Prose: non-fiction books

The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was composed...  Read More >>

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In 1928 Virginia Woolf was asked to deliver speeches at Newnham and Girton Colleges on 'Women and Fiction'; she...  Read More >>

Foreword by Alan Ball “Elegant, respectful and refreshingly funny.” —New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice...  Read More >>

Alternately honest, funny, and visceral, this powerful collection follows Jennifer De Leon as she comes of age as...  Read More >>

In this engagingly written biography, Tamara Plakins Thornton delves into the life and work of Nathaniel Bowditch...  Read More >>

Elke schrijver vraagt zich automatisch af waarom hij of zij eigenlijk schrijft. En de vraag om deze waarom is helemaal...  Read More >>

Offers a literary tour of the Lone Star State by a native Texan of exceptional talent. The essays encompass a Texas...  Read More >>

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Vingt et une nouvelles de tonalites differentes qui sont autant de depaysements avec l'humour en point commun. Vingt...  Read More >>

Once considered the most stable country in West Africa, Ivory Coast was split by an armed rebellion in 2002 and...  Read More >>

Justinus Kerner: Die Seherin von Prevorst. Eröffnungen über das innere Leben des Menschen und über das Hineinragen...  Read More >>

An Account Of The Cruel Persecutions, Rais'D By The French Clergy, Since Their Taking Sanctuary Here, Against Several...  Read More >>

Dans une approche empirique, Philippe Saint-Ange propose a son public un enseignement sur la spiritualite, inspire...  Read More >>

Inspired by twenty-six fruits, essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends the culinary, medical, and...  Read More >>

'I'm glad to taste something this sharp, this smart' Olivia Laing 'Wide-ranging and unsparingly intelligent throughout'...  Read More >>

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Gornick on V. S. Naipaul, James Baldwin, George Gissing, Randall Jarrell, H. G. Wells, Loren Eiseley, Allen Ginsberg,...  Read More >>

Vivian Gornick, one of our finest critics, tackled the theme of love and marriage in her last collection of essays,...  Read More >>

Remarks Upon Mr. Carte'S Specimen Of His General History Of England: Very Proper To Be Read By All Such As Are Contributors...  Read More >>

A meditation on the legacy of family, Christian Science, thought and being, and the nature of reality.  Read More >>

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Seleccion de destacados ensayos de la autora. Libro dividido en tres partes: Teoria de la Literatura , Literatura...  Read More >>

من منّا لا يبحث عن السّعادة؟ وكم منّا يجدها فعلاً؟ ما السّعادة؟ هل هي تلك الّتي نجدها في ألوان طائر جميل؟ أو في...  Read More >>

Justinus Kerner: Die Seherin von Prevorst. Eröffnungen über das innere Leben des Menschen und über das Hineinragen...  Read More >>