Essays

Explore bold ideas, personal reflections, and powerful commentary in our Essays collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. Shop online or in-store for celebrated authors and emerging voices across every subject and style.

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The Uncollected David Rakoff by David Rakoff - 9780307946478
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The Uncollected David Rakoff
David Rakoff
Bestselling and Thurber Prize-winning humorist David Rakoff was one of the most original, delightfully acerbic...
The Saturday Portraits by Maxine Beneba Clarke - 9780733632723
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The Saturday Portraits
Maxine Beneba Clarke
The year is 2014, editor Erik Jensen contacts short fiction writer Maxine Beneba Clarke, and...
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The Destiny Thief by Richard Russo - 9781524733513
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The Destiny Thief
Richard Russo
"It turns out that Russo the nonfiction writer is a lot like Russo the Pulitzer...
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The City of the Living by Nicola Lagioia - 9781787703995
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The City of the Living
Nicola Lagioia
For fans of Truman Capote and Emmanuel Carrere In March 2016, in an apartment on...
Shameful Autobiographies by Rosamund Dalziell - 9780522848601
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Shameful Autobiographies
Rosamund Dalziell
This innovative work is about patterns of shame in a range of important Australian autobiographies...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson Waldo Ralph
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Oppositions by Mary Gaitskill - 9781788168151
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Oppositions
Mary Gaitskill
'Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without...
On the Smell of an Oily Rag by Ouyang Yu - 9781862547650
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On the Smell of an Oily Rag
Ouyang Yu
Scholarly and scatological, this cornucopia of fun and wisdom is a breathtaking picture of speech,...
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On the Wealth of Nations by P J O'Rourke - 9781741148961
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On the Wealth of Nations
P J O'Rourke
'The Wealth of Nations is, without doubt a 'book that changed the world.' But it...
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On Hope by Daisy Jeffrey - 9780733644665
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On Hope
Daisy Jeffrey
As extreme weather becomes the norm, scientists agree that our climate is changing. But it...
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On Money by Rick Morton - 9780733645761
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On Money
Rick Morton
Money makes the world go round, but does it make us happy? Money is one...
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On Borrowed Time by Robert Manne - 9781760640187
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On Borrowed Time
Robert Manne
Australia's foremost public intellectual applies his brilliant mind to climate change, the media, WikiLeaks, Turnbull's...
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Nova - Finding My Voice by Nova Peris - 9781925642506
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Nova - Finding My Voice
Nova Peris
Collection of pivotal speeches from Nova Peris as well as her favourite inspirational speeches by...
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Love Stories by Trent Dalton - 9781460760932
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Love Stories
Trent Dalton
WINNER, INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes...
Life is Like A Sailboat by John Grogan - 9781593155391
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Life is Like A Sailboat
John Grogan
From John Grogan, author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Marley and Me" and "Bad...
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Letters to Poseidon by Cees Nooteboom - 9781623659141
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Letters to Poseidon
Cees Nooteboom
It is said that during his abortive campaign to invade Britannia, the infamous Roman emperor...
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Just Us
Claudia Rankine
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION Claudia Rankine's Citizen changed...
i by e. e. cummings - 9780674440104
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e. e. cummings
The author begins his "nonlectures" with the warning "I haven't the remotest intention of posing...
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Gritty Cities : Images of the Urban
Lynette Finch
Essays on the representations and experiences of the modern city, treating themes of the bush...
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Getting Equal by Marilyn Lake - 9781865081373
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Getting Equal
Marilyn Lake
What woman today would accept losing her job or her nationality on marriage? What mother...
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Garden of Friends
Stewart Douglas
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Flirtation, Seduction, Betrayal by Nigel Farndale - 9781841196442
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Flirtation, Seduction, Betrayal
Nigel Farndale
Geoffrey Boycott, James Hewitt, Elton John, Clive James, Jeffrey Archer, Max Clifford, Des Lynam, Tony...
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First and the Last by Isaiah Berlin - 9781862072701
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First and the Last
Isaiah Berlin
The First and the Last brings together the earliest known composition and the last essay...
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Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen's Freedom was the runaway most-discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and searching engagement...
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Encounters and Destinies by Stefan Zweig (Author) - 9781782273462
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Encounters and Destinies
Stefan Zweig (Author)
'The European voice... sparkling with poetic brilliance' - TLS'Zweig's accumulated historical and cultural studies [are]...
Dreaming and Scheming by Hanif Kureishi - 9780571333530
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Dreaming and Scheming
Hanif Kureishi
Writing seems to be a problem of some kind. It isn't as if most people...
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DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval by X Various Authors - 9781805330516
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DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval
X Various Authors
Writings on people and places, theater and film, in a portfolio of essays and photographs...
Counting My Chickens by Deborah Devonshire - 9781902421056
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Counting My Chickens
Deborah Devonshire
The Duchess of Devonshire is the sister of Nancy, Pamela, Tom, Diana, Unity and Jessica...
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