Essays & Correspondence

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway, University of London Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warr...

a Classic Work That Has Charmed Generations Of Readers, This Collection Assembles Carson Mccullers’s Best Stories, Including Her Beloved Novella “the Ball...

The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary and conservative icon Peggy Noonan offers her most insightful work, including her Wall Street Journal columns...

Walden in a box: Contents of writings of Henry David Thoreau: (1) Walden or Life in the Woods, (2), Economy, (3) Where I lived and What I lived For, (4) Re...

The Characteristic Heart And Punch-packing Observations Are Back, But With A Newfound Coat Of Maturity. A Thin Coat. More Of A Blazer, Really. Fans Of I Was...

Drawn by some sympathetic not in one of his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. Booknews This classic of sincerity and ...

One of the most famous works of literature in the Western world, Plato's Symposium is also one of the most entertaining. The scene is a dinner party in Athe...

“Brilliant, hysterical, truthful, and real, these essays illuminate the path for our future female leaders.”—Reese WitherspoonA diverse group of cele...

Defining that precise moment when a trend becomes a trend, Malcolm Gladwell probes the surface of everyday occurrences to reveal some surprising dynamics b...

In an age when the Dalai Lama's image has been used to sell computers, rock stars have used tantra to enhance their image, and for many, Nirvana calls to ...

Seinfeld. For more than 33 million viewers, the Emmy Award-winning television show has become a Thursday night ritual. Even though the show has ended, J...

a 16th-century Mystic, St. John Of The Cross Was Also A Carmelite Monk Who Helped Reform The Order. In This Book, He Addresses Pride, Avarice, Envy, And O...

The award-winning PostSecret project's most profound and stunning postcards to date For the past three years Frank Warren has invited people of all back...

There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mas­tered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, yo...

A Collection Of Fifty-five Important Pieces Of Short Fiction Of The Twentieth Century Features Masterworks By Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cath...

Fevered notes scribbled on napkins after first dates. Titillating text messages. It's-not-you-it's-me relationship-enders. In Other People’s Love Letters...

The eighth installment in the universally beloved, internationally bestselling series.In the life of Mma Ramotswe €“ a woman duly proud of her fine trad...

Showing the Story collects nonfiction by new writers: clear voices, fresh content, engaging storytelling.This collection shows what people new to writing, ...

Here are all of Grace Paley's classic stories collected in one volume. Her quirky, boisterous characters and rich use of language have won her readers' he...

Isaiah Berlin Was One Of The Leading Thinkers Of Our Time And One Of Its Finest Writers. The Proper Study Of Mankind Brings Together His Most Celebrated Wri...

"Making Hay takes one of the least common denominators in rural American life and gives it real glory. Klinkenborg is funny, learned, elegant, and accurate ...

ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY contains far more than just the funniest collection of autobiographical essays - it quite well registers as a manifesto about langua...

Is There A Song That Changed Your Life? Npr's Music Authority Bob Boilen Posed That Question To Some Of Today's Best-loved Musical Legends And Rising Stars....

Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies, but no book-length portrait has appeared be...

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warrior Of The Light: A Manual Is An Inspirational Companion To the Alchemist, An International Bestseller That Has Beguiled Millions Of Readers Around The...

Sex, and death. All of Marguerite Duras's writings are suffused with the certitude that absolute love is both necessary (sex) ... and impossible to achieve ...