Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature

This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved - fiancee, brother and two close friends - who served and died in the First World War.

"Is George Orwell the most influential writer who ever lived? Yes, according to John Rodden's provocative book about the transformation of a man into a myth. Rodden does not argue that Orwell was the most distinguished man of letters of the last century, nor even the leading novelist of his gener...

An inspiring assemblage of wit, wisdom and hard-won practical advice from some of the world's greatest authors musing on the art of writing and how they came to define themselves as writers.

Being Beautiful is an inspiring assemblage of writings on beauty - inner, outer and everything in between - from some of the world's most fascinating thinkers: Buddha, Francis Bacon, Maya Angelou, Immanuel Kant, Naomi Wolf and more.