Zadie Smith From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their...

Santa Montefiore Set in Ireland on the wild coast of Connemara, this hauntingly romantic novel tells the story of a young woman who goes in search of her family's past...

Patricia Gibney The young woman standing on Lottie’s step was a stranger. She was clutching the hand of a young boy. ‘Help me,’ she said to Lottie. ‘Please help me.’One...

Pinchas Peli  

Garth Fowden Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. A human (according to some) who had lived about the time of Moses, but...

David M Stern This remarkable anthology of sixteen narratives from ancient and medieval Hebrew texts opens a new window onto the Jewish imagination. Presenting the captivating world of rabbinic storytelling,...

Meir Y Soloveichik (Editor), Stuart W Halpern (Editor), Matthew Holbreich (Editor), Jonathan Silver (Editor) Turning to the Hebrew Bible for inspiration, solidarity, comfort, and purpose, as the members of the...

Renée Fleming (Editor) World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renée Fleming curates a collection of essays from leading scientists, creative arts therapists, educators, healthcare providers and artists about the powerful impacts of...

Michael Downes A colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary masterpiece, Ring of the Nibelung.The Ring is one of the most epic and compelling stories...

David Schulenberg Bach has remained a figure of continuous fascination and interest to scholars and readers since the original Master Musicians Bach volume's publication in 1983 - even since its...

Axel Englund The first book to use subversive sexuality as a lens through which to provocatively view opera in the 21st century.Imagine Armida, Handel’s Saracen sorceress, performing her breakneck coloraturas in...

John Clubbe A fascinating and in-depth exploration of how the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Napoleon shaped Beethoven’s political ideals and inspired his groundbreaking compositions. Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas...