 | Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery
Release Date: February 4, 1997In these ten intertwined essays, one of our most provocative young novelists proves that she is just as stylish and outrageous an art critic. For when Jeanette Winterson looks at works as diverse as the Mona Lisa and Virginia Woolf's The Waves, she frees them from layers of preconception and restores their power to exalt and unnerve, shock and transform us."Art Objects is a book to be admired for its effort to speak exorbitantly, urgently and sometimes beautifully about art and about our individual and collective need for serious art."--Los Angeles Tim...
 |  | An Elemental Thing (New Directions Paperbook)
Publication Date: May 1, 2007| ISBN-10: 0811216942 | ISBN-13: 978-0811216944In a new cycle of linked nonfiction prose-pieces, Eliot Weinberger creates another "vortex for the entire universe." (Boston Review)If you dream of a jaguar, people are coming.If the jaguar bites you, they are not people.—Eliot Weinberger, from "Lacandons"Internationally acclaimed as one of the most innovative writers today, Eliot Weinberger has taken the essay into unexplored territories on the borders of poetry and narrative where the only rule, according to the author, is that all the information must be ...
|  | The Genealogy of Morals (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publication Date: April 23, 2003| Series: Dover Thrift Editions Major work on ethics, by one of the most influential thinkers of the last 2 centuries, deals with master/slave morality and modern man's current moral practices; the evolution of man's feelings of guilt and bad conscience; and how ascetic ideals help maintain human life under certain conditions. ...
|  | Essays on Music
Publication Date: August 19, 2002Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and--more than any other subject--music. To this day, Adorno remains the single most influential contributor to the development of qualitative musical sociology which, together with his nuanced intertextual readings of musical works, gives him broad claim as a continuing force in the study of music. This long-awaited collection of twenty-seven essays represents the full range of Adorno's music writi...
|  | The Best Creative Nonfiction (Vol. 3)
Publication Date: August 3, 2009| Series: Best Creative Nonfiction (Book 3) “Intelligent but accessible, and oftenpoignant . . . [by] the biggest talents on theessay and blog beat.” —PublishersWeekly (on Vol. 2)Anyone still asking, “What is creativenonfiction?” will find the answer in thiscollection of artfully crafted, true stories.Selected by Lee Gutkind, the “godfather behindcreative nonfiction,” and the staff ofCreative Nonfiction, thesestories—ranging from immersion journalism tointensely personal essays—illustrate the genre...
|  | Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example
Publication Date: September 27, 2001| ISBN-10: 0195138449 | ISBN-13: 978-0195138443Literary Nonfiction: Learning by Example examines the principles and techniques of the genre by taking a close, analytical look at outstanding contemporary essays by fifteen highly accomplished writers. Featuring examples of memoir, profile, literary journalism, medical reporting, and travel writing, it includes selections by Madeleine Blais, Tim Cahill, James Conaway, Joan Didion, David Finkel, Jon Franklin, Tom Hallman, Jr., Walt Harrington, Tracy Kidder, Jane Kramer, John McPhee, Michael Paterniti, Mike...
|  | I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams
Publication Date: April 6, 2012 From the preface by SF legend Bruce Sterling: "Dery...brandishes a Diogenes lantern as the the smoke thickens on every side. ... Beset with Google erudition, [these essays] tackle a dizzying set of topics--even within the essays, within the very sentences, there are dizzying arrays of topics. ... He's very good at going into areas of culture you wouldn't care to visit yourself, and performing autopsies. He assesses each bone and organ in detail. Not in acrowd-pleasing way--he doesn't prettify it, culture-industrialize it andbuild a gift-shop at the door. ...
|  | The World's Last Night: And Other Essays
Publication Date: November 4, 2002| Series: Harvest Book (Book 260) “We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.”In these seven witty, lucid, and tough-minded essays, the famous, infamous Screwtape makes a special appearance, proposing a toast that brilliantly explores the many opportunities for exploiting evil in the world. Lewis also considers the evidence for whether and how prayer works, plays with th...
|  | Birdbaths and Paper Cranes
Release Date: August 1, 2002Syndicated columnist Randall's writing style is intensely personal and unmistakably authentic, as if she were writing a letter to a trusted friend. She shares stories of how her blind brother once tried to drive a car; her sister lost a wig on a bumper car ride; her husband coached basketball while battling cancer; and her oldest child grew up to be "not a real doctor, but play one on TV." In Randall's hands, even stories about ordinary things-from a broken birdbath to a rusty porch swing to a thousand paper cranes—all shine with extraordinary meaning and gr...
|  | Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams
Release Date: April 29, 2010On September 28, 1960-a day that will live forever in the hearts of fans-Red Sox slugger Ted Williams stepped up to the plate for his last at-bat in Fenway Park. Seizing the occasion, he belted a solo home run- a storybook ending to a storied career. In the stands that afternoon was 28-year-old John Updike, inspired by the moment to make his lone venture into the field of sports reporting. More than just a matchless account of that fabled final game, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu is a brilliant evocation of Williams' competitive spirit, an intensity of dedication that st...
|  | Power Politics (Second Edition)
Publication Date: April 1, 2002| ISBN-10: 0896086682 | ISBN-13: 978-0896086685| Edition: 2 Arundhati Roy —"India’s most impassioned critic of globalization" (New York Times)—has expanded the compelling first edition of Power Politics with two new essays on the U.S. war on terrorism. A Book Sense 76 choice for November/December 2001 and Los Angeles Times "Discoveries" selection, Power Politics challenges the idea that only experts can speak out on such urgent matters as nuclear war, the privatization of India’s power supply by U.S.-based energy companies, and t...
|  | Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns
Release Date: September 21, 2011America's story has always been best told in its newspapers.From the local and mundane-crime blotters, crop prices, and Sundaysermons-to the Federalist Papers and Watergate, the press has played anoutsized role in our nation's culture and history. Newspapers in Americahave always been the crucible where our passions and debates are tried bythe only judge this nation respects: public opinion. At a time of greattransition in the news media, Deadline Artists celebrates therelevance of the newspaper column through the simple power of excellentwriting. It is an ins...
|  | Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps (American Lives)
Publication Date: March 1, 2004| Series: American Lives Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humor the place he calls home in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska—an area known as the Bohemian Alps. Nothing is too big or too small for his attention. Memories of his grandmother’s cooking are juxtaposed with reflections about the old-fashioned outhouse on his property. When casting his eye on social progress, Kooser reminds us that the closing of local schools, thoughtless county weed control, and irresponsible housing development destroy more than just the view.In ...
|  | The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
Release Date: July 2, 2002“I’ve changed a bit since high school. Back then I said no to using and selling drugs. I washed on a normal basis and still had good credit.”Introducing Laurie Notaro, the leader of the Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club. Every day she fearlessly rises from bed to defeat the evil machinations of dolts, dimwits, and creepy boyfriends—and that’s before she even puts on a bra.For the past ten years, Notaro has been entertaining Phoenix newspaper readers with her wildly amusing autobiographical exploits and unique life experiences. Sh...
|  | Orthodoxy (Hendrickson Christian Classics)
Publication Date: June 1, 2006| Series: Hendrickson Christian Classics Hardcover Classics at Paperback Prices!"One of the top 10 Christian books of the twentieth century." —Christianity Today Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called "the ablest and most exuberant proponent of orthodox Christianity of his time." One of the twentieth century’s most thoughtful authors, he greatly influenced countless Christian writers including C.S. Lewis and others. Described as one of 10 "indispensable spiritual classics" of the past 1500 years by Publishers Weekly, Chesterton ...
|  | An Ethical Compass: Coming of Age in the 21st Century
Publication Date: November 9, 2010In 1986, Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his victory over “the powers of death and degradation, and to support the struggle of good against evil in the world.” Soon after, he and his wife, Marion, created the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. A project at the heart of the Foundation’s mission is its Ethics Prize—a remarkable essay-writing contest through which thousands of students from colleges across the country are encouraged to confront ethical issues of personal significance. The Ethics Prize has g...
|  | The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany
Release Date: October 25, 2005In this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher Graeme Gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birds.Birds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirations. As divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the sky. Whether as the Christian dove, or Quetzalcoatl—the Aztec Plumed Serpent—or in Plato’s vision of the human soul growin...
|  | Count on Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships
Release Date: September 4, 2012Friendships can bring us peace, fill the emotional shortcomings in our romantic relationships, and help us remember what lies deep inside every one of us. For more than twenty-five years, the international organization Las Comadres Para Las Americas has been bringing together thousands of Latinas to count on, lean on, help, and advise one another. Comadre is a powerful term. It encompasses the most important relationships that exist between women: best friends, confidantes, coworkers, advisers, neighbors, godmothers to one’s children, and even midwives. &...
|  | The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays
Publication Date: May 15, 2012Award-winning editor Tara L. Masih put out a call in 2007 for Intercultural Essays dealing with the subjects of "culture, race, and a sense of place." The prizewinners are gathered for the first time in a ground-breaking anthology that explores many facets of culture not previously found under one cover. The powerful, honest, thoughtful voices--Native American, African American, Asian, European, Jewish, White--speak daringly on topics not often discussed in the open, on subjects such as racism, anti-Semitism, war, self-identity, gender, societal ...
|  | Grantland Issue 2
Publication Date: April 10, 2012Grantland Quarterly is a collaboration between McSweeney's and Grantland, the popular website founded and edited by Bill Simmons. It features the best long-form sports and culture writing from the site as well as new print exclusives, delivered in a lavishly designed, full-color book. Issue 2 has a dust jacket that unfolds to reveal a double-sided poster with an intricate, gorgeous piece of original art on one side, and, on the reverse, a reprint of the rare 1970s poster of George "The Ice Man" Gervin from Nike.Issue 2 also includes:-Bill Simmons writing about...
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