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Anyone who has read Dickens’ novels such as ‘Oliver Twist’ will know that the writer was a moralist, satirist, and social reformer, and this volume of non-fiction essays brings tog ...

Charles Dickens is renowned as one of the best writers of the Victorian era, and his after-dinner speeches were very much in demand during his lifetime. Dickens spoke on public occ ...

'Suddenly it struck him: the windows had not fogged up as they usually did in the winter when his wife hung up the laundry inside. There was a sour smell and the house was unusuall ...

Konsten är nödvändig för demokratin och dess överlevnad. Konst är kunskapsinstrument i egen rätt och förstår samhället på sätt som journalistik eller forskning inte kommer åt.Från ...

En helt vanlig morgon den 19 april 1995 står en lastbil parkerad intill en statlig byggnad i Oklahoma. Byggnaden sprängs plötsligt i luften och USA står inför det dittills största ...

‘The Soul of Man Under Socialism’ is an incisive essay on the nature of art, politics, freedom, and the individual. Insightful and sometimes satirical, it dissects the conventions ...

'Herland' is a adventurous book that looks at what an all female utopia could look like. Written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the story is about three explorers that crash land in ...

Determined to find out what happens when we die, Josh Langley takes readers on an extraordinary journey to uncover the secrets to the age-old question pondered by all of humanity.V ...

Mitra växer upp i Iran under ayatolla Khomeinis regim, men en demonstration i staden Qum blir startskottet för en revolution som kommer att förändra allt. Mitra går med i motstånds ...

När Annika fyller tio år får hon ett par skridskor i present. Några månader senare är de försvunna. Efter ytterligare en tid hittar Annika ett pantkvitto; hennes pappa har pantat s ...

Sofia har samlat på sig en massa erfarenheter hon helst hade sluppit. Kunskap hon inte vill ha, om blodsocker, insulin, att skilja på normal trötthet och början till insulinkänning ...

Klara är fjorton år och ful äcklig patetisk ensam, det tycker hon i alla fall när hon ser sig själv i spegeln. Inte alls lika cool och självsäker som Madde. Men med den nya profil ...

Kun Ritva Hartzell astuu terapeutin huoneeseen, hän tietää mitä hänen on tehtävä. On aika palata lapsuuden Kallioon, sen ahtaisiin asuntoihin, puistoihin ja kaikuviin korttelipihoi ...

When the British withdrew from India in 1947, two new states were created, India and Pakistan. Ever since there has been near permanent conflict between the two, breaking out in to ...

‘Fighting France’ is a collection of essays, written by Wharton, on the outbreak of the First World War. Having returned to her beloved France to work with the Red Cross, Wharton b ...

A short story with a punch, ‘Madame de Treymes’ follows lovelorn John Durham as he travels to France to court his old love, Fanny Frisbee. While Fanny is separated from her husband ...

Set against the rigid social backdrop of New York in the 1870s, ‘New Year’s Day’ tells the tale of Lizzie Hazeldean, who needs to find a way of making money. With her husband ill a ...

While ‘The Choice’ might be one of Wharton’s shorter stories, it nonetheless showcases her talents as a master storyteller. ‘The Choice’ focuses on the dilemma faced by Cobham Stil ...

Wharton’s fifth novel, ‘The Reef’ is widely thought to be partly autobiographical. When American diplomat, George Darrow, bumps into aspiring actress, Sophy Viner, the relationship ...

‘Xingu’ lampoons the leisurely lives of six ladies who lunch. Having formed a literary club, the six pseudo-intellectuals are thrown into panic at the prospect of being visited by ...

Onko luonnolla oikeuksia? Miten ihmisen tulisi kohdella luontoa? Moraalifilosofiassa on tuhansien vuosien ajan keskitytty analysoimaan ihmisten välisiä suhteita sekä ihmisen suhdet ...

‘An English Man Looks At The World’ represents a twenty six piece collection of essays of varying length from acclaimed British author H.G. Wells. The collection of journalistic pi ...

When H.G. Wells came face to face with Lenin. In 1920, world famous writer H.G. Wells was invited on a trip to Russia. A committed socialist, Wells had high hopes for the Bolshevik ...

‘The New Teaching of History’ represents a collection of essays written by Wells to address criticism of his seminal work ‘The Outline of History’, in which he covered the entire h ...

After the horrors of World War One, the world was ready for peace. So, in 1921, nine countries came together for a summit in Washington DC to talk disarmament. One visitor to the c ...