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The Time Machine
'The father of science fiction' GuardianThe Time Machine is the first and greatest modern portrayal of time-travel. It sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year …

Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction
From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy …

The Professor and the Siren
An NYRB Classics Original In the last two years of his life, the Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote not only the internationally celebrated novel The Leopard …

Incidents of Travel in the Multiverse
Incidents of Travel in the Multiverse focuses on three films directed by the acclaimed British artists and filmmakers AL and AL. The first story travels to the edge of a black …

Kalilah and Dimnah
Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal Like Aesop’s Fables, Kalilah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. …

Indigo or Mapping the Waters
Inspired by The Tempest, Indigo traces the scars of colonialism across continents, family blood-lines and three centuries.

Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist
* Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2016*Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist is the first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab …

Down Below
A stunning work of memoir and an unforgettable depiction of the brilliance and madness by one of Surrealism's most compelling figures In 1937 Leonora Carrington--later to become …

Inventory of a Life Mislaid
A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile. 'Wonderful - a brave, inventive, touching distillation of memory and …

Signs & Wonders
Since the early 1970s, Marina Warner has been one of the most challenging, subtle and profound commentators on the culture of past and present, unravelling our webs of images, …

MONSTERS OF OUR OWN MAKING: THE PECULIAR PLEASURES OF FEAR
Since the beginning of storytelling, monsters of all kinds have inhabited myths, legends, folklore, and oral traditions, and they continue to thrive amidst society's …

Reflections on Beckett
Renowned international scholars offer perspectives on one of the world's most challenging playwrights. The essays in this collection were originally delivered as part of the …