Farrar Straus & Giroux
Isadora
In her fifth book, Amelia Gray crafts a historical novel based on the life of the mother of modern dance,…
Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas de Quincey
Thomas De Quincey is most famous for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and for his friendship with the Romantic…
Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
By any standards, Grigory Rasputin led an extraordinary life. He was born in 1869 in a remote Siberian village; during…
Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Elaine Scarry, a celebrated literary scholar known for her interdisciplinary approaches to the study of poetry, culture, philosophy, and art,…
A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations
This book focuses on the women of the Sackville-West family through seven biographies. The first is that of Pepita, who…
Shakespeare in Swahililand: In Search of a Global Poet
This is a scholarly study of the influence of Shakespeare in eastern Africa, from the 19th century to the present.…
The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End
This book is a fascinating account of civilian and paramilitary events before, during and after the 1914-18 wars in Europe…
By Gaslight
Given its length and structure containing four flashback sections plus an epilogue, By Gaslight appears a daunting read. However, in…
The Tengu’s Game of Go: Book 4 in the Tale of Shikanoko Series
“All the pieces were in their positions, and flames were charring the edges. It was time to act… The tengu…
Autumn Princess, Dragon Child: Book 2 in the Tale of Shikanoko Series
Shikanoko (Shika) continues his quest to find the hidden young and true Emperor of Japan and the Autumn Princess, his…
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