Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature

A new paperback edition based on Webster's New World College Dictionary, fifth edition, the official dictionary of the AP.

A Hebrew-English, English-Hebrew dictionary that features more than 50,000 entries, a pronunciation key, and more.

From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?' to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year's weather; and from 'I've forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter' to 'Excuse me... is this book edible?' This book includes top 'Weird Things' from bookshops...

Welcome to Story Club, where the tales are true, twisted and usually TMI. This bumper collection contains highlights from a decade of live storytelling from the Big Chair at the legendary show that's now a hit podcast. Edited by Club founders Zoe Norton Lodge and Ben Jenkins, the stories are by t...

Review: "Korea's premier poet, the former Buddhist monk Ko Un, presents 108 Zen poems. These "thought-stopping Koan-like mental firecrackers" (as Allen Ginsberg called them) let us taste, hear, smell, and see the absurdities and miracles of daily life. Accompanied by Ko Un's own brush-painting il...

A new essay collection assesses today's political climate and the mysteries of faith, from the influence of intellectual minds on society's political consciousness to the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life.

Comic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's new collection of essays and fiction. No topic is too fringe or too mainstream for this insatiable-and much-loved-author. From social media to the ancient classics, from appraisals of David Bowie to Georges Simenon to Keith Jarrett, t...