A remarkable, wide-ranging introduction to The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two literary works at the heart of Western cultureWhile we’ll never know if a man named Homer ever existed…

The Iliad and The Odyssey are perhaps the most influential works in the history of western literature. This exquisite analysis of their creation and influence establishes how, precisely, these two…

An eclectic history of human curiosity, a great feast of ideas, and a memoir of a reading life from an internationally celebrated reader and thinker

Already an international phenomenon, this riveting novel from a bestselling author in the Spanish-speaking world depicts a deadly game of wits between the brilliant but religiously suspect Leonardo Da Vinci…

With insight and passion, Alberto Manguel underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilized, and engaged society.

Wrenched from civilization and its attendant madness, the desolate hero is transported into a natural world that is at once menacing and sublime, this captures the breathtaking beauty of a…

To celebrate Germany’s turn in the presidency of the EU Council, the German National Library is publishing this wonderful series of pictures, representing a visual catch culled from the more…