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The Greatest Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance, Spiritual Laws, The Conduct of Life, Nature, Addresses and Lectures, Representative Men, The Transcendentalist, Nominalist and Realist, The American Scholar, Man the Reformer…
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
This meticulously edited collection contains the essential writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction: Ralph Waldo Emerson Books: The Conduct of Life: Fate Power Wealth Culture Behavior Worship Considerations...
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
This volume, edited by Carl Bode in collaboration with Malcolm Cowley, presents the essential Emerson, selected from works that eloquently express the philosophy of a worldly idealist. The Portable Emerson comprises essays, including “History,” “Self-Reliance,” “The Over-Soul,” “Circles,”...
A Paris All Your Own
Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
A collection of all-new Paris-themed essays written by some of the biggest names in women’s fiction, including Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler, Maggie Shipstead, and Lauren Willig—edited by Eleanor Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters and The Light of Paris.
“My...
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Collected Pieces
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
A collection of insightful essays, interviews, and commentaries on music, art, and those who make it, from acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Ned Rorem
It is a rare artist who can deftly cross the boundaries separating one artistic endeavor from another. Contemporary American...
The Genius of Language
Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
Fifteen outstanding writers answered editor Wendy Lesser’s call for original essays on the subject of language–the one they grew up with, and the English in which they write.Despite American assumptions about polite Chinese discourse, Amy Tan believes that there was nothing discreet about the...
Modern Love, Revised and Updated
True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the New York Times “Modern Love” column—now revised and updated, featuring stories from the upcoming anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John Slattery
A young woman...
Best Sex Writing 2012
The State of Today's Sexual Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
In Best Sex Writing 2012, editor Rachel Kramer Bussel and judge Susie Bright collect the year’s most challenging and provocative nonfiction articles on this endlessly evocative subject. The essays here comprise a detailed, direct survey of the contemporary American sexual landscape. Major commentators...
The Meaning of Recognition
New Essays 2001-2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Literary critic, cultural commentator, TV personality, journalist, poet, political analyist, satirist and Formula One fan: Clive James is a man (and master) of many talents, and the essays collected in The Meaning of Recognition are testament to that fact. Whether discussing Bing Crosby, Bruno Schulz...
by Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, John Bull
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Contents The Ephemera: An Emblem Of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin And The Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation For The Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859)....
The Last Empire
Essays 1992-2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Like his National Book Award—winning United States, Gore Vidal’s scintillating ninth collection, The Last Empire*,* affirms his reputation as our most provocative critic and observer of the modern American scene. In the essays collected here, Vidal brings his keen intellect, experience, and razor-edged...
by José Joaquín Vallejo
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2002
Writing under the pseudonym "Jotabeche," José Joaquín Vallejo wrote forty-one short articles on Chilean life and society in the early republic. Known for their caustic wit, his writings were an instant success when they were first published in Chilean magazines and newspapers. This volume...
Falling Through Space
The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Ellen Gilchrist, famed Southern storyteller, author of more than a dozen books and winner of the National Book Award, has long been a subject of fascination among readers.
Now, with this collection of essays, readers can explore the legend throughout her career. From the Mississippi plantation...
Kingdom of Olives and Ash
Writers Confront the Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of fifty years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
In Kingdom of Olives and Ash, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have...
by William Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
A collection of New York Times bestselling author William Gibson’s articles and essays about contemporary culture—a privileged view into the mind of a writer whose thinking has shaped not only a generation of writers but our entire culture...
Though best known for his fiction, William...