodalePublished: 15/08/2012
One of the most unusual and exciting poetry debuts in years, and a stunning portrait of life as an apiarist.
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June Fourth Elegies
by Liu XiaoboPublished: 15/07/2012
An historical document of singular importance and a harrowing testimony to those suffering unjust incarceration.
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Art and Artists
by Emily FragosPublished: 15/06/2012
A sumptuous collection of poems about visual art and artists - the work of centuries of poets who have used their own art form to illuminate another
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Skywriting By Word of Mouth
by John LennonPublished: 01/06/2012
Autobiography, excerpts of fantastical fiction and musings on the break-up of the Beatles and the pressures of celebrity. A delight for fans of John Lennon.
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Hooking Up
by Tom WolfePublished: 01/06/2012
A perfect introduction to Tom Wolfe's brilliant and masterful journalism.
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The Immortal Dinner
by Penelope Hughes-HallettPublished: 15/05/2012
Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? This is the story of an infamous dinner in 1817 with John Keats, William Wordsworth and the essayist and wit Charles Lamb.
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Reflections
by Diana Wynne JonesPublished: 01/05/2012
Ranging from funny to learned, a selection of articles and talks by the fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones.
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Venetian Curiosities
by Donna LeonPublished: 01/05/2012
A beautifully illustrated and harmonious exploration of one of the world's most beloved cities by acclaimed author Donna Leon
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This is Not the End of the Book: A conversation curated by Jean-Philippe de Tonnac
by Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude CarrièrePublished: 01/05/2012
The perfect gift for book lovers: a beautifully designed hardcover in which two of the world's great men have a delightfully rambling conversation about the future of the book in the digital era, and decide it is here to stay.
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The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, etc.
by Jonathan LethemPublished: 15/04/2012
A career-spanning collection of writings - essays, memoir, liner notes, fiction and commentary - from one of the greats of contemporary American literature, which poses the overarching question: what is the artist supposed to do with contemporary culture?
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Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have my Being
by Paul DurcanPublished: 15/04/2012
A major new collection from one of Ireland's leading poets: moving, funny and wise.
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The Art of Love
by OvidPublished: 02/04/2012
‘Any man who shows, with such poetic readability, that what is happening between the sexes today was happening two thousand years ago – and that, therefore, the beating out of one's guilt-ridden, female brains is something of a waste of time – has to be a hero’ Independent
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Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo NerudaPublished: 02/04/2012
A dazzling collection of poetry by the greatest Latin-American Poet of our time
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Voluntary
by Adam ThorpePublished: 15/03/2012
A new collection of poetry from one of England's most gifted writers.
