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A sharply personal and expansive essay collection dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections.

A Room of One's Own is an extended essay, originally delivered in 1928 as two lectures at two of Cambridge University's women's colleges—Newnham College and Girton College. Through the use of several metaphors, lauded author Virginia Woolf explores the social injustices and structures that prevent women from engaging in free expression and contributing to literature.

A luminous memoir-in-essays exploring place, identity, and what it means to grow up queer and Asian in the American South.

What does it mean to stand alone against the tide of conformity? Henry David Thoreau's On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is a rallying cry for the individual conscience in a world that often demands silent compliance. Written in 1849, this powerful essay transcends its time, offering an enduring blueprint for resisting injustice through peaceful defiance. Thoreau's words are both a philosophical meditation and a practical guide. With piercing clarity and quiet rebellion, he challenges the reader to examine their relationship with authority.

¿Por qué nos gusta tanto ponernos como las grecas? Esta es la pregunta que Bob Pop se lanza a contestar en este originalísimo ensayo.

なんだか「だいじょうぶ」な気持ちになる本。近くにいる人を見つめて抱きしめる日々こそが、世界を慈しむことだって確信した。

Named a Best Book of Summer 2025 by The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Publishers Weekly, and Book Riot The Observer (London)’s Summer Reads Select In this collection of medical tales “reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing” (Abraham Verghese, author of The Covenant of Water)...

On the outside, Kathleen’s life looks perfect. She is married to a dashing young doctor. They have adorable twin daughters. She even has a budding legal career; her husband is putting her through law school. There is only one problem. Kathleen is addicted to drugs and alcohol. She thinks she is hiding her problem, but it explodes her life, and something has to change—and this change begins when her sister takes her to a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.

積読・ジャケ買い当たり前女子に贈る　飾りたくなる読書エッセイ。読めば本がもっと好きになる——Instagramで人気急上昇中の読書インフルエンサー大島梢絵さんの初著書となる読書エッセイ。

Was bedeutet es, wenn die Eltern alt werden? Bestsellerautor Volker Kitz erzählt in seinem literarischen Essay die Geschichte seines Vaters und erkundet an ihr exemplarisch, wie sich familiäre Verantwortung verschiebt, wenn Eltern alt werden. Sein Buch berührt die Gefühle und Fragen einer ganzen Generation. "Bleibt bei mir", bittet der Vater seine zwei Söhne, als die Erinnerung ihn verlässt. Bis dahin war Erinnerung für Volker Kitz kein Thema. Sie funktionierte, der Vater funktionierte, die Familie funktionierte. Doch eines Tages verunglückt die Mutter, und das Schicksal nimmt seinen Lauf.

The last volume of Chesterton's collected essays, Gathered from the London Mercury, the New Witness, and the Illustrated London News, it is the only volume from after WWI, and is most serious, philosophical, and socially direct collection.

Se reúnen por primera vez en su solo volumen los textos Inquisiciones y Otras inquisiciones, que abren algunos de los temas que serán recurrentes en la estética del autor. Este feliz volumen, inédito como tal hasta hoy, se compone de dos libros dados a imprenta con más de un cuarto de siglo de diferencia, la que separa 1925 de 1952. No obstante, sus ensayos pertenecen a un mismo diálogo, el de Borges con la historia literaria, el del lector con el escritor.

A BEST BOOK OF 2025: The New Yorker • Kirkus Reviews “Earnest and engaging.” —The New Yorker “Among the most profound and dazzling debuts I've ever read.” —Kiese Laymon, award-winning author of Heavy: An American Memoir An essay collection from culture critic Lawrence Burney that...

Die Selbstbetrachtungen Marc Aurels, des römischen Kaisers und Stoikers aus dem 2. Jahrhundert nach Christus, gehören zu den meistgelesenen Werken der Menschheit. Die Bedeutung dieses schmalen Werks für den russischen Schriftsteller Anton Cechov ist kaum zu überschätzen. Peter Urban, Herausgeber und Übersetzer, hat Cechovs Handexemplar studiert, das sich bis heute in Jalta befindet.

Un’opera necessaria per comprendere e conoscere una delle menti più geniali della nostra epoca. Curato da Aura Ghezzi e Alberto Pezzotta, con un testo di Elisabetta Sgarbi, questo libro raccoglie scritti di enrico ghezzi, molti dei quali inediti, che raccontano la sua visione del mondo e dell’arte. L’acquario di quello che manca assomiglia profondamente al suo autore, ne è lo specchio.

Las indómitas rinde tributo al rostro anónimo de las mujeres que lucharon en la Revolución, a la inconfundible Jesusa Palancares y al silencio de las mujeres del servicio. Madres, activistas, revolucionarias, artistas y trabajadoras incansables; desde sus trincheras, han luchado por trastocar el orden patriarcal, pero también han sido el motor que le ha dado un nuevo giro a la historia y cuyo brillante ejemplo es el faro que nos guía hacia al futuro.

"Government, like Circe, turns men into swine," David Mamet writes in his latest political tour de force. Prepare to be challenged, enlightened, and entertained by The Disenlightenment as Mamet dissects the modern world with enthusiasm, wisdom, and lots of references to movies about the mafia. Once a stalwart of liberal thought, Mamet now turns his penetrating gaze on the cultural milieu that nurtured his artistic growth, revealing how America's elites have twisted our institutions into tools of manipulation.

韓国でたちまち大ベストセラー50万部突破!これは、韓国のSNS、エンタメ業界が熱狂した胸がしめつけられるほど甘く、もどかしい運命のお話――。あのK-POPアイドルも愛読と噂される、不器用ながらも温かい恋と人生と「君と僕」をみずみずしく綴った、心に染みわたるエッセイ――。

Sigmund Freud (Freiberg 1856 - Londra 1939) medico austriaco, fondatore della psicoanalisi, cominciò ad occuparsi di psicopatologia con gli Studi sull'isteria, scritti in collaborazione con Breuer (1892 - 1895). Nel 1900 pubblica L'interpretazione dei sogni, in cui confluiscono i dati della propria autoanalisi. Gli scritti dei decenni successivi definiscono il movimento psicoanalitico nei suoi aspetti teorici, sociali e antropologici.

A delightful selection of entertaining poems, short essays, and written conversations involving the people of 20th century rural Australia and some of their working animals. This collection includes “When Dad Drives Home From Town,” “When the Sailor Rode the Brumby,” “The Old Barn School,” and many more.