In this fascinating anthology, one hundred men - distinguished in literature and film, science and architecture, theatre and human rights - confess to being moved to tears by poems that haunt them. Representing 20 nationalities and ranging in age from their early 20s to their late 80s, the majority are public figures not prone to crying. Here they admit to breaking down when ambushed by great art, often in words as powerful as the poems themselves. 75 per cent of the selected poems were written in the 20th century, with more than a dozen by women. Their themes range from love in its many...

A rich and comforting anthology of more than 70 short stories, poems, fairytales, and bedtime classics--from William Shakespeare to B.J. Novak and from Charles Dickens to Neil Gaiman--for grown-ups who want to unwind, unplug, and slip into soothing stories that will send them off to slumberland.

There are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this treasured ritual as grown-ups and risk sacrificing our good health and well-being?

In this groundbreaking anthology, Ben Holden, editor of the bestselling Poems That Make Grown Men Cry,...