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Judith Thurman, a prolific staff writer at The New Yorker for more than two decades, has gathered a selection of her essays and profiles in A Left-Handed Woman. They consider our culture in all its guises: literature, history, politics, gender, fashion, and art, though their paramount subject is the human condition. Thurman is one of the preeminent essayists of our time—"a master of vivisection," as Kathryn Harrison wrote in the New York Times. "When she's done with a subject, it's still living, mystery intact."

Author Joni B. Cole worries that Vlad the Impaler may be a distant cousin. She feuds with a dead medium. She thinks (or overthinks) about insulting birthday cards, power trips, and the real reason writers hate Amazon. And she wishes, really wishes, all those well-meaning people would stop talking about Guatemala. At once irreverent and thought provoking, Cole's collection is a joy ride through eclectic essays that arrive smack on that sweet spot between soul searching and social commentary, between humor and heft.

Europe and Elsewhere by Mark Twain is a literary voyage that takes you on a humorous and insightful journey across continents. This audiobook presents Twain's travel writings, filled with his signature wit, keen observations, and cultural commentary. Join Twain as he explores Europe and shares his witty impressions of the Old World, offering a fresh perspective on the cultures, traditions, and quirks of the people he encounters.

In ihren Frankfurter Vorlesungen des Frühjahrs 2004 ruft Angela Krauß solche individuellen Erfahrungen auf, um zwischen den Polen Wehklage und Vorfreude das Poetische für sich zu bestimmen. Mit großer Zartheit befragt sie ihre Erinnerungen an die erzgebirische Kindheitslandschaft, an die Brieffreundschaften mit russischen Schülerinnen, an den früh aus dem Leben geschiedenen Vater, dessen Geheimnis erst die erwachsene Frau näher ergründen kann. Nie ist große Geschichte abstrakt vorhanden, aber unweigerlich hinterlässt sie im einzelnen Leben ihre Spuren.

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La vista desde las estrellas recopila una gran variedad de textos cortos escritos en las últimas tres décadas por Cixin Liu, el mayor maestro de la ciencia ficción desde Isaac Asimov, gracias a su obra cumbre la Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos. Los ensayos y entrevistas que en él se incluyen explican algunas de sus experiencias como lector, escritor y amante de la ciencia ficción a lo largo de toda su vida. Asimismo, en sus magistrales relatos de ficción, asistimos a la evolución de su voz imaginativa a través de los años.

Was haben wir denn hier für ein Buch? Es sollte eigentlich "Zum Scheißen reicht's" heißen, aber so ein Titel führt zu sehr in die Irre. Gereon Klug beschäftigt sich ja richtig mit den Menschen und schreibt jeden Tag Reisewarnungen, Glückskekszettelpoeme, Kriegserklärungen und Latrinenpredigten. Also daraus ein Buch machen? Seine Psychiaterin riet ab.

Starting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school's headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man "at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with their own personalities."

Este volumen, preparado en exclusiva por su hijo Jeff Berlin para los lectores en español, reúne quince relatos inéditos en nuestro idioma, diez de ellos publicados originalmente en sus libros de cuentos, pero no incluidos en Manual para mujeres de la limpieza ni en Una noche en el paraíso; algunos solo aparecidos en revistas, como el impactante «Suicidio», y otros totalmente inéditos, como «Manzanas», su primer cuento, y «Las aves del templo», memorable retrato de la vida en pareja.

C'è una linea che lega i percorsi di Anna Maria Ortese, Nikolaj Gogol', James Joyce o Jean Rhys quando, lontani dalla propria terra, si confrontavano con la scrittura e la creatività. Di questi precedenti si puntella il percorso di una scrittrice italiana residente all'estero, nel tentativo di venir fuori dal dilemma mentale di cui si sente prigioniera: voler ritornare, ma senza riuscirci. Una riflessione particolarmente significativa in un mondo ossessionato da un'unicità geografica costruita con l'idea di non dover mai perdere l'orientamento.

America’s greatest living essayist writes about life and aging and being all too nicely out of it. In these personal pieces, he takes on topics as varied as grieving for a dead son, learning Latin late in life, and the pleasures of living with cats. Epstein gives us a “bonfire of his own vanities,” his thoughts about why watching sports is so impossibly seductive, what it is like to be short, and why he misses smoking even decades as a health-obsessed non-smoker.

In this powerful, concise set of essays, world-renowned finance PhD Dr. Boyce Watkins explains that African Americans must dramatically and immediately shift the way we think about wealth, education, family, and community. We must educate our own children, own our own businesses, strengthen our families, and do what is necessary to ensure that the next generation is able to compete in a global, high-tech society.

Eine abenteuerliche Reise durch die Gegenwart: Ob auf fremden Sofas beim Couchsurfing, auf Brautschau in der Ukraine, in Guantánamo oder Afghanistan – diese Reportagen führen dorthin, wo wir alleine nie hingekommen wären. Arnon Grünbergs Blick für das absurde Detail stimmt ebenso nachdenklich, wie er erheitert. Die besten Reportagen, ausgewählt von Ilija Trojanow.

S--t You Should Care about was launched as a WordPress blog by three best friends in the back of a political science lecture. Today it's a global ecosystem of content - two podcasts, 3.5 million Instagram followers and a daily newsy. They are your culture vultures, news agents and (reluctant) agony aunts all rolled into one. Make It Make Sense is a collage of cultural analysis, anecdotes, personal essays, poems, and lists, interplayed like a conversation between friends.

Chi non vorrebbe conoscere il segreto per conservare i ricordi: dagli oggetti cui siamo affezionati ai momenti più importanti della nostra vita? Chi non vorrebbe ritrovare facilmente un'emozione racchiusa nella lettera che ci ha fatto innamorare, o impressa nel biglietto di un concerto indimenticabile? Non è solo una questione di ordine, ma di metodo e dimestichezza con le pratiche che, da sempre, si applicano al mondo degli archivi di aziende, istituzioni, famiglie.

観戦記者の第一人者が描く天才たちの肖像。前人未到の八冠全制覇を成し遂げ、棋界はまさに藤井聡太時代へと突入した。この若き巨星に挑むのはいかなる棋士たちなのか？

I Love Russia takes us to places that non-Russians have never seen and brings us voices we have never heard. It is Elena Kostyuchenko’s courageous attempt to document Russia as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases: village girls recruited into sex work, queer people in the outer provinces, patients and doc­tors at a Ukrainian maternity ward, and reporters like herself. At once uncompromising and deeply humane, it stitches reportage and personal essays into a kaleidoscopic, often other-worldly journey. Here is Russia as it is, not as we imagine it.

Un libro valiente, sutil y agudo sobre los milagros, la relación entre la ciencia y la fe, la redención o el destino final del hombre. Dios en el banquillo es una de las más conocidas colecciones de ensayos de Lewis, entre los que destacan El mito se hizo realidad, El gran milagro, ¿Sacerdotisas en la Iglesia? y, por supuesto Dios en el banquillo.

Dive into the art of storytelling with "How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays" by Mark Twain, a collection of essays that offers insights, humor, and wisdom on the craft of narrative. In this audiobook, Twain shares his expertise on the subtle nuances of storytelling, exploring the intricacies of humor, character development, and the art of captivating an audience. With wit and charm, he imparts valuable lessons that are as relevant today as they were in his time.

Delve into the satirical and thought-provoking world of "Christian Science" by Mark Twain, a collection of essays and writings that offer a humorous yet critical examination of Christian Science and its founder, Mary Baker Eddy. This audiobook presents Twain's signature wit and incisive commentary as he explores the tenets of Christian Science, its practices, and its impact on society.