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Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.

"From the best-selling, Pulitzer prize-winning author of All Over But the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of his irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun. A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by the celebrated author, newspaper columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair...

A collection of humorous essays chronicle the author's pursuit of perfection and quest to be everybody's favorite.

"An incisive and vulnerable yet powerful and provocative collection of essays, Savala offers poignant reflections on living between society's most charged, politicized, and intractably polar spaces: between black and white, between rich and poor, between thin and fat - as a woman. The daughter of an Afro-Latinx father and a white mother, Savala's light complexion has always contrast her kinky hair and broad nose to embody what old folks used to call...

A definitive and complete anthology to get to know the work of one of the most transcendental writers in Spanish language. A Commemorative edition by the Spanish Royal Academy and the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. Poet, politician, essayist, journalist, and philosopher, the Cuban author, of Spanish origins, José Martí is an essential figure for understanding literature and contemporary way of life in Latin America. Founder of...

Presents a deeply personal work of meditation, hope, and remembrance recounting the death of the author's beloved father in the summer of 2020. Una conmovedora reflexion acerca del duelo por la muerte de su padre de la mano de la mundialmente aclamada autora de Todos deberiamos ser feministas. En este emotivo y poderoso ensayo, que nace de un articulo publicado en The New Yorker, la autora nigeriana pone palabras al inenarrable grado de dolor causado...

"Give us this day our daily bread. "From ancient Egypt to modern times, bread is the essential food, the symbol of fundamental well-being. H.E. Jacob takes readers through the history of this staple, examining its role in politics, religion, and technology, and answering such questions as how bread caused Napoleon' s defeat. The fascinating voyage begins with " The Bread of Prehistoric Man, " and continues with an exploration of the plow, the discovery...

"A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain"--

We live in a time when public discourse is more skewed than ever by the propaganda that big money can buy, with trust in the leadership of elected officials at an all-time low. It's also a time of anxiety, as we're faced with economic and ecological crises on a global scale, with stakes that seem higher than ever before. In times like these, it's essential that we be able to think and communicate clearly. Arguing for Our Lives is an accessible and...

"For many families, the holiday season is--in a word--unhinged. In no family is that more true than in Danny Pellegrino's, beloved podcast host of Everything Iconic and bestselling author. Inappropriately improvised monologues at the children's Christmas pageant, presents that land someone in the emergency room, or just sitting on the absolute roller coaster that is a Hallmark movie marathon, the holidays are a strange and magical time in the Pellegrino...