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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike's deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News' Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow won her Oscar? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in his new book of hilarious non-fiction.

The Ultimate Essays Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 30 classic essays analysing everything from war to love, journalism to race, travel to nature, and much more, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are essays by some of the greatest writers of all time, including George Orwell; Thomas Paine; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Henry David Thoreau; Virigina Woolf; Sigmund Freud; Zorea Neale Huston; Langston Hughes; Jack London, and more.

Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator.

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.

hile the ‘ nerdy white man’ stereotype of Autism dominates in media and popular culture, other Autistic people miss out on seeing themselves, their unique experiences, their hardships and their triumphs. In Someone Like Me, edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case, twenty-five Autistic gender-diverse and women writers explore their experiences—and explode stereotypes. This groundbreaking anthology ranges from sex, living room dance parties and the natural world to eating disorders, all-encompassing passions and religion.

What I Know For Sure is a beautiful audiobook packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Passionately read by the author and organized by theme – joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power – these essays offer a rare, powerful and intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women, while providing listeners a guide to becoming their best selves.

In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those of us still trying to figure it out in our forties.

This collection shows Jack at his earnest, soulful best. The writing is consistently and wonderfully Kerouacian: it is honest, reflective, heartfelt, and revealing, with great characterizations amid his self-exploration as he wrestles with his consciousness, desperate for belief.

In Love in Exile, Shon Faye shows love is much greater than the narrow ideals we have been taught to crave so desperately that we are willing to bend and break ourselves to fit them. Wise, funny, unsparing, and suffused with a radical clarity, this is a book of and for our times: for seeing and knowing love, in whatever form it takes, is the meaning of life itself.

Tales of the Disillusioned has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

“There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home.” There is no good way to say this—because words fall short. It takes only an instant for death to become fact, “a single point in a timeline.” Living now on this single point, Li turns to thinking and reasoning and searching for words that might hold a place for James.

「人生100年時代」到来！シニア世代は、どうすれば若者に老害と言われず、若さにしがみつく醜態を晒すことなく年相応の分別と年齢以上の価値を持つ老人になっていけるのか。

読書名人による愉快痛快「面白本」案内。「重度の活字中毒者」だという作家・椎名誠が、「本」についての思いや体験を縦横無尽に書き尽くし、世の本好きたちを魅了した伝説のエッセイ「活字四部作」が、長い年月を経て、ついに文庫化！

伝説の「活字四部作」がついにオーディオブック化！「重度の活字中毒者」だという作家・椎名誠が、「本」についての思いや体験を縦横無尽に書き尽くし、世の本好きたちを魅了した伝説のエッセイ「活字四部作」が、長い年月を経て、ついに文庫化！

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.

ゆとり世代の直木賞作家の爆笑エッセイ　読んで得るもの特にナシ！500枚超の楽しいことだけ詰まった大ボリュームエッセイ集。

戦後最年少直木賞作家の初エッセイ集　就活生の群像『何者』で戦後最年少の直木賞受賞者となった著者。この初エッセイ集では、天与の観察眼を駆使し、上京の日々、バイト、夏休み、就活そして社会人生活について綴る。

食いしん坊でおっとりした豆柴女子・センパイが5歳になった頃、やんちゃで不思議ちゃんな弟猫・コウハイがやってきた。コウハイの緊急手術、突然やってきた老猫を看取ったこと、センパイのダイエット、2匹だけでの2泊3日のお留守番、震災への備え....

自殺マニュアルではありません。「ひとりっ子親なし配偶者なし子なし」のひとり暮らしが増えている昨今、若くても、親兄弟がいても、いつなんどき部屋で倒れたり不幸にも亡くなってしまうという、

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About has become a rare gem in the literary world. Both a viral sensation online and chosen by Oprah Daily as one of the best nonfiction books of the past two decades, it is an essential collection that dives into the personal and poignant topics we often struggle to discuss with those who are meant to know and love us best. This captivating follow-up, edited by Michele Filgate, tackles the intricate and challenging relationships we have with our dads, breaking the silence around these vital connections.