Inadvertent by Karl Ove Knausgaard; Ingvild Burkey
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Category: Little Books | Series: Why I Write Ser.
The Why I Write series is based on the Windham-Campbell Lectures, delivered annually to commemorate the awarding of the Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes at Yale University. Administered by Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the series publishes works based on the lecture ...Show more
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde
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Category: Little Books | Series: Penguin Modern 23 | Reading Level: near fine
Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. I am Black and lesbian, and what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. From the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet, these soarin ...Show more
Intimations - Six Essays by Zadie Smith
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Category: Little Books | Reading Level: very good
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of essays on the experience of lockdown, by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time From the critically acclaimed author of Feel Free, Swing Time, White Teeth and many more 'There will be many books written about th ...Show more
A Room of One's Own (Penguin Great Ideas) by Virginia Woolf
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Category: Little Books | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
This literary landmark about the male supremacy and female subordination at Oxford University shines a brave, searing light on the obstacles that must be overcome on the path toward a harmonious unity of the sexes.
Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell
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Category: Little Books | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really ...Show more
Death: Vintage Minis by Julian Barnes
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Category: Little Books | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers and why we eventually turn into our parents. Barnes is the perfect ...Show more
An Apology for Idlers by STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
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Category: Little Books | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson's witty and seminal essay on the joys of idleness is accompanied here by his writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleas ...Show more