Philosophy In The GardenWhy did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his 'thought tree'? In 'Philosophy in the Garden', Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden provided a retreat from workaday labour; for others, solitude's quiet counsel.

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'The Practice' will help you get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work

This book takes you from winter into deepest spring

With more than 150 photographs this book describes the beginnings of the yard within the wider historical context and discusses the expansion of the site and the impact of the two World Wars

yet remains virtually unknown and inaccessible outside the scientific literature

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personal history and conversations with both Americans and Germans who are grappling with the evils of their own national histories

when leaders Jacques de Molay and Geoffroy de Charnay were burned at the stake

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Packed with historical and geological information

Clive James offers a personal guide to the poems he found it impossible to forget