Ensaios, Recursos, Crítica Literária

Tales of female daredevils, warriors, killers, and victims: “Radiant essays inspired by ‘slivers and bits’ of real women’s lives…Wise, fresh, captivating.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)   At t …

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER * UPDATED WITH NEW REPORTING * ”It”s all here in this stunning first draft of the history of the presidency of Donald Trump” Sydney Morning Herald ”An icy, Iago-like g …

"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, Miln …

Variously described as a comedy of manners, a psychological romance, and a type of fabliau, the 13th-century narrative Flamenca is the best medieval romance written in Occitan. Its uniqueness springs …

Roger Bromley deals with the ways in which certain popular forms contribute to the social production of memories. The texts he examines include the fictions of R. F. Delderfield and Lena Kennedy. Thi …

Pedagogy in Process presents a first-hand account of the most comprehensive attempt yet to put into practice Paulo Freire”s theory of education within a real societal setting. When Guinea Bissau on …

The English Revolution of 1642-60 produced an explosion of stylistically and ideologically diverse pamphlet literature. The essays collected here focus on the prose of this new revolutionary era, and …

LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION. How should we restore nature and species, and why does it matter? What is lost when we choose not to engage in restorati …

Head bowed, rifle on his back, a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun, looking at the grave of a dead comrade, remembering him. A photograph from the war, is also a photograph of …

Ma Jianzhong was a close adviser to the powerful Qing government official, Li Hong-zhang, and wrote several essays between 1878 and 1890 outlining his plans for economic and administrative reform. He …