In these biting satirical essays, David Rakoff goes after the scarily easy to find examples in our culture of wretched excess, obsessive lusting after material goods, and insane expenditures of money like couture clothing and thousand...

In a new collection of essays, the award-winning author of The March and Ragtime offers a series of reflections on the nature of imagination and creativity, looking at diverse forms of creative endeavor--from the literary and scientif...

In a pulls-no-punches essay intended to provoke rational discussion, Stephen King sets down his thoughts about gun violence in America. Anger and grief in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are palpable in this ...

The award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Generation Kill, whose style Newsweek says 'owes more to Hunter S. Thompson than to any sort of political correctness,' offers a reporter's immersion in outsider cultures.