Why I Write by George Orwell

Why I Write by George OrwellYou've had The Big Read, now here comes The Big Think. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization,

Wherever she went

Almost all of the Himalaya had been mapped by the time the Great Game—in which the British and Russian Empires fought for control of Central and Southern Asia—reached its zenith in the latter half of the 19th century

and the Greeks are victorious

Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked

through William Faulkner

the sacred - even if we are mostly unable to bear it

At the time of its original publication in 1988

On February 14

At some point

love and magic are sparked into life

he goes in search of her

Gabo savors affection and attention from those in his orbit but wrestles with what he will lose—and what is already lost