The Best American Essays 2010The provocative and best selling author Christopher Hitchens takes the helm of the twenty fifth anniversary edition of this perennial favorite that is reliable and yet still surprisingthe best of the best (Kirkus Reviews).

Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day and the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain

and To Know a Woman

because I sometimes talk about my mental health in tweets and interviews

arbitrary budgets are sometimes the best budgets

even the ability to dream—vanish every seven years

from Doc Martens historian Martin Roach to Fashion Institute of Technology museum director Valerie Steele

From Richard Florida

3-Booze Egg Nog

‘The Close is Jane’s best Maeve Kerrigan novel yet

Life without a best friend is confusing

\" —Spike Carlsen

the safe haven of Pendruggan feels like the place for a fresh start