Selected Poetry

Rainer Maria Rilke; Stephen Mitchell (Translator, Editor); Robert Hass (Introduction by)

The supreme problem of every age is that of finding its consummate artistic expression. Before this problem every other remains of secondary importance. History defines and directs its physical course, science cooperates in the achievement of its material aims, but Art alone gives to the age its spiritu...

Jerusalem

Sami Tamimi, Yotam Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi are the men behind the bestselling Ottolenghi- The Cookbook. Their chain of restaurants is famous for its innovative flavours, stylish design and superb cooking. At the heart of Yotam and Sami's food is a shared home city- Jerusalem. Both were born there in the same year...

The Corner That Held Them

Sylvia Townsend Warner

'One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty' SARAH WATERS In memory of the wife who had once dishonoured and always despised him, Brian de Retteville founded Oby - a twelfth-century convent in a hidden corner of Norfolk. Two centuries l...

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity (#1)

Robin Stevens

The start of a thrilling new World War Two mystery series from the number-one-bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong- courageous, sm...