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Tales of Transgression

by Joyce Carol Oates ...

Ordinary men and women cross moral boundaries from which there is no turning back in these portraits of obsession and sudden violence.In this collection of twenty-one unforgettable stories, Joyce Carol Oates explores the mysterious private lives of men and women with vivid, unsparing precision and sympathy.Equally observer and diagnostician, she tracks an abandoned lover tailing a silver Mercedes ... Read more

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Ordinary men and women cross moral boundaries from which there is no turning back in these portraits of obsession and sudden violence.In this collection of twenty-one unforgettable stories, Joyce Carol Oates explores the mysterious private lives of men and women with vivid, unsparing precision and sympathy.Equally observer and diagnostician, she tracks an abandoned lover tailing a silver Mercedes
... Read more
The Book of Delights

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by Ross Gay ...

The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America's most original and observant writers, award-winning poet Ross Gay.“Ross Gay’s eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us.” —Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet LaureateThe winner of the NBCC Award for ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America's most original and observant writers, award-winning poet Ross Gay.“Ross Gay’s eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us.” —Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet LaureateThe winner of the NBCC Award for
... Read more
How to Write Like a Writer

A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice

by Thomas C. Foster ...

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired
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On Cats

by Charles Bukowski ...

“Acclaimed writer Charles Bukowski turns his signature eye on the world of felines. A series of essays and poems all about cats, Bukowski’s classic funny and frank tone becomes, at times, even endearing as he explores and honors the majestic creatures and our relationship with them.” —BustleFelines touched a vulnerable spot in the unfathomable soul of Charles Bukowski, the Dirty Old Man of ... Read more

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“Acclaimed writer Charles Bukowski turns his signature eye on the world of felines. A series of essays and poems all about cats, Bukowski’s classic funny and frank tone becomes, at times, even endearing as he explores and honors the majestic creatures and our relationship with them.” —BustleFelines touched a vulnerable spot in the unfathomable soul of Charles Bukowski, the Dirty Old Man of
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This I Believe

The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

Edited by Jay Allison, Dan Gediman ...

Series Book 1 - This I Believe
The New York Times Bestseller"A welcome change from the sloganeering, political mudslinging and products of spin doctors."—The Philadelphia Inquirera stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefs—and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them—reveal the American spirit at its best.Based on the NPR series of the same name, ... Read more

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The New York Times Bestseller"A welcome change from the sloganeering, political mudslinging and products of spin doctors."—The Philadelphia Inquirera stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefs—and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them—reveal the American spirit at its best.Based on the NPR series of the same name,
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The Anthropocene Reviewed

Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

by John Green ...

“Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:ThinkingInstant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.“Glorious. ... Read more

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“Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:ThinkingInstant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.“Glorious.
... Read more
Intersecting Sets

A Poet Looks at Science

by Alice Major ...

Poet Alice Major was given a book on relativity at the impressionable age of ten, so she never quite understood why science came to be dismissed as reductive or opposite to art. She surveys the sciences of the past half-century -- from physical to cognitive to evolutionary -- to shed light on why and how human beings create poems, challenging some of the mantras of postmodern thought in the ... Read more

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Poet Alice Major was given a book on relativity at the impressionable age of ten, so she never quite understood why science came to be dismissed as reductive or opposite to art. She surveys the sciences of the past half-century -- from physical to cognitive to evolutionary -- to shed light on why and how human beings create poems, challenging some of the mantras of postmodern thought in the
... Read more
La goutte

by Kim Thúy ...

Une nouvelle inédite de l’auteure de Ru et Nãn, sur les voyages, la sensualité, les souvenirs. ... Read more

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Une nouvelle inédite de l’auteure de Ru et Nãn, sur les voyages, la sensualité, les souvenirs.
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Collected Writings of Nikola Tesla

Essays and Experiments on Alternating Current, Wireless Power, and the Electrical Age

by Nikola Tesla, Thomas Commerford Martin ...

Collected Writings of Nikola Tesla gathers the lectures, technical essays, demonstrations, and speculative reflections through which one of electrical modernity's most arresting figures articulated his vision. Moving between exacting discussions of alternating-current systems, high-frequency currents, wireless transmission, illumination, and mechanical invention, the volume reveals a prose at once ... Read more

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Collected Writings of Nikola Tesla gathers the lectures, technical essays, demonstrations, and speculative reflections through which one of electrical modernity's most arresting figures articulated his vision. Moving between exacting discussions of alternating-current systems, high-frequency currents, wireless transmission, illumination, and mechanical invention, the volume reveals a prose at once
... Read more
Music For Chameleons

by Truman Capote ...

Series series Vintage International
In these gems of reportage Truman Capote takes true stories and real people and renders them with the stylistic brio we expect from great fiction.“An incomparable stylist and entertainer . . . clean and cool . . . [with a] superb, near-perfect pitch with dialogue.” —The New York Times Book ReviewHere we encounter an exquisitely preserved Creole aristocrat sipping absinthe in her Martinique salon; ... Read more

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In these gems of reportage Truman Capote takes true stories and real people and renders them with the stylistic brio we expect from great fiction.“An incomparable stylist and entertainer . . . clean and cool . . . [with a] superb, near-perfect pitch with dialogue.” —The New York Times Book ReviewHere we encounter an exquisitely preserved Creole aristocrat sipping absinthe in her Martinique salon;
... Read more
When God Winks at You

How God Speaks Directly to You Through the Power of Coincidence

by Squire Rushnell ...

Those extraordinary little events in your life happen for a reason.A coincidence-sometimes a silly little thing-changes the course of your day . . .or even your life. Is it chance, or is God communicating with you?When God Winks at You is packed with true stories demonstrating that God does communicate with us, making incredible things happen in our lives every single day. As you read the riveting ... Read more

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Those extraordinary little events in your life happen for a reason.A coincidence-sometimes a silly little thing-changes the course of your day . . .or even your life. Is it chance, or is God communicating with you?When God Winks at You is packed with true stories demonstrating that God does communicate with us, making incredible things happen in our lives every single day. As you read the riveting
... Read more
Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Essays

by Joan Didion ...

Series series FSG Classics
Joan Didion’s first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a masterpiece of American literature and the “foundational text” of her oeuvre (New York Times). First published in 1968, the book remains a defining work about the Sixties, about California, about America.More than perhaps any other book, this collection of essays by Didion—one of the most distinctive prose ... Read more

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Joan Didion’s first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a masterpiece of American literature and the “foundational text” of her oeuvre (New York Times). First published in 1968, the book remains a defining work about the Sixties, about California, about America.More than perhaps any other book, this collection of essays by Didion—one of the most distinctive prose
... Read more
The Flame Trees Of Thika

Memories of an African Childhood

by Elspeth Huxley ...

When Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination: building a grass house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of ... Read more

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When Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination: building a grass house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of
... Read more
Granta 171

by Thomas Meaney ...

The spring issue of Granta - Dead Friends - brings vital figures from the past momentarily back into focus. Features include Fernanda Eberstadt on Andy Warhol, Aatish Taseer on V.S. Naipul, Tao Lin on Giancarlo DiTrapano, Michel Houellebecq on Beno�t Duteurtre, William Atkins on a new method to dispose of mortal remains, an interview with Renata Adler about her friendship with Hannah Arendt, as ... Read more

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The spring issue of Granta - Dead Friends - brings vital figures from the past momentarily back into focus. Features include Fernanda Eberstadt on Andy Warhol, Aatish Taseer on V.S. Naipul, Tao Lin on Giancarlo DiTrapano, Michel Houellebecq on Beno�t Duteurtre, William Atkins on a new method to dispose of mortal remains, an interview with Renata Adler about her friendship with Hannah Arendt, as
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Tripping

An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures

Edited by Charles Hayes ...

Series series Compass
“Provides the much needed ‘coming out of the closet’ that the psychedelic movement has lacked. These stories will captivate, inspire, caution, and educate. This courageous book exceeds expectations.” —Rich Doblin, President, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)A collection of transformational psychedelic experiences, and a guidebook for how to understand themFlash back to a ... Read more

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“Provides the much needed ‘coming out of the closet’ that the psychedelic movement has lacked. These stories will captivate, inspire, caution, and educate. This courageous book exceeds expectations.” —Rich Doblin, President, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)A collection of transformational psychedelic experiences, and a guidebook for how to understand themFlash back to a
... Read more
Things I Don't Want to Know

A Living Autobiography

by Deborah Levy ...

A luminescent treatise on writing, love, and loss, a witty response to George Orwell's influential essay "Why I Write"Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part "living autobiography" on writing and womanhood.Taking George Orwell's famous essay, "Why I Write", as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life. ... Read more

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A luminescent treatise on writing, love, and loss, a witty response to George Orwell's influential essay "Why I Write"Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part "living autobiography" on writing and womanhood.Taking George Orwell's famous essay, "Why I Write", as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life.
... Read more
Apron Apocalypse

Lyric Essays

by Jeanette Lynes ...

Best-selling novelist and poet Jeanette Lynes lights up these lyric essays with her inimitable wit and verve, making inspired and surprising sense of her past, her obsessions, and her restless wanderings in search of home.In these deeply entertaining essays, Jeanette Lynes throws out sentences like glittering lifelines to her past self. She brings her rural childhood to life again, drawing ... Read more

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Best-selling novelist and poet Jeanette Lynes lights up these lyric essays with her inimitable wit and verve, making inspired and surprising sense of her past, her obsessions, and her restless wanderings in search of home.In these deeply entertaining essays, Jeanette Lynes throws out sentences like glittering lifelines to her past self. She brings her rural childhood to life again, drawing
... Read more
The Anthony Bourdain Reader

New, Classic, and Rediscovered Writing

by Anthony Bourdain ...

The definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, assembled for the first time in book formAnthony Bourdain represented many things to many people—and he had many sides. But no part of his identity was more important to him, and more long-lasting, than that of a writer. The Anthony Bourdain Reader is a collection of his best and most fascinating writing, and touches on ... Read more

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The definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, assembled for the first time in book formAnthony Bourdain represented many things to many people—and he had many sides. But no part of his identity was more important to him, and more long-lasting, than that of a writer. The Anthony Bourdain Reader is a collection of his best and most fascinating writing, and touches on
... Read more
Un monde immense

Comment les animaux perçoivent le monde

by Ed Yong ...

Translated by Corinne Smith ...

Voici un ouvrage évènement, bestseller du New York Times au succès mondial. Le lauréat du prix Pulitzer Ed Yong propose une immersion passionnante dans une nouvelle dimension : le monde tel qu'il est réellement perçu par les animaux. Un ouvrage qui émerveille et modifiera à jamais votre point de vue sur ce monde immense qui nous entoure. ... Read more

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Voici un ouvrage évènement, bestseller du New York Times au succès mondial. Le lauréat du prix Pulitzer Ed Yong propose une immersion passionnante dans une nouvelle dimension : le monde tel qu'il est réellement perçu par les animaux. Un ouvrage qui émerveille et modifiera à jamais votre point de vue sur ce monde immense qui nous entoure.
... Read more
Art Objects

Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery

by Jeanette Winterson ...

In ten interlocking essays, the acclaimed author of Written on the Body and Art & Lies reveals art as an active force in the world--neither elitist nor remote, available to those who want it and affecting those who don't. Original, personal, and provocative, these essays are not so much a point of view as they are a way of life, revealing "a brilliant and deeply feeling artist at work" (San ... Read more

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In ten interlocking essays, the acclaimed author of Written on the Body and Art & Lies reveals art as an active force in the world--neither elitist nor remote, available to those who want it and affecting those who don't. Original, personal, and provocative, these essays are not so much a point of view as they are a way of life, revealing "a brilliant and deeply feeling artist at work" (San
... Read more
We Radiant Things

Notes on Being Alien and Becoming Cyborg

by Franny Choi ...

"We Radiant Things is criticism at its most intimate and alive. I am grateful for this book.”—Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor FeelingsBlending lyric memoir and cultural criticism, acclaimed poet Franny Choi’s debut essay collection explores our obsession with cyborgs and what sci-fi representations of Asian femmes reveal about race, gender, sexuality, disability, labor, technology, and language ... Read more

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"We Radiant Things is criticism at its most intimate and alive. I am grateful for this book.”—Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor FeelingsBlending lyric memoir and cultural criticism, acclaimed poet Franny Choi’s debut essay collection explores our obsession with cyborgs and what sci-fi representations of Asian femmes reveal about race, gender, sexuality, disability, labor, technology, and language
... Read more
Incidental Inventions

by Elena Ferrante ...

Translated by Ann Goldstein ...

"Fifty-one columns, short in length but long on wisdom" from the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, an HBO original series ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called "one of the great novelists of our time" ( The ... Read more

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"Fifty-one columns, short in length but long on wisdom" from the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, an HBO original series ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called "one of the great novelists of our time" ( The
... Read more
The Bertrand Russell Signature Classics (25-Volume Box Set). Illustrated

The Principles of Mathematics, The Problems of Philosophy, The Analysis of Mind, The ABC of Relativity and Others

by Bertrand Russell ...

Discover the enduring legacy of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century with The Bertrand Russell Signature Classics—a beautifully illustrated 25-volume box set that brings together the most influential works of philosopher, logician, and Nobel Laureate Bertrand Russell. This comprehensive collection spans the full range of Russell’s intellectual journey—from groundbreaking writings in logic ... Read more

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Discover the enduring legacy of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century with The Bertrand Russell Signature Classics—a beautifully illustrated 25-volume box set that brings together the most influential works of philosopher, logician, and Nobel Laureate Bertrand Russell. This comprehensive collection spans the full range of Russell’s intellectual journey—from groundbreaking writings in logic
... Read more
Nationalism

by Rabindranath Tagore ...

Series series Penguin Great Ideas
Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism, based instead on cooperation and racial tolerance.GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired ... Read more

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Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism, based instead on cooperation and racial tolerance.GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired
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