Essays

A bestselling pop culture guru and author of "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" takes a unique look at his career in journalism, in this collection of work that includes the legendary chicken McNuggets experiment and an uncensored profile of Britney Spears.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "SEX, DRUGS... More

From the acclaimed host of "Meet the Press" and bestselling author of "Big Russ and Me" comes a celebration of fathers, fatherhood, and the bond between child and parent. Photos & drawings throughout.What does it" "really mean to be a good father? What did your father tell you, that has stayed with ... More

Despite the richness of Shakespeare's sexual language (his work includes no fewer than 150 puns for female genitals, and 180 for male genitalia), scant attention has been paid to it until now. "Filthy Shakespeare" offers more than 70 examples of the Bard at his bawdiest, arranged under 23 sexual cat... More

Pamuks first book since winning the Nobel Prize is a dazzling collection of essays, written over the last three decades, on his lifelong obsessions, his own work, and the work of others. Illustrated with photographs, paintings, and the authors own sketches.Orhan Pamuk's first book since winning the ... More

This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture.... More

Known for his meaty seriocomic novels--expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow--Robbins presents a generous sampling of his briefer writings.Known for his meaty seriocomic novels-expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow-Tom Robbins has also published over the... More

A collection of essays argues that philosophy is an essential element of human life--a force that shapes human character and national culture and destiny--and offers the rational philosophy of Objectivism as an alternative.... More

An Indian journey is rich in its diversity, a colourful exploration of people, places, myths, monuments, art, culture, cuisine and celebrations. And India is a country not so much for seeing as for experiencing. In a departure from the merely exotic, 'A Passage Through India' is a journey into the h... More

More personally revealing than anything Achebe has written, Home and Exile-the great Nigerian novelist's first book in more than ten years-is a major statement on the importance of stories as real sources of power, especially for those whose stories have traditionally been told by outsiders. In thre... More

This latest addition to the Oneworld Library of Global Ethics and Religion contains articles from leading scholars on the role played by religious ethics in today's society.... More

One of the most provocative and original voices in contemporary literature, Chinua Achebe here considers the place of literature and art in our society in a collection of essays spanning his best writing and lectures from the last twenty-three years. For Achebe, overcoming goes hand in hand with era... More

The best of a lifetime’s work—novels, short stories, essays, travel pieces and short non-fiction—of one of the world’s finest writers comes together in Malgudi Landscapes. Skilfully edited and introduced by S. Krishnan, this selection brings Malgudi, the enchanting little South Indian town t... More

The story of Pothan Joseph is the story of India’s nationalist press and the historic role it played before today’s apolitical corporate pop-press took over. Joseph’s daily column "Over a Cup of Tea" was legendary. He gave solid grounding to three major dailies – Hindustan Times, The Indian ... More

Assembled here for the first time in book form are the very best of several decades' worth of occasional writings from perhaps the best-loved and most-admired of Britain's great female writers.A selection of the very best of Doris Lessing's essays, never before collected together and published in bo... More

Imagine a world where whole epochs will pass, cultures rise and fall, between a telephone call and the reply. Think of the human race multiplying 500-millionfold, or evolving new, distinct species. Consider the technology of space colonization, and computer-assisted reproduction. Freeman Dyson marsh... More

This volume of critical interpretations focuses on Emerson’s Essays First Series and Essays Second Series which encompass some of his most important works- History, Self Reliance, Circles, The Poet and Experience among others. These essays exemplify Emerson’s distinctively rich prose and his rad... More