Literary essays

Peering Through a Frosted Window is a collection of essays and poems written by authors Virginia Monti and Andrea Monti Riffe some of which are memoir and others are merely ideas and insights from their imagination.

It is better for adults or mature pre-college.

Employing a sure, swift eye and supple prose, Renate Model reveals the agonies and appetites of a range of characters, from adolescents testing their limits to the Diva, a charmingly self-absorbed dachshund with an intriguing interior life.

An extraordinary wide-ranging collection of essays with distinctive wordplay and quirky opinionsChristopher Buckley is good company whether youre looking for two quick pages and a smile, or want to linger (The New York Times Book Review).

*A People Top 10 Book of 2018* The New York Times essayist and author of We Learn Nothing, Tim Kreider trains his singular power of observation on his (often befuddling) relationships with women.

Before she was a renowned children's author, J.

Over 14 seasons, television's Supernatural has developed a devoted following of both fans and scholars.

The War of 1812 saw the United States wracked by political dissent and saddled with a problematic military policy.

"e;Bearing aloft the flag of his country in the final charge"e; by Company A, 103rd New York Volunteers at the Battle of Antietam, Captain Henry Augustus Sand fell wounded.

The 112th New York Infantry Regiment served 1,017 days during the Civil War, from 1862 to 1865.

In August 1777, Peter Gansevoort, Jr.

"e;I think that we can hold our position here against any force that the enemy can bring against us, as we have an admirable position & are all ready.

"e;You will perceive by this I am at least in the Confederate service.

Daniel Coston's career in photography began accidentally.

This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case.

This book offers a rare insight into the history of the Civil War in the western theatre through the eyes of a regimental surgeon.

Brereton's journal is a book made up of letters from the English Civil War (1642-1646).

This is the first book to document the history of cigarette advertising on college and university campuses.

This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.

This is the first complete publication of a rare collection of letters and poems written from 1790 to 1792--many of which have never appeared in print--telling the true story of Peter Heywood, a young Royal Navy midshipman on H.

The author describes his memoir: "e;It's based on wartime letters.

This book covers a broad and varied range of topics from religion to Israel and sermon improvements to politics.

In the spirit of Robert Benchley, with the updated slant of humorists such as Dave Barry, Lewis Burke Frumkes brings us Manhattan Cocktails.

This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sin ad Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable, Leslie Jamison, Liz Pelly, Maggie Nelson, Margo Jefferson, Megan Jasper, Ottessa Moshfegh, Simone White, Yiyun Li and Zakia Sewell.

'The best evocation I've read of London in the '80s' Neil Tennant'I loved Souvenir .

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.

No British periodical or weekly magazine has a richer and more distinguished archive than The New Statesman, which has long been at the centre of British political and cultural life.

An enchanting celebration of life's small pleasures, this little book captures the French imagination and art of living a good life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Hilarious, nimble, and thoroughly illuminating' Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad'Recalls the work of John Jeremiah Sullivan and the late David Foster Wallace, with a dash of Janet Malcolm' VogueFrom its opening journey into remote Alaska for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, IMPOSSIBLE OWLS leads us on a kaleidoscopic exploration of contemporary reality.

Este ebook presenta "Colección de Mark Twain" con un sumario dinámico y detallado.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent: Nine Humorous Essays on the Fashions of the Time and the New York Theater Scene (Classic Unabridged Edition)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Dieses eBook: "Perlefter" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style.

Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern na f to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.

Maeve Higgins used to think she'd live in Ireland forever.

A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity.

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet and shares photos of his extensive unique personal T-shirt collection.

'Searing and timely' Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo movement, and author of You Are Your Best Thing'Carefree Black Girls is the testimony I've been waiting to witness.

'Razor-sharp and as funny as I May Destroy You .

Atwood aims her constant curiosity and impish humour at our world and reports back to us on what she finds, in this frank, generous gift of a book.

Powerful.

A New Statesman essential non-fiction read of 2021'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist"e;Blackness is an art, not a science.

From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Mars Room, a career-spanning collection of spectacular essays about politics and culture.

We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again.

'I was fascinated, moved and entertained by every page.

It is in very truth a sunny, misty, cloudy, dazzling, howling, omniform Day.

Join science journalist Sabrina Imbler on an astonishing journey which will completely redefine the way you think about nature and the ocean'An astonishing debut' GUARDIAN'Reveals just as much about our fascinating, mysterious world as it does about our fascinating, mysterious selves' NEW YORK TIMESIn My Life in Sea Creatures we encounter: the mother octopus, starving herself while watching over her eggs; the yeti crab, thriving in crushing pressure and oppressive darkness; the cuttlefish, able to change its appearance in a fraction of a second; and many other creatures lurking in the depths of the ocean.

'Joins the dots in a neglected narrative of female scientists, visionaries and code-breakers' ObserverHow is artificial intelligence changing the way we live and love?