Literary essays

A Garden View of Anne Morrow Lindbergh'sGift from the SeaThis book is a feast, a dream, a wondrous adventure.

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The questions that drive Priscilla Long's Fire and Stone are the questions asked by the painter Paul Gauguin in the title of his 1897 painting: Where Do We Come From?

Throughout southern Africa, shebeens are where jokes are born, news is embellished and exchanged.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird, filmmaker Mary Murphy has interviewed prominent figures—including Oprah, Anna Quindlen, and Tom Brokaw—on how the book has impacted their lives.

A wide-ranging collection of essays by one of America's most perceptive critics of popular and literary cultureFrom one of America's most insightful and independent-minded critics comes a remarkable new collection of essays, her first in more than fifteen years.

His name is Toure--just Toure--and like many of the musicians, athletes, and celebrities he's profiled, he has affected the way that we think about culture in America.

The cult classic essay collection from "e;one of the most emotionally exacting, mercilessly candid, deeply funny .

The Metamorphoses, by Ovid, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.

The battle of the sexes rages on in this smart, witty, and extremely timely comedy from the phenomenally popular Jane HellerAt first, Manhattan financial planner Melanie Banks adores Dan Swain, her pro football player husband who's got a sexy Oklahoma drawl to go with his athletic good looks.

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A rollicking debut book of essays that takes readers on a trip through the muck of American myths that have settled in the desert of our country's underbellyEarly on July 16, 1945, Joshua Wheeler's great grandfather awoke to a flash, and then a long rumble: the world's first atomic blast filled the horizon north of his ranch in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Today's reader has choices: books about love, aboutlife, about death and everything in between.

Spanning thirty years of writing, Making Waves traces the development of Mario Vargas Llosa's thinking on politics and culture, and shows the breadth of his interests and passions.

Raccolta di saggi letterari sull'autoconoscimento, scritti in pergamenino, sigillati, arrotolati e infilati in bottiglie di vetro incolore, senza tracce di etichetta, chiuse con tappi di sughero delle querce dell'Alentejo.

In this collection of new essays from the Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize longlist, First Nations writers and writers of colour bend and shift boundaries, query the past and envision new futures.

“More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern.

A suburban Chicago family comes undone in this ';fresh and riveting' novel of domestic disquiet by an award-winning author (Booklist, starred review).

In this anthology, distinguished writers explore the relevance of mentors in their education and development as writers.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice.

';Explores the poetry in dynamic facts, and accumulates stories where life and life's enterprises meet.

The Souls of Black Folk, by W.