Arrian on Coursing


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The Self-Tormentor


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The Art of Poetry


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Brewer's Politics


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This book answers questions arising from political life and lore down the ages. It offers a blend of hard facts, insight and wit and should prove to be both essential and compelling reading.




The Works of John Dryden: Life


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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable


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Completely updated for the twenty-first century, this reference presents definitions and origins of thousands of words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, nicknames, and events from TV, literature, music, comic strips, and computer games.




The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English


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Volume 2 explores the period when a drive, unprecedented in its energy and scope, to bring foreign writing of all kinds into English emerged, and when translation became a key part of the English writer's career. Translation was also fundamental in the evolution of the still unfixed English language and its still unfixed literary styles.