The Reading Life by C. S. Lewis
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Category: Essays | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The revered teacher and best-selling author reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings. More than fifty years after his death, revered intellectual and teacher C. S. Lewis continues to speak to reader ...Show more
By the Book - Writers on Literature and Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review by Pamela Paul
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Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular By the Book feature. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, and here she b ...Show more
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
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Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame.'It's about the terror, isn't it?''The terror of what?' I said.'The terror of being found out.'For the past three years, Jon Ronson h ...Show more
Freedom: The End of the Human Condition by JEREMY GRIFFITH
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Category: Essays
The fastest growing realization everywhere is that humanity can't go on the way it is going. Indeed, the great fear is we're entering endgame where we appear to have lost the race between self-destruction and self-discovery-the race to find the psychologically relieving understanding of our 'good and ev ...Show more
A Life With Books by Julian Barnes
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Category: Essays
Julian Barnes writes about his early awareness of books and about his obsessive book-collecting and time spent in second-hand bookshops around the country. He ends by praising the physical book and expressing the confident hope ...Show more
Demographic Cliff: How to survive and prosper during the Great Deflation of 2014-2019 The by Harry S. Dent Jr.
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Category: Essays
Bestselling author and financial guru Harry Dent shows why we're facing a "great deflation" after five years of desperate stimulus--and what to do about it now Throughout his long career as an economic forecaster, Harry Dent has relied on a not-so-secret weapon: demographics. Studying the predictable t ...Show more
Tim Winton: Critical Essays by Lyn McCredden (Editor); Nathanael O'Reilly (Editor)
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Category: Essays
Why is it that Tim Winton - one of Australia's most popular and literary novelists - has received little sustained critical attention? This collection of essays examines the impact of Winton's work on understanding what it is to be Australian, to be human, to make and question meaning. His novels and sh ...Show more
Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction by Terry Pratchett
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Category: Essays
Terry Pratchett has earned a place in the hearts of readers the world over with his bestselling Discworld series - but in recent years he has become equally well-known and respected as an outspoken campaigner for causes including Alzheimer's research and animal rights. A Slip of the Keyboard brings toge ...Show more
Swimming to the Moon by Robert Drewe
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Category: Essays
From a floury encounter on a baker's work table to the art of sitting backwards on chairs, from budgie training to spontaneous human combustion, this collection showcases the non-fiction writing of one of Australia's best-loved authors. These pieces encompass suburban portraits and coastal living, affec ...Show more
Meeting the Devil - A Book of Memoir by London Review of Books
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Category: Essays | Reading Level: good
Autobiography has been an essential element of the London Review of Books since its founding in 1979. This volume collects many outstanding pieces of memoir that first appeared in the LRB's pages. Here, Lorna Sage remembers growing up with her grandfather during the Second World War, Jenny Diski imagine ...Show more
TED: The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings by Mark Kushner
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Category: Essays
Part of the TED series: The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings A pavilion made from paper. An inflatable concert hall. A building that eats smog. A bridge that grows grapes. The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings captures the soaring confidence, the thoughtful intelligence, the futuristic wond ...Show more
Where I'm Reading from: The Changing World of Books by Tim Parks
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Category: Essays
Should you finish every book you start? How has your family influenced the way you read? What is literary style? How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup? Why do you hate the book your friend likes? Is writing really just like any other job? What happens to your brain when you r ...Show more