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Award-winning journalist examines the twenty-first-century social landscape of America, reflects on its past, and ponders its future. Provides profiles of…
Americans he calls "unconventional thinkers and doers," including the wife of a seriously wounded soldier, an inner-city school principal, a major league baseball pitcher, and others. Bestseller. 2011
Twenty essays by popular authors on the reasons behind their pursuit of writing. Sue Grafton, author of A is for…
Alibi (DB 35069), ruminates on the source of "writer's block" and David Baldacci discusses his compulsion for writing. Also includes Isabel Allende, Jodi Picoult, and others. 2013
Selections from Benjamin Franklin's almanacs, which were published for a quarter-century beginning in 1732 and included agricultural predictions, meteorological data,…
and maxims. This edition focuses on observations and aphorisms such as "eat to live, not live to eat." Introduction by humorist Dave Barry. 2000
Essays about life in the American South by the author of popular memoirs like All Over but the Shoutin' (DB…
46142). The seventy-two essays, many of which originally appeared in Southern Living magazine, are broken down into categories of "Home," "Table," "Place," "Craft," and "Spirit."2015
A collection of ten essays on the power of poetry. Poet Hirshfield looks at poems of varied styles and time…
periods and uses them to show how reading poetry can transform readers, inviting reflection about their own lives and the wider world. 2015
Former United States Poet Laureate and author of Unpacking the Boxes (DB 68474), Hall (born 1928) ruminates on the life…
he has lived, as well as lives of his ancestors. Discusses writing, smoking and drinking, and traveling through post-WWII Europe. 2014
Creator of the YouTube comedy series Awkward Black Girl discusses a childhood spent in Los Angeles, Senegal, and Maryland; family…
relationships; career ambitions; and her experience of blackness. Humorously analyzes racial, cultural, and personality stereotypes. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2015
Collection of fourteen essays by American-born French and Italian professor explores American culture of the late twentieth and early twenty-first…
centuries. Explores cultivated lifestyles such as "hipsterism," communication between generations, regional influences on expression such as "southern niceness," and the ways feminism is expressed in the movie Labyrinth, among other subjects. 2015
Collection of seventy-eight poems and essays by the author of The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 (DB 69494). "Artichoke…
Soup" is a paean to a favorite meal. Other subjects examined include nature, music, friends, and family. 2013
Author of Eat, Pray, Love (DB 61789) edits nineteen previously published travel essays infused with a sense of marvel and…
wonder. In "The Way I've Come" author Judy Copeland describes backpacking along the border of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. 2013
Chef makes a pilgrimage in 2010 from Beijing to Rome, tracing the evolution of food and culture along the ancient…
Silk Road. Focuses on the migration of noodles as a menu staple and explores other foods, including saffron and rhubarb. Includes recipes she learned from cooks along the route. 2013
Restaurant critic and former food editor for the New York Times reminisces about the evolution of the culinary industry during…
his professional tenure. Examines the rise of the celebrity chef and the development of artisanal ingredients. Includes some previously published material. 2013
Author of Born on a Blue Day (DB 63862) explores "the math of life" in twenty-five essays. Topics covered include…
the calendar created by Omar Khayyám in 1074 CE and the concept of zero in Shakespeare's work. Also discusses why years feel shorter as we age. 2012
Collection of thirty-two humorous personal essays by Oakley (born 1989), known for his social-media presence and LGBT advocacy efforts. Discusses…
familial and romantic relationships, popular culture in the twenty-first century, and events he has taken part in thanks to his YouTube channel. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2015
Collection of seventeen essays exploring contemporary society by the author of Gilead (DB 59561). Examines questions of humanism, grace, servanthood,…
fear, memory, value, theology, experience, and more, through the lens of her Christian faith. 2015
Thirty-six essays by American humorist and New Yorker magazine contributor. In the title piece Frazier adopts an Old Testament tone…
for a wrathful father chastising his children about table manners. "What I Am" recounts an ongoing argument between husband and wife over loading the dishwasher. Thurber Prize. 2008
Exploration of the science behind things one encounters in everyday life. Discusses the physics of stable houses, the creation and…
use of energy, the mechanics of bicycles, the chemical structure of glass, the engineering behind radios, the mathematical impact of digital versus analog, and more. 2015
Collection of seventeen essays examining the lives of animals that humans have elevated by naming and immortalizing them. Animals covered…
include mammoths, wolves, rhinoceroses, bears, horses, gorillas, pigs, elephants, goats, and more. 2017
Author of The Hidden Life of Trees (DB 86697) shares his observations of animal behavior. Examines the emotions perceived in…
mammals, birds, insects, and more. Translated from the original 2016 German edition. Bestseller. 2017