De dagboeken en brieven van Etty Hillesum, die postuum wereldwijd verschenen, zijn voor veel mensen al tientallen jaren een bron van inspiratie. Midden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog gaf Etty haar innerlijk leven in een bijna ononderbroken reeks aantekeningen vorm. Haar voortdurend zoeken naar ‘een verlossende formule’ resulteerde in schitterende en aangrijpende passages. Haar aan poëzie grenzende uitspraken over de wereld om haar heen, haar zeldzaam openhartige en nietsontziende zelfonderzoe...

A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEWITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD'This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack. Written by a poet, it is also a work of literature, published after the author lost her life doing her research. It is an icon of a young woman's heroism' Philippa Gregory

This volume collects all of Orwell’s major essays, including ‘Shooting an Elephant’, ‘Inside the Whale’, ‘Politics and the English Language’, ‘Why I Write’ and ‘Politics vs Literature: An Examination of Gulliver’s Travels’, as well as a generous selection of shorter pieces on a variety of literary and political subjects.

An explosive new biography of Bill Gates that delves behind the façade of his carefully crafted public image, and questions the dominance of billionaires in contemporary society.

With heart-wrenchingly beautiful stories of fate and yearning that sparked a social media frenzy in South Korea, Every Moment Was You is a straightforwardly written, yet also deeply moving collection of short essays about life and love.

Warmly describing the joy and clumsiness of daily experiences, countless readers across Asia have found the book to be a faithful companion, offering them consolation and strength to deal with the pain, stress and sadness that might come with modern ...