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The Gifts of Reading
2024 || Paperback || Robert Macfarlane || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The Genealogy of Morals
2003 || Paperback || Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche || Dover Publications Inc.
Written in response to a book on the origins of morality by his erstwhile friend Paul Rée, the three essays comprising The Genealogy of Morals--all advancing the critique of Christian morality set forth in Beyond Good and Evil--are among Nietzsche's most sustained and cohesive work.
In the first essay, Nietzsche sets up a contrast between what he calls "master" morality and "slave" morality and shows how strength and action have often been replaced by passivity and nihilism. The next essay, l...
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The Ministry of Truth
A Biography of George Orwell's 1984
2024 || Paperback || Dorian Lynskey || Pan Macmillan
In The Ministry of Truth, Dorian Lynskey charts the life of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: one of the most influential books of the 20th Century, a perennial bestseller, and a work that remains more relevant than ever in today's tumultuous world.
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Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
2024 || Paperback || Oscar Wilde || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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Feel Free
Essays
2024 || Paperback || Zadie Smith || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A collection of insightful and funny essays from the bestselling and award-winning author. Includes essays on a range of subjects including literature, film, music icons, Brexit, the presidency of Donald Trump and climate change. For fans of David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again".
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Figures in a Landscape
People and Places
2024 || Paperback || Paul Theroux || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The author of "Deep South" and "The Great Railway Bazaar"'s body of work is mined for its best bits, brought together here, with profiles of famous people such as Oliver Sacks and Robin Williams, reflections from Theroux's own reading, and extracts from the iconic travel writing.
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary
2024 || Paperback || Anne Frank || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Aged thirteen when Anne Frank went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and feelings, movingly revealing how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with the daily threat of discovery and death, petty misunderstandings and the unbearable strain of living like prisoners.
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Letters to a Young Poet
2024 || Paperback || Rainer Maria Rilke || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This edition deals with these letters.
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Style and Substance
Why What We Wear Matters
2024 || Paperback || Bay Garnett || John Murray Press
The ultimate celebration of the joy and power of clothes, featuring pieces from Charlotte Tilbury, Stanley Tucci, Zadie Smith, Bella Freud, Chloë Sevigny, Rachel Weisz and Eunice Olumide, curated by legendary stylist, Bay Garnett.
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A Room of One's Own
Annotated Edition
2024 || Paperback || Virginia Woolf || Alma Books Ltd
A seminal, widely studied feminist polemic that touches on both literature and politics, A Room of One's Own is essential reading for those wishing to understand the progress that has been made in women's rights and the struggles that still lie ahead.