Another Side: Extract from ‘Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown’ by David Yaffe
In Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown (out now in paperback) iterary scholar and music critic David Yaffe offers an…
Extracts
An Émigré in New York: Extract from Norman Manea’s ‘The Lair’
Norman Manea is an acclaimed literary figure, whose works evoke comparisons to such giants as Kafka and Musil….
The Future of Books and Reading: Extract from ‘The Future of History’ by John Lukacs
The name John Lukacs is known to history students the world over (he has written more than thirty…
Cosmic Understanding: Extract from ‘The New Universe and the Human Future’
In The New Universe and the Human Future (out now in paperback) a cultural philosopher (Nancy Abrams) and an astrophysicist (Joel…
The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession: Extract from ‘Realeconomik’ by Grigory Yavlinsky
In his recent book Realeconomik the internationally respected economist Grigory Yavlinsky makes a powerful case that without a commitment to…
Capital Punishment: Extract from ‘Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City’ by Thomas Friedrich
In Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City, Thomas Friedrich explores how the German capital captivated Hitler’s imagination and how he sought…
Writing the Biography of a Genius: Extract from ‘Joseph Brodsky, A Literary Life’ by Lev Loseff
Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life (out now in paperback) is an intimate, penetrating study of the great Russian…
How Christianity came to Latin America: Extract from ‘New Worlds’ by John Lynch
With unsurpassed knowledge of Latin American history, John Lynch’s New Worlds: A Religious History of Latin America sets out to…
Survivors of the Gulag: Extract from ‘Gulag Voices’ by Anne Applebaum
Published last year to widespread acclaim, Gulag Voices by Pulitzer Prize-winner Anne Applebaum is a unique collection of writings from…
Bucharest Spring: Extract from ‘The Black Envelope’ by Norman Manea (part 1)
The Black Envelope is a novel by Jewish Romanian novelist Norman Manea, and has recently been published in…
Virginia Woolf’s Soho: Extract from ‘Nights Out’ by Judith Walkowitz
Judith Walkowitz, author of Nights Out, a new book on the history of Soho, discusses Virginia Woolf’s interactions…
The Real Shostakovich? Extract from ‘Music for Silenced Voices’ by Wendy Lesser
Music for Silenced Voices by Wendy Lesser, published in paperback this month, is a biography of Shostakovich that views him…
The Rise of the Digital Madison Avenue: Extract from ‘The Daily You’ by John Turow
The Daily You by John Turow documents the new media marketing revolution, showing how advertisers are stealthily defining…
The life of a chameleon: Extract from Nigel Smith’s acclaimed biography of poet Andrew Marvell
Nigel Smith’s critically acclaimed biography Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon has just been published in paperback. Drawing on exhaustive archival research,…
Sign of the Times: Extract from ‘The Hollywood Sign’ by Leo Braudy
Published in paperback this month The Hollywood Sign by Leo Braudy (part of Yale’s Icons of America series) is…