This inspiring and fascinating book is the first truly comprehensive study of women's letters ever published. Organized by subject matter, and covering a wide range of topics from politics, work and war, to childhood, love and sexual passion

Bristling with inspired observations and wild anecdotes, this collection offers a unique insight into the voice and mind of the inimitable Hunter S. Thompson, as recorded in the pages of "Playboy", "The Paris Review"

Bristling with inspired observations and wild anecdotes, this collection offers unique insight into the voice and mind of the inimitable Hunter S. Thompson, as recorded over the decades in the pages of "Playboy", the "P

More and more readers turn to The Best American Magazine Writing for their annual fix of the year's most captivating essays, columns, reporting, and criticism. Chosen from the winners a

'Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what Forrest Gump is to idiot savants' - "Philadelphia Inquirer". Since his blazing 1972 opus, "Fear and Loathing on the Ca

In this, his first collection of essays, Saunders trains his eye on the real world rather than the fictional and reveals it to be brimming with wonderful, marvellous strangeness. As he faces a political and cultural re

Influential and infamous author and journalist William F Buckley delivers wit and wisdom in this hilarious political gift book. Like most magazines, American publication the "National Review" has always published let

Caught in the Breeze is a collection of 10 creative essays by new and established writers that interrogate the role of flags in contemporary Australia. Entertaining, insightful and personal, these essays explore the fascinating and often con

How did George Eliot's love life affect her prose? Why did Kafka write at three in the morning? In what ways is Barack Obama like Eliza Doolittle? Can you be over-dressed for the Oscars? What is Italian Feminism? If R

Mark Twain is best known as one of this country's finest humorists and novelists. As this collection confirms, he was one of our finest essayists as well. Gathered here in a single volume, these pieces reveal the complete range of this este

Organized from A through to Z, and containing over 100 essays, this guide to the twentieth-century illuminates the careers of many of its greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists and philosophers - from Louis Armstrong to

02 In the Neighbourhoodexplores Australia's increasingly important political, social and cultural engagement with Asia. Australians are more connected with Asia than ever before, but the public debate and unders

The arts are again moving to centre stage in public life - no longer the icing on the cake of well-being, but a key ingredient. The arts and creativity are increasingly recognised as a crucial to the global economy, as

For decades, Hunter S. Thompson galvanized American journalism with his acerbic wit, radical ideas, and gonzo tactics. He continued his reign as 'the Unabomber of contemporary letters' ("Time") with "Hey Rube". Fear,

Explores the evolution of the obituary in the English-language press, through extracts drawn from newspapers and journals published since 1625. This book explores and analyses the characteristic wit, charm, candour and cultural signifi

In his first ever work of non-fiction, the Booker Prize-winning author of "Last Orders" and "Waterland" delivers a warm and generous account of what has influenced and inspired him over the years. As a novelist, Graham

'An immensely readable volume. On every page, Swift emerges as a considerable essayist, who upholds the sterling virtue of good writing combined with emotional and intellectual engagement' - "Evening Standard". As a

02 Michael Chabon's sparkling first book of nonfiction is a love song in 16 parts - -a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes

A collection, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of Pamuk's friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern an

The essay is one of the richest of literary forms. Its most obvious characteristics are freedom, informality, and the personal touch - though it can also find room for poetry, satire, fantasy, and sustained argument.

Reflecting on life, love and literature, this is a collection of essays by the author of "What I Loved". Here, she addresses many of the themes explored in her novels - identity, sexual attraction, relationships, family, men

Illuminating, insightful, informed, inspired, and intelligent. These are words that could - and do - apply equally to book or author; in fact, "The Revolt of the Pendulum", Clive James' latest essay collection, shows James at his most dazzli

Thanks to Boswell's monumental biography of Samuel Johnson, we remember Dr. Johnson today as a great wit and conversationalist, the rationalist epitome and the sage of the Enlightenment. He is more often quoted than r

Martin Amis first wrote about September 11 a week later in a piece for "The Guardian" beginning, 'It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment.' And

Includes essays and reviews about September 11. This book provides an account of the author's travels with Tony Blair in 2007 - to Belfast, to Washington, and to Baghdad and Basra.

01 Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century.

02 A richly varied and rewarding collection of Andrew Motion's best critical writings. 03 Andrew Motion was appointed Poet Laureate in 1999, but alongside his work as a poet he also had a significant career as a prize-

Powerful essays by such luminaries and literary giants as Daniel Day-Lewis and Martin Amis offer a compassionate look at the crises that most affect our world today. An important book for anyone interested in global i