Essays
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Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin
$18.99 Add to cartDuring childhood summers in Louisiana, Andre Dubus III’s grandfather taught him that men’s work is hard. As an adult, whether tracking down a drug lord in Mexico as a bounty hunter or grappling with p
- Author: Dubus, Andre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105046
- Language: English
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Encountering Dragonfly: Notes on the Practice of Re-Enchantment
$18.95 Add to cart“A glittering gem of a book!”-Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus
Following dragonflies into the territory between nature and the human psyche
Two decades ago, naturalist and environmental w
- Author: Williams, Brooke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 194337029X
- Language: English
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I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays
$26.99 Add to cartA debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman–an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former “good Democrat” even further to the po
- Author: Kreizman, Maris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0063305828
- Language: English
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Fractals: On the Edge of Chaos
$8.95 Add to cartWhat are fractals? Why are they such fun? How do you make one? Why is a dripping tap not as random as it seems? What is chaos? Is the Mandelbrot Set really the most complex object in mathematics?
In- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Linton, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1952178029
- Language: English
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I’ve Tried Being Nice: Essays
$28.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from the perspective of a recovering people pleaser.
Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary- Author: Leary, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1982120347
- Language: English
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The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime Ne… [more below]
- Author: Trillin, Calvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0593596463
- Language: English
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The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System
$19.99 Add to cartA “captivating, behind-the-scenes account” (Sara Seager) of NASA’s historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of formation on life on earth braided with the remark… [more below]
- Author: Lauretta, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 153872295X
- Language: English
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Post-Punk and Philosophy: Rip It Up and Think Again
$24.95 Add to cartWhat sort of thing is Post-Punk? Is it merely a musical genre, an artistic movement, or something else altogether? What is the proper role of emotion in the intellectual life? Is any attempt to be coo… [more below]
- Author: Heter, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1637700571
- Language: English
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Why Government Is the Problem
$5.00 Add to cartFriedman discusses a government system that is no longer controlled by “we, the people.” Instead of Lincoln’s government “of the people, by the people, and for the people,” we now have a government “o… [more below]
- Series: Essays in Public Policy
- Author: Friedman, Milton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 18
- Publish Date: February 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0817954422
- Language: English
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Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James
$17.95 Add to cartA compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William James
William James–psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker–is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfull- Author: James, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0691215375
- Language: English
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Run the Song: Writing about Running about Listening
$18.00 Add to cartA revelatory exploration of the relationship between music and running by one of our foremost music writers
Out the front door, across the street, down the hill, and into Van Cortlandt Park in the Bron- Author: Ratliff, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1644453282
- Language: English
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Water Bodies: Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth
$19.95 Add to cartWater Bodies consider what becomes endangered when we lose sight of the power of water.
The human experience has always been shaped by water, by its absence and its abundance. Now, as the climate cris- Author: Paskus, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798890920072
- Language: English
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Snow Fleas and Chickadees: Everyday Observations in the Sierra
$28.95 Add to cartIn Snow Fleas and Chickadees, Eve Quesnel invites readers to join her on strolls through the forest surrounding her neighborhood in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe. The book serves as an e… [more below]
- Author: Quesnel, Eve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1647791898
- Language: English
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Why I Am Not a Christian and What I Believe (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
$10.95 Add to cartOne of the most blasphemous philosophical documents ever written, Bertrand Russell’s “Why I Am Not a Christian” is an eloquent critique of religious beliefs and dogma. Originally delivered as a lectur… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: November 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1962572196
- Language: English
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Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless
$19.95 Add to cartLiving mindfully with nature during a time of uncertainty
In the midst of the environmental crises of the early twenty-first century, Tamara Dean sought a way to live lightly on the planet. Her quest
- Author: Dean, Tamara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1517918561
- Language: English
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That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
$28.00 Add to cartFrom the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today
A cri- Author: Young, Damon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 593317114
- Language: English
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The Promise of Sunrise: Finding Solace in a Broken World
$21.95 Add to cartIn The Promise of Sunrise: Finding Solace in a Broken World, a former Bronx Zoo zoologist and award-winning nature writer, Ted Levin, spent Covid rediscovering his valley and the joys of watching the … [more below]
- Author: Levin, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: March 20 2025
- ISBN10: 9798989178421
- Language: English
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The Buddhist Years
$35.00 Add to cartA brand new volume of previously unpublished writings from the archives reflecting Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist thinking
From a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always consid
- Author: Kerouac, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1644284618
- Language: English
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Worthy of the Event: An Essay
$19.95 Add to cartA trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence
Move over Michel de Montaigne, there’s a new girl in town
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- Author: Blaxell, Vivian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1964322995
- Language: English
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One Foot on the Platform: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Journey
$21.99 Add to cartThe final word from one of popular music’s greatest critics.
In the summer of 2020, acclaimed music critic and journalist Peter Goddard began work on a new book that would take readers on a journey ba
- Author: Goddard, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1487010435
- Language: English
