essays

"22 essays explore wide-ranging themes, including redefining materialism and environmental justice, assessing the risk and promise of technology, and celebrating place..."--Provided by publisher.

Presents a collection of essays that discuss the root causes of the decline of the American mind.

Buzzfeed staff writer Erin Chack reflects on growing up, finding a first love, and the resilience she found surviving cancer at the age of nineteen, and how she used humor to cope with these life transitions.

A collection of essays presenting varying perspectives on the state of western democracy.

[Presents a collection of essays that] uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world, so that we might better understand ourselves, and in doing so proves himself a bellwether for our times"--Back cover.

A collection of essays from nature writer Robert Finch, as he pays tribute to the forty miles along the Atlantic coast, known as the Outer Beach.

A collection of essays presenting varying perspectives on the issue of online filter bubbles.

A collection of essays presenting varying perspectives on the issue of alternative media.

The author reflects about gender identity based on the depiction of females in the media.

"Brian Kateman coined the term 'Reducetarian'--a person who is deliberately reducing his or her consumption of meat--and a global movement was born. In this book, Kateman, the founder of the Reducetarian Foundation, presents more than 70 original essays from influential thinkers on how the simple act of cutting 10% or more of the meat from one's diet can [potentially] transform the life of the reader, animals, and the planet"--Provided by publisher.