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A collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. It discusses topics on some of the popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language.

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Searing and extremely personal essays from the heart of working-class America, shot through with the darkest elements the country can manifest - cults, homelessness, and hunger - while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners.

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Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This collection of his diverse essays includes appreciations of great writers: on Dostoevsky and the development of Russian prose, on Auden and Akhmatova, Cavafy, Montale and Mandelstam.

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Lauren Groff, Elizabeth Kolbert, Pam Houston, Pico Iyer, T Kira Madden, Gregory Pardlo, Maggie Shipstead, and Peter Orner are among the 65 writers who grapple with this mystery: How can an ephemeral encounter leave an eternal mark

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A collection of short stories by skateboarders explores this enduring sport and the subculture it has spawned, delving into the humor, risk-taking, self-destructive behavior, and commerce that swirls around skateboarding. Original.

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"Short essays that touch many topics--anxiety, consciousness, death, happiness, morality, stupidity, & truth--that make the case for realism & help set expectations with regard to the human condition"--

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A must-have for fans of the celebrated and international bestselling author, this collection contains inspirational quotes from such beloved Paulo Coelho titles as "Eleven Minutes, The Valkyries, The Devil and Miss Prym, The Zahir," and the mega bestseller "The Alchemist." Full color.

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A new book of surreal essays from actor, comedian and writer Jenny Slate

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A stunning guide to finding creative inspiration and how it can illuminate your life, your work, and your art.

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An essay on being stuck, and its opposites, by the author of PRETENTIOUSNESS: WHY IT MATTERS.

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From a master of the English language comes this astonishing collection of essays about reading, writing, and identity.

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A dazzling collection of essays by the bestselling author of What I Loved - thought-provoking, engaging, illuminating reflections on what it means to be human

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An important and timely anthology of black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking Slay In Your Lane. Slay in Your Lane Presents:Loud Black Girlsfeatures essays from the diverse voicesof twenty established and emerging black Britishwriters.

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An inventive, thought-provoking and characteristically bold collection of short fiction and essays from Hanif Kureishi, centred around the vexed relationship between love and hate.

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Klam returns with more humorous insight into life with canine companions. She focuses on dog rescue, and its healing power not only for the dogs who are cared for and able to find good homes, but also for the people who bond with these animals.

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An enlightening collection of essays, reviews and speeches from a wonderfully loved writer.

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This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitzs celebrated Mad Men recapsas featured on New York magazine's Vulture blogfor the first time, including never-before-published essays on the shows first three seasons.

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"With equal parts candor and humor, Jerald Walker--a recipient of the PEN Award for nonfiction and finalist for the National Book Award--sharply examines and explains Black life and culture in Magically Black and Other Essays"--

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As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way into the minds and hearts of an extraordinary range of characters. In Making an Elephant, his first ever work of non-fiction, the voice is his own.

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Michael Parkinson on Cricket represents the best and most humorous of the author's journalism on his favourite sport.

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Focuses on Marilyn Monroe, culture, ideology, boxing, Hemingway, politics, sex, celebrity.

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Collects the thoughts of twenty-four contemporary women writers on the effects of fairy tales on their work, culture, and emotional lives.

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Essays tracing the intellectual life of a quintessential New York City writer and thinker