An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag…

The idea of a connection between poetry and religion is as old as civilization. Homer consulted the Olympian gods on the fate of the fighters on the plain before Troy…

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As a revelation of insight, literary craft and experience of life this book is triumphant. Father Benson is rich indeed in all that concerns the writer of fiction. This book…

The Shelf2Life Catholic Studies Collection is a unique collection of pre-1923 titles focusing on the history, culture and practice of Catholicism. From antique editions of traditional prayers, accounts of important…

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This nationwide bestselling account of the founding of Australia is a brilliant and enduring achievement … history of the highest order combining thorough research with vivid narrative and thoughtful assessment…

The most controversial art critic in America–author of the bestselling The Fatal Shore and The Shock of the New–looks with love and loathing, wit and authority, at art and artists…