Essays
Great minds share their sharpest observations and most compelling arguments through the intimate art of the essay, exploring everything from creativity and culture to philosophy and the peculiarities of modern life. Whether wrestling with life's biggest questions or finding profound meaning in everyday moments, these carefully crafted pieces invite readers to see the world through fresh eyes.
Essays Book Summaries
The Poet's Guide to Life
The Wisdom of Rilke
Poetry
Philosophy
Literature
What On Earth Have I Done?
Stories, Observations, and Affirmations
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
Living Beyond Borders
Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America
Short Stories
Young Adult
Poetry
Superheroes and Philosophy
Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way
Philosophy
Comics
Superheroes
Money Changes Everything
Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns of Fortune
Essays
Money
Anthologies
Science in the Soul
Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Hidden Pleasures of Life
A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Normal
Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
Gender
Transgender
Queer
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
Science
Physics
Astronomy
I'm Judging You
The Do-Better Manual
Humor
Essays
Feminism
Everything and Nothing at Once
A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future
Memoir
Essays
Biography Memoir
All Things Aside
Absolutely Correct Opinions
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
Becoming Dangerous
Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers and Magical Rebels on Summoning the Power to Resist
Feminism
Witchcraft
Queer
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Unreliable Narrator
Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
Memoir
Humor
Essays
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
Travel
History
Memoir
Tough Titties
On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst
Memoir
Humor
Self Help
The Stone Reader
Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments
Philosophy
Essays
Anthologies
The Art of Subtext
Beyond Plot
Writing
Crafts
Essays
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault
Essays from the Grown-up Years
Humor
Essays
Memoir
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
History
Politics
Philosophy
Reading the Silver Screen
A Film Lover's Guide to Decoding the Art Form That Moves
Film
Art
Reference
The New Rulers of the World
Politics
History
Journalism
