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12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love

Jeanette Winterson

Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding and provocative essays from Sunday Times-bestselling author Jeanette Winterson.

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Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays

Rebecca Solnit

A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing today.

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A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt

A dazzling collection of personal essays from internationally acclaimed First Nations Canadian writer Billy-Ray Belcourt.

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How to Read Now

Elaine Castillo

An exploration and manifesto investigating the power of reading - and our potential to become radically better readers in the world.

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Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Joan Didion

Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion.

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The Best of Me

David Sedaris

A lavish gift edition of David Sedaris’s best stories, spanning his spectacular bestselling career.

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So Sad Today: personal essays

Melissa Broder

So sad today? Many are. Melissa Broder is too. How and why did she get to be so sad? And should she stay sad?

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Strangers to Ourselves

Rachel Aviv

The highly anticipated debut from the award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv asks how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our deepest sense of who we are.

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I Feel Bad About My Neck

Nora Ephron

Now with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Nora’s sharp wit and wisdom about life.

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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

A must-read for anyone interested in the way we live and think today.

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Intimations: Six Essays

Zadie Smith

An urgently timely, deeply personal and powerfully moving series of essays on the experience of lockdown from one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.

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