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"Christian Wiman, a thinker "at the very source of theology" (Marilynne Robinson), braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work"-- Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an award-winning poet and the author of My Bright Abyss, lays the motion of his mind on the page in this genre-defying...

Persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection.

¿En qué consiste ser mujer? ¿Depende de unas características objetivas, o basta con sentirse como tal? En este libro, Kathleen Stock articula una crítica incisiva y sólidamente argumentada a la principal tesis de la identidad de género, según la cual el género que cada cual "siente" y se adscribe de forma subjetiva es más relevante que la realidad objetiva del sexo biológico, cuya existencia llega incluso a negarse. La profesora Kathleen...

Byung-Chul Han reflexiona en este ensayo sobre la crisis temporal contemporánea, en diálogo con Nietzsche y Heidegger. La fugacidad de cada instante y la ausencia de un ritmo que dé un sentido a la vida y a la muerte, nos sitúa ante un nuevo escenario temporal, que ya ha dejado atrás la noción del tiempo como narración. Según Byung-Chul Han, no estamos ante una aceleración del tiempo, sino ante la atomización y dispersión temporal —a...

«Estas son páginas notables por su contenido explosivo y revelador, y una radiografía de la metástasis de ese cáncer alimentado por el gran corruptor.»

—Sergio Negrete Cárdenas

Tras el éxito de El rey del cash, Elena Chávez nos sumerge una vez más en las entrañas de un sistema político donde la corrupción parece haberse convertido

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“Not at all the usual actor’s memoir, but a simple toast to eating, drinking and innocent merriment in old Umbria.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
Having sent their last child off to college, Michael Tucker and his wife, the actress Jill Eikenberry, were vacationing in Italy when they happened upon a small cottage nestled in the Umbrian countryside. The three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old rustico sat perched...

In this uproarious exploration of the joys of reading, a long-time teacher, lifelong reader and The New Yorker contributor shares surprising stories from her life and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students and shows us how literature can transform us for the better.

"From a celebrated activist on the forefront of fighting for intersex representation and rights-and a subject of the forthcoming documentary Every Body, from the filmmakers behind RBG-a funny, thought-provoking collection of essays about owning your identity and living your truth"--

In her book Self-Inflicted Wounds, comedian, actress, and cohost of CBS's daytime hit show The Talk, Aisha Tyler recounts a series of epic mistakes and hilarious stories of crushing personal humiliation, and the personal insights and authentic wisdom she gathered along the way.   The essays in Self-Inflicted Wounds are refreshingly and sometimes brutally honest, surprising, and laugh-out-loud funny, vividly translating the brand of humor Tyler...

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life. In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle collider; she's presented news on the color of dinosaur eggs, ice worms that live on mountaintop glaciers, and signs of life on Venus. In this, her debut book,...