Best American Essays 2019 - April 2024

The Best American Essays 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

A collection of the year’s best essays selected by Robert Atwan and guest editor Rebecca Solnit.Award-winning writer, cultural critic, and activist, Rebecca Solnit, an “unparalleled high priestess of nuance and intelligent contemplation” (Maria Popova), selects the best essays of the year from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites.

• ASIN: 1328465802
• ASIN: 1328465802
• ISBN: 1328465802
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544582942
• ASIN: 0544582942
• ISBN: 0544582942
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Best American Travel Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra Fuller. BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to recognize this annual volume as the gold standard for excellence in travel writing.

• ASIN: 0358094232
• ASIN: 0358094232
• ISBN: 0358094232
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Best American Food Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

“Food writing is stepping out,” legendary food writer Ruth Reichl declares at the start of this, the inaugural edition of Best American Food Writing. “It’s about time…Food is, in a very real sense, redesigning the world.” Indeed, the twenty-eight pieces in this volume touch on every pillar of society: from the sense memories that connect a family through food, to the scientific tinkering that gives us new snacks to share, to the intersections of culinary culture with some of our most significant political issues. At times a celebration, at times a critique, at times a wondrous reve... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07897WYRY
• ASIN: B07897WYRY
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide

The New York Times-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz.   With Spying on the South, the best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape architect. In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it during an extraordinary journey, as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-coming New York Times.For the Connecticut Yankee, pen name "Yeoman," the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101980281
• ASIN: 1101980281
• ISBN: 1101980281
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

The Pushcart Prize XLIII: Best of the Small Presses 2019 Edition (The Pushcart Prize)

“More good poems, essays and stories are found in these presses than any other place on the planet.” Richard Ford This 43rd edition of the annual Pushcart Prize – the most celebrated literary series in America – is further proof that these days the heat and heart of contemporary writing is often found in small presses scattered around the country and the world, far from the pressures of commercial centers. As the variety of selections in PUSHCARTPRIZE XLIII indicates, it is a diverse community constantly infused by new stories, essays and poetry from small press authors with a vision o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1888889896
• ASIN: 1888889896
• ISBN: 1888889896
• Manufacturer: Pushcart Press

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishab... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399588191
• ASIN: 0399588191
• ISBN: 0399588191
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year’s volume of the finest science and nature writing.New York Times best-selling author of How to Be a Good Creature, The Soul of an Octopus, The Good Good Pig, and more, Sy Montgomery, selects the year’s top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humanity, and, in the process, uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines.  

• ASIN: 1328519007
• ASIN: 1328519007
• ISBN: 1328519007
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2020

"The best college guide you can buy."―USA TodayEvery college and university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. That's why, for more than 35 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320+ four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college websites. Fully updated and expanded every year, Fiske is the most authoritative source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Helpful, honest, and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges delive... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1492664944
• UPC: 760789271250
• ASIN: 1492664944
• ISBN: 1492664944
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks

The Best American Food Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

New York Times best-selling author and James Beard Award winner Samin Nosrat collects the year’s finest writing about food and drink.Best-selling author and winner of numerous awards, Samin Nosrat, selects the year’s top food writing from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.

• ASIN: 132866225X
• ASIN: 132866225X
• ISBN: 132866225X
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The 2019 Good Sam Travel Savings Guide for the RV & Outdoor Enthusiast (Good Sam Guide Series)

2019 Good Sam Guide Series The new Good Sam Guide Series is the Travel Savings Guide for the RV and Outdoor Enthusiast and the only print directory RV parks and campgrounds in North America with 12,101 locations listed across the United States and Canada, NEW for 2019 - Outdoor Busters coupons. Save hundreds of dollars on accessories and gear at Camping World, Gander Outdoors & Overton's including the Double Your Discount camping coupon, along with RV park information, RV travel lifestyle articles and much moreThe comprehensive volume features information for 12,100+ private RV parks, public ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1937321487
• ASIN: 1937321487
• ISBN: 1937321487
• Manufacturer: Good Sam

The Best American Sports Writing 2019 (The Best American Series ®)

The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the previous year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Each year, the series editor and guest editor curates a truly exceptional collection. The only shared traits among all these diverse styles, voices, and stories are the extraordinarily high caliber of writing, and the pure passion they tap into... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1328507858
• ASIN: 1328507858
• ISBN: 1328507858
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)

• ASIN: 0375702709
• ASIN: 0375702709
• ISBN: 9780375702709
• Brand: Vintage Books USA
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Best American Magazine Writing 2019

This year’s National Magazine Awards finalists and winners include outstanding writing that addresses urgent topics such as justice, gender, power, and violence, both at home and abroad. Personal pieces explore the toll of mass incarceration, including Reginald Dwayne Betts’s “Getting Out” (New York Times Magazine) and Robert Wright’s “Getting Out of Prison Meant Leaving Dear Friends Behind” (Marshall Project with Vice). In the Atlantic and the New Yorker, writers and critics examine prominent political figures: Franklin Foer’s “American Hustler” explores Paul Manafort’s ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0231190018
• ASIN: 0231190018
• ISBN: 0231190018
• Manufacturer: Columbia University Press

The Old Farmer's Almanac 2019

America’s oldest and largest farmer’s almanac is back with its famous 80% accurate long-range weather predictions for 2019! As it has been since 1792 when George Washington was still in office, The Old Farmer’s Almanac is jam-packed with gardening advice and charts, notable astronomical events, folklore, humor, contests, husbandry, best fishing days, home remedies, wisdom, recipes, cultural and culinary trends, and more—too much more to mention. Makes a wonderful stocking stuffer and not just because it will fit inside one! The price is modest to begin with, plus it’s a gift that wil... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1571987738
• ASIN: 1571987738
• ISBN: 1571987738
• Manufacturer: Old Farmer's Almanac

The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001 - 2019 : Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show with Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes

19 Years of the Hit TV Show Captured in One Complete Volume Here is your last chance to find every recipe prepared on public television's top-rated cooking show over 19 seasons all in a single

• UPC: 664998565
• Rating: 5.0

The Best American Essays of the Century

An anthology of fifty-five essays on a variety of topics features contributions by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Baldwin, Stephen Jay Gould, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, and other notable twentieth-century literary

• UPC: 1572777
• Rating: 4.0

The Best American Essays 2011

A collection of the years's best essays, as published in

• UPC: 15699413
• Rating: 4.667

The Best American Essays 2014 - eBook

“A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology . . .

• UPC: 414313140
• Rating: 3.0

The Best American Essays 2017 - eBook

"Jamison has done an exceptional job curating this volume, selecting essayists who are diverse in ideas and experiences, and essays that are challenging, passionate, sobering, and clever."--Publishers Weekly“The essay is political—and politically useful, by which

• UPC: 115846996
• Rating: 3.0

The Best American Essays 2013 - eBook

Selected and introduced by Cheryl Strayed, the New York Times best-selling author of Wild and the writer of the celebrated column “Dear Sugar,” this collection is a treasure trove of fine writing and thought-provoking

• UPC: 224642593
• Rating: 4.0

The Best American Essays 2011 - eBook

The Best American Series®First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals,

• UPC: 380010718
• Rating: 4.667

The Best American Essays 2005

The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor,

• UPC: 3953984
• Rating: 4.0

The Best American Essays 2009

The best essays of the year selected and introduced by Mary

• UPC: 10976109
• Rating: 3.5

Blaire (American Girl: Girl of the Year 2019, Book 1) - eBook

Get to know American Girl's 2019 Girl of the year, Blaire, in this first book in her series! Chef. Decorator. Chicken wrangler. Blaire does it all at her family's restaurant, inn, and farm. Her recent

• UPC: 135597275
• Rating: 3.0