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Rebecca Solnit
This updated edition confirms Solnit’s seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change
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From the author of Men Explain Things to Me: an electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a young writer finds her voice in a…
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An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit ( the voice of the resistance -New York Times), climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices…
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The acclaimed essayist’s reflections on migration.
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Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.
Solnit’s revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics
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A reissue of the profound and meandering modern classic about the historical, political and philosophical paths traced by walkers.
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Explores the phenomenon through which people become resourceful and altruistic after a disaster and communities reflect a shared sense of purpose, analyzing events ranging from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake…
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A reissue of this inspiring and heartbreaking memoir about family, empathy and the stories we tell about ourselves and others
Essays exploring politics and place, written with the lyricism of a poet and the wisdom of a modern-day sage
Powerful, incisive, inspiring, a fourth essay collection from the bestselling author of the iconic Men Explain Things To Me.
A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing today.
In the spirit of her bestselling book Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit explores how our actions can shape the future and the liberatory possibilities of embracing uncertainty.
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In the spirit of her bestselling book, Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit explores how our actions can shape the future and the liberatory possibilities of embracing uncertainty. In her…
Mike Davis
For the late great Mike Davis, the ravaging of the climate by capital-and his prescient analysis of its consequences for those of us left to deal with the resulting crises-was…
A fresh, feminist adaptation of a classic fairy tale from award-winning author Rebecca Solnit.
Solnit’s best book so far ( Chicago Tribune ) is a boldly original portraitof the proto-inventor of motion pictures. The story of Muybridge–who in 1872succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically–becomes…
What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically…
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Rebecca Solnit unearths the roots of our contemporary crises, countering the despair of our age with a dose of solidarity, creativity, and hope.
An essential new collection of essays from the bestselling phenomenon Rebecca Solnit calling for reflection and context, activism and hope.
Included in the BEST OF GRANTA launch list for 2023: a collection of the landmark, incendiary essays that established Rebecca Solnit as one of the leading feminist writers working today.
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FotoFest Biennial 2024
Critical Geography examines the power structures, inequality, and the dominant ideologies that shape physical space. By critically analyzing these forces, the publication stimulates conversations about social justice…
A landmark essay that went viral, inspired the word mansplaining, and prompted fierce arguments.
A new collection of ‘further feminisms’ - searing, smart and provocative essays from one of the most important public intellectuals writing today.
Photographs by Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe; text by Rebecca Solnit.
An inspiring and heartbreaking memoir about family, empathy and the stories we tell about ourselves and others
El libro mas esperado de la gran pensadora feminista, autora de Los hombres me explican cosas: un memoir iluminador sobre su educacion sentimental y social.
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Acclaimed writer Rebecca Solnit and photographer Susan Schwartzenberg survey San Francisco’s transformation through gentrification in the early millenium
A collection of new feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the internationalbestselling author of Men Explain Things to Me.
Giving a portrait of the age of high speed innovation, this is a biography of Eadweard Muybridge, the Englishman who invented motion picture technology.
Rebecca Solnit’s timely follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me offers a refreshing take on contemporary feminism.
New feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the international best-selling author of Men Explain Things to Me.
A collection of the year’s best essays selected by Atwan and guest editor Solnit..
A cultural history of walking explores the ancient practice, from ancient Greece to the present, delving into Wordsworth, Gary Snyder, Rousseau, Jane Austen, and other cultural and literary icons to…
First published by Viking Penguin, 2013.–Title page verso.
Portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, this title…
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography Longlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing
An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how…
Bestselling author Rebecca Solnit reminds us that activism has changed the world in remarkable ways.
