Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ou...

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance think...

'No one characteristic clasps us purely and universally in its embrace.'A selection of...

The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human follies with the...

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker ...

An Apology for Raymond Sebond is widely regarded as the greatest of Montaigne's essays: a supreme...

This edition makes available once again Thunberg's extraordinary writings on Japan, complete with...

This edition makes available once again Thunberg’s extraordinary writings on Japan, complete w...

This edition makes available once again Thunberg’s extraordinary writings on Japan, complete w...

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly re...

Isaac Titsingh was intermittently head of the Japan factory (trading station) of the Dutch East I...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourse...