On Solitude by Michel de Montaigne (Penguin Great Ideas)

On Solitude by Michel de Montaigne (Penguin Great Ideas)Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic and timeless writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, the importance of sleep and why we sometimes laugh and cry at the same things.

she must embark on a desperate odyssey through a city of greed

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the Good Witch of the North tells her

this incredible true story is brought to life by Victoria's stunning illustrations

one which Winona struggles to confront

' Pandora Sykes 'A beautiful tender messy brilliant generous open-hearted book

Bliain na nAmhrán

right down by the sea

and that cheeky mouse just won't leave

longing and the need to be loved

Andy Miller

which changed the course of history