The essays

An updated edition of the bestselling collection of timeless wisdom from the world's greatest investor Readers of Warren Buffett's letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders have gained an enormously valuable informal…

This volume tracks the crucial role of Reiner Schürmann?s engagement with the work of Michel Foucault between 1983 and 1991. Drawing on Foucault?s highly original reading of the philosophical tradition, Schürmann traces…

A gold mine of investing advice from the most successful investor in history THE ESSAYS OF Warren Buffett SIXTH EDITION When Warren Buffett speaks, people worldwide listen. And with good reason: Buffett is the most…

A collection of erudite and typically contrarian essays from the late great art critic. Writing for the Evening Standard, but ever unwilling to tow the line, Brian gives uncompromising, witty and cultured opinions on the…

A record of a great writer's nonfiction work and an evolving picture of the last years of his life, during the time when he published Animal Farm and 1984. A magnificent tribute to the probity, consistency and insight of…

The Art of the Personal Essay : Paperback : Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc : 9780385423397 : 038542339X : 15 Jan 1997 : By presenting more than 75 personal essays, including influential forerunners from…

Mark Twain is best known as one of this country's finest humourists 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…

Long recognised as one of Britain's finest mountain writers, this collection brings together the best of Jim Perrin's essays and articles on climbing. Perrin has selected these from four decades of describing and…

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Investors and Managers : Paperback : John Wiley & Sons Inc : 9781119803270 : 1119803276 : 13 May 2021

The Basics of Essay Writing : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9780415434041 : 0415434041 : 15 Aug 2007 : Provides the guidance and advice you need to improve your essay-writing skills. This book opens with a…

Clement Greenberg is widely recognized as the most influential and articulate champion of modernism during its American ascendency after World War II, the period largely covered by these highly acclaimed volumes of _The…

In the wake of the explosion in the production of essay films over the last 25 years and its subsequent theorization in scholarly literature, this volume seeks to historicize these intertwined developments within the…

Booker-winning novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and critic, John Berger has excelled in a variety of literary fields. This collection of essays takes a definitive look at his career.

For students, teachers & tutors at all levels - Post-16 level, vocational and undergraduate courses - all students have to write essays and writing the essay itself is a learning experience yet many are never taught how…

One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote…

The Essays of Warren Buffett : Paperback : John Wiley & Sons Inc : 9781118821152 : 1118821157 : 24 Dec 2013 : An updated edition of the bestselling collection of timeless wisdom from the world's greatest investor Readers…

Includes 'The Freedom of the Press', intended as the preface to 'Animal Farm' but undiscovered until 1972. Considered by Noam Chomsky to be Orwell's most important essay. These essays demonstsrate the life and work of…

Clement Greenberg is widely recognized as the most influential and articulate champion of modernism during its American ascendency after World War II, the period largely covered by these highly acclaimed volumes of 'The…

Includes 'The Freedom of the Press', intended as the preface to 'Animal Farm' but undiscovered until 1972. Considered by Noam Chomsky to be Orwell's most important essay. These essays demonstsrate the life and work of…

The Essays : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140446029 : 0140446028 : 03 May 1994 : To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. This…

Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour.

To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. This title discusses Montaigne's themes such as fathers and children, conscience and…

Includes 'The Freedom of the Press', intended as the preface to 'Animal Farm' but undiscovered until 1972. Considered by Noam Chomsky to be Orwell's most important essay. These essays demonstrate the life and work of one…

The essay-with its emphasis on the provisional and explorative rather than on definitive statements-has evolved from its literary beginnings and is now found in all mediums, including film. Today, the essay film is,…

In this collection of essays and interviews philosophers, political scientists and economists reflect on the political role played by debt.

The Essays : Hardback : Everyman : 9781857152425 : 1857152425 : 27 Sep 2002 : Includes 'The Freedom of the Press', intended as the preface to 'Animal Farm' but undiscovered until 1972. Considered by Noam Chomsky to be…

A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes…

An updated edition of the bestselling collection of timeless wisdom from the world's greatest investor Readers of Warren Buffett's letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders have gained an enormously valuable informal…

Nora M. Alter reveals the essay film to be a hybrid genre that fuses the categories of feature, art, and documentary film. The essay film draws on a variety of forms and approaches; in the process, it fundamentally…

In the hands of such writers as Rebecca Solnit, Claudia Rankine, David Shields, Zadie Smith and many others, the essay has re-emerged as a powerful literary form for tackling a fractious 21st-century culture. The Essay…

This volume provides the first complete edition of the third and final surviving draft of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, dating from 1685, four years before the publication of the Essay itself…

The Essay: Forms and Transformations

A fresh look at a venerable, resurgent literary form. The essay, as a notably hard form of writing to pin down, has inspired some unflattering descriptions: It is a ''greased pig, '' for example, or a ''pair of baggy…

Nora M. Alter argues that the essay film is a hybrid genre that fuses three major categories of film: feature, art, and documentary. Much like the written essay, its literary predecessor, the essay film draws on a…

Extended Essay for the IB Diploma: Skills for Success : Paperback : Hodder Education : 9781510415126 : 1510415122 : 28 Jul 2017 : Build confidence in a range of key essay writing techniques and skills with this practical…

In the hands of such writers as Rebecca Solnit, Claudia Rankine, David Shields, Zadie Smith and many others, the essay has re-emerged as a powerful literary form for tackling a fractious 21st-century culture. The Essay…

An expansive and exhilarating world tour of innovative nonfiction writing 'I think the reason we've never pinpointed the real beginning to this genre is because we've never agreed on what the genre even is. Do we read…

Even though essay films have been a key practice since the 1950s, there is scant analysis about this form in English. Part of this is likely due to the inherent difficulty of definition. The films, which foreground…

Even though essay films have been a key practice since the 1950s, there is scant analysis about this form in English. Part of this is likely due to the inherent difficulty of definition. The films, which foreground…