Essays
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How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
$18.99 Add to cartThe defining part of this story, I think–the part that made the real difference–is the time I spent looking into the water, letting my mind drift, as I tried to think like a fish…What brings the b… [more below]
- Author: Wade, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0306845296
- Language: English
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
$19.99 Add to cartThese widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation… [more below]
- Author: Wallace, David Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0316925284
- Language: English
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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
$18.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty,- Author: Tyson, Neil Degrasse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1250861519
- Language: English
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Desert Solitaire
$22.00 Add to cartHailed by The New York Times as “a passionately felt, deeply poetic book,” the moving autobiographical work of Edward Abbey, considered the Thoreau of the American West, and his passion for the southw
- Author: Abbey, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 15, 1990
- ISBN10: 0671695886
- Language: English
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
$17.99 Add to cartPresenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.
” Lorde’s] works will be impo- Author: Lorde, Audre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1580911862
- Language: English
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
$24.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book. ” –The Washington Post- Author: Koenig, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1501153641
- Language: English
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Wonderbook (Revised and Expanded): The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
$29.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer, Wonderbook is the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy, offering an accessible, example-rich, illustrated approach for writer… [more below]
- Author: VanderMeer, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1419729667
- Language: English
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
$19.99 Add to cartA recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of Naked, presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn Frenc
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 05, 2001
- ISBN10: 0316776963
- Language: English
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Bossypants
$19.99 Add to cartSpirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are “a masterpiece” from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL (Sunday Telegraph
- Author: Fey, Tina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03, 2012
- ISBN10: 0316056871
- Language: English
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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy
$25.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The NBA according to The Sports Guy–now updated with fresh takes on LeBron, the Celtics, and more
Foreword by Malcom Gladwell – “The work of a true fan . . . it might jus… [more below]- Author: Simmons, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: December 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0345520106
- Language: English
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I Know I Am, But What Are You?
$16.00 Add to cartCandid, outspoken, laugh-out-loud funny essays from much-loved Samantha Bee, host of TBS’s uproarious late-night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, executive producer and writer of TBS’s comedy tele
- Author: Bee, Samantha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 08, 2011
- ISBN10: 1439142742
- Language: English
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Danse Macabre
$21.00 Add to cartBefore he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular cult… [more below]
- Author: King, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1439170983
- Language: English
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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
$39.99 Add to cartHidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. Thi
- Author: Strauss, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0060554738
- Language: English
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Fermentation: A Natural History
$18.00 Add to cartA thoughtful introduction to the wonders of fermentation from the James Beard Award and a New York Times bestselling author of Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation.
Fermentation is a magical- Series: Studies in Nature
- Author: Katz, Sandor Ellix
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: August 25 2026
- ISBN10: 1643265512
- Language: English
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The Unruly Wild: Embracing Ecological Change in the Southwest
$23.95 Add to cartWhat is considered a beneficial plant? In this era of global change, The Unruly Wild is a timely and relevant look at plant conservation and the evolving plant communities of the American Southwest.
- Author: Stromberg, Juliet C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0816556261
- Language: English
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More: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
$30.00 Add to cartThe daring follow-up to the #1 bestseller Want, presenting an extraordinary new collection of letters that reveal the unfiltered desires and sexual fantasies of anonymous women across the globe
“Am I a
- Series: Submitted by Anonymous
- Author: Anderson, Gillian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1419777319
- Language: English
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Portrait of a Mestiza: A Life Between Cultures
$17.99 Add to cartA lyrical and timely exploration of what it means to grow up straddling more than one culture–and why navigating the “in between” should matter to everyone.We are all shaped by the cultures that surr
- Author: Marlowe, Marianna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 9798896361008
- Language: English
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Leaky Aqueducts, Battle Pigeons, and Mystery Cults: More Frequently Asked Questions About the Ancient Greeks and Romans
$21.95 Add to cartIn a series of fast-paced essays, Leaky Aqueducts, War Pigeons, and Mystery Cults answers 36 questions that ancient historian Garrett Ryan has been asked in the classroom and through his popular YouTu… [more below]
- Author: Ryan, Garrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1493090607
- Language: English
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Platform Brutality: Closing Down Internet Toxicity
$32.50 Add to cartApplying contemporary art theory to the ills of the internet, this book insightfully critiques the age of social media
Published with Making Public Series.
The internet has become an integral part of a- Author: Lovink, Geert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 9493246582
- Language: English
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Tending the Vines: Black Abundance in Eight Plants
$30.00 Add to cartThis standout creative nonfiction debut explores the lives and histories of plants considered nonnative or invasive as metaphors for the Black experience in America.
In Tending the Vines, Ashia S. Aj
- Author: Ajani, Ashia S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1643264761
- Language: English
