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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Against Meidias by Demosthenes - 9781853996399
$21.50
Against Meidias
Demosthenes
Demosthenes was punched in the face by Meidias in the theatre at Athens in 348...
Second Hand
On Women by Susan Sontag - 9780241996843
$26.99
On Women
Susan Sontag
On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial...
On the Couch by Andrew Blauner - 9780691242439
$49.99
On the Couch
Andrew Blauner
A collection of colourful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy...
Notes from the Henhouse by Elspeth Barker - 9781399612494
$45.00
Notes from the Henhouse
Elspeth Barker
'This book is heaven. Elspeth Barker writes like no one else' OLIVIA LAING 'Deserves to...
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion - 9780008451783
$19.99
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion
Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and...
Second Hand
On Divas by Spencer Kornhaber - 9781638931133
$27.99
On Divas
Spencer Kornhaber
A critic's notebook on sparkle and spectacle. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism byAtlanticwriters, drawn...
The Lucky Ones by Melinda Ham - 9781922848024
$14.00
The Lucky Ones
Melinda Ham
The Lucky Ones is a moving and meticulously researched book of refugee stories from award-winning...
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The Collected Works of Jo Ann Beard by Jo Ann Beard - 9781800817883
$13.50
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...
Too Much of Life by Clarice Lispector - 9780241597583
$32.99
Too Much of Life
Clarice Lispector
This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the...
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'...
The Scent of Flowers at Night by Leila Slimani - 9781529399653
$39.99
The Scent of Flowers at Night
Leila Slimani
'A revelation' KATY HESSEL 'Brilliant' OBSERVER Over one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana...
The World-Ending Fire by Wendell Berry - 9780141984131
$26.99
The World-Ending Fire
Wendell Berry
Life-changing writings by the visionary farmer, essayist and poet Wendell Berry 'He is unlike anybody...
Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde - 9780995716223
$32.95
Your Silence Will Not Protect You
Audre Lorde
Your Silence Will Not Protect You collects the essential essays and poems of Audre Lorde...
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...
Long Life by Mary Oliver - 9780306814129
$27.99
Long Life
Mary Oliver
Poets must read and study, but also they must learn to tilt and whisper, shout,...
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...
Modern Manners by The Gentlewoman - 9781838663568
$39.95
Modern Manners
The Gentlewoman
A timely selection of thought-provoking, witty essays and articles on manners from cult-favourite magazine: The...
Politics and the English Language by George Orwell - 9781851246021
$19.99
Politics and the English Language
George Orwell
George Orwell's essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. It is about...
Lone Wolf by Katharine Murphy - 9781760644147
$24.99
Lone Wolf
Katharine Murphy
A portrait of a leader in the making, and a nation on the move In...
The Brain-Dead Megaphone by George Saunders - 9781408894828
$22.99
The Brain-Dead Megaphone
George Saunders
In this, his first collection of essays, Saunders trains his eye on the real world...
Freedom, Only Freedom
$32.99
Freedom, Only Freedom
Behrouz Boochani
Over six years of imprisonment in Australia's offshore migrant detention centre, the Kurdish-Iranian journalist and...
How the World Works by Noam Chomsky - 9780241145388
$29.99
How the World Works
Noam Chomsky
The essential introduction to Chomsky's political ideas With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam...
Consider The Lobster by David Foster Wallace - 9780349119526
$24.99
Consider The Lobster
David Foster Wallace
Now in B Format. A brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays from the award-winning...
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett - 9781526640949
$26.99
These Precious Days
Ann Patchett
An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of...
Second Hand
Pharmacopoeia by Derek Jarman - 9781784877330
$26.99
Pharmacopoeia
Derek Jarman
A beautiful, full-colour compendium of Derek Jarman's writing on nature, gardening and life in Dungeness...
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston - 9780008522971
$14.95
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
Zora Neale Hurston
'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison 'You Don't Know Us Negroes...
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry Thoreau - 9780140390445
$27.99
Walden and Civil Disobedience
Henry Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau's masterworkWaldenis a collection of his reflections on life and society. In 1845,...
Thought Economics by Vikas Shah - 9781789293159
$13.95
Thought Economics
Vikas Shah
Since 2007, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vikas Shah MBE has been on a mission to interview...