Essays
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Permafrost Is an Archive: And Other Inheritances from the Alaska-Yukon Borderlands
$22.99 Add to cartThe Yukon Ice Patch Project reveals ancient lives. A road through the boreal forest reads like a map of climate upheaval. Those houses with broken doorknobs–a legacy of government regulation over Ind
- Series: In Place
- Author: Cook, Corinna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1959000705
- Language: English
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Classics for Pleasure
$18.99 Add to cartThis is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books. Writing with affection as w… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Dirda, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0156033852
- Language: English
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Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays
$30.00 Add to cartAn irresistible delight, this hilarious and heartwarming essay collection gathers essential tales about growing up in the South, the pitfalls of date night, and why no one should ever tell a Black gir… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Amena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217044689
- Language: English
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The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America
$31.00 Add to cartNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times
From Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, a sermon in the public square on the issues that plague us most Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnoc- Author: Warnock, Raphael G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217058983
- Language: English
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Viewpoint Diversity: What It Is, Why We Need It, and How to Get It
$18.00 Add to cartViewpoint diversity is suddenly on everyone’s lips — yet few agree on what it really means. Is it about political balance? Free speech? Academic inclusion? Or something far more vital — the courage … [more below]
- Author: Tomasi, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1949846911
- Language: English
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Artists & Authors: A Life in Good Company
$29.95 Add to cartJoin a literary insider for a behind-the-scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing.
From the author of Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing comes this new collectio- Author: Scribner III, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1493093630
- Language: English
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John McPhee: Encounters in Wild America (Loa #398): The Pine Barrens / Encounters with the Archdruid / The Survival of the Bark Canoe / Coming Into th
$45.00 Read moreA Pulitzer Prize winner takes you on unforgettable adventures to some of America’s most wild places in this deluxe collection of 4 classic books of nature writing
From legendary New Yorker writer John- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 900
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 159853842X
- Language: English
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Malcolm X and the Arts: Ten Centennial Reflections
$24.95 Read moreMalcolm X and the Arts: Ten Centennial Reflections is a landmark collection of essays that examines the influence of Malcolm X on artistic movements and creative works.
This volume brings together sch
- Author: Gilyard, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0883784432
- Language: English
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The Worst Fishing Dog Ever: And Other Essays
$16.95 Add to cartA heartfelt look at the state of modern fly-fishing and the challenges fishers will face in the coming decades.
Ron Dungan, like many fly-fishers, can be obsessive. Although decades of fishing trips h- Author: Dungan, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0826369200
- Language: English
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An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field
$21.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed author of Refuge here weaves together a resonant and often rhapsodic manifesto on behalf of the landscapes she loves, combining the power of her observations in the field with her person… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Terry Tempest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 29 1995
- ISBN10: 0679752560
- Language: English
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Everyday Extraordinary: A Scientist Ponders a Lifetime of Magical, Bizarre, and Paranormal Experiences
$29.95 Add to cartExperiences with strange phenomena such as ghosts, UFOs, psychics, and miracle cures make for titillating stories. Many of us leave these stories as just that–stories–but for some people the rabbit … [more below]
- Author: Markovsky, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1493093797
- Language: English
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On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes
$20.00 Add to cart“As a man who long convinced himself that he lived on the edge of the world, here’s my wish for you: Embrace the awe. Allow yourself to feel alone. Then remember you are not.”
The thirty-three writers
- Author: Welch, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1540270165
- Language: English
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Rubble Masonry
$29.95 Read moreRubble Masonry is a collection of lyric essays that takes its title from the practice of stone masons who, rather than using materials cut to ideal measurements, work with found rocks’ natural shapes…. [more below]
- Author: McLarney, Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: March 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0807185892
- Language: English
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Advice No One Asked for: Essays
$29.00 Read moreFrom the Emmy-nominated comedian who created “the best segment in late night” (Vulture) comes this hilarious and practical collection of advice for how to live your best life in love, at work, and in … [more below]
- Author: Hagel, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1668079615
- Language: English
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The Season of Birds and Stones: Essays
$24.95 Add to cartThe essays that make up The Season of Birds and Stones grapple with questions of what wilderness means and how we can interact with and learn from other species. Set in some of our most stunning publi… [more below]
- Series: Crux: The Georgia Literary Nonfiction
- Author: Renfro, Yelizaveta P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 15 2026
- ISBN10: 0820377309
- Language: English
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Fully Baked: A Messy Memoir
$29.00 Read moreAn astonishingly candid and funny memoir that will make you laugh and cry while it steals your heart, from a renowned stand-up comedian and veteran SNL writer who is “an expert in making light of life… [more below]
- Author: Baker, Rosebud
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1668016222
- Language: English
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1,000 Days in America: An Illustrated History of the Moments That Defined a Nation
$50.00 Read moreA 250th anniversary celebration of the U.S. featuring 1,000 singular moments that shaped the American journey from pre-history to present
Filled with more than 300 illustrations, sidebars, and timelin- Author: National Geographic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1426224397
- Language: English
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Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps
$24.00 Add to cart“[Mom] bursts with stories that are unvarnished, sad, funny, wise, and most of all, very real.” —Chicago Tribune (Editor’s Choice)
“Isay brings a satisfying second collection of StoryCorps selections- Author: Isay, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0143118803
- Language: English
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Coexistence and Other Fighting Words: Selected Writings of Judea Pearl, 2002-2025
$24.99 Add to cartThe “essential” (Bari Weiss) book on Jewish identity and Zionophobia, “which should be required reading” (Bernard-Henri L?vy).
Catalyzed by the kidnapping and murder of his son, Wall Street Journal rep- Author: Pearl, Judea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: December 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1895131731
- Language: English
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Considerations on Western Marxism
$19.95 Add to cartThis synoptic essay considers the nature and evolution of the Marxist theory that developed in Western Europe, after the defeat of the proletarian rebellions in the West and the isolation of the Russi… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Perry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: March 18 2009
- ISBN10: 0860917207
- Language: English
