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A rigorously reported anthology on how local politics have fueled a generation-defining national emergency. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytelling from the...

A major source for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe. '[The translation] is a masterpiece . . . the [Commentary] will doubtless prove of the greatest interest to historians.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW In the early years of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901900Author Natasha StaggFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353420710Author Virginia WoolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 4mm

An unrivalled and very entertaining picture of the various and sometimes bizarre strands of Indian lives in colonial Trinidad. Seepersad Naipaul is a pioneer, combining insight with high style, however strange or mundane his subject.With contextualising...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307339379Author Joe BageantFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 212gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with...

"The maps themselves are things of beauty...a document of its time, of our time." -Sadie Stein, New York Times "One is invited to fathom the many New Yorks hidden from history's eye...thoroughly terrific." -Maria Popova, Brain Pickings Nonstop...

The prizewinning author of The Ungrateful Refugee asks who is believed in our society, who is not - and why?'An ambitious and moving exploration of the borders we draw around credible victimhood that will cement Nayeri's position as a master storyteller...

Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473333062Author H G WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint H. G. Wells LibraryPublisher H. G. Wells LibraryWeight(grams) 54gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

"Explor[es] the underlying history and psychology of public discourse . . . should be required reading for politicians and public advocates." -Real Change The most pressing problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619027008Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

In July 1998 the Government of Wales Act was passed, bringing the act of devolution in Wales into creation. As powers were transferred from the Westminster Government to the newly-formed Welsh Assembly, the lives of the people of Wales were irrevocably...

A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana's celebrated phrase, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York State Council for the Arts Grant 2022 (United States) and Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant 2021 (United States). Short-listed for Graywolf Press...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873485920Author Malcolm XFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Pathfinder Books LtdPublisher Pathfinder Books LtdWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

The Ghosts of Birds offers thirty-five essays by Eliot Weinberger: the first section of the book continues his linked serial-essay, An Elemental Thing, which pulls the reader into "a vortex for the entire universe" (Boston Review). Here, Weinberger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525434962Author Heather HavrileskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Award (General Nonfiction) 1990.Book InformationISBN 9780060974152Author Shelby SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint...

In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - is unapologetically 'thick': deemed 'thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have...

In Syria, culture has become the critical line of defence against tyranny. Villagers have joined the cultural frontline alongside urban intellectuals, artists, writers and filmmakers and to create art and literature that challenge official narratives...

Named the Dolman Travel Book of the Year, The Dead Yard paints an unforgettable portrait of modern Jamaica. Since independence, Jamaica has gradually become associated with twin images- a resort-style travel Eden for foreigners and a new kind of hell...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865478237Author Kristin DombekFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Faber and Faber IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

From its origin as the Roman city of Londinium through to its latest incarnation as a super-diverse World City in the twenty-first century, London's history and culture has been shaped by migration. This book expresses and celebrates the plurality of the...

The Lie of the Land is a highly engaging study of Ireland's fractured and shifting identities by one of its most talented writers. From its sometimes confused sense of place, caught somewhere between Europe and America, Ireland has redefined itself in...

This volume includes all Dewey's writings for 1938 except for Logic: The Theory of Inquiry (Volume 12 of The Later Works), as well as his 1939 Freedom and Culture, Theory of Valuation, and two items from Intelligence in the Modern World. Freedom and...

'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN 'Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN 'Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT...

Personal stories of surviving after the trauma of sexual assault.In the era of #MeToo, we've become better at talking about sexual assault. But sexual assault isn't limited to a single, terrible moment of violence: it stays with survivors, following them...

Are you looking to find your voice, hone your writing tactics, and cultivate communication skills with impact? Using real-world cases, student vignettes, and reflective questions, Lynn leads you through the A to Zen of the writing process, building...

Read the definitive essay collection from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Adversary, dubbed 'France's greatest writer of non-fiction' (New York Times)'The most exciting living writer' Karl Ove KnausgaardOver the course of his career, Emmanuel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945492433Author Namwali SerpellFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Transit BooksPublisher Transit Books

Ben Davis is the editor of Artinfo, one of the world's most popular resources for information and discussion on arts and culture. As a critic, he has become painfully aware of the role that class plays in art. 9.5 Theses on Art and Class seeks to show...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143135869Author Maeve HigginsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626016699Author Rose RouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverdale Avenue BooksPublisher Riverdale Avenue BooksWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

The Condition of Secrecy is a poignant collection of essays by Inger Christensen, widely regarded as one of the most influential Scandinavian writers of the twentieth century. As The New York Times proclaimed, "Despite the rigorous structure that...

New Directions is proud to present Fleur Jaeggy's strange and mesmerizing essays about the writers Thomas De Quincey, John Keats, and Marcel Schwob. A renowned stylist of hyper-brevity in fiction, Fleur Jaeggy proves herself an even more concise master...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679724469Author Elizabeth Marshall ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156528658Author Alice WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Amistad PressPublisher Amistad PressWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 204mm * 135mm *...

The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a 'city-symphony' to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, Restless Cities traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan...