Antony Beevor's Stalingrad is a harrowing look at one of history's darkest moments. In October 1942, a panzer officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town... Animals flee this hell; the hardest...
The great master of the short story in our time' - Margaret Drabble 'He is by such a margin the finest English writer alive that it hardly seems worth saying so' - Frank Kermode 'The most English...
With an Introduction and Bibliography. John Milton (1608-74) poet and polemicist, is best remembered for his monumental work Paradise Lost (1667 and 1674) which marks the apogee of the poet's...
Sean Singer's long-awaited second book of poems uses a range of hybrid forms including lyric poetry, long lines, nonfiction non-poetry, and lyrical essays to address the ghosts of history:...
Poems from China s earliest classic poetry collection in Chinese with English translation, notes, and Pinyin. Facing pages contain full-color artwork from Chinese dynasties.
Here is the story of this magical night, when children around the world await the arrival of the gifts that symbolise all the warmth and love of Christmas. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when...