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'Wednesday brought a pungent sheepy smell emanating from the greyish lamb and barley soup my mother optimistically called 'Taste of the Garden of ... More

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"Schama is a masterful stylist and storyteller."--Boston Globe "A writer of gorgeous prose."--Washington Post The ever erudite, always delightfully ... More

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Essays examine nine intriguing objects made eloquent when matter and meaning converge.

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Essays examine nine intriguing objects made eloquent when matter and meaning converge.

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Considered by many to be America's finest author, Jack London, had little formal schooling. Initially, he attended school only through the 8th grade, ... More

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One of the nation's finest editorial columnists offers incisive commentary on a variety of issues, taking aim at callous polluters, craven ... More

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Stripping Bare the Body shows at close hand how terrorism works and how war looks and smells and feels. Drawing on rich narratives of politics and ... More

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Shawn's essays are both powerful and riveting. How rare to encounter someone willing to question the assumptions of class and the disparity of wealth ... More

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Gore Vidal--novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialist--is America's premier ... More

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In this timely collection of essays and "quasi-essays," acclaimed novelist and critic Harold Jaffe explores the intricate vicissitudes of millennial ... More

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Originally published in 1897, these characteristic essays by future President Theodore Roosevelt set forth his theory of the obligations, the ... More

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Topics include the role of belief in the lives of scientists, and the connections and proper boundaries between science and faith; roads to peace; an ... More

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With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long ... More

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The essays in Theodore Child's 1890 work "Delicate Feasting" is an early example of "gastronomic criticism." Coming at a time when the art of dining ... More

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In this 1917 work, Kellogg and Taylor look deeply at the international problem of food production and distribution, particularly at a time of war, in ... More

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Henry Finck's aim in his 1913 work "Food and Flavor" is to introduce gastronomy to Americans, to show that America can be an even more gastonomic ... More

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David Esdaile's 1865 work is a collection of natural history essays related to the food choices that people make. He is particularly interested in ... More

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