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In twenty effervescent pieces, ranging from Princess Margaret to Salman Rushdie, ‘A Hitch in Time’ collects together some of the finest wit and criticism from one of the greatest commentators of the last century: Christopher Hitchens.
Time and again, writers are asked the same questions about their favourite books: What are they? What’s the book you wish you had written? What’s the book that changed your life? In ‘What Writers Read’, Pandora Sykes – herself a voracious, omnivorous reader – collects short essays from bestselling and beloved writers to discover the books they hold most dearly and made them who they are.
Keith Gessen had always assumed that he would have kids, but couldn’t imagine what parenthood would be like, nor what kind of parent he would be. Then, one Tuesday night in early June, Raffi was born, a child as real and complex and demanding of his parents’ energy as he was singularly magical. Fatherhood is another country: a place where the old concerns are swept away, where the ordering of time is reconstituted, where days unfold according to a child’s needs. Like all parents, Gessen wants to do what is best for his child. But he has no idea what that is. Written over the first five years of Raffi’s life, ‘Raising Raffi’ examines the profound, overwhelming, often maddening experience of being a dad.
Charles Dickens and Prince. Two wildly different artists who caught fire and lit up the world in ways no others could. Where did their magic come from? How did they work so hard and produce so much? How did they manage or give in to the restlessness and intensity of their creativity? How did they use it, and did it kill them? With wit, curiosity and deep admiration Nick Hornby traces their extraordinary lives – from their difficult beginnings to the women they fell for to their limitless energy for work, to their money and the movies – and brilliantly illuminates their very particular kind of genius.
At the confluence of autofiction and sociology, The Years is ‘a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and consumerism’ (New York Times), a monumental account of twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of one woman.
A thought-provoking and moving anthology in which writers from around the globe explore what our homes mean to us.
A thoroughly entertaining anthology featuring all kinds of sports and the perfect gift for sports fans.
A treat for nature lovers, this timely anthology explores our relationship with the natural world through inspiring, classic writing.
Feminist philosophy meets family memoir in a fresh essay collection by the award-winning essayist and novelist Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling ‘What I Loved’ and Booker Prize-longlisted ‘The Blazing World’.
A comprehensive anthology of Nora Ephron at her funniest and most acute, here are her writings on journalism, feminism, and being a woman; on the importance of food (with herfavourite recipes), and on the bittersweet reality of growing old.
In response to the international outcry at George Floyd’s death, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder have commissioned this collection of essays to discuss how and why we need to fight for Black lives to matter – not just for Black people but for society as a whole. Recognising Black British experience within the Black Lives Matter movement, seventeen prominent Black figures explain why Black lives should be celebrated when too often they are undervalued. Drawing from personal experience, they stress how Black British people have unique perspectives and experiences that enrich British society and the world; how Black lives are far more interesting and important than the forces that try to limit it.
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