Literary Collections
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The Letters of Shirley Jackson
$22.00 Read moreA bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS … [more below]- Author: Jackson, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0593134656
- Language: English
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A Really Big Lunch: The Roving Gourmand on Food and Life
$26.00 Add to cart” A] culinary combo plate of Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Julian Schnabel, and Sam Peckinpah . . . Harrison writes with enough force to make your knees buckle and with infectious zeal that ma… [more below]
- Author: Harrison, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 24 2017
- ISBN10: 0802126464
- Language: English
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Correspondence
$16.50 Read morePaul Celan (1920-70) is one of the best-known German poets of the Holocaust; many of his poems, admired for their spare, precise diction, deal directly with its stark themes. Austrian writer Ingeborg … [more below]
- Series: German List
- Author: Celan, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0857426427
- Language: English
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Signs and Images: Writings on Art, Cinema and Photography
$20.00 Read moreA major collection of essays and interviews from an iconic 20th-century philosopher in five volumes, now all available together in paperback.
Roland Barthes was a restless, protean thinker. A constan- Series: French List
- Author: Barthes, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1803092742
- Language: English
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Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin
$17.95 Read moreLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
A new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Crit- Author: Orner, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222040
- Language: English
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The Lilac Tree: A Rabbi’s Reflections on Love, Courage, and History
$28.00 Read moreApplying Jewish values to our personal and communal lives.
Ammiel Hirsch has been one of America’s leading rabbis for more than three decades. A Zionist activist who spent his formative years in Israe- Author: Hirsch, Ammiel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1637587465
- Language: English
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I Have No Regrets: Diaries, 1955-1963
$24.50 Read moreFrank and refreshing, Brigitte Reimann’s collected diaries provide a candid account of life in socialist Germany.
With an upbeat tempo and amusing tone, I Have No Regrets contains detailed accounts o- Series: The Seagull Library of German Literature
- Author: Reimann, Brigitte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1803091800
- Language: English
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Madame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars: Astrology, Our Icons, and Our Selves
$17.99 Read moreA soulful exploration of the twelve astrological signs embodied by our living “stars”–from divas to philosophers, poets to punks–and the ways they can help us better understand ourselves and each ot… [more below]
- Author: Comstock-Gay, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0063264471
- Language: English
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Writers and Their Teachers
$28.00 Read moreBy turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. Nobel laureate J. M. Co
- Author: Salwak, Dale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1350272264
- Language: English
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My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction
$35.00 Add to cartPraise for Arundhati Roy:
“Arundhati Roy combines her brilliant style as a novelist with her powerful commitment to social justice in producing these eloquent, penetrating essays.” –Howard Zinn
“Arund
- Author: Roy, Arundhati
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1000
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1608466736
- Language: English
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I Seem to Live: The New York Diaries, 1950-1969: Volume 1
$45.00 Read moreI Seem to Live chronicles the beginnings of New York’s avant-garde film world and the emergence of a counterculture
Jonas Mekas’ I Seem to Live picks up in the 1950s, where his extraordinary and popula
- Author: Mekas, Jonas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 824
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 395905288X
- Language: English
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Norman Mailer. Moonfire. the Epic Journey of Apollo 11
$29.17 Add to cartIt has been called the single most historic event of the 20th century: On July 20, 1969, after a decade of tests and training, supported by a staff of 400,000 engineers and scientists, and with a budg
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Mailer, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: May 29 2015
- ISBN10: 3836556227
- Language: English
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These Precious Days: Essays
$28.99 Read moreThe beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays.
“The elegance of Patchett’s prose is seductive and invitin
- Author: Patchett, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0063118033
- Language: English
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The Love That Dares: Letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship Through History
$19.99 Read moreAn intimate and inspiring collection of letters revealing some of the greatest queer love stories in history
“What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form its… [more below]- Author: Smith, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 178157829X
- Language: English
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Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
$26.00 Read moreA profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form.
“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity–and witness t- Series: Berlin Family Lectures
- Author: Cole, Teju
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 27 2021
- ISBN10: 022664135X
- Language: English
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Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays
$17.95 Read moreRanging from Ta-Nehisi Coates’s case for reparations to Toni Morrison’s revolutionary humanism to D’Angelo’s simmering blend of R&B and racial justice, Jesse McCarthy’s bracing essays investigate with
- Author: McCarthy, Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1324091479
- Language: English
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An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
$34.95 Read moreAn Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine is one of the most important theological works of the nineteenth century written by one of its greatest minds. In this pivotal text, St. John Henry Ne… [more below]
- Author: Newman, John Henry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1943243247
- Language: English
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Dear Mary: Letters Home from the 10th Mountain Division (1944-1945)
$22.00 Add to cartSydney M. Williams, Jr., joined the American army in 1944 and served in the 10th Mountain Division in Italy until his release in 1945. All during that time he wrote letters home to his beloved wife, M… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Sydney M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0872332918
- Language: English
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The Wapsipinicon Almanac: Selections from Thirty Years
$27.50 Read moreIn 1988, Timothy Fay published the very first issue of the Wapsipinicon Almanac at his Route 3 Press in Anamosa, Iowa. Fay’s goal was to offer a journal somewhat outside of mainstream Iowa journalism…. [more below]
- Series: Bur Oak Book
- Author: Fay, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 267
- Publish Date: April 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1609388879
- Language: English
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El Fuego de la Imaginación: Libros, Escenarios, Pantallas Y Museos. Obra Periodí Stica 1 / The Fire of Imagination. Journalistic Works 1
$24.95 Read moreLA CULTURA, PROTAGONISTA DEL PRIMER VOLUMEN DE LA OBRA PERIODÍSTICA DEL PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
«No hay cultura genuina sin pluralidad de ideas y sin crítica
Durante más- Series: Obra Periodística
- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 792
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 6073823584
- Language: Spanish
