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Curtis Sittenfeld

'Sheer joy...Giddy and glam and a hearty update of Pride and Prejudice' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist From the bestselling author of Prep, American Wife and Sisterland comes this brilliant retelling of Austen's classic set in modern day Cincinnati. The Bennet sisters have been summoned from N...

On the Suffering of the World

Arthur Schopenhauer; Eugene Thacker (Editor)

On the Suffering of the World is a collection of the later aphoristic writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, known for their incisive, aphoristic style and dark, pessimistic view of human existence.   Edited and with an introduction by Eugene Thacker, On the Suffering of the World comprises a core selection o...

How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely

Seneca

A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the most of our timeWho doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first ce...

The Rainbow

Yasunari Kawabata

With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, ...