Essays Books


Havanas in Camelot: Personal EssaysHavanas in Camelot: Personal Essays
Best Price: $10.99
i would recommend this volume not just to previous readers of styron... but to anyone interested...
The Best American Magazine Writing, 2005 (Best American Magazine Writing)The Best American Magazine Writing, 2005 (Best American Magazine Writing)
Best Price: $6.69
In the magazine world, no recognition is more highly coveted or prestigious than a National...
REPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN: On the Possibility and Desirability of PeaceREPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN: On the Possibility and Desirability of Peace
Best Price: $28.44
Report from Iron Mountain should rank with Sun Tsu's classic book, of the subject title, as an...
Writing in RestaurantsWriting in Restaurants
Best Price: $4.19
There are some really great essays in this book, especially if you're a person who loves the...
Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other CalamitiesUnder the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities
Best Price: $0.18
In Under the Duvet, Keyes talks about her (somewhat dysfunctional) life in a series of essays,...


The Best of the Bellevue Literary ReviewThe Best of the Bellevue Literary Review
Best Price: $10.00
I would give a copy of this to everyone I know, and place it in every medical waiting room or...
Red: The Next Generation of American Writers--Teenage Girls--On What Fires Up Their Lives TodayRed: The Next Generation of American Writers--Teenage Girls--On What Fires Up Their Lives Today
Best Price: $1.65
RED is the most truthful book on my shelf. These girls' stories are potent, there is no watering...
Medicine Stories: History, Culture and the Politics of IntegrityMedicine Stories: History, Culture and the Politics of Integrity
Best Price: $21.60
In Medicine Stories, Aurora Levins Morales writes lucidly about the complexities of social...
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the LeftContingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left
Best Price: $10.00
Very strange book--courageous, but disappointing in many ways. Butler tries throughout to get...
My Misspent Youth: EssaysMy Misspent Youth: Essays
Best Price: $3.84
I'm a big fan of these short essay, memoirish type collections, so I enjoyed these pieces quite...


Were You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian AmericaWere You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America
Best Price: $6.95
Male or Female, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd generation this book is a must read. I think I might be a...
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in IraqThe Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
Best Price: $2.15
Long before the United States thought of invading Iraq, Bassam Tibi, a Syrian political...
Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process (Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehen)Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process (Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehen)
Best Price: $28.00
I am going to see what could be made relevant to my research in English, but it was frustrating...
Essays In ExistentialismEssays In Existentialism
Best Price: $4.99
Rather than tackle Being & Nothingness (B&N) straightaway, the curious reader interested...
Meditations from a Movable ChairMeditations from a Movable Chair
Best Price: $5.43
"Meditations on a Movable Chair" is a great work of creative nonfiction. Dubus'...

I'll Take My Stand: The South And the Agrarian Tradition (Library of Southern Civilization)I'll Take My Stand: The South And the Agrarian Tradition (Library of Southern Civilization)
Best Price: $19.75
A scholar's view, poetically given, of what "Subsidiarity" and G.K.Chesterton earlier...
Parables for Preachers: The Gospel of Luke: Year CParables for Preachers: The Gospel of Luke: Year C
Best Price: $13.37
Barbara Reid's books on `Parables for Preachers' follow the Revised Common Lectionary. Because...
Bicycling beyond the Divide: Two Journeys into the West (Outdoor Lives)Bicycling beyond the Divide: Two Journeys into the West (Outdoor Lives)
Best Price: $11.60
I have not been on a bicycle since I was thirteen, but no matter. This book was an enjoyable...
O Ye Jigs and Juleps!O Ye Jigs and Juleps!
Best Price: $2.87
This is a cute little book that I have previously had copies of and each time I lent them out,...
O Ye Jigs and Juleps!O Ye Jigs and Juleps!
Best Price: $2.87
This is a cute little book that I have previously had copies of and each time I lent them out,...

The Best American Essays 2004 (The Best American Series)The Best American Essays 2004 (The Best American Series)
Best Price: $1.91
After reading the book, the above comments are quite accurate. I would just like to point out,...
The Way of Acting: The Theatre Writings of Tadashi SuzukiThe Way of Acting: The Theatre Writings of Tadashi Suzuki
Best Price: $8.20
This book explores the wonderful techniques of Tadashi Suzuki, who often works hand in hand with...
The Dance House: Stories from RosebudThe Dance House: Stories from Rosebud
Best Price: $8.45
Very nice reading all stories very thought provoking and all have a good message. Something I...
The Book of Entrepreneurs' Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary EntrepreneursThe Book of Entrepreneurs' Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary Entrepreneurs
Best Price: $6.99
Peter Krass has compiled 50 essays by different spectacularly successful entrepreneurs, among...
The Mammoth Book of Sex Diaries: The Ultimate Collection of Sex BlogsThe Mammoth Book of Sex Diaries: The Ultimate Collection of Sex Blogs
Best Price: $1.99
Personal Web sites are opening up a whole new world. The daily revelations of ordinary people...

The Book of the Courtier (Norton Critical Editions)The Book of the Courtier (Norton Critical Editions)
Best Price: $11.65
There really was a Camelot. But it was in Italy. Urbino in northern Italy to be exact, in the...
How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays (A Harvest Book)How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays (A Harvest Book)
Best Price: $2.21
I read this 8 years or so ago and I bought the book to read them again. They are humorous essays...
Uh-OhUh-Oh
Best Price: $1.50
Robert Fulghum finds delight in the daily details of life. He paints a wonderful picture from a...
Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s: The Shores of Light / Axel's Castle / Uncollected Reviews (Library of America #176)Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s: The Shores of Light / Axel's Castle / Uncollected Reviews (Library of America #176)
Best Price: $22.45
This first volume of an LoA edition of E.Wilson collects reviews and literary essays on and from...
Nuevos Mundos: Lectura, cultura y comunicaci?n / Curso de espa?ol para biling?es (Nuevos Mundos/New World (Spanish))Nuevos Mundos: Lectura, cultura y comunicaci?n / Curso de espa?ol para biling?es (Nuevos Mundos/New World (Spanish))
Best Price: $43.50
I read this book for a class I took in college, and am recommending that our department purchase...

Peeps: A Candy-Coated TalePeeps: A Candy-Coated Tale
Best Price: $3.78
From even the front cover, you can tell this is a hilarious book. The short newspaper articles...
Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!
Best Price: $3.45
Erma Bombeck is great! If you have children, or even if your children are grown and gone like...
"Master Harold" and the Boys (The Harcourt Brace Casebook Series in Literature)"Master Harold" and the Boys (The Harcourt Brace Casebook Series in Literature)
Best Price: $10.60
Part of The Wadsworth Casebooks for Reading, Research, and Writing Series, this new title...
Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary WeddingsAltared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings
Best Price: $2.99
I threw this book in the garbage. It was so shallow and superficial, it gave brides a bad...
The Oblivion SeekersThe Oblivion Seekers
Best Price: $5.50
Unfortunately, Isabelle Eberhardt died at 27, her major manuscript lost in the flood that took...

Love Letters: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran to May ZiadahLove Letters: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran to May Ziadah
Best Price: $8.44
This collection of letters, the first ever to appear in English, reveals the eloquence and...
Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and MortalityBodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality
Best Price: $8.00
you will like this book. Lynch's "poetic" prose is purple. If you like Sherwin...
Dave Barry Is from Mars and VenusDave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
Best Price: $2.39
Whilst From Mars and Venus certainly isn't Barry's best work it is not at the bottom of the list...
Ruminations on College LifeRuminations on College Life
Best Price: $0.69
This book is not about college life. It is a bunch of short paragraphs. There are no real...
Legally Correct Fairy TalesLegally Correct Fairy Tales
Best Price: $7.50
Humourous and the perfect gift to those in legal professions!

Literature and the Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture (The Longman Literature and Culture Series)Literature and the Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture (The Longman Literature and Culture Series)
Best Price: $29.90
Literature and the Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture has been an invaluable resource...
In Suspect TerrainIn Suspect Terrain
Best Price: $3.49
We have two copies of this book. Each has less than the guaranteed 210 pages. Caveat emptor.
Raisin' Brains: Surviving My Smart FamilyRaisin' Brains: Surviving My Smart Family
Best Price: $10.91
The Mom's Choice Awards? honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An...
Search for the Real and Other EssaysSearch for the Real and Other Essays
Best Price: $11.45
Hans Hofmann's biography is very colorful. And his essay "Search for the Real" was a...
Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom ReaderUncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader
Best Price: $12.21

Wild Child: Girlhoods in the CountercultureWild Child: Girlhoods in the Counterculture
Best Price: $8.73
When I read 'Wild Child' my first thought was, "It wasn't just me!" Having grown up in...
Signposts in a Strange Land: EssaysSignposts in a Strange Land: Essays
Best Price: $8.15
a better title for this book might be, strange signposts in an otherwise interesting world. He...
On Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other EssaysOn Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other Essays
Best Price: $17.16
An extraordinary glimpse into the world of J.R.R. Tolkien through his own words and those of...
Of Women and HorsesOf Women and Horses
Best Price: $17.00
I bought this book for my wife and daughter's and they enjoyed it very much, the way it was...
Heart of Home: People, Wildlife, PlaceHeart of Home: People, Wildlife, Place
Best Price: $3.00
Heart of Home is a wonderfull collection of essays by a man who appreciates the natural world...

War TalkWar Talk
Best Price: $2.65
Normally I never read books like this and by that I mean books from the...
Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals (Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning)Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals (Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning)
Best Price: $10.00
As any graduate student will tell you acceptance onto a Ph.D program is largely based on...
Best of Robert Ingersoll: Selections from His Writings and SpeechesBest of Robert Ingersoll: Selections from His Writings and Speeches
Best Price: $13.20
Mark Twain expressed it best when he wrote the following lines to his wife in 1879: ...
The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative (Rethinking Theory)The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative (Rethinking Theory)
Best Price: $26.95
Literary Animal is a relief to those of us who find that traditional literary theory just...
Performing the WordPerforming the Word
Best Price: $16.16
There is simply no better guide to the performance of scripture and sermon out there. Childers'...

The Crofter and the LairdThe Crofter and the Laird
Best Price: $5.94
1970's "The Crofter and the Laird" is John McPhee's graceful account of an extended...
Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic AdventuresTripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures
Best Price: $8.99
This book contains an amazing interview with Terence McKenna, which took place toward the end of...
The Mysterious Island (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)The Mysterious Island (Scribner's Illustrated Classics)
Best Price: $14.99
A group of civil war prison escapees manage to get wrecked on a strange island, after taking off...
  
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