The Book and the Brotherhood (1987)

The Book and the Brotherhood is the 23rd novel of Iris Murdoch, first published in 1987. Considered by some critics to be among her best novels, is the story of a group of close friends living in England in the 1980s. The book of the title is a theoretical work on Marxism, supposed to have been written by David Crimond, an exile from this circle of friends.

Charles Darwin – On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species. Darwin’s book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution.

Demon Rumm

Sandra Brown - Demon Rumm

It was the publicity stunt from hell as far as Kirsten Rumm was concerned. She may have been writing the book about her late husband, aeronautical daredevil Demon Rumm, but she didn’t see the need to play host to the arrogant bad-boy actor starring in the film version’s title role. Still, for the good of the project, Kirsten agreed to share her beachfront home with the impossibly sexy screen idol.

Paul Auster (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Poet and novelist, essayist and screenwriter, contemporary author Paul Austor's prolific oeuvre includes the critically acclaimed screenplays for Smoke and Lulu on the Bridge as well as the novels Timbuktu and The Book of Illusions.

This title, Paul Auster, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Paul Auster through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Paul Auster, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University

The Praise of Folly

The Praise of Folly (Greek title: Morias Enkomion, Latin: Stultitiae Laus, sometimes translated as In Praise of More, Dutch title: Lof der Zotheid) is an essay written in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511.