For the second half of his long life, Christopher Logue (1926-2011) - political rebel, inventor of the poster poem, pioneer of poetry and jazz - was at work on a very different project: a rewriting of Homer''s Iliad. The volumes that appeared from War Music (1981) onwards were distinct from translations, in that they set out to be a radical reimagining and reconfiguration of Homer''s tale of warfare, human folly and the power of the gods, in a language and style of verse that were emphatically modern. As each instalment, from Kings to Cold Calls, was published, it became clear that this was to be Logue''s masterpiece. Sadly, illness prevented him from finishing it. Enough, however, of his projected final volume, Big Men Falling a Long Way, survives in notebook drafts to give a clear sense of its shape, as well as some of its dramatic high points. These have been gathered into an appendix by Logue''s friend and one-time editor, Christopher Reid. The result comes as near as possible to representing the poet''s complete vision, and confirms what his admirers have long known, that Collected War Music is one of the great poems of our time.

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The Sunday Times bestselling biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN IS RELEASED IN CINEMAS NOVEMBER 2019 Lionel Essrog, a.k.a. the Human Freakshow, is a victim of Tourette''s syndrome (an uncontrollable urge to shout out nonsense, touch every surface in reach, rearrange objects). Local tough guy Frank Minna hires the adolescent Lionel and three other orphans from St Vincent''s Home for Boys and grooms them to become the Minna Men, a fly-by-night detective-agency-cum-limoservice. Then one terrible day Frank is murdered, and Lionel must become a real detective. With crackling dialogue, a dazzling evocation of place, and a plot which mimics Tourette''s itself in its freshness and capacity to shock, Motherless Brooklyn is a bravura performance: funny, tense, touching, and extravagant.

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''It is the most singular of sounds, yet among the most ubiquitous. It is the sound of isolation that has sold itself to millions.'' Miles Davis''s Kind of Blue is the best selling piece of music in the history of jazz, and for many listeners among the most haunting in all of twentieth-century music. It is also, notoriously, the only jazz album many people own. Recorded in 1959 (in nine miraculous hours), there has been nothing like it since. Its atmosphere - slow, dark, meditative, luminous - became all-pervasive for a generation, and has remained the epitome of melancholy coolness ever since. Richard Williams has written a history of the album which for once does not rip it out of its wider cultural context. He evokes the essence of the music - identifying the qualities that make it so uniquely appealing - while making effortless connections to painting, literature, philosophy and poetry. This makes for an elegant, graceful and beautifully-written narrative.

"Greyhound" ist ein fesselndes literarisches Werk, das die Genres Lyrik und Dramatik miteinander verbindet. Verfasst von der Autorin Joanna Pocock, bietet dieses Buch eine tiefgehende Auseinandersetzung mit Themen der Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft. Mit einem kartonierten Einband und einer Seitenanzahl von 432 ist es sowohl für Liebhaber der Belletristik als auch für akademische Leser von Interesse. Die Veröffentlichung im Jahr 2025 und die englische Sprache machen es zu einem zeitgemässen Beitrag zur literarischen Landschaft. Das Werk hat eine Höhe von 19,7 cm und eine Breite von 2,4 cm, was es zu einem handlichen Begleiter für das Lesen unterwegs oder zu Hause macht. "Greyhound" ist nicht nur ein Buch, sondern ein Erlebnis, das die Leser dazu anregt, über die Grenzen der Lyrik und Dramatik hinauszudenken und die Verbindung zwischen diesen beiden Ausdrucksformen zu erkunden. Es ist ein bedeutendes Werk, das sowohl die emotionale Tiefe der Lyrik als auch die dramatische Intensität der Theaterkunst in sich vereint.

Two bickering strangers trying to care for their younger siblings team up to create a stable home, but the chemistry between them threatens to undo their plans – from the viral TikTok author of Next to You and Out on a Limb.

Lonely and forlorn after their mother´s death and their sudden arrival at Aunt Mabel´s seaside boarding-house, John, Mary and Ben Mallory are unimpressed with their new life in England. But there are wonderful surprises in store for them when they discover a secret way into the grand and empty house next door. Soon all sorts of unexpected events will unfold as the siblings encounter a whole host of eccentric characters and happenings. Completed in 1963, The Secret Passage is Nina Bawden´s first children´s novel and was written especially for her own three children after they had discovered a secret passage in the cellar of their house. It beautifully reflects her own inquisitive nature - as she herself has said: ´I was a keyhole child, fearsomely curious´ - wedded to her subtly innovative ability to empathise with the child´s view.

Trojan hero Troilus and his beloved Criseyde, whose traitorous father has defected to the Greeks and has persuaded them to ask for his daughter in an exchange of prisoners. In an attempt to save her, Troilus suggests that Criseyde flees the besieged city with him, but she knows that she will be universally condemned.

Sternheims erstes Stück "Der Heiland" ist eine Satire auf das Bürgertum der wilhelminischen Zeit. Die nicht selten unsympathisch wirkenden, häufig auch egoistischen, auf Dünkel bedachten Bürger entpuppen sich in seinem Stück als die wirklichen Helden. Nach Sternheims Credo ist jedem Menschen eine eigene, unverwechselbare Natur gegeben, die ihn von anderen unterscheidet. Die Bestimmung des Einzelnen aber ist es, diese Eigenart zu leben. Und der Heiland ist einer von ihnen.

Spaniards are reputed to be amongst Europe´s most forthright people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of their Civil War and the rule of General Franco? This apparent ´pact of forgetting´ inspired writer Giles Tremlett to embark on a journey around Spain and its history. He found the ghosts of Spain everywhere, almost always arguing. Who caused the Civil War? Why do Basque terrorists kill? Why do Catalans hate Madrid? Did the Islamist bombers who killed 190 people in 2004 dream of a return to Spain´s Moorish past? Tremlett´s curiosity led him down some strange and colourful byroads, and brought him unexpected insights into the Spanish character.

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Costa Prize winning author of "The Secret Scripture". Spanning a whole life time, it's narrated by Lily Bere as she mourns the loss of her grandson and looks back at her early life in Dublin and her move to the new world of America. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 'A work of lyrical beauty, a big-hearted story of a woman at the end of her long and difficult life.' Amy Raphael, "The Times"

''A rich meditation: on separation, on possession, on Renaissance artists, and, inevitably, on the transformative nature of travel.'' The Times ''Written in prose that constantly reminds us what language can do.'' Times Literary Supplement ''A writer of almost electrifying intensity ... This book is a ray of intricate sunlight.'' Irish Times When Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children, she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lie in store. Their journey leads them to both the expected and the surprising, all seen through Cusk's sharp and humane perspective.

In this acrobatic and virtuosic collection, Paul Auster traces the compulsion to make literature. In a selection of interviews, as well as in the essay ´The Red Notebook´ itself, Auster reflects upon his own work, on the need to break down the boundary between living and writing, and on the use of certain genre conventions to penetrate matters of memory and identity. The Red Notebook both illuminates and undermines our accepted notions about literature, and guides us towards a finer understanding of the dangerously high stakes involved in writing. It also includes Paul Auster´s impassioned essay ´A Prayer for Salman Rushdie´, as well as a set of striking and bittersweet reminiscences collected under the apposite title, ´Why Write?´

Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett''s prose writings. Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England''s leading playwrights. As a memoir it covers the production of his very first play, Forty Years On, which starred John Gieldgud, as well as many other important productions. His television series ''Talking Heads'' has become a modern-day classic; as part of the 1960s revue ''Beyond the Fringe'' Bennett helped to kick-start the English satire revolution, and has since remained one of our leading dramatists, most recently with The History Boys at the National Theatre. At the heart of the book is The Lady in The Van, since adapted into a radio play featuring Dame Maggie Smith. It is the true account of Miss Mary Shepherd, a homeless tramp who took up residence in Bennett''s garden and stayed for fifteen years. This new edition also includes Bennett''s introduction to his Oscar-nominated screenplay for The Madness of King George and his more recent diaries.

** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ** From the critically-acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, an irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty and truth -- and a blazing renovation of the form A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing her autobiography. She liked the idea. She's a good sport. Would you just make it up? she said. M is a film star, and one of the most recognisable faces of our time. With such fame, her life has the appearance of freedom: people are instantly obliging, spaces are altered to accommodate her, time can be rearranged. For her, it seems, the rules of reality have melted away. Now M has agreed to let a stranger write her biography. Their project will sprawl and expand: to the olive groves and holiday beaches where M spends her days; across hotel rooms, bourgeois facades, film sets; through endless modern cities. It is hard not to feel ugly next to M, hard not to feel insignificant. But what truths - about the very experience of living - might this proximity allow the writer to briefly capture? And what in the end will M make of their work? In Life of M, Rachel Cusk has again fashioned a new kind of literature. A novel stripped of artifice, it takes our emptiness and fills it with grace. 'It is truly masterful, her best work so far. I loved it' Vincenzo Latronico '[Cusk] is a disciple of the truth, and she helps us to see' Lucy Jones, Independent 'Roll up, wave a flag and join the crowds to watch Rachel Cusk continue her relentless march through life' Irish Times

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A master?ly work of historical witness and moral reckoning.' OBSERVER 'Arguably our greatest living novelist' IRISH TIMES 'An artist of the highest order' CLAIRE KILROY 'The laureate of empathy' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT An immersive and unforgettable novel about one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Against this rapidly shifting landscape, Tennyson Bouguereau - freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man - journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new life in Nashville, until a surprising trip to Victorian England changes everything. Exquisitely rendered, and with a rich cast of characters, The Newer World is a lyrical, visceral novel about what it is to survive, and what might be lost along the way.

Join a young Ghanaian woman on her journey into Europe's heart of whiteness to meet the natives in this iconoclastic modern classic.

A memorably dark and playful mystery about childhood sweethearts and a very bad marriage.