Since his first collection of poetry appeared in 1953, Philippe Jaccottet has sought to express the ineffable that lies at the heart of our material world in his essential, elemental poetry. As one of Switzerlands's most prominent and prolific men of...

In an unnamed African nation, the people are subject to a state of perpetual warfare and to an Orwellian abuse of language that strips from language its meaning and renders life senseless. And in a bare room lit only by moonlight, a young man hides,...

A stunning version of the beloved fairy tale about a princess doomed to sleep for 100 years, until a handsome prince wakes her with a kiss. Beautifully illustrated, Silver Penny Stories are sure to find a cherished place in any familys collection. Th...

A tin soldier falls hopelessly in love with a paper ballerina in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story. Beautifully illustrated, Silver Penny Stories are sure to find a cherished place in any familys collection. These classic tale...

In the timeless kingdom of Mapungubwe, the royal sculptor had two sons, Chata and Rendani. As they grew, so grew their rivalry – and their extraordinary talents. But while Rendani became a master carver of the animals that run in the wild hills and l...

One of the greatest English poets of the mid-seventeenth century, Richard Crashaw is still widely neglected and misunderstood. Published to celebrate the 400th anniversary of his birth, this new selection of his work aims to help restore him to his r...

In "The Song Seekers", the debut novel by Saswati Sengupta, the monsoon rains wash over the city of Kolkata while four women sit and read and talk in the kitchen of Kailash, the old mansion of the Chattopadhyays where Uma comes to live after her marr...

"Sophocles I" contains the plays "Antigone",‌ translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; "Oedipus the King",‌ translated by David Grene; and "Oedipus at Colonus",‌ translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a mo...

"Sophocles II" contains the plays "Ajax", translated by John Moore; "The Women of Trachis", translated by Michael Jameson; "Electra", translated by David Grene; "Philoctetes", translated by David Grene; and "The Trackers", translated by Mark Griffith...

"Small World" tells a story of the changing relationship between a father and his two daughters, one severely disabled, a "mermaid in a wheelchair", the other discovering the difference of her elder sister, the "moon" to her "earth". Each succeeding...