Essays Books


Utilitarianism and Other EssaysUtilitarianism and Other Essays
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I read this book for a graduate Mill seminar in Philosophy. Recommended reading for anyone...
The Devil and Daniel Webster (Penguin Classics)The Devil and Daniel Webster (Penguin Classics)
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A young nation, built on reason and skepticism, America doesn't have a whole lot of myths...
The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives.. (Penguin Classics)The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives.. (Penguin Classics)
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J. M. Cohen's translation of various 1st-hand or near first-hand accounts, including that of...
The Thomas Paine Reader (Penguin Classics)The Thomas Paine Reader (Penguin Classics)
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This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an...
A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph CornellA Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell


Forbidden Fruit (Great Loves)Forbidden Fruit (Great Loves)
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The illicit relationship between Peter Abelard, a medieval philosopher, and his young pupil...
Last Watch of the NightLast Watch of the Night
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Despite and perhaps *because* of the fact that this book is written by someone in the midst of a...
Roads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of SpainRoads to Santiago: Detours and Riddles in the Lands and History of Spain
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Spain becomes grist for the cracked mill wheel of Cees Nooteboom's mind. The book isn't ...
The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing ExperienceThe Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience
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A few years ago I had an idea for a project/blog/zine thing that would involve getting friends...
Emerson: A Collection of Critical EssaysEmerson: A Collection of Critical Essays
This collection was edited by Milton Konvitz and Stephen Whicher who passed away right before it...


The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest DetectivesThe Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
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"I applied my heart to know, To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things, To...
The Illustrated Virago Book of Women TravellersThe Illustrated Virago Book of Women Travellers
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In this newly illustrated edition, 300 years of wanderlust are captured as women travel the...
Walden and Other WritingsWalden and Other Writings
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The Buttercup Busker's Rainy Day (Piccolo Picture Books)The Buttercup Busker's Rainy Day (Piccolo Picture Books)Shape of the Dance: Essays, Interviews & DigressionsShape of the Dance: Essays, Interviews & Digressions
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When Michael Donaghy died in 2004 at the age of fifty, he was one of the UK's best-known and...

Web of Words: The Ideas Behind PoliticsWeb of Words: The Ideas Behind Politics
A collection of essays, which attempt to probe the hidden assumptions by which we live. The...
Where The Kissing Never StopsWhere The Kissing Never StopsOh, Kojo! How Could You! (Picturemacs)Oh, Kojo! How Could You! (Picturemacs)The Chinese EssayThe Chinese Essay
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Veteran sinologist David Pollard has selected and translated the best and most representative...
Anywhere Out of the World: Essays on Travel, Writing, DeathAnywhere Out of the World: Essays on Travel, Writing, Death
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Delbanco is a master! Every word carefully chosen, every phrase artfully assembled. His ability...

The Best American Magazine Writing 2008The Best American Magazine Writing 2008
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This collection delivers everything that was missing from the 2008 essay anthology edited by...
Ramona and Her MotherRamona and Her MotherLangston Hughes and the *Chicago Defender*: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62Langston Hughes and the *Chicago Defender*: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62Journals, Vol. 2: 1914-1927Journals, Vol. 2: 1914-1927
Beginning with a single entry for the year 1889, when he was twenty, and continuing...
How Dear to My Heart (Library of Indiana Classics)How Dear to My Heart (Library of Indiana Classics)
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Best known for Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, written with Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily...

Indiana WinterIndiana Winter
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"Neville's observations on inner and outer worlds deserve a large readership."...
Redeeming Truth: Considering Faith and Reason (ND Faith in Reason)Redeeming Truth: Considering Faith and Reason (ND Faith in Reason)
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This collection of essays by eleven noted scholars continues the response to Pope John Paul...
Walls: Essays, 1985-1990 (ND Afro/Amer Intellectual Heritage)Walls: Essays, 1985-1990 (ND Afro/Amer Intellectual Heritage)
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Walls: Essays, 1985-1990 , Kenneth McClane's first book of autobiographical essays...
ProseProse
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Elizabeth Bishop?s prose is not nearly as well known as her poetry, but she was a dazzling and...
The Dancing Mind: Speech upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C ontribution to American LettersThe Dancing Mind: Speech upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C ontribution to American Letters
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Acceptance speeches can be dull affairs. Those in attendance are expected to politely tolerate...

On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the GrainOn Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain
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In his fascinating last book, Edward Said looks at a selection of essays, poems, novels, films,...
Loud and Clear (Random House Large Print) (Random House Large Print Nonfiction)Loud and Clear (Random House Large Print) (Random House Large Print Nonfiction)
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In this remarkable book, Anna Quindlen, one of America?s favorite novelists and a Pulitzer...
Due South: Dispatches from Down HomeDue South: Dispatches from Down Home
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This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It was so much more than I expected....
For the Time BeingFor the Time Being
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I just don't get it, Annie. You've got two trains of thought going here, in opposite...
Le Morte d'Arthur (Modern Library Classics)Le Morte d'Arthur (Modern Library Classics)
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It's always difficult to "rate" a classic book because the standards by...

BookBook
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I enjoyed this "Book" very much, because like its author, it is original, clever,...
Bulletproof DivaBulletproof Diva
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I purchased this book when I was still a teenager, and to be honest, I dont remember what...
Me and Shakespeare: Life-Changing Adventures with the BardMe and Shakespeare: Life-Changing Adventures with the Bard
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She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and...
The Ideas of a Plain Country WomanThe Ideas of a Plain Country Woman
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free...
MasqueradeMasquerade

Jack and NancyJack and NancyPrecision and Soul: Essays and AddressesPrecision and Soul: Essays and Addresses
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To anyone that is on the brink of reading Musil for the first time: DO IT! It is very...
Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and ReviewsTruth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews
We hear nowadays numerous comments on the fate of reading in our schools and universities. The...
Victorian Aesthetic Conditions: Pater Across the ArtsVictorian Aesthetic Conditions: Pater Across the Arts
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The multidisciplinary aesthetics of Walter Pater, the nineteenth century's most provocative...
Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of KenkoEssays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
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Despite the turbulent times in which he lived, the Buddhist priest Kenko met the world with a...

The Blue-Eyed TarokajaThe Blue-Eyed Tarokaja
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I will tell you right off the bat that I like this book very much, that I love Donald Keene very...
Claiming History: Colonialism, Ethnography, and the NovelClaiming History: Colonialism, Ethnography, and the Novel
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Although postcolonial studies has explored the historical influences and connections among...
Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era (History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 3)Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era (History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 3)
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This is the third book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by the world's...
Behind the Attic WallBehind the Attic WallPictures of AdamPictures of Adam

Rapscallion JonesRapscallion JonesWhat I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To and Letting Go of Their DaughtersWhat I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To and Letting Go of Their Daughters
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this? ) 28...
Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a NovelBabi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel
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This is an extremely fascinating and well-written book. It tells the story of not just the...
Myself with Others: Selected EssaysMyself with Others: Selected Essays
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In Myself with Others , Fuentes has assembled essays reflecting three of the great elements of...
Writing in the Dark: Essays on Literature and PoliticsWriting in the Dark: Essays on Literature and Politics
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Writing in the Dark is a collection of essays on literature and politics by David Grossman,...

The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the OtherThe Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other
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This dense, well-written and extraordinary book is an excellent introduction to the works of a...
On Grief and Reason: EssaysOn Grief and Reason: Essays
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I do not know whether I will be able to read the pieces in On Grief and Reason. I had read the...
Making Waves: EssaysMaking Waves: Essays
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Spanning thirty years of writing, Making Waves traces the development of the Nobel...
The Duplicating Imagination: Twain and the Twain PapersThe Duplicating Imagination: Twain and the Twain Papers
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Maria Marotti applies a unique mixture of strains of contemporary literary theory to the body of...
Seven Contemporary Chinese Women WritersSeven Contemporary Chinese Women Writers

Vignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-P'in AnthologyVignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-P'in Anthology
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I ordered this product on the 27th of July. It is currently the 22nd of August and my product...
Reading and Writing the Ambiente:  Queer Sexualities in Latino, Latin American, and Spanish CultureReading and Writing the Ambiente: Queer Sexualities in Latino, Latin American, and Spanish Culture
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There's a difference between "Spanish" and "Latino." Anthologies that...
Borderland: A Midwest JournalBorderland: A Midwest Journal
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Watch closely , Richard Quinney reminds himself, participate, experience the mystery .  ...
My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire ThemMy Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them
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A diva is by definition someone who is both larger than life and also fully human, something you...
Sesame and LiliesSesame and Lilies
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This is an excellent edition of John Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies, the best I have found. The...

The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 4: Volume 4: The Great Awakening (The Works of Jonathan Edwards Series)The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 4: Volume 4: The Great Awakening (The Works of Jonathan Edwards Series)
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Interpreting the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century was in large part the work of...
A Reader on ReadingA Reader on Reading
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In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called ?the...
Nonrequired Reading: Prose PiecesNonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces
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This is a book of prose essays by the 1996 Nobel Prize winning author Wislawa Szymborska. They...
Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays (Complete Works of George Orwell)Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays (Complete Works of George Orwell)
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George Orwell is unavoidably associated with 1984, as well he should be. And if that's what...
The Common Reader: First Series, Annotated EditionThe Common Reader: First Series, Annotated Edition
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As background information, I read most of her work starting with her first novel "The...

Facing Unpleasant FactsFacing Unpleasant Facts
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George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an...
The New Oxford Book of English ProseThe New Oxford Book of English Prose
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The new Oxford Book of English Prose.Eight hundred pages, several hundred different writers, and...
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (Oxford World's Classics)An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (Oxford World's Classics)
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Wickedly funny and bitingly satirical, The Art is a comedy of manners that gives insights into...
The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral (Oxford World's Classics)The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral (Oxford World's Classics)
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Francis Bacon was an observant and insightful student of human society and human nature, as...
The Oxford Book of EssaysThe Oxford Book of Essays
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Gross was faced with a tough task when asked to edit this volume: how to cram the history of a...

Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism)Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism)
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The ten essays selected for this book illuminate the central themes of the most frequently...
Twenty-Five Great Essays (Penguin Academics Series) (3rd Edition)Twenty-Five Great Essays (Penguin Academics Series) (3rd Edition)
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This books brings some of the greatest essays to you, as well as provide various reflective...
If You Give a Mouse a CookieIf You Give a Mouse a CookieAnything We Love Can Be SavedAnything We Love Can Be Saved
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Alice Walker writes ideas I don't already know, and she gives me new ways of interpreting...
Aunties: Thirty-Five Writers Celebrate Their Other MotherAunties: Thirty-Five Writers Celebrate Their Other Mother
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As a young girl growing up, the time I spent with my mom's three sisters was always special:...

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely PresentMr. Rabbit and the Lovely PresentFairy Tales and LegendsFairy Tales and Legends
I looked only at the tale called The Real Princess. I have looked at mnay other versions and...
Tunes for a Small Harmonica (A Book for New Adults)Tunes for a Small Harmonica (A Book for New Adults)UP AND UP.UP AND UP.Goodbye, Chicken LittleGoodbye, Chicken Little

Jack and JakeJack and JakeThe ScarecrowsThe ScarecrowsProseProse
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Elizabeth Bishop?s prose is not nearly as well known as her poetry, but she was a dazzling and...
The Dancing Mind: Speech upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C ontribution to American LettersThe Dancing Mind: Speech upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C ontribution to American Letters
Best Price: $3.15
Acceptance speeches can be dull affairs. Those in attendance are expected to politely tolerate...
On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the GrainOn Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain
Best Price: $8.91
In his fascinating last book, Edward Said looks at a selection of essays, poems, novels, films,...

Loud and Clear (Random House Large Print) (Random House Large Print Nonfiction)Loud and Clear (Random House Large Print) (Random House Large Print Nonfiction)
Best Price: $14.27
In this remarkable book, Anna Quindlen, one of America?s favorite novelists and a Pulitzer...
Due South: Dispatches from Down HomeDue South: Dispatches from Down Home
Best Price: $5.96
This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It was so much more than I expected....
For the Time BeingFor the Time Being
Best Price: $3.95
I just don't get it, Annie. You've got two trains of thought going here, in opposite...
Le Morte d'Arthur (Modern Library Classics)Le Morte d'Arthur (Modern Library Classics)
Best Price: $3.08
It's always difficult to "rate" a classic book because the standards by...
BookBook
Best Price: $4.28
I enjoyed this "Book" very much, because like its author, it is original, clever,...

Bulletproof DivaBulletproof Diva
Best Price: $5.63
I purchased this book when I was still a teenager, and to be honest, I dont remember what...
Me and Shakespeare: Life-Changing Adventures with the BardMe and Shakespeare: Life-Changing Adventures with the Bard
Best Price: $0.98
She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and...
   
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