Literary collections

Everyman's England

by Victor Canning

Recollected observations of England between World War I and II In this series of pen–portraits of England, commissioned by the Daily Mail in the 1930s, the pattern and color of the "great fabric of English...

The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945

by Gareth Cornwell, Dirk Klopper & Craig Mackenzie

From the outset, South Africa's history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 1948 until 1994, this division was formalized in the National Party's policy of apartheid....

Empire of Magic: Medieval Romance and the Politics of Cultural Fantasy

by Geraldine Heng

Empire of Magic offers a genesis and genealogy for medieval romance and the King Arthur legend through the history of Europe's encounters with the East in crusades, travel, missionizing, and empire formation....

Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts, and Fairies

by Im Bang, Yi Ryuk & James S. S. Gale

Just over half a century ago—in 1911, to be exact— James S. Gale had the good fortune to acquire an old manuscript copy of the stories of Im Bang, one of Korea's greatest tellers of tales. During the same...

Poetry Penned to Perfection: Modern Selections from a Proud Poetess

by Courtney Caswell-Peyton & Tara Keppler

In havoc or at holiday time, poetry does everything from soothe our souls to help us celebrate. Celebrate Courtney Caswell-Peyton's first-ever volume of poetry. Let it take you on a spectacularly versed journey...

The Tale of Genji

by Murasaki Shikibu & Kencho Suematsu

Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and Chaucer, The Tale of Genji marks the birth of the novel--and after more than a millennium, this seminal work about the life and loves of Prince Genji, master...

Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things About Women and Notes on Media

by Nora Ephron

Two classic collections of Nora Ephron’s uproarious essays—tackling everything from feminism to the media, from politics to beauty products, with her inimitable charm and distinctive wit—now available...

Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-nineteenth Century

by Donald Keene

The sweep of Japanese literature in its infinite variety and unusual beauty-from earliest times to the mid-nineteenth century-is the focus of this impressive volume. Every genre and style of Japanese literature,...

The Togakushi Legend Murders

by Yasuo Uchida & David J. J. Selis

When the body of one of Nagano Prefecture's most prominent businessmen is found propped against a tree on Poison Plain, home of the legendary Demoness Maple, Inspector Takemura finds himself searching for the...

The River With No Bridge

by Sue Sumii & Susan Wilkinson

The River With No Bridge (Hashi no nai kawa) explores with outspoken frankness a subject still taboo in Japan: the intolerance and bigotry faced daily by Japan's largest minority group, the burakumin. Racially...

Shiokari Pass

by Ayako Miura, Bill Fearnehough & Sheila Fearnehough

Based on a true story, Shiokari Pass is a moving tale of love eclipsed by sacrifice and tragedy. The hero of this novel is the young and idealistic Nobuo Nagano, who finds himself forced to make a heart-rending...

Foreigners in Mikadoland

by Harold S. S. Williams

This is an account of life in the foreign communities and former Foreign Settlements or Concessions in Japan that flourished after Japan was opened to foreign trade in 1859. It tells of the imposters, the eccentrics,...

My Individualism and the Philosophical Foundations of Literature

by Natsume Soseki, Inger Brodey & Sammy I. I. Tsunematsu

In these rare personal essays, Soseki defines the role of art in light of the isolation of the modern world. Each essay includes personal anecdotes that act as allegories about the fate of Japan.

In her introduction,...

And Then

by Soseki Natsume & Norma Moore Moore Field

And Then, ranked as one of Soseki Natsume's most insightful and stirring novels, tells the story of Daisuke, a young Japanese man struggling with his personal purpose and identity, as well as the changing social...

Griffith REVIEW 37: Small World

by Julianne Schultz

Small World explores the way we travel now-whether it's exploring wild, dangerous or weird places, or travelling not as passive tourists but engaged travellers. This edition will also consider how technology-from...

Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Koan Study

by John Daido Daido Loori & Tom Kirchner

The Zen tradition has just two main meditative practices: shikantaza, or "just sitting;" and introspection guided by the powerful Zen teaching stories called koans. Following up on his previous book, The Art...

The Scholar of Moab

by Steven L. L. Peck

Philosophy meets satire, poetry, cosmology, and absurdity in this tragicomic brew of magical realism and 1970s rural Mormon Utah.

To Keep Love Blurry

by Craig Morgan Morgan Teicher

Inspired by Lowell's Life Studies, Teicher explores troubled spaces between loved ones as a son becomes a husband and father.

Mr Brown's War: A Diary from the Home Front

by Helen D D Millgate

Richard Brown kept a personal diary throughout the whole of the Second World War. He used it to record the course of the conflict as he perceived it, gleaned from the newspapers, the wireless and hearsay. As...

800 Years of Women's Letters

by Olga Kenyon

This inspiring and fascinating book is the first truly comprehensive study of women's letters ever published. Organised by subject matter, and covering a wide range of topics from politics, work and war, to...