Essays

Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes: Odes to Being Alive
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From the vertiginously talented Atlantic staff writer James Parker, a collection of uproarious prose odes that show how to find gratitude in unexpected places

We Loved It All: A Memory of Life
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A personal evocation of the glory of nature, our vexed position in the animal kingdom and the difficulty of adoring what we destroy

Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin
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Essays from the literary master and best-selling author of Townie on a life of challenges, contradictions and fulfillments

Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse
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This volume gathers the most alluring stories, recollections, contemplations and poems on butterflies by Herman Hesse.

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life
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An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life


