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 Wisdom of the Heart
Essays
Philosophy
Writing
One in a Millennial
On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
Memoir
Essays
Book Club
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Philosophy
Essays
Sociology
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
Science
Philosophy
Essays
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
Politics
Philosophy
History
For the New Intellectual
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Lives of the Artists
Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
Art
Biography
Essays
On Human Nature
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
Superheroes and Philosophy
Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way
Philosophy
Comics
Superheroes
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
Sports
Football
Soccer
Sidecountry
Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports
Sports
Adventure
Essays
In Praise of Prejudice
The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Future of the Brain
Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
Answers for Aristotle
How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life
Philosophy
Science
Skepticism
Interventions 2020
Essays
Politics
France
Breaking Bread with the Dead
A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
Magical Thinking
True Stories
Memoir
Humor
Short Stories
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please
Essays
Humor
Memoir
Comedy
Now I Can Die in Peace
How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
Sports
Baseball
Humor
Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
Memoir
Writing
Essays
The Silenced Majority
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Politics
Journalism
History
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Economics
Business
Politics
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century
Travel
History
Memoir
Trick Mirror
Reflections on Self-Delusion
Essays
Feminism
Memoir
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens
And Here's the Kicker
Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft and the Industry
Humor
Comedy
Writing
Storyteller
Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Writing
Memoir
Reference
How to Be a Person in the World
Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life
Self Help
Essays
Psychology
Love That Story
Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life
Memoir
LGBT
Essays
The Great Book of Journaling
How Journal Writing Can Support a Life of Wellness, Creativity, Meaning and Purpose
Writing
Journaling
Self Help
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Industrial Society and Its Future
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Vital Little Plans
The Short Works of Jane Jacobs
Urban Planning
Cities
Urbanism
On Animals
Animals
Essays
Nature
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
Productivity
Business
Self Help
A Life in Light
Meditations on Impermanence
Memoir
Essays
Spirituality
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
First Comes Love
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Essays
I am Not a Brain
Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century
Philosophy
Unfinished
Science
I'd Rather Be Reading
The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
Books About Books
Essays
Memoir
Uh-oh
Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
Small Pleasures
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
I'm Judging You
The Do-Better Manual
Humor
Essays
Feminism
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Saving Time
Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
Essays
Memoir
Humor
What On Earth Have I Done?
Stories, Observations, and Affirmations
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
