While still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. During World War II, he fought with...
An immersive, beautifully illustrated revelation of Henry David Thoreau's final project--a monthly almanac of natural phenomena.In the last years of his life, Henry David Thoreau created something...
“Tough talk for tough times. Silencer is both lyrical and merciless–Wicker’s mind hums in overdrive, but with the calm and clarity of a marksman.”—Tim Seibles, author of One Turn Around the Sun and...
First, published in 1978, Tulle Olsen's 'Silences' revolutionised literary studies and inspired an explosion of new creative voices. By exploring the social and economic conditions that make...