Essays

The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States....

The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter....

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question....

A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible....

George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change....

A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals....

雑用こそ人生の突破口だ。誰より苦労しても、その苦労を見ている人は１％にも満たない。それでも“世界のミクニ”は必死に鍋を磨き続けた。

This book by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus collects the most relevant essays - some short, some long - from their popular website, TheMinimalists.com....

Der neue Bestseller der Erfolgsautorin aus Großbritannien. Dolly Alderton gibt in ihrer berühmten Kolumne Dear Dolly als sogenannte...

A powerful testament to the pleasures and miseries of a life in drink, and a window into the soul of one of our most beloved and enduring writers, On Drinking is the definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol....

For the past four years, Margaret Renkl’s columns have offered readers of The New York Times a weekly dose of natural beauty, human decency, and persistent hope from her home in Nashville. Now more than sixty of those pieces have been brought together in this collection....

From modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos - in this classic collection of essays, Ursula K. Le Guin roves with her customary audacity over the intersecting arenas of literature, feminism, and social responsibility, exploding any received notions she comes across....

Una obra imprescindible para tomar conciencia y pasar a la acción....

As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize that she was actually trying to write about how this affected her relationship with her mother....

Wherever he is, David Rakoff is a fish out of water. Whether impersonating Sigmund Freud in a department store window during the holidays, climbing an icy mountain in cheap loafers...

Bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet Ross Gay continues his ongoing investigation of delight.

In Praise of Shadows is an eloquent tribute to the austere beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetics....

Harold Bloom explores our Western literary tradition by concentrating on the works of twenty-six authors central to the Canon...

An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You’ll Grow Out of It....

Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives....

Bill Hayes came to New York City in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by....

When society seems to demand confidence and certainty, how much courage does it take to admit doubt, especially self-doubt? In this personal essay, one of Australia's most respected journalists argues in favour of a doubtful mind....

In a complex world, who is allowed to be complicated? Who is entitled to a messy life full of triumphs, mistakes and tedium? Until recently, not Black women....

A wide-ranging selection of George Orwell's essays, written in the clear-eyed, passionate and uncompromising style that has earned him a reputation as one of Britain's greatest writers....

Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic.

＜JBpressの好評連載を大幅修正・加筆して書籍化＞生まれも育ちも日本の韓国籍の男性が韓国に留学した結果、それは単なる「リスキリング」ではなかった！

寄り添う。見守る。救う。裏切らない。それが本なんです!いつも幸せだったら本など読まずに生きていけるけど、残念ながら、一ミリの退屈も苦痛も後悔もない人生などない!

La guida per imparare a stare bene nel nostro corpo e nel nostro presente L'ansia, la rabbia, la paura, la frustrazione, ma anche la felicità, l'amore, la serenità, sono emozioni che sentiamo anche (forse soprattutto) nel corpo, oltre che nell'animo. E chi ha portato nella propria vita lo yoga, una disciplina che unisce il corpo e la spiritualità, lo sa bene. Alice Degl'Innocenti, l'insegnante di yoga e mental coach nota sui social come @alix_loto, ci conduce allora in un percorso di scoperta della nostra natura più profonda.

Las historias moldean lo que somos, desde nuestro carácter hasta nuestra identidad cultural, nos impulsan a realizar nuestros sueños y ambiciones y dan forma a nuestra política y nuestras creencias. Las utilizamos para construir nuestras relaciones, para mantener el orden en nuestros tribunales, para interpretar los acontecimientos en nuestros periódicos y medios de comunicación social. Contar historias es una parte esencial de lo que nos hace humanos.

Con leggerezza e una certa dose di autoironia Larsson trasporta i suoi temi classici, come il viaggio, lo sradicamento e il bisogno di libertà, dal mondo avventuroso dei mari a quello più quotidiano e urbano del trasporto pubblico, offrendoci un racconto che susciterà immediata simpatia in tutti quelli che hanno vissuto, anche solo brevemente, la frustrante esperienza del pendolarismo.

"Goldman was an admirer of Nietzsche and in many ways represents a model of a superior individual who is capable of rising above the herd instincts of the...

Escritos para desocupados nació en el año 2005, en forma de bitácora digital y en un blog en el que la escritora plasmaba pensamientos sobre su deserción laboral. Con el tiempo, esas entradas acumularon, y fue entonces cuando decidió reunirlas en forma de un libro de ensayos dedicados a la vida ociosa. En ellos se abordan y cuestionan temas como la productividad, la autoría, la escritura, el copyright, el consumo, el trabajo, el tiempo libre, la precarización, entre muchos otros.

Este es un recorrido por los derechos humanos en la vejez y, concretamente, por los derechos de las mujeres, sintetizados en tres principios que a Anna Freixas le parecen fundamentales en la edad mayor: la libertad, la justicia y la dignidad. Por tanto, estos apuntes de supervivencia están pensados para la nueva generación de viejas que van estrenando libertades, para las que mantienen su dignidad, para las ancianas que mientras se desplazan por el calendario son capaces de escudriñar la vida y las relaciones cotidianas con perseverancia y agudeza.

Cámaras secretas se compone de lecturas, anécdotas y testimonios que buscan ahondar en la manera en que el cuerpo doliente nos ofrece una forma de narrarnos, de redescubrir la identidad aun a pesar de las pérdidas. En este lúcido ensayo, tan erudito como personal, Luis Jorge Boone nos ofrece una aproximación a diversos aspectos de la enfermedad y del dolor en la literatura para desvelarnos su enorme potencial transformador.

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。

This collection of short essays examines the place of women in the history of psychedelics. While some of the subjects are pioneers in their own right, the authors in this collection go beyond merely adding women to the past in psychedelic history, exploring some of the significant ways that women have contributed to psychedelic knowledge.

Творчество Рюноскэ Акутагавы пользуется заслуженной популярностью как в нашей стране, так и во всем мире, а его самые известные повести и рассказы, такие как "В стране водяных", "В чаще" и "Ворота Расёмон", регулярно переиздаются. Но собранные в этом издании письма школьным друзьям, учителям и коллегам-писателям позволяют взглянуть на известного японского литератора с другой, не столь известной стороны и показывают нам Акутагаву-человека, со всеми его надеждами, мечтами и разочарованиями.

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, feminism, war-induced PTSD, homophobia, marriage, and “the n-word,” among other things.

Before Garrison Keillor and Spalding Gray there was Jean Shepherd: a master monologist and writer who spun the materials of his all-American childhood into immensely resonant—and utterly hilarious—works of comic art. In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash represents one of the peaks of his achievement, a compound of irony, affection, and perfect detail that speaks across generations. In God We Trust, Shepherd's wildly witty reunion with his Indiana hometown, disproves the adage “You can never go back.”