Authors: John Berger

In Nonfiction, Philosophy, Art Books, Essays Books

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John Beger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art critism. This watershed work shows

Authors: Susan Sontag

In Nonfiction, Art Books, Essays Books

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'A brilliant analysis of the profound changes photographic images have made in our way of looking at the world, and at ourselves'Washington Post

Authors: Virginia Woolf

In Classics, Nonfiction, Essays Books, Feminism

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A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928.

Authors: James Baldwin

In History, Classics, Nonfiction, Essays Books

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James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice.

Authors: Pandora Sykes

In Self Help, Nonfiction, Essays Books, Feminism

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Modern life is full of choices. We’re told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want to be. But with endless possibility comes a feeling of restlessness; like we’re somehow failing to live our best life. What does doing it right even look like? And why do so many women feel like they’re getting it wrong?

Authors: Jia Tolentino

In Nonfiction, Essays Books, Feminism

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Authors: Joan Didion

In Memoir, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Essays Books

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Authors: Joan Didion

In Memoir, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Essays Books

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Authors: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In Nonfiction, Essays Books, Feminism

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