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1641) On lying and politics
Author
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
" 'No one,' Hannah Arendt observed, 'has ever counted truthfulness as a political virtue.' But why do politicians lie? What is the relationship between political lies and self-delusion? And how much organized deceit can a democracy endure before it ceases to function? Fifty years ago, the century's greatest political theorist turned her focus to these essential questions in two seminal essays, brought together here for the first time. Her conclusions,...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The provocative social and political commentator Andrew Sullivan--the youngest ever editor of The New Republic, founding editor of The Daily Dish, hailed as one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades by The New York Times--presents a collection of his most iconic and powerful essays of social and political commentary from The New Republic, The Atlantic, The NYT Magazine, New York magazine, and more.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Like many, Ali Wentworth spent the pandemic seesawing between highs, lows, and baking an unnecessary amount of chocolate cake. Between binging every TV show in existence to conquering TikTok to becoming a (semi) empty-nester, Ali experienced her share of turmoil (including an early case of Covid), but she also grew a little, learned a lot, and found comfort in some unexpected people and places.
Publisher
Two Trees Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This 576-page deluxe, hand-numbered volume--a collectible edition limited to a single printing of 1600--pays homage to the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of the book business in the 20th century. In fond recollections of the titles that helped shape our culture, and the people and companies behind them, more than 100 prominent figures in publishing and bookselling recall their careers from the postwar period through the independent publishing...
Author
Publisher
Dey Street
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"We're Going to Need More Wine... plus a few shots--acclaimed activist, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Union is back with an even more intimate, revealing, and powerful collection of essays"--
In her previous book, Union revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault and spoke openly of her fertility journey. In this collection of essays, she continues her story: becoming a mom to two amazing girls; an expanded career...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago, after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with the meaning of their wartime experiences-for themselves and for the country. American identity has always been bound up in war-from the revolutionary war of our founding, to the civil war that ended slavery, to the two world wars that launched America as a superpower. What did...
Author
Publisher
Andscape Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Dulč Sloan's first memoir is organized into essays from her life. From a childhood moving between cities, starting her own business selling toys at a Miami flea market, to being a Black kid in a predominately white school, she's always used her masterful wit to challenge the status quo. Her purpose in comedy unfolded while navigating clubs and the set of The Daily Show. Have you ever dated an adult who roller skated, or went out with a mechanic...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Like so many women, Benoit spent her formative years struggling to do the "right" thing-to make others comfortable, to take minimal and calculated risks, to live up to society's expectations-only to realize that there was so little payoff to this tiresome balancing act. Now, in Well, This Is Exhausting, she shares her journey from aspiring good girl to proud feminist, and addresses the constantly shifting goalposts of what exactly it means to be "good"...
1650) Black friend: essays
Author
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ziwe made a name for herself by asking guests like Alyssa Milano, Fran Lebowitz, and Chet Hanks direct questions. In Black Friend, she turns her incisive perspective on both herself and the culture at large. Throughout the book, Ziwe combines pop-culture commentary and personal stories, which grapple with her own (mis)understanding of identity. From a hilarious case of mistaken identity via a jumbotron to a terrifying fight-or-flight encounter in...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"ESPN personality (Get Up and #Greeny) and New York Times bestselling author Mike Greenberg partners with mega-producer Hembo to settle once and for all which legends flat-out own which numbers. In short essays certain to provoke debate between and amongst all generations, Greeny uses his lifetime of sports knowledge to spin yarns of the legends among the legends and tell you why some have claimed their spot in the top 100 of all time." -- Amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Bad Feminist and The Sum of Us, Black Skinhead sparks a radical conversation about Black America and political identity. In Black Skinhead, Brandi Collins-Dexter, former Senior Campaign Manager for Color Of Change, explores the fragile alliance between Black voters and the Democratic party. Through sharp, timely essays that span the political, cultural, and personal, Collins-Dexter reveals decades of simmering disaffection in Black America,...
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"We are better than this" has been the rallying cry since Donald Trump was elected. But as New York Times-bestselling author Mychal Denzel Smith shows, Americans are too comfortable imagining our greatness. We like to believe in the rightness of our path and the inevitability of choosing our better angels. But historically, we've only come close to living up to the ideals we profess after we've been dragged, kicking and screaming, toward justice....
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Rooms of jewellike color and glorious pattern. Enchanting lacquered ceilings and geometric floors. Brilliantly massed collections of furniture, objects, and art. Although maximalism has always had a place in interior design--practiced by noted decorators such as Dorothy Draper, Sister Parish, and Mario Buatta--today it is bigger than ever. Thanks to its contemporary practitioners, rooms rich with color, pattern, and everything else have exploded...
1658) The Queer bible: essays
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A powerful and intimate essay collection of gratitude, and an essential, enduring love letter to the queer community in which contemporary queer icons pay homage to those who helped pave their paths.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"Me, my notebook and my love of the wild and desolate. I wanted to do the opposite of what was expected of me. It's a recurring pattern in my life. An instinct. Dorthe Nors's first nonfiction book chronicles a year she spent traveling along the North Sea coast--from Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark to the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. In fourteen expansive essays, Nors traces the history, geography, and culture of the places she visits while...
1660) Something about the sky
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Rachel Carson once wrote, "It is not half so important to know as to feel." What do we know about clouds? There are three basic types: stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. Some are fleecy and fair-weathered while others portend storms. But clouds are more than pretty or ominous backdrops. They're the vehicle of water between sea and land, land and sea, in a cycle without end or beginning. They are the writing of the wind on the sky, a language all their...