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The World Outside My Window - Clare Swatman

The Top 100 bestseller, a beautiful breathtaking page-turner from author Clare SwatmanLaura is watching the world go by without her. Unable to leave her house since suffering a…

Farm Adventure - Jane Reynolds, Wendy Joy

Farmyard Adventure is another book in the Storycises™ range for pre-school and primary school aged children. The story is designed be acted out by children and adults alike.…

Barricade - Ananda Lal, Utpal Dutt

A political play staging the Nazi takeover of Germany with an eye on India. Although Utpal Dutt is acknowledged as a trailblazer of post-Independence Indian theater, English…

The Master - Patrick Rambaud, David Ball, Nicole Ball

The extraordinary life of Zhuang Zhou sits halfway between fable and philosophy. “It was twenty-five centuries ago in the land of Song, between the Yellow River and the River…

World–Changing Rage – News of the Antipodeans - Georg Baselitz, Alexander Kluge, Katy Derbyshire

An exploration by an artist and writer duo of a fundamental constant in the history of humankind: rage, and its impact on the world. Rage and obstinacy are close…

Truth/Untruth - Anjum Katyal, Mahasweta Devi

A trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at Calcutta society. Set in Calcutta in the mid-1980s, Truth/Untruth is a fast-paced thriller built around the death of the…

Always Being Born – A Memoir - Mrinal Sen

An outspoken memoir by a much-celebrated Indian filmmaker.   “I am a filmmaker by accident and an author by compulsion,” claims Mrinal Sen, who became part of the great…

Thomas Mann’s Overcoat - István Vörös

This novel seamlessly blends the intellectual musings of Thomas Mann with a Hungarian folktale exploring the boundaries of reality and fantasy. In this captivating and…

Blake's Progress - Nigel Kemble-Clarkson

Having completed a controversial twelve-year military career, Captain Richard Blake finds his subsequent service with the Officer Special Reserve Corps soon significantly eating…

The Red Rose - Linda Boulter

A collection of short stories of dreams, hope, the odd touch of true love and a hint of magic!Eugene, who returned from National Service, was smitten with young Beryl. So much so,…

I Am a Field Full of Rapeseed, Give Cover to Deer and Shine Like Thirteen Oil Paintings Laid One on Top of the Other - Karen Leeder, Ulrike Almut Sandig

Ulrike Almut Sandig’s second volume of poems to be translated into English is a journey through a world that is imaginary yet entirely recognizable. Precise observation of…

The Rabbit Between Us - Victor Menza

One morning as they parted, Victor Menza’s daughter handed him a bunny postcard. This gift made him wonder why rabbits had been their symbol of visitation: “How did this kind…

The Parsi Theatre – Its Origins and Development - Kathryn Hansen, Somnath Gupt

A seminal study of a historically significant theater style.   Unrivaled in its long-term impact, Parsi theater remains a crucial component of South Asia’s cultural heritage…

Hamletics – Shakespeare, Kafka, Beckett - Massimo Cacciari, Matteo Mandarini

One of Italy's best-known contemporary philosophers and leftists offers a literature-informed take on our contemporary political situation. During the dramatic course of the…

The Meadow at Chapel Hill Cross - Roger Mann

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to umpire a match in which the bowlers wore top hats, and gentlemen thought that wearing pads and gloves was beneath their…