Literary essays

"e;Reading Patricia Vigderman is like attending an ideal dinner party, where everyone has read your favorite books.

As extreme weather becomes the norm, scientists agree that our climate is changing.

From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstoresDo we need bookstores in the twenty-first century?

Navigating the world with an ADHD brain can be exhausting.

Woolf on Women is a powerful and thought-provoking collection of Virginia Woolf's most influential essays on women-both real and fictional, historical and contemporary-and the ways in which they navigate the constraints of society.

Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna.

Yuri Andrukhovych is one of Ukraine's preeminent authors and cultural commentators.

L’équipe du partenariat « Textes missionnaires dans l’espace francophone » explore, dans cette seconde publication, l’envers du décor de la mission.

Notes on Sontag is a frank, witty, and entertaining reflection on the work, influence, and personality of one of the "e;foremost interpreters of .

An authoritative and lively account of the development of the genre, by leading experts in the field.

»Ein wahrer Glücksfall« FAZWas bedeutet es, in einem reichen Land in Armut aufzuwachsen?

Der große Historiker Raul Hilberg hat mit seinem Werk ›Die Vernichtung der europäischen Juden‹ die Erforschung des Holocaust maßgeblich geprägt.

«… hauptsächlich hasse und verachte ich das Tier, das man Mensch nennt, obwohl ich herzlich John, Peter, Thomas usw.

Japan today defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking traditionbut what was the historical reality?

Noting some of the more bizarre aspects of history, author Jim Rhine peers behind the veil of assumed knowledge with insight and humor to reveal the shocking truths, stunning ironies, and the often humorous all-too-human element behind many of our most recognized and cherished collective memories.

Wenn Chris von Rohr, wie in diesem Buch, ehrlich und ungefiltert Klartext spricht, vergisst er nie, zu betonen, dass die einzigen wahren Währungen im Leben Musik, Love, Peace und Humor sind.

At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America.

Seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre befindet sich Thomas David in einem kontinuierlichen Gespräch mit der Gegenwartsliteratur.

A collection of essays on writers and writing by the Booker-shortlisted novelist and critic.

Religion im lebendigen DiskursWie hält es der moderne Erzähler und Mediziner, der Jude und Christ Alfred Döblin mit der Religion?

From the Nobel Prize-winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essaysOld Truths and New Cliches collects nineteen essays-most of them previously unpublished in English-by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades.

Alltag, Karriere, Familie, Freundschaften, Versicherungen und das vorab bezahlte Sockenabo – all das lässt der Schweizer Claudio Sieber zurück, als er sein Leben als Vagabund beginnt.

The work of Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016) often provokes bemusement or even hostility; however, he was often referred to as 'the greatest living poet' and variants thereof.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

The uniqueness, sweeping content, and timing of Negro Digest/Black World give it enormous historical and scholarly importance.

George Bernard Shaw's public career began in arts journalism-as an art critic, a music critic, and, most famously, a drama critic-and he continued writing on cultural and artistic matters throughout his life.

Contributions by Ruth R.

The year’s top food writing from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.

A selection of George Orwell's prescient, clear-eyed and stimulating writing on the subjects of truth and lies.

The medical profession is rich in those who have made names for themselves outside of medicine.

In a collection of musings that is as much historical record as it is memoir, Coleen Grissom provides a unique view of life on and off an American university campus.

"e;Everything and nothing is sacred in Rebecca Brown's essays.

Kritiken, Laudationes und Essays, die Peter Hamms Leidenschaft zur Literatur und seine umfangreichen Kenntnisse zeigen.

Liebes- und einige andere Erklärungen.

A moving and original literary approach to self-understanding through social media"e;The hunger for a feeling of connection that informs most everything I've written flows from a common break in a common heart, one I share with everyone I've ever really known.

Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally's works are characterized by such diversity that critics have sometimes had difficulty identifying the pattern in his carpet.

The incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed, prizewinning books of nonfiction, brings the same dazzling writing to the essays in Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness.

Named one of 12 of the Best Jewish Books of the Year by theJewish Telegraph Agency,New York Jewish Week, &Jerusalem Post2023 International Book Awards Finalist in the Humor/Comedy/Satire CategoryFrom a bilingual master of the literary memoir comes this moving and humorous story of losing immigrant baggage and trying to reclaim it for his American future.

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Dem Verleger über die Schulter geschaut.

This volume marks a new approach to a seminal work of the modern scientific imagination: Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species (1859).

Nabokov begins his Strong Opinions: 'I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.

It's time to rethink rape.

Diese Geschichten entwerfen ein Panorama der Gegenwart.

In seinen Kolumnen äußert sich Lukas Bärfuss zu vielfältigen, aber immer drängenden Fragen unserer Zeit.