Essays

Explore bold ideas, personal reflections, and powerful commentary in our Essays collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. From literary criticism and cultural insights to memoir-style observations and political thought, these essay collections offer sharp, thought-provoking reading. Shop online or in-store for celebrated authors and emerging voices across every subject and style.

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Everything in Its Place by Oliver Sacks - 9781035068364
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Everything in Its Place
Oliver Sacks
From the bestselling author of On Gratitude, On the Move and The Man Who Mistook...
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks - 9781035068357
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An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks
In An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways...
89 Words followed by Prague, A Disappearing Poem by Milan Kundera - 9780571393237
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89 Words followed by Prague, A Disappearing Poem
Milan Kundera
89 Words, published in 1985, is an expanded version of the dictionary of sorts that...
The Collected Works of Jo Ann Beard by Jo Ann Beard - 9781800817883
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The Collected Works of Jo Ann Beard
Jo Ann Beard
Weaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard's own life, and sheer...
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 9780008470302
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Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
**DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is out now!** A...
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Long Life by Mary Oliver - 9780306814129
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Long Life
Mary Oliver
Poets must read and study, but also they must learn to tilt and whisper, shout,...
Minority Report by George Megalogenis - 9781760644413
$29.99
Minority Report
George Megalogenis
What does the new political landscape look like in Australia? Australian politics is shifting. The...
Essays In Love by Alain de Botton - 9781035038589
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Essays In Love
Alain de Botton
'De Botton is a national treasure.' - Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black...
Ain't No Place for a Hero: Borderlands by Kaitlin Tremblay - 9781770413641
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Ain't No Place for a Hero: Borderlands
Kaitlin Tremblay
A deep dive into the groundbreaking and bestselling video game series The critically acclaimed first-person...
Wild Fictions by Amitav Ghosh - 9781529349399
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Wild Fictions
Amitav Ghosh
'Brims with ideas and insights . . . Ghosh is at his sparkling best' IRISH...
Thirst by Robert Macfarlane - 9781999809058
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Thirst
Robert Macfarlane
'Water is life. Robert Macfarlane, in the marvellous catalogue - which also features writings by...
The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry - 9780141984131
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The World-Ending Fire
Wendell Berry
Life-changing writings by the visionary farmer, essayist and poet Wendell Berry 'He is unlike anybody...
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
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The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
David Graeber
Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber's...
The Thinking Heart by David Grossman - 9781787335509
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The Thinking Heart
David Grossman
A hundred and fifty years of conflict. What does that do to a person's soul,...
The Scent of Flowers at Night by Leila Slimani - 9781529399653
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The Scent of Flowers at Night
Leila Slimani
'A revelation' KATY HESSEL 'Brilliant' OBSERVER Over one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana...
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe - 9781784873721
$35.00
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
Tom Wolfe
The first of Tom Wolfe's genre-defining non-fiction books, reissued to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary...
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green - 9781529109894
$26.99
The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green
Mind-expanding essays on modern life and the human experience in the first non-fiction work by...
The American Beast by Jill Lepore - 9781399810180
$34.99
The American Beast
Jill Lepore
AS HEARD ON RADIO 4'S WOMEN'S HOUR 'America's greatest living essayist . . . Wonderful'...
Talk Stories by Jamaica Kincaid - 9781529077049
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Talk Stories
Jamaica Kincaid
'Fresh, risky, improvisational and hard-to-categorize writing' - Chicago Tribune Talk Stories is a collection of...
Taking A Long Look by Vivian Gornick - 9781839765094
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Taking A Long Look
Vivian Gornick
For nearly fifty years, Vivian Gornick's essays, written with her characteristic clarity of perception and...
Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaard - 9781784703288
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Spring
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Spring is a deeply moving novel about family, our everyday lives, our joys and our...
Salvador by Joan Didion - 9781783785230
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Salvador
Joan Didion
El Salvador, 1982, is at the height of a ghastly civil war. Joan Didion travels...
Portrait of an Island on Fire by Ariel Saramandi - 9781804271612
$32.99
Portrait of an Island on Fire
Ariel Saramandi
A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in Portrait of an Island...
Pathemata by Maggie Nelson - 9781911717454
$29.99
Pathemata
Maggie Nelson
A major and profound, new original work by the author of The Argonauts and Bluets...
Notes on Camp by Susan Sontag - 9780241339701
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Notes on Camp
Susan Sontag
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics...
Lone Wolf by Katharine Murphy - 9781760644147
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Lone Wolf
Katharine Murphy
A portrait of a leader in the making, and a nation on the move In...
Living Peacefully by Zachary Seager - 9781035045648
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Living Peacefully
Zachary Seager
In today's turbulent world, it's harder and harder to find a place of calm and...
Living Greatly in the Law by David Dixon - 9781761170409
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Living Greatly in the Law
David Dixon
John Halden 'Hal' Wootten (19222021) made contributions to the law and public life that were...