Essays
Great minds share their sharpest observations and most compelling arguments through the intimate art of the essay, exploring everything from creativity and culture to philosophy and the peculiarities of modern life. Whether wrestling with life's biggest questions or finding profound meaning in everyday moments, these carefully crafted pieces invite readers to see the world through fresh eyes.
Essays Book Summaries
On Writing Horror
A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
Writing
Horror
Reference
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
Politics
History
Biography
Movement Matters
Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement
Health
Science
Essays
Gathering Moss
A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Nature
Science
Environment
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
Productivity
Business
Self Help
On Confidence
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Colonize This!
Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
Essays
India
Politics
Notes to Self
Essays
Feminism
Memoir
Science in the Soul
Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Science
Philosophy
Essays
An Everlasting Meal
Cooking with Economy and Grace
Food
Cookbooks
Cooking
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Essays
Memoir
Writing
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
Biography
Essays
Politics
The Anatomy of Influence
Literature as a Way of Life
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
This Idea Must Die
Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Life in Code
A Personal History of Technology
Memoir
Technology
Science
This Idea Is Brilliant
Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
Science
Philosophy
Essays
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
Politics
Humor
Comedy
Q is for Quantum
Science
Physics
Technical
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
This Is How
Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
Self Help
Memoir
Humor
El fútbol a sol y sombra
Sports
Football
Soccer
Letters on Cézanne
Art
Poetry
Classics
Saving Time
Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Two Cultures
Science
Philosophy
History
The Return of the Russian Leviathan
Russia
Politics
History
Power Shift
The Longest Revolution
Feminism
Canada
Womens
Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
Philosophy
Psychology
Education
The Care We Dream Of
Liberatory & Transformative Justice Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health
Queer
Disability
LGBT
Kundalini Rising
Exploring the Energy of Awakening
Spirituality
Meditation
Essays
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
Travel
History
Memoir
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Searching for an American Utopia
Memoir
History
Essays
The Wisdom of the Heart
Essays
Philosophy
Writing
Thinking In Numbers
On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
Science
Mathematics
Essays
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Essays
Philosophy
Short Stories
In Praise of Risk
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
How to Be a Person in the World
Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life
Self Help
Essays
Psychology
We've Been Too Patient
Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model
Mental Health
Psychology
Disability
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please
Essays
Humor
Memoir
Comedy
Magical Thinking
True Stories
Memoir
Humor
Short Stories
Aliens
The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Science
Space
Astronomy
The Inner History of Devices
History
Technology
Science
Why Save the Bankers?
And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
Economics
Politics
Essays
Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
Memoir
Writing
Essays
What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
Science
Psychology
Essays
Sidecountry
Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports
Sports
Adventure
Essays
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
Philosophy
Sociology
Essays
On Human Nature
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
