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Oscar Wilde's early fame ensured that throughout his short life he was written about by many of those he met. He was celebrated - or mocked - as th...

"I don't regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do anything one does. I lived on honeycomb." Osc...

Oscar Wilde's early fame ensured that throughout his short life he was written about by many of those he met. He was celebrated - or mocked - as th...

Product Description 'Quivers with honesty, A-list gossip and sardonic prose' The Times'Everett is a deliciously gifted writer. Nothing and no...

They say that sometimes ghosts don't realise they're dead and wander around screaming because no one is paying them any attention. Well, in show bu...

Oscar Wilde's stories are much-loved classics and make a fantastic story collection. They are timeless. moving and very readable. Complemented by a...

Product Description The fifth installment of this best-selling series features 365 captivating entries about the most celebrated personalities...

'A PROBING EXPLORATION OF THE CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF INACTIVITY' FINANCIAL TIMES 'To do nothing at all is the most difficult th...

`This ad is gender neutral', proclaimed a 2016 poster for the fashion brand Diesel; `I resist definitions', announced a Calvin Klein ad in the same...

From the show-stoppingly elegant (Halle Berry winning the award for Monster's Ball in a breathtaking Elie Saab) to the decidedly kooky (Adam Rippon...

A number one New York Times bestseller Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection Radio Four's 'Book of the Week' The official tie-in edition to the stunning...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, u...

Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus Complex have become a...

Product Description 'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in...

"Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed...

Review Eloisa James is extraordinary. ― People Magazine Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than Eloisa James. ― Julia Quinn A charming, roman...

INTRODUCING guide to the history and theory of still controversial 'speaking cure'. The ideas of psychoanalysis have permeated Western culture. It ...

“I never really think of anyone as models, even the models,” Juergen Teller has said, and “Everything I choose to photograph, I think is beautiful....

Part historical narrative, part modern fiction, the book consists of two interlinked stories: the first focuses on the 18th century painter Thomas ...

About the Author Pippa Curnick grew up in rural Essex and studied at Camberwell College of Art. She graduated from the University of Derby with a ...

Product Description Authoritative biography of cult writer and author of NAKED LUNCH, William Burroughs (1914-1997).It has been 50 years since No...