Best Essays Of All Time - April 2024

The Best American Essays of the Century (The Best American Series)

This singular collection is nothing less than a political, spiritual, and intensely personal record of America’s tumultuous modern age, as experienced by our foremost critics, commentators, activists, and artists. Joyce Carol Oates has collected a group of works that are both intimate and important, essays that move from personal experience to larger significance without severing the connection between speaker and audience. From Ernest Hemingway covering bullfights in Pamplona to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” these essays fit, in the words of Joyce Carol Oate... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618155872
• UPC: 046442155878
• ASIN: 0618155872
• ISBN: 0618155872
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Great English Essays: From Bacon to Chesterton (Dover Thrift Editions)

• ASIN: B007X1UPOK
• ASIN: B007X1UPOK
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

(Definitely) The Best Dogs of All Time

Since the dawn of time, dogs have been the number one source of joy in this world. This is a book about the very best of them. Powerful dogs, mythical dogs, heroic dogs, talented dogs, literary dogs, dogs who have changed the course of history, and dogs who have set the internet ablaze. Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs. From the deeply misunderstood Cerberus, the multi-headed hound of Hades, to Hachikō, Rin Tin Tin, and Duke―the thrice-elected mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota (who is an actual dog). With words by Jadan Carroll and illustrations by Molly Dyson, (Definitely) The Best Dog... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1947534572
• ASIN: 1947534572
• ISBN: 1947534572
• Manufacturer: Scribe US

In Rough Country: Essays and Reviews

In twenty-nine provocative essays, Joyce Carol Oates maps the "rough country" that is both the treacherous geographical and psychological terrain of the writers she so cogently analyzes—Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth, E. L. Doctorow, and Margaret Atwood, among others—and the emotional terrain of Oates's own life following the unexpected death of her husband, Raymond Smith, after forty-eight years of marriage. "As literature is a traditional solace to the bereft, so writing about literature can be a solace, as it was to me when the effort of writing fiction seeme... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061963984
• ASIN: 0061963984
• ISBN: 0061963984
• Manufacturer: Ecco

Small Great Things: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.”—Booklist (starred review) Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345544978
• ASIN: 0345544978
• ISBN: 0345544978
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown

“Wonderful." —Michiko Kakutani, New York TimesCelebrating the 20th anniversary of storytelling phenomenon The Moth, 45 unforgettable true stories about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best ever told on their stagesCarefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of live storytelling, All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Alongside Meg Wolitzer, John Turturro, Tig Notaro, and Hasan Minhaj, readers will encounter: an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, an Afghan refu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101904402
• ASIN: 1101904402
• ISBN: 1101904402
• Brand: CROWN ARCHETYPE
• Manufacturer: Crown Archetype

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

• ASIN: B00V37BC4C
• ASIN: B00V37BC4C
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Best American Essays 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

The Pulitzer–Prize winning and Guggenheim-honored Hilton Als curates the best essays from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites, bringing “the fierce style of street reading and the formal tradition of critical inquiry, reads culture, race, and gender” (New York Times) to the task. “The essay, like love, like life, is indefinable, but you know an essay when you see it, and you know a great one when you feel it, because it is concentrated life,” writes Hilton Als in his introduction. Expertly guided by Als’s instinct and intellect, The Best American Essays 2018 showcases gre... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544817346
• ASIN: 0544817346
• ISBN: 0544817346
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time -- listed in accessible and succinct form -- by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" to the "Ten Greatest Poets," here is a concise collection of the world's most significant knowledge. For the better part of a century, Will Durant dwelled upon -- and wrote about -- the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history. His selections have finally been brought together in a single, compact volume. Durant eloquent... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0743235533
• ASIN: 0743235533
• ISBN: 0743235533
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Destinations of a Lifetime: 225 of the World's Most Amazing Places

NatGeo takes you on a photographic tour of the world’s most spectacular destinations, inspiring tangible ideas for your next trip. Travel to hundreds of the most breathtaking locales—both natural and man-made—illustrated with vivid images taken by the organization's world-class photographers. These images, coupled with evocative text, feature a plethora of visual wonders: ancient monoliths, scenic islands, stunning artwork, electric cityscapes, white-sand seashores, rain forests, ancient cobbled streets, and both classic and innovative architecture. Loaded with hard service information f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1426215649
• ASIN: 1426215649
• ISBN: 9781426215643
• Brand: National Geographic
• Manufacturer: National Geographic

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

#1 New York Times Bestseller What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can you do each day to discover inner peace and serenity? The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness. By tapping into traditions of med... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1572245379
• UPC: 971487957524
• ASIN: 1572245379
• ISBN: 1572245379
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: New Harbinger Publications/ Noetic Books

A Short History of Nearly Everything

• ASIN: B000FBFNII
• ASIN: B000FBFNII
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Into the Wild

• ASIN: 0385486804
• ASIN: 0385486804
• ISBN: 0385486804
• Brand: Random House
• Size: Exclusive Paper Glossy
• Manufacturer: Anchor Books

Best American Essays 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

"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 I mean humanizing and provocative—because of its commitment to nuance, its explorations of contingency, its spirit of unrest, its glee at overturned assumptions; because of the double helix of awe and distrust—faith and doubt—that structures its DNA,” writes guest editor Leslie Jamison in her introduction. From the Iraqi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544817338
• ASIN: 0544817338
• ISBN: 0544817338
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Art of Biography A Collection of Essays

A collection of essays written by Woolf where she shows the power and wit of analytical mind discussing the art of writing biography.

• ASIN: 1447469224
• ASIN: 1447469224
• ISBN: 1447469224
• Manufacturer: Cullen Press

The 125 Best Brain Teasers of All Time : A Mind-Blowing Challenge of Math, Logic, and Wordplay

Solve history's greatest puzzles with this classic collection of brain teasers from The Best Brain Teasers of All Time.The best brain teasers are those that have challenged and captivated the attention of puzzle lovers throughout

• UPC: 391173498

All Time Best Soups

A perfect soup recipe is one you make forever--it is comforting, nourishing, the very essence of flavor. In this handsome, focused cookbook, the experts at Cooks Illustrated boil the world of soups down to the

• UPC: 51330541
• Rating: 5.0

All the Lives I Want : Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers

"From columnist and critic Alana Massey, a collection of essays examining the intersection of the personal with pop culture through the lives of pivotal female figures--from Sylvia Plath to Britney Spears--in the spirit of Chuck

• UPC: 55033754
• Rating: 4.0

All the Lives I Want : Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers

"Alana Massey's prose is to brutal honesty what a mandolin is to a butter knife: she's sharper; she slices thinner; she shows the cross-section of a truth so deftly--so powerfully and cannily--it's hard to look

• UPC: 56197063
• Rating: 4.0

Who's Better, Who's Best in Basketball? : MR STATS Sets the Record Straight on the Top 50 NBA Players of All Time

ABC and ESPNUs "Mr. Stats" ranks the NBAUs greatest players of all time in this provocative and comprehensive

• UPC: 28323401

Crockpot Recipes : The Top 100 Best Slow Cooker Recipes of All Time

Would you love to have delicious and healthy meals with little effort? Whether you want to (1) discover 100 of the best crockpot recipes of all time, (2) create delicious meals with little effort, or

• UPC: 570068207

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time

9780684813790

• UPC: 25950397
• Rating: 4.0

Down to the Last Pitch : How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time

From acclaimed author Tim Wendel, the behind-the-headlines story of the Best World Series Ever, and the watershed season that propelled two of baseball s worst teams to dominance and ushered in baseball s modern era.

• UPC: 42083555
• Rating: 4.0

Crockpot Recipes : The Top 100 Best Slow Cooker Recipes of All Time

Would you love to have delicious and healthy meals with little effort? Whether you want to (1) discover 100 of the best crockpot recipes of all time, (2) create delicious meals with little effort, or

• UPC: 832766173

The 100 Best Poems of All Time

An anthology of poetry from around the world includes works by Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Keats, Poe, both Brownings, Dickinson, Eliot, Neruda, Plath, and Angelou, as well as poems and songs that have entered popular

• UPC: 1071285
• Rating: 4.0