J. F. X. O’conor 
Facts About Bookworms [PDF ebook] 
Their History in Literature and Work in Libraries

"The Future of the Women’s Movement" by Helena M. Swanwick is a thought-provoking essay advocating feminism, women’s rights, and social change. Swanwick, a prominent figure in the suffrage …

”An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security” CHRIS PACKHAM Why are so many animals facing extinc …

The prizewinning author of The Innocents examines the relationships among fact, fiction, fictionalization, and appropriation in this thought-provoking work. “In all creative writing, the question of …

Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, productive days? … We are bequeathed on earth one very …

La Cazzaria is the most outspoken erotic text of the Italian Renaissance-a ribald dialogue about politics, sex, and desire. The book is remarkable for its frank discussions of sexuality and explicit …

Rare and previously unpublished essays and letters showcasing “Durrell’s wit, elegance, philosophy, joie de vivre and flaming intelligence” (The Irish Times). “The proverb says that whoever sees the …

"Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Should Be" by Annie Besant is a thought-provoking nonfiction essay offering social commentary on marriage, relationships, and societal norms. Besan …

Iceberg Slim”s last published novel is perhaps his greatest. Death Wish, written in Slim”s typically hard-hitting and highly compulsive prose, tells the story of Chicago”s Mafia and the power stru …

In these new essays leading European and North American scholars of medieval medicine focus on manuscripts and their transmission and demonstrate how medievalists in all disciplines can profit by stu …

George Orwell is acclaimed as one of English literature”s great essayists. Yet, while many are considered classics, as a body of work his essays have been neglected. Peter Marks provides the first s …