Essays

The best-selling author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten returns with a new collection of witty, down-to-earth essays. 400,000 first p...

Laton Mccartney. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 240-257. Library Journal Best BooksCategories: Literature & Fiction Essays & CorrespondenceEssays ...

Here are The Prince and the most important of the Discourses newly translated into spare, vivid English. Why a new translation? Machiavelli was never the du...

In this volume along with its companion, The Library of America presents all of the most significant and best-loved works of Eudora Welty. Of her own work, ...

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A collection of inspirational messages presents the author's insights into such topics as friendship, grace, spirit,...

The Retractations -- The City Of God, Books I-xxii -- The Compatibility Of Christianity And Politics -- Law And Self-defense -- War -- The Use Of Persecutio...

The political and linguistic writings of America's leading dissident intellectual. He relates his political ideals to his theories about language. Library...

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods returns readers to the beloved Southern town of Trinity Harbor with a story of second chances and findin...

What Inspires You? That's The Simple, But Profound Question More Than Forty Renowned Authors Answer In Light The Dark. Each Author Picks A Favorite Passage-...

With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned earl...

When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here,...

A Book Of Inspirational Quotes Culled From The Author's Writings--Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

A Big-shouldered, Big-trouble Thriller Set In Mobbed-up 1920s Chicago--a City Where Some People Knew Too Much, And Where Everyone Should Have Known Better--...

With her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compel...

Anne Lamott Writes About Community, Family, And Faith In Essays That Are Both Wise And Irreverent. Now Lamott Offers A Message Of Hope That Celebrates The T...

Aspects of Schenkerian TheoryCategories: Literature & Fiction Essays & CorrespondenceEssays

Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister In The Brotherhood, is a deep dive into the secret language and hidden culture of one of the most esoteric heavy const...

"[Julian Barnes] reinvents the wheel; I'm always fascinated to see what shape it's going to be next."—Jay McInerney With the same brilliant style and idio...

A National Book Critics Circle Finalist for Criticism A deeply Malcolmian volume on painters, photographers, writers, and critics. Janet Malcolm's In the F...

Literary critic, cultural commentator, TV personality, journalist, poet, political analyst, satirist and Formula One fan: Clive James is a man (and master) ...

Best-selling, Award-winning, Pop Culture Powerhouse Roxane Gay Guest Edits This Year's Best American Short Stories, The Premier Annual Showcase For The Coun...

A Collection Of The Year's Best Essays Selected By Robert Atwan And Guest Editor Rebecca Solnit. Award-winning Writer, Cultural Critic, And Activist, Rebecc...

From One Of His Generation's Most Inventive And Gifted Writers (the New York Times), Intimate And Sharply Observed Commentary On Life, Art, Politics, And Th...

Science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten,” notes guest editor Amy Stewart in her...

“Reading How Literature Saved My Life is like getting to listen in on a really great, smart, provocative conversation. The book is not straightforward, it...

Imagine a world where whole epochs will pass, cultures rise and fall, between a telephone call and the reply. Think of the human race multiplying 500-mill...

Robert Fulghum.Categories: Religion & Spirituality New Age & SpiritualityInspirational

In his introduction to this volume, Stephen King writes, “Talent does more than come out; it bursts out, again and again, doing exuberant cartwheels whil...

“While a single short story may have a difficult time raising enough noise on its own to be heard over the din of civilization, short stories in bulk can ...

In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the...

Presents A Selection Of The Best Works Of Short Fiction Of The Past Year From A Variety Of Acclaimed Sources.Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels Graphic...

for More Than Four Hundred Years, The Personal  essay Has Been One Of The Richest And Most Vibrant  of All Literary Forms. Distinguished From The  detache...

Featuring Archival And Contemporary Images, In Flanders Fields: 100 Years Is A Stirring And Engrossing Mediation On A Singular Moment In History, And A Trib...

Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award\A defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon—and gaining new appreciation—amidst the bins and sh...

From Award-winning Actress And Political Activist America Ferrera Comes A Vibrant And Varied Collection Of First Person Accounts From Prominent Figures Abou...

About the Author\Emily Ratajkowski is a model, actress, activist, entrepreneur, and writer. She has starred in David Fincher’s Gone Girl, among other film...

An Affecting And Hope-filled Posthumous Collection Of Essays And Stories From The Talented Young Yale Graduate Whose Title Essay Captured The World's Attent...

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. Sedaris's collection of essays and stories is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgei...

Robert Bly, renowned poet and author of the ground-breaking bestseller Iron John, mingles essay and verse to explore the Shadow — the dark side of the hum...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In this entertaining anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legendary, larger-than-life New York ...

This Volume Brings Together The Era's Classic Works, With More Than A Hundred Selections From A Broad Range Of Sources, Including Kant, Diderot, Voltaire, N...

Seventy-year-old F.X. Toole has exploded onto the literary scene with this astonishing first collection of stories drawn from his own experiences in boxing...

Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-centu...

Written By Hilda Dolittle, This Set Of Three Poems--including The Walls Do Not Fall, Tribute To The Angels, And The Flowering Of The Rod--emphasizes The Hor...

Presents A Compilation Of Writings By The Swiss Psychoanalyst. The Stages Of Life -- The Structure Of The Psyche -- Instinct And The Unconscious -- The Conc...

A hilarious collection of essays, perfect for fans of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham. A collection of hilarious, poignant and moving essays from the Number ...

Most of Nora EphronCategories: Parenting & RelationshipsHumor