Arts, Language & Literature
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Living the Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
The essential Artist's Way programme on guiding ourselves back to creativity
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The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
Hana Videen
Welcome to the strange and delightful world of Old English reference books of animals – the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the…
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The Secret Life of John le Carré
Adam Sisman
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive
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The Book at War
Andrew Pettegree
Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime
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Writing with Style
Lane Greene
A brand new take on how to write with style – from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene
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Art & Fear
David Bayles
The bestselling cult classic that offers a roadmap to overcoming the daily obstacles of a creative life
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Magritte
Alex Danchev
The first major biography for our time, from the celebrated biographer of Cézanne
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Write for Life
Julia Cameron
The essential guide to writing by the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron
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An Admirable Point
Florence Hazrat
Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email – an enthusiastic history for language lovers!
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Fabric
Victoria Finlay
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth – how we make it, use it and what it means to us
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The Library
Arthur der Weduwen
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google
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LRB Diary for 2023
Alan Bennett
Celebrating 40 years of Alan Bennett's diary in the London Review of Books
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House Arrest
Alan Bennett
Reflections on Covid and confinement from the unparalleled pen of Alan Bennett
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Speaking and Being
Kübra Gümüsay
What happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourse
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Two-Way Mirror
Fiona Sampson
How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her times