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The brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky have been Russia''s most popular science fiction writers since their first publication appeared in 1959. The enormous and consistent …

'Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun - one wondered what had become of it, on this side of the world - and the grey mildness, …

First published in 1935, Eleanor Farjeon's A Nursery in the Nineties is one of the most striking accounts of childhood ever written: a testament to a happy and creative upbringing …

Cet essai est un recit de la vie d'un homme amateur de Philosophie et d'Histoire, ne en 1955, ou la chance y est omnipresente malgre les epreuves et echecs. Une scolarite …

Between 1961 and 1971 James Baldwin spent extended periods of time in Turkey, where he worked on some of his most important books. In this first in-depth exploration of Baldwin's …

An important writer . . . or deservedly forgotten? Gwendoline Keats (pen name Zack) was born in a stately home just outside the small town of Northam, in Devon, in the western …

About Mark Twain's Letters - Volume 1 by Mark TwainMark Twain's Letters - Volume 1 give us the background to his works and show Twain to us as a complex personality with very …

**WINNER of the 2019 PEN Ackerley Prize**'A major literary talent . . . speaks about the power and powerlessness that young women are subject to in a wholly fresh, clear-eyed way . …

George Bernard Shaw's frequently stormy but always creative relationship with the British Broadcasting Corporation was in large part responsible for making him a household name on …