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 Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
Biography
Politics
Essays
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
Humor
Politics
Comedy
Power Shift
The Longest Revolution
Feminism
Canada
Womens
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Essays
Memoir
Writing
The Two Cultures
Science
Philosophy
History
Notes To Self
Essays
Feminism
Memoir
Movement Matters
Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement
Health
Science
Essays
Colonize This!
Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
This Idea Is Brilliant
Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
Science
Philosophy
Essays
The Disappearance of Rituals
A Topology of the Present
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
Essays
India
Politics
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Memoir
History
Essays
Trick Mirror
Reflections on Self-Delusion
Essays
Feminism
Memoir
This Idea Must Die
Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
The Anatomy of Influence
Literature as a Way of Life
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
Design
Science
Engineering
This Is How
Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
Self Help
Memoir
Humor
Letters on Cézanne
Art
Poetry
Classics
Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
Philosophy
Psychology
Education
The Care We Dream Of
Liberatory & Transformative Justice Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health
Queer
Disability
LGBT
Chronicles
On Our Troubled Times
Economics
Politics
Essays
The Empathy Exams
Essays
Memoir
Psychology
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Life in Code
A Personal History of Technology
Memoir
Technology
Science
Reading the Silver Screen
A Film Lover's Guide to Decoding the Art Form That Moves
Film
Art
Reference
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Science in the Soul
Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Pause, Rest, Be
Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change
Self Help
Spirituality
Health
We've Been Too Patient
Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model
Psychology
Mental Health
Disability
Industrial Society and Its Future
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Book of (More) Delights
Essays
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
The Return of the Russian Leviathan
Russia
Politics
History
Eloge du risque
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Thinking In Numbers
On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
Science
Mathematics
Essays
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Essays
Philosophy
Humor
The Inner History of Devices
History
Technology
Science
For the New Intellectual
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
Humor
Self Help
Memoir
Can We All Be Feminists?
New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
Feminism
Essays
Politics
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
Politics
History
Essays
Q is for Quantum
Science
Physics
Technical
The Wisdom of the Heart
Essays
Philosophy
Writing
Aliens
The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Science
Space
Astronomy
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
Sports
Football
Soccer
When Women Were Birds
Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Memoir
Essays
Feminism
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life
Collected Talks 1960-1969
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
Sidecountry
Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports
Sports
Adventure
Essays
Mobile Home
A Memoir in Essays
Essays
Memoir
Travel
Nothing to Hide
The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
Law
Politics
Technology
The 52 Week Project
How I Fixed My Life by Trying a New Thing Every Week for a Year
Memoir
Self Help
Inspirational
