Gary Snyder 
Practice of the Wild [EPUB ebook] 

"If I May" by A. A. Milne is a collection of witty essays offering humorous observations and insightful reflections on everyday life. As a master of British wit and literary criticism, …

An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance Throughout modern hi …

First Published in 1968. Sir Richard Steele”s plays and major periodicals have been reprinted in modern times. But the miscellaneous tracts and pamphlets, which in his own day in the eighteenth …

Galen, the personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote what was long regarded as the definitive guide to a healthy diet, and profoundly influenced medical thought for centuries. Based on …

From the forbidden fruit of the Old Testament to the numerous laws broken at Francois Mitterand”s final meal, In the Devil”s Garden is a mouth-watering history of food taboos from around the world …

We”re all in Sales now Parents sell their kids on going to bed. Spouses sell their partners on mowing the lawn. We sell our bosses on giving us more money and more time off. And in astonishing …

First Published in 1994. Part of a collection on Classical Heritage, this is a collection of Homer”s influence from the Middle ages to the twentieth century. This series will present articles, some …

Darkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark Skies, Tiffany Francis-Baker travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about nocturnal landscapes and humanity”s connection t …

This collection explores British attitudes to Continental Europe that explain the Brexit decision. Addressing British-European entanglements and the impact of British Euroscepticism, the book argues …

”Deeply moving … A triumph” Justin Webb ”What might, in other hands, have been simply macabre becomes peculiarly mesmerising” Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday Ten seconds before my fathe …