When I Was A Child I Read BooksFrom the author of the magnificent, award winning novels GILEAD, HOME and LILA comes this wonderful, heart warming collection of essays about reading. 'Grace and intelligence [her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama Marilynne Robinson is not only a writer of sharp, subtly moving fiction, but also a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In this luminous collection she returns to the themes which have

Nash explores how new interpretations can change our understanding of what was previously an established version of history and what lasting contribution the study of history can make to society and

Wabi sabi ("wah-bi sah-bi") is a captivating concept from Japanese aesthetics

He soon turned his many talents to writing children’s books

is secretly attending school to train for a film opportunity

Prisoner Of Yakutsk

In The Lives Of Puppets

Mother India is the story of two young people living in contemporary Delhi

Queen Of Fire

the first monsoon shower

The simple people who inhabit his stories evoke sympathy and laughter in equal measure

and the comically anxious writer

a misunderstood stylist