Despite his tragically short life, John Keats, a self-confessed 'rebel Angel', endures for many as a personification of the Romantic age. While contemporary critics mocked him as a 'Cockney poet' and an uneducated lower-class 'apothecary' who aspired to poetry, subsequent generations began to see...

Dewane Ghalib by Mirza Ghalib

Diane Seuss's signature voice-audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its attitude-has become one of the most original in contemporary poetry. Her latest collection takes its title,and Modern Poetry, from the first textbook Seuss encountered as a child and the first...

Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing...

Discover Dancing by the Light of the Moon, a collection of poetry to last you a lifetime - poems that will bring you joy, solace, celebration and love for every occasion'Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness'and DAME JUDI DENCHIncludes an updated chapter...

Discover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.From medieval romances and tales of chivalry found in the realist novels of the 19th century, to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the self, Great Novels explores the finest novels from...

Discover GROWING BRAVE, Donna Ashworth's new book, coming September 2024THEand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLER AND FROM THE AUTHOR OFand WILD HOPE'A little corner of calm within life's storm - wonderful.'and Cat Deeley'Donna's much-needed words will no doubt empower and lift our young people today.'and Lisa...

Discover the secrets of one of the world's most successful writers. This is the ultimate Christmas gift for aspiring writers and Murakami fans alike.In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a...

Do you like peanut butter and popcorn? Would you like to find a friend, or give yourself a fright? Or maybe go on holiday with a rhino?and See what happens when you live next door to a Viking - and and read about the...

Dr. Henry Jekyll is well\-liked and admired by his friends, but seems increasingly troubled and withdrawn from their company. Meanwhile, a mysterious and repellent character, Mr. Hyde, commits crime after crime. What hold can he have over the admirable Dr. Jekyll? With fun activities...

During his short and restless life, Percy Bysshe Shelley produced a great number of poems, three verse plays and numerous prose works, as well as many essays in which he propounded his philosophical views and radical political ideas. These, together with his highly unconventional...

Earth andamp; Glimmer bravely ventures into the depth of oppression openly speaking about grief, anxiety, depression, and human division all the while searching for a safe space to live in. The writing questions the humanity of civilization and different human emotions all the while...

Emily Dickinson is widely considered to be one of the greatest of American poets. The aphoristic style and wit of much of her verse, its irregular rhymes, directness of expression, and startling imagery have had a profound effect on twentieth-century literature. Over a hundred...

What is it like to live with chronic insomnia? For Marie Darrieussecq, not sleeping began after the birth of her first child and continues more than twenty years later. She wonders if it is connected to her hypervigilance, to her fear of her children...

Exile lies at the root of our earliest stories. Charting varied experiences of people forced to leave their homes from the ancient world to the present day, The Heart of a Stranger is an anthology of poetry, fiction and non-fiction that journeys through six...

Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson's finest poems.Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily...

Exploring more than 100 of the world's most important literary works and the literary geniuses that created them, this book is the perfect introduction to the subject of literature and writing.The Literature Bookand features over 100 of the world's most celebrated books, plays, and...

Faiz Ahmed Faiz is considered among the most popular modern poets of Urdu. The poems in this collection are inspired by his poetry. Each poem corresponds to one by Faiz but is not a translation of it. Rather it reflects the author's thoughts on...

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Romaan Aur Shairi by Prof Dr Muhammad Arif

Faster, higher, stronger: winning words are those that inspire you on to Olympian goals. From falling in love to overcoming adversity, celebrating a new born or learning to live with dignity: here is a book to inspire and to thrill through life's most magical...

Fatimah Asghar writes my heart' Riz Ahmed'Fatimah Asghar's debut collection brought me to tears many times over. It is urgent, compelling and filled with fragments of history that have changed the face of the world. Its exploration of queerness, grief, Muslim identity, partition and...

Feelings come alive through the words of the Romantic poets.Romanticism gained traction in the late 1700s as writers moved away from the intellectualism of the Enlightenment and toward more emotional and natural themes. The major works of the movement's six most famous poets-William Wordsworth,...

Feminist fairytales for young and old. Reimagining traditional tales, this empowering collection of stories, poems and beautiful hand-drawn illustrations gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover. Gone are the gender stereotypes of obliging lovers, violent men and girls that need rescuing. Instead,...

Fever and is a fast-paced thriller from and New York Times and bestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook.When his wife died of cancer and he desperately needed to know why, Doctor Charles Martel turned to research. Then his world is...

Fierce, captivating, revolutionary. A dazzling collection that will win hearts and change minds.'-- Elif ShafakIt is a little-known secret that Arabic literature has a long tradition of erotic writing. Behind that secret lies another - that many of the writers are women.We Wrote in...

Find inner peace with everyday enlightenment by his holiness the gyalwang drukpa this book is an inspirational guide to finding happiness by taking in the beauty right in front of you. Leading himalayan buddhist his holiness the gyalwang drukpa walks with you along your...

First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts. In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force...

Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, Anton Chekhov's Plays is translated with notes by Peter Carson, and an introduction by Richard Gilman in Penguin Classics. At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces,...

Folklore of Sindh (Anthology of Prefaces) - (HB)

For more than eight centuries, Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi-commonly referred to simply asand Rumi-has enchanted and enthralled readers from every faith and background with his universal themes of love, friendship, and spirituality, which he seamlessly wove intoand resplendent poetry.The verses herein perfectly express and...

For readers of Fatimah Asghar's and If They Come for Us, here is a searing, multidimensional debut about the search for language and self, which is life itself.I knew it was time to build what could carry, what could find the high pointto name...

For thousands of years, the Indian subcontinent has proved a fertile ground for the world's most captivating erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional writing harnesses great energy and mystical insight. It is in fact often hard to tell whether the poets...

Framed as a letter from the Roman Emperor Hadrian to his successor, Marcus Aurelius, Marguerite Yourcenar'sand Memoirs of Hadrianand is translated from the French by Grace Frick with an introduction by Paul Bailey in Penguin Modern Classics.In her magnificent novel, Marguerite Yourcenor recreates the...

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a powerful first collection of poems exploring issues of identity, difference, faith, relationships, fear, loss and joy. Intricate, evocative and dazzling - these are poems that explore the experiences that connect people; they encourage readers to look...

From Allie Esiri, editor of the bestselling A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year, comes this beautiful gift anthology of Shakespeare's works.Shakespeare For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366...

From bestselling poet Samantha King Holmes andand New York Timesand bestselling author r.h. Sin comes a collection of poetry, prose, and photography that proves love is infinite and ever changing.This is a seven-year tapestry of love, adventure, enlightenment, and progression. A collection of moments...

From her reflections on African American life and hardship in Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise, and her elegant tributes to dignitaries Bill Clinton and Nelson...

From Rupi Kaur, the top tenand Sunday Timesand bestselling author ofand milk and honey,and comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur,and the sun and her flowersand is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of...

From the Academy Award (R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been...

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From the beginning, the poet was a wanderer, a storyteller, an imaginer of bridges between worlds. Zaffar Kunial is just such a poet and guide for us today. Yet his territory extends much further afield than those of the past - through Kashmir, where...

From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research forand Hell's Angelsand involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics.'A phalanx...

From the internationally bestselling author ofand Love Her Wild,and The Dark Between Stars,and andand The Truth About Magicand comesand LVOE., a dazzling new journey into the great unknown by Atticus. Featuring over 250 brand new poems, this sees Atticus take his readers on an...

From the Number Oneand Sundayand Timesand bestselling author ofand milk and honeyand andand the sun and her flowersand comes her greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.and rupi kaur constantly embraces growth, and inand home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey...

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NYT BESTSELLING NOVEL, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN'A love letter to stories - and to everyone silenced or forgotten in their retelling.'and Allison Saft, author ofand A Far Wilder MagicEffy has always believed in...

Gibran was never more insightful than when he wrote about love and now for the first time, illustrated with the poet's own paintings, his reflections on love and friendship have been gathered together in one volume, capturing the essence of love in all its...

Give the perfect stocking filler with Stephen Fry's incredible retelling of the world's greatest stories,and which will be loved by young and old alike'An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry'and Daily Mail___________Few mere mortals have ever embarked on...

Golden Verses byand Taimoor Kamal Malik

Good poets are still read. Mazhar Tirmizi's name is high on the list, Bhutta said at the launch of Tirmizi's book Adh.

Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet andand USA TODAYand bestselling author Amanda Lovelace presentsand the mermaid's voice returns in this oneand - the third and final installment inand her “women are some kind of magic series, featuring a foreword from Lang Leav and 13 guest poems...