Essays
Meanjin 84.2 Winter 2025
What is a revolution? What are the sounds of the commons, the crickets, the carpark, the quails and ..
Author: Anatolitis, Esther
$27.99 NZD
Migraine
'A mine of treasures, a source of visions, a microcosm of human experience and suffering, the philos..
Author: Sacks, Oliver
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Misfits: Personal Manifesto
The ground-breaking much-awaited debut by leading British star Michaela Coel. A personal and powerfu..
Author: Coel, Michaela
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No Judgement: On Being Critical
As a critic, Lauren Oyler has spent a lot of time writing essays that attempt to convince an audienc..
Author: Oyler, Lauren
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No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain
This book's title, No Straight Road Takes You There, is an evocation and a declaration. Highways ten..
Author: Solnit, Rebecca
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On the Move: A Life
When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will g..
Author: Sacks, Oliver
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Papatuanuku: A collection of writings by Indigenous wahine
A collection of writings by Indigenous wahine is a powerful anthology of writing by Maori and Pacifi..
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Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance
'Responsible but not beholden; substantial as well as symbolic; sympathetic but not pandering; polit..
Author: Younge, Gary
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River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
In 1872, Eadward Muybridge - a British photographer, who had landed in California during the Gold Ru..
Author: Solnit, Rebecca
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Running Book: Journey through Memory, Landscape and History
It is summer, the hay and silage have not yet been made on John Connell's farm, so he has time to in..
Author: Connell, John
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Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age
One of Esquire's 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2025 One of Foreign Policy's Most Anticipated Books ..
Author: Vara, Vauhini
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Selected Essays (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'When I was about ..
Author: Orwell, George
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Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel
A legendary editor's survey of the twentieth-century novel and how it shaped the form for years to c..
Author: Frank, Edwin
$39.99 NZD
Table Talk: Opinions, stories, and a play
Poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist, teacher and academic, C.K. Stead has made his mark on all th..
Author: Stead, C.K.
$44.99 NZD
The Anatomy of Melancholy
A guidebook to melancholia or depression, and a masterly, all-encompassing examination of the human ..
Author: Robert Burton
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