A collection of essays on the writer who “after Rudyard Kipling . . . was the most famous nineteenth-century British author to depict India” (Nineteenth-Century Literature).
Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929) was a contemporary of...
Essays
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Author:Roye, SusmitaSummary: - Author:Heintzman, Andrew, Solomon, EvanSummary:
The twenty-first century has been dominated by two major global crises: a scarcity of food and fuel. Both have had detrimental effects on the environment and both are at the root of the fragile health of the global economy. Combining...
- Author:Steves, RickSummary:
Rick Steves knows Europe inside and out, and has made a career of inspiring people to explore, connect, and step outside their comfort zones. With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, this...
- Author:Ferrante, ElenaSummary:
Consisting of over twenty years of letters, essays, reflections, and interviews, this collection provides unique depiction of an author who embodies a consummate passion for writing.
- Author:Gray, PeterSummary:
Psychologist Peter Gray suggests that it's time to stop asking what's wrong with our children, and start asking what's wrong with the system.
- Author:Pearl-McPhee, StephanieSummary:
This paperback edition of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's popular Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again reminds us of the joy we felt upon first encountering her hilarious and poignant collection of essays surrounding her favorite...
- Author:Theroux, PaulSummary:
Internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux adds Fresh Air Fiend, named a New York Times Notable Book, to his highly praised travel writings. A collection of essays, this intimate and fascinating book explores five continents and many...
- Author:Maddin, GuySummary:
Guy Maddin is one of Canada's most celebrated and original filmmakers, the director of such delirious films as Tales from the Gimli Hospital, Careful, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, The Saddest Music in the World and My Winnipeg...
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Through a collection of essays, Fundamentalism: Perspectives on a Contested History explores the ways in which the concept of global fundamentalism does and does not illuminate developments in modern Christianity, Judaism and Islam. At...
- Author:Prado, EmillySummary:
Emilly Prado retraces her experience coming of age as a prep-turned-chola-turned-punk in this collection that is one-part memoir-in-essays, and one-part playlist, zigzagging across genres and decades, much like the rapidly changing and...
- Author:Ross, StuartSummary:
Further Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer takes up where Stuart Ross’s Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer left off in 2005. Memoir, tirade, unsolicited advice — this new volume is drawn largely from Stuart’s notorious “...
- Author:Babiak, PeterSummary:
In Garage Criticism Peter Babiak eviscerates and deflates some of the cultural hot topics of our time. Babiak deconstructs our fascination with internet culture, devolves the rhetorical hallucinations of economics and marketing, and...
- Author:Kimmerer, Robin WallSummary:
Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites listeners to explore...
- Author:Spoon, RaeSummary:
Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon are accomplished, award-winning writers, musicians, and performers; they are also both admitted "gender failures." In their first collaborative book, a poignant collection of autobiographical...
- Author:Abu-Laban, YasmeenSummary:
Gendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science -- the nation-state. Yasmeen Abu-Laban has drawn together work by both high-profile and emerging scholars...
- Author:Apale, Alisha, Stam, ValerieSummary:
Young Canadians are increasingly active and engaged in global issues. Many are eagerly poised to contribute--in smaller and even larger ways--to international development and the Canadian national politics that, for better or worse,...
- Author:Woolley, BryanSummary:
This third collection of true stories from award-winning journalist and novelist Bryan Woolley with an introduction by author John Nichols includes the deeply moving title story "Generations," as well as his features and...
- Author:Wright, Jennifer AshleySummary:
Throughout history, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they've suffered. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome and morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history as well as the stories of the heroic...
- Author:Barbieux, SarahSummary:
À cheval entre le récit autobiographique et l’essai socioculturel, ce livre nous mène au cœur d’une quête de vérité et de transformation. C’est à partir de l’intérieur que Sarah nous invite dans son univers. Nous le découvrons pas à pas...
- Author:Haysom, IanSummary:
A sharp, funny, heartfelt memoir by a career-driven baby boomer who enters semi-retirement and explores the joys, challenges, and never-ending surprises of being a "young" granddad.One summer, shortly after taking a step back...
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