Get thee to a library (or a bookstore).
Get thee to a library (or a bookstore).
We are really enjoying the collaboration between the British Museum and Nosy Crow producing some fabulous History books. We adored the Ancient Egyptian edition of this series earlier this year and …
‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ ‘Exit Right,’ ‘Engines of Liberty’ ‘White Trash’ and more
Continuing my Space themed non-fiction books in preparation for the 50th Anniversary Of The Apollo 11 Mission on 20th July here is something really great for 8 & up ideal for someone who wants …
Over the next 3 weeks my Monday Notable Non-Fictions will especially be featuring Space themed non-fiction books in preparation for the 50th Anniversary Of The Apollo 11 Mission on 20th July. This …
Sobre a carne como alimento, o escritor russo Liev Tolstói a desqualificava sob qualquer aspecto Um dos maiores nomes da literatura mundial, Liev Tolstói, além de romancista, filósofo, humanitarist…
When I found out that Littlefae had won this book from Toppsta I admit I did squeal with joy. I am a fan of Katherine Johnson and the Hidden Figures ladies at NASA feeds into my fascination (and an…
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Congratulations to all of our fiction books that made the 100 Notable Books of 2023 list by the editors of The New York Times Book Review!
A list of our favorite behavioral science reads from 2020 (and what to expect in 2021).
A banned book doesn’t mean it’s not worth reading. Many of them offer important insights into some of the most pressing social and political issues of our time.
Descriptions of 13 books at different language proficiency levels about notable women to read during Women's History Month & throughout the year
1. The "seductive nature" of the Green M&M is a reference to an urban legend during the 1970s that green M&Ms were aphrodisiacs.
Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 Plutarch Award A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022 A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hub From the standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, a member of Parliament—and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year-old girl without her father’s consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children, and was often ill and in pain. He was a man who suffered from surges of misery, yet expressed in his verse many breathtaking impressions of electric joy and love. In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell embarks on a fleet-footed act of evangelism, showing us the many sides of Donne’s extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times—unveiling Donne as the most remarkable mind and as a lesson in living. | Author: Katherine Rundell | Publisher: Picador | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2023 | Number of Pages: 352 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1250872502 | ISBN-13: 9781250872500
The most anticipated books of October 2022 include all the titles you need to finish your annual reading challenge with a bang.
" . . . dazzlingly executed and richly atmospheric." — The Armchair DetectiveA prolific and popular writer, G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) is best known as the creator of detective-priest Father Brown (even though Chesterton's mystery stories constitute only a small fraction of his writings). The eight adventures in this classic British mystery trace the activities of Horne Fisher, the man who knew too much, and his trusted friend Harold March. Although Horne's keen mind and powerful deductive gifts make him a natural sleuth, his inquiries have a way of developing moral complications. Notable for their wit and sense of wonder, these tales offer an evocative portrait of upper-crust society in pre–World War I England. british mystery;similar books to sherlock holmes;authors like agatha christie;detective stories;victorian century mysteries;pre world war one england;early twentieth century british empire;pre world war one literature;british political history;upper crust society england;popular british authors;intellectual mysteries;aristocratic rural england;mystery and detective;british literature;classic literature;mystery and suspense novels;suspense
“I learned more than I ever learned in school.”
Let these new historical novels transport you to another era, with books from Colson Whitehead, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and more!
