The Book Company: New Products - Essays

Essays and Addresses on Literature

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:23:36 +0000

First published in 1935, J. G. Robertson’s Essays and Addresses on Literature explores German and Scandinavian literary giants, including Lessing, Ibsen, and Kierkegaard, while addressing themes like cosmopolitanism and travel. A timeless resource for literary enthusiasts and scholars.

Price: $200.00

En Pointe, Off Kilter (Essays by Thomas Glave)

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:52:12 +0000

An evocative new collection from Thomas Glave that seamlessly weaves together global social justice, Jamaican queer history, and profound personal meditation.

This new collection of twenty-three (23) essays builds on the geopolitical, global, literary and personal themes in Glave's two ea..

Price: $30.00

The Pushcart Book of Twenty-First Century Poetry and Prose

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:28:18 +0000

The best poetry and prose from the past quarter century of The Pushcart Prize editions selected by two multi-prize-winning editors. – Philip Schultz (Pulitzer Prize in Poetry); Bill Henderson (Highest Honors American Academy of Arts and Letters).

Price: $28.00

Shakespearian Tempest - V 2

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:36:03 +0000

First published in 2002. This is Volume II of the collected works of G.Wilson Knight and this revised looks at the Shakespearian Tempest and includes a Chart of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Universe.

Price: $280.00

Shakespeare and Religion (Essays of Forty Years)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:35:36 +0000

First Published in 2002. Part of the G.Wilson Knight collection, the essays included in this volume constitute a fairly consistent record of his attempts over a period of some forty years to explore the deeper significances of Shakespearian poetry and drama.

Price: $310.00

See Under: Quaker (A Self-Portrait in Essays and Reviews)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:35:44 +0000

A 21st century literary pilgrim's progress towards being Quaker in thought, word and deed.

Quakers, it’s been said, are rude and contrary. They advertise no particular belief system yet engage in civil disobedience. Bloody-minded while gracious, radical but non-partisan, t..

Price: $19.95

Natural Resources (The Radical Joys of Food, Cooking, and Care in Unsteady Times)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:48:37 +0000

From James Beard Award finalist and bestselling author of The Editor, Sara B. Franklin, a poignant essay collection exploring how food, cooking, and gardening shape our daily lives and worldviews, and strengthen, in times of upheaval, our resilience and grit.<..

Price: $29.00

Fresh Waters (Journeys Through the Vanishing Worlds that Sustain Us)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:35:10 +0000

An immersive work from a bestselling, award-winning writer, Fresh Waters traces the threats facing freshwater habitats—where vertebrate populations have declined by 85% since 1970—while revealing the wonder of these crucial “lifeworlds” and celebrating those who protect them...
Price: $26.00

Pop Studies (A Personal Pantheon)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:14:50 +0000

An ode to the great pop culture monuments of the 20th century, by the legendary critic Camille Paglia.

The singular and iconoclastic critic delivers a significant new book—an ode to and brilliant examination of some of the great pop culture monuments of the 20th century and be..
Price: $30.00

Migrant Heart (Essays About Things I Can't Forget)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:12:03 +0000

An ambitious memoir in essays by beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande that illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival.

What is the true power of stories? Can they heal the jagged edges of a traumatic childhood? Is ..
Price: $18.99