Essays
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The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
$27.00 Add to cartA Pulitzer Prize Finalist
In this captivating exploration of the natural world, acclaimed author Lewis Thomas takes readers on a compelling journey into the intricacies of life and mortality. The med- Author: Thomas, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0140243194
- Language: English
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A Generous Life: Reflections on Inspired Giving
$22.95 Add to cartA bold and imaginative guide for donors who want to make their giving more meaningful, from a pioneering thinker in the field of philanthropy.
In 1989, Peter Karoff, a businessman with a passion for s- Author: Karoff, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1633311155
- Language: English
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How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays
$16.95 Add to cartA collection of “impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent” (The Atlantic) how-to essays that highlight the absurdities of modern life, from the author of The Name of the Rose
How to Travel With a Sal
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 15 1995
- ISBN10: 015600125X
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, Ai, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
$19.99 Add to cart“I found this book amazing. I read it through quickly because it was so interesting, then turned around and read much of it again.”–Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestsel
- Author: Bennett, Max S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0063286351
- Language: English
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Elements of Los Angeles: Earth, Water, Air, Fire
$30.00 Add to cartAcclaimed essayist D.J. Waldie turns his eyes to the elements of Los Angeles–earth, water, air and fire–exploring the foundations of the city with his trademark wisdom, elegance, and incisiveness.
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- Author: Waldie, D. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 162640142X
- Language: English
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Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
$29.00 Add to cartThe first ever collection of John Edgar Wideman’s most influential essays and articles, five decades of cultural and literary criticism that paint a vivid portrait of America’s changing landscape and … [more below]
- Author: Wideman, John Edgar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1668036371
- Language: English
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Out There: Dispatches from My Personal Wilderness
$18.95 Add to cartOut There recounts one man’s search to lead an authentic life, an adventure that takes him all over the world and through some of the biggest societal changes of recent history. From a distance, this
- Author: Garland, Lance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1595343253
- Language: English
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Reframing Women Printmakers
$29.99 Read moreA vibrant exploration of women’s printmaking, activism, and artistic innovation, past and present.
From Cassatt to Kollwitz and Kruger to Kusama, the art of printmaking has been a catalyst for revoluti… [more below]
- Author: Henderson, P. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1913641449
- Language: English
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Nobody Sits Like the French
$30.00 Add to cartA Paris travel guide and history book about how the World Expos of 1855-1937 shaped the city, from its architecture to its (culinary) customs.
Paris is the physical memory of seven World Expos that to- Author: Pappas, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9460583792
- Language: English
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Abbey’s Road
$27.00 Add to cart“The natural world, as we call it, has already become remote, out of reach, mysterious, in the minds of urban and suburban Americans. They see the wilderness disappearing, slipping away, receding into… [more below]
- Author: Abbey, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 30 1991
- ISBN10: 0452265649
- Language: English
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
$19.00 Add to cartDiscover the inimitable genius of Ray Bradbury as he explores the art of writing, the power of creativity, and the timeless appeal of storytelling in this collection of essays that are part masterclas… [more below]
- Author: Bradbury, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1668095823
- Language: English
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Roaring Stream
$21.99 Add to cartThe Roaring, Stream: A New Zen Reader is a groundbreaking, immensely readable anthology drawn From the vast corpus of Ch’an and Zen Buddhist literature. It offers readers a tour through more than a m
- Series: Ecco Companions
- Author: Foster, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 088001511X
- Language: English
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Out There in the Dark
$20.00 Add to cartKatharine Coldiron sees her life through a film projector. She watches The Sound of Music and observes that time is peculiarly preserved in a narrative film; she watches Singin’ in the Rain and finds
- Author: Coldiron, Katharine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1957392371
- Language: English
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A Map to Mercy
$14.00 Add to cartA dream about death saturates Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew with mystical silence. But when the silence leaves, she flounders through Christian contemplative prayer practices, wrangling with antiquated lan
- Author: Andrew, Elizabeth Jarrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1949039668
- Language: English
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Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment
$29.00 Add to cartA collection of essays on themes central to Ghosh’s work: imperialism and decolonization, climate change, and the stories of ordinary people making lives amid these historical forces.
Wild Fictions b- Author: Ghosh, Amitav
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 19 2025
- ISBN10: 022684532X
- Language: English
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AI Weiwei Handbook
$18.95 Add to cartA compact and amply illustrated guide to the prodigious artist, activist and dissident
Emerging from a tumultuous background of political and cultural critique, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) uses a diverse ran
- Author: Weiwei, Ai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 9798988928645
- Language: English
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Sing Me a Circle: Love, Loss, and a Home in Time
$24.99 Add to cart“All points on a circle are always the same distance from the center.” These exquisite personal essays trace the orbit of author Samina Najmi as she reflects on events, people, and places that shape h
- Author: Najmi, Samina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1949487482
- Language: English
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Skateboard Culture: Skateboarding from the 1970s to Today
$65.00 Add to cartA celebration of skateboard culture from the 1970s to today, featuring interviews with legendary skaters including Tony Hawk and Mark Gonzales, a foreword by director Spike Jonze, and over 400 rare ph… [more below]
- Author: Bouvant, Morgan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0593839498
- Language: English
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How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom
$18.00 Add to cartFrom one of the most influential voices in disability activism comes an essay collection that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness, showing us that sickness is a vibran… [more below]
- Author: Hedva, Johanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1638933537
- Language: English
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Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It: Essays
$23.33 Read moreMordantly funny, thought-provoking travel essays, from the acclaimed author of Out of Sheer Rage and “one of our most original writers” (New York Magazine).
This isn’t a self-help book; it’s a book a- Author: Dyer, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 06 2004
- ISBN10: 1400031672
- Language: English
