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Candide is the most famous of Voltaire’s ‘philosophical tales’, in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales – Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingênu, and The White Bull – and a verse tale based on Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Tale,: What Pleases the Ladies.
Situated in Yorkshire, surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men, is Wentworth, the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain. This volume tells the story of its demise. It is the story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in 50 turbulent years in the 20th century.
Himmelfarb contrasts the Enlightenment in Britain, France and the United States and shows how the abstracted idealism of man (combined with a disparagement of the common man) that characterised the French Enlightenment has wrongly been given primacy by generations of thinkers.
This 25th anniversary edition of Terry Eagleton’s classic introduction to literary theory includes a new foreword by Eagleton himself, reflecting on the impact and enduring success of the book, and on developments in literary theory since it was first published.
This authoritative text recreates the battle for Stalingrad that became the focus of Hitler and Stalin’s determination to win the gruesome and vicious war for the Eastern front.
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike’s deal anyway? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in this book.
‘The Olive Route’ recounts the author’s passion for the olive tree and the culture that has grown up around it. In search of its secrets and traditions she embarked on a solo adventure around the Mediterranean basin, tracking trade routes and unearthing unlikely stories.
Brilliant, cunning and amoral, ‘The 33 Strategies of War’ provides all the psychological ammunition you need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper hand.
‘Your Baby Week By Week’ is the guide parents have been crying out for. Each chapter covers just one week of a baby’s development, and, ideal for the tired anxious mothers, the week is divided into sections so that they can quickly and easily skim the chapter and find the information they’re looking for.
Mankind has plied the waves of the ocean since the dawn of recorded time, seeking sustenance, riches and adventure. This book maps out some of the world’s great sailing venues, as shared by champion racers and celebrated adventurers. The venues range from ports like Newport to the passage around Cape Horn to idyllic island retreats like Mopelia.
This text tells the story of one of history’s most despicable villains and conmen – Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Nazi collaborator and ‘Commissioner for Jewish Affairs’, who managed the Vichy government’s dirty work, ‘controlling’ its Jewish population.
Keep track of your acquaintances in a handy address book populated with quotes and illustrations that evoke the sociable world of Jane Austen’s novels. With 160 tabbed pages, it will help you keep your contacts organized and is small enough to fit in your bag.
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