Elamin Abdelmahmoud An enlightening and deliciously witty collection of essays on Blackness, faith, pop culture, and the challenges--and rewards--of finding one's way in the world, from a BuzzFeed editor and...

Gregory Bateson Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary...

Jenny Diski Using two cross-country trips on Amtrak as her narrative vehicles, British writer Jenny Diski connects the humming rails, taking her into the heart of America with the track-like...

Edited by Stephanie H MeyerWritten entirely by teens, the stories, poems, prose and artwork explore relationships with parents, friends, grandparents and acquaintances. Plus, the creative contributions take a special look...

Stanley L BrodskyThis work, designed for mental health professionals, offers guidance on effective modes of giving testimony, understanding the courtroom milieu, and evaluating the effectiveness of testimony before and after...

Robert Atwan (Series Editor) The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable...

Women Share Their Midlife Challenges and TriumphsEdited by Miriam LiebermannIn this ground-breaking anthology, Miriam Liebermann has collected the contemporary wisdom of rebbetzins, therapists, mentors, and friends who have made it...

Jo Ann Beard The single new writer to appear in The New Yorker magazine's 1996 fiction issue spins thirteen poignant, wry autobiographical tales about youthful romantic awakenings and adult betrayals...

PJ O'Rourke New York Times bestselling author P.J. O'Rourke has toured the fighting in Bosnia, visited the West Bank disguised as P.J. of Arabia, lobbed one-liners on the battlefields of...

Oscar Wilde In The Critic as Artist , arguably the most complete exploration of his aesthetic thinking, and certainly the most entertaining, Oscar Wilde harnesses his famous wit to demolish...

Raymond Aron In this collection of essays written over a period of almost forty years, Raymond Aron explores the rise of nationalism in Europe through the two world wars and...

Richard Russo "I've written a lot about destiny in my fiction," admits Richard Russo, "not because I understand it, but because I'd like to." In the first of these eleven...