Essays
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Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions
$17.00 Add to cart“Humane yet often horrifying, Tell Me How It Ends offers a compelling, intimate look at a continuing crisis–and its ongoing cost in an age of increasing urgency.” –Jeremy Garber, Powell’s Books
“Vale… [more below]
- Author: Luiselli, Valeria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1566894956
- Language: English
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Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
$18.00 Add to cart“I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind,” writes Ursula Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that c… [more below]
- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 24 1997
- ISBN10: 0802135293
- Language: English
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Notes from the Porch: Tiny True Stories to Make You Feel Better about the World
$29.99 Add to cart“Covid-19 stole so much. But one of the things it couldn’t steal was the power of stories.”
From the author of the international bestseller The Headmaster’s Wife and other novels comes a collec
- Author: Greene, Thomas Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: February 20, 2024
- ISBN10: 1578691605
- Language: English
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry
$17.95 Add to cart“Here is a human being speaking with calm and sanity out of the wilderness. We would do well to hear him.” —The Washington Post Book World
The Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty essays by Wendell- Author: Berry, Wendell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: August 05 2003
- ISBN10: 1593760078
- Language: English
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays
$18.99 Add to cartNamed a Best Book of 2018 by New York Magazine, the Washington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, NPR, and Time, among many others, this essay collection from the author of The Queen of the Night explores ho
- Author: Chee, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 17, 2018
- ISBN10: 1328764524
- Language: English
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I’ll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
$18.99 Add to cartAn instant New York Times bestseller, I’ll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You’ll Grow Out of It.
Longlisted for the P
- Author: Klein, Jessi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0062981609
- Language: English
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Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
$32.95 Add to cartA visually mesmerizing and environmentally conscious profile of the Olympic Peninsula. — Kirkus Reviews
- Contributors include Wendy Sampson, Loni Greninger, Gary Morishima, Maria Pascua, Jamie Valad
- Author: McNulty, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1680515292
- Language: English
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean: An Essay Collection
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From one of our most iconic and influential writers, the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking a timeless collection that reveals what would become Joan Didi
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 25, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593312198
- Language: English
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Wilderness Essays
$16.99 Add to cartPart of John Muir’s appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape and are
- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 1423607120
- Language: English
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
$21.99 Add to cartDelve into this “delightful” (Bloomberg News) collection of Malcolm Gladwell’s writings from The New Yorker, in which the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on “minor geniuses” and idiosyn… [more below]
- Author: Gladwell, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0316076201
- Language: English
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The Book of Delights: Essays
$28.00 Add to cartAs Heard on NPR’s This American Life: The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America’s most original and observant writers, award-… [more below]
- Author: Gay, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1616207922
- Language: English
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Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing
$29.99 Add to cartActivist Jen Soriano brings to light the lingering impacts of transgenerational trauma and uses science, history, and family stories to flow toward transformation in this powerful collection that brin
- Author: Soriano, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063230135
- Language: English
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Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age
$24.95 Read moreFrom New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf, Facing the Beast is a devastating, detailed account of wrongthink, deplatforming, and an unexpected political, personal, and spiritual transformation… [more below]
- Author: Wolf, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1645022366
- Language: English
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Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes
$28.99 Read moreA Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub * Shondaland
By the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES comes a collection like no
- Author: So, Anthony Veasna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0063049961
- Language: English
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “From The New Yorker‘s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality tel
- Author: Tolentino, Jia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 14, 2020
- ISBN10: 0525510567
- Language: English
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Lessons Learned and Cherished: The Teacher Who Changed My Life
$26.99 Read moreA giftable collection of essays from celebrity contributors celebrating the great work of teachers or a teacher they admire, curated by ABC News journalist Deborah Roberts. Contributors include Oprah … [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1368095054
- Language: English
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Tabula Rasa: Volume 1
$28.00 Read moreA literary legend’s engaging review of his career, stressing the work he never completed, and why.
Over seven decades, John McPhee has set a standard for literary nonfiction. Assaying mountain ranges,- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 037460360X
- Language: English
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Little Weirds
$18.99 Add to cartStep into Jenny Slate’s wild imagination in this “magical” (Mindy Kaling), “delicious” (Amy Sedaris), and “poignant” (John Mulaney) New York Times bestseller about love, heartbreak, and being alive —… [more below]
- Author: Slate, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 24, 2020
- ISBN10: 0316485365
- Language: English
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Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games
$18.00 Add to cartA wide-ranging anthology of essays exploring one of the most vital art forms on the planet today
From the earliest computers to the smartphones in our pockets, video games have been on our screens and- Author: Machado, Carmen Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1644452618
- Language: English
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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
$25.00 Add to cart“Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” –NPR
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction–a collection of essays about the natural world,
- Author: Nezhukumatathil, Aimee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1571313656
- Language: English
