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he Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game. After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war.

Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength. At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants.

Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition's envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

The fourth book in the stormlight Archive series, Rhythm of War, marks the eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from epic fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson.

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinars crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholins scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalitions envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

Dedicated to Ralph Waldo Emerson, this 1893 collection of critical writings includes assessments of classic poets and philosophers: Dryden, Shakespeare, Lessing, and Rousseau. Also included are chapters on “Witchcraft,” “New England Two Centuries Ago,” and “The Sentimentalists.”  

Renowned literary critic and prose stylist Lytton Strachey republished some of his numerous literary essays in this volume. Here are fifteen of them examining the works of French and English authors, including Racine, Sir Thomas Browne, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Blake, among others.

This 1880 book, written by the great British bibliophile, is a thorough review of the many sources of book destruction. There are chapters on such enemies as fire, water, heat, neglect, bigotry, book worms, collectors, servants, and children. The book ends with a passionate plea for book preservation.

This 1869 miscellany of articles, letters, and speeches by and about Carlyle highlights his restless intellect and wide-ranging interests. The volume begins; “The general belief that Carlyle is a gloomy misanthrope…is quite an error.” Contents include “Goethe and Carlyle,” “Preface to Emerson’s Essays,” “Advice to a Young Man,” and more.

The author writes that “Nature is the inspiration, art the song” in his introduction to this illuminating collection of biographical sketches which examine how nature inspired the work of such writers as Tennyson, Thoreau, Carlyle, and Wordsworth—these writers, among others in this volume, are considered some of the most contemplative minds of the nineteenth century.

In 1870, a great American educator set down in print the advice he had often given to students. He teaches how to read critically but with appreciation, the topics of history, Christian literature, fiction, biography, poetry, criticism, science, religion, and news. Includes advice on starting and maintaining a library, as well as a list of recommended reading.

This volume, published two years after Blades’s death, explores the practice of securing books by chaining in England and abroad. Other chapters deal with such topics as the use and development of signatures in books; early schools of typography; and the invention of printing. Informative and readable, Books in Chains will be of interest to bibliophiles everywhere. 

Authoritative and engaging, Early Printed Books, by the English bibliographer E. Gordon Duff, introduces the reader to the history of the printed book. Beginning with the earliest printing in China and its spread to Europe and England, Duff discusses printing in various European countries, bookbinding, and provides information on collecting early printed books.

By 1898, books had become more affordable than they had been in the past, leading to greater literacy and a barometer of society’s cultural and intellectual status. Using price points to trace the history of publishing and reading, the author considers manuscript prices, booksellers, auctions throughout the centuries, and prices of the earliest printed books.

This 1912 collection of essays on books and bookselling includes “The Christmas Book,” “Bookselling and Some of its Humours,” “Early Victorian Bookselling,” “Some Old Libraries,” “The Revolution in Educational Literature,” “The Evolution of the Bookseller,” “Nineteenth Century Book Distributing,” “Publishing,” “Booksellers’ Trade Dinner Sales,” “The Use and Abuse of Book Titles,” and more.

A companion to his earlier Virginibus Puerisque, this 1882 collection is the more critical volume of the two. “The readings of a literary vagrant,” according to the author, these conversational essays read more like short stories about their subjects. Included among the nine pieces are, “Victor Hugo’s Romances,” “Some Aspects of Robert Burns,” “Henry David Thoreau: His Character and Opinions,” and “Charles of Orleans.”

Subtitled, “A Plea for Bibliomania,” Tredwell’s monograph was prepared upon the invitation of the Rembrandt Club in Brooklyn, New York, to tell of his experiences in the “seductive” art of privately illustrating books. The paper was read on December 8, 1880, but was so popular the club printed it in book form.

This 1912 history of bookmaking surveys the publishing trade from its beginnings, covering block-books, the invention and development of printing, early illustrated books, printing in England, woodcut and engraved illustrations, modern fine printing, and collecting. Pollard argues that modern books are not fine books, and are “handicapped” by their method of production.

This collection of essays, individually published between 1915 and 1917, originated as lectures Hearn delivered to Japanese students at the University of Tokyo. They constitute one of the first attempts by a Western critic to interpret Western culture to the East. Chapters are dedicated to Western attitudes to women, poetry, the Bible, and an overview of Western literary influences.  

In this 1912 edition (originally published in 1891), the author has collected all the lyrics and verses used in his books, excepting the Jungle Books and Just So Stories.  Included are memorable verses such as “Puck’s Song” from Puck, as well as songs from Actions and Reactions, Naulakha, Rewards and Fairies, and other works.