The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor ColeridgeOne of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 1834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William Wordsworth inspired some of Coleridge's best known poems, from the nightmarish vision of the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and the opium inspired 'Kubla Khan' to the sombre passion of 'Dejection: An Ode' and the medieval ballad 'Christabel'. His meditative

This drains our energy and hinders our decision-making

whatever the personal cost

Sengupta pieces together the story of Shishu and Noni

emotional control

her reticent sister

A world map at the beginning of the book shows the location of each of the countries and a glossary contains definitions of the foreign words

a horror story

Bonner was already an avid bird-watcher who divided his spare time between looking for birds in the parks of London

American and Polish troops

In this eye-opening history of ideas

her world starts to feel lighter

a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made