Essays 190 books by Carla

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible E. Randolph Richards, Brandon J. O'Brien	4.5	1 read
Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris	4.15	65 reads
South and West: From a Notebook Joan Didion	3.54	16 reads
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper: Who I Really Am: Words + Music Alice Cooper	5	1 read
How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News Peter Enns	3.88	13 reads
What Is the Bible? Rob Bell	4.33	10 reads
Let Me Tell You Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings Laurence Jackson Hyman, Sarah Hyman DeWitt, Shirley Jackson Ruth Franklin	5	1 read
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath	4.2	18 reads
Becoming Michelle Obama	4.48	538 reads
Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr.	4.44	12 reads
Poetics Aristotle Anthony Kenny (Translator)	3.66	49 reads
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey Kamala Harris	4	26 reads
Growgirl Growgirl Heather Donahue	0	1 read
Meeting Manson An Uneasy Journey into an All-American Nightmare Meeting Manson An Uneasy Journey into an All-American Nightmare Erik Hedegaard, Mark Boyett	5	1 read
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey	4.21	251 reads
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Sarah Vowell	4.09	39 reads
My Life as a Villainess Laura Lippman	4	3 reads
The Opposite of Fate Amy Tan	0	0 reads
The Source of Self-Regard Toni Morrison	4.67	5 reads
Advent in Narnia Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season Heidi Haverkamp	5	1 read
A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift	3.99	72 reads
Lectures on Literature Vladimir Nabokov	4.5	7 reads
Lectures on Russian Literature Vladimir Nabokov	4	3 reads
You Shall Be as Gods You Shall Be as Gods: A Radical Interpretation of the Old Testament and Its Tradition Erich Fromm	0	0 reads
The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Complete And Unabridged The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Complete And Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe	0	1 read
Harry Potter: A History of Magic British Library J. K. Rowling	4.18	19 reads
Themes and Variations David Sedaris	3.93	21 reads
The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks Rob Sheffield	3.6	5 reads
Malcolm X Malcolm X: The Last Speeches Malcolm X	0	0 reads
The Beautiful Ones Prince	4	13 reads
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers Jude Ellison S. Doyle	4	3 reads
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story Chuck Klosterman	3.72	39 reads
Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Leonard Cohen Anthology Leonard Cohen Anthology Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Tamara Tamara Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
SantaLand Diaries David Sedaris	4.38	31 reads
The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	1 read
The Future The Future Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
The Leonard Cohen Collection The Leonard Cohen Collection Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Death of a Lady's Man Death of a Lady's Man Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Dance Me to the End of Love Dance Me to the End of Love Leonard Cohen	0	1 read
Flowers for Hitler Flowers for Hitler Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Songs of Leonard Cohen, Herewith Songs of Leonard Cohen, Herewith: Music, Words and Photographs Music Sales Corporation, Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Book of Mercy Leonard Cohen	3.17	4 reads
Selected Poetry Selected Poetry Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
New Skin for the Old Ceremony New Skin for the Old Ceremony Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
The Spice-Box of Earth The Spice-Box of Earth Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Leonard Cohen. Songs of a Life. Leonard Cohen. Songs of a Life. Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
The Energy of Slaves The Energy of Slaves Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Leonard Cohen	2	2 reads
Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs Leonard Cohen	4.5	3 reads
The Favorite Game Leonard Cohen	4	3 reads
Book of Longing Leonard Cohen	4	6 reads
Places I've Taken My Body: Essays Molly McCully Brown	5	1 read
Live and Learn Live and Learn Joan Didion	0	0 reads
On Self-Respect On Self-Respect Joan Didion	0	0 reads
The Lion's World The Lion's World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia Rowan Williams	5	1 read
A Family Album A Family Album: Portraits Of Intimacy And Kinship Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Drawing Life Drawing Life: Narratives and the Sense of Self Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
The Present Of Things Future; Explorations Of Time In Human Experience The Present Of Things Future; Explorations Of Time In Human Experience Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
College College: Reward and Betrayal Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
When the Music Stopped When the Music Stopped: Discovering My Mother Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Hardest Times Hardest Times: The Trauma of Long-Term Unemployment Thomas Cottle	0	0 reads
The abandoners; portraits of loss separation and neglect The abandoners; portraits of loss separation and neglect Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Perceiving Time Perceiving Time: A Psychological Investigation with Men and Women Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Intimate Appraisals Intimate Appraisals: The Social Writings of Thomas J. Cottle Robert Coles, Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Beyond Self-Esteem Beyond Self-Esteem: Narratives of Self-Knowledge and Devotion to Others Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
A Sense of Self A Sense of Self: The Work of Affirmation Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Inside Out Demi Moore	4.03	23 reads
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know Malcolm Gladwell	3.76	331 reads
This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers Jeff Sharlet	0	1 read
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself Alan Alda	3.25	4 reads
The Depositions The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be Thomas Lynch	3	1 read
Take the Cannoli Sarah Vowell	3.78	21 reads
Befriend Befriend Scott Sauls	0	0 reads
Every Little Thing: Making a World of Difference Right Where You Are Deidra Riggs	0	0 reads
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft	3.85	25 reads
Confessions Confessions Angela Scholar, Patrick Coleman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau	0	1 read
On Liberty John Stuart Mill	3.75	4 reads
The Art of War Sun Tzu Lionel Giles (Translator)	3.67	113 reads
Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Ben Shahn Thomas De Quincey	4	1 read
Rights of Man Thomas Paine	3.8	9 reads
Symposion Plato	3.76	73 reads
The Body: A Guide for Occupants	4.16	170 reads
Happiness in This Life Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence Pope Francis Oonagh Stransky (Translator)	5	1 read
Inspired Rachel Held Evans	4.18	21 reads
The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: final girls and a new Hollywood formula Alexandra West	4	2 reads
Next Level Basic Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook Stassi Schroeder	4	7 reads
Sentimental Journeys Sentimental Journeys Joan Didion	0	0 reads
Telling Stories Telling Stories Joan Didion	0	0 reads
On Bowie Rob Sheffield	3.33	3 reads
Perspectives on the Individual Perspectives on the Individual: Freshman Seminar Joan Didion	0	0 reads
The Eloquent Essay The Eloquent Essay: An Anthology of Classic & Creative Nonfiction Barbara Kingsolver	0	0 reads
The Women's Movement The Women's Movement Joan Didion	0	0 reads
Murder Within Murder Murder Within Murder Joan Didion	0	0 reads
40 Model Essays 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology Jane E. Aaron	0	1 read
Works in Progress Number 7 Works in Progress Number 7 Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, Herbert Burkholz, J.P. Donleavy, Marge Piercy, Daniel Berrigan, Sol Yurick, Michael S. Harper, Judith Rossner, Joan Didion, Eric Bentley, John Gregory Dunne, Ben Shahn, Ursule Molinaro, Michael Ayrton, Judith Rascoe, Philip Stratford, Margaret Webster, William Hanley, William Hoffman, Bernard Wolfe, H. Landshoff, Frederick Barthelme	0	0 reads
Joan Didion Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations Ellen Friedman, Joan Didion	0	0 reads
Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire Graydon Carter	0	0 reads
Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis Sigmund Freud Peter Gay	2	2 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible E. Randolph Richards, Brandon J. O'Brien	4.5	1 read
Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris	4.15	65 reads
South and West: From a Notebook Joan Didion	3.54	16 reads
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper: Who I Really Am: Words + Music Alice Cooper	5	1 read
How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News Peter Enns	3.88	13 reads
What Is the Bible? Rob Bell	4.33	10 reads
Let Me Tell You Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings Laurence Jackson Hyman, Sarah Hyman DeWitt, Shirley Jackson Ruth Franklin	5	1 read
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath	4.2	18 reads
Becoming Michelle Obama	4.48	538 reads
Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr.	4.44	12 reads
Poetics Aristotle Anthony Kenny (Translator)	3.66	49 reads
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey Kamala Harris	4	26 reads
Growgirl Growgirl Heather Donahue	0	1 read
Meeting Manson An Uneasy Journey into an All-American Nightmare Meeting Manson An Uneasy Journey into an All-American Nightmare Erik Hedegaard, Mark Boyett	5	1 read
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey	4.21	251 reads
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Sarah Vowell	4.09	39 reads
My Life as a Villainess Laura Lippman	4	3 reads
The Opposite of Fate Amy Tan	0	0 reads
The Source of Self-Regard Toni Morrison	4.67	5 reads
Advent in Narnia Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season Heidi Haverkamp	5	1 read
A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift	3.99	72 reads
Lectures on Literature Vladimir Nabokov	4.5	7 reads
Lectures on Russian Literature Vladimir Nabokov	4	3 reads
You Shall Be as Gods You Shall Be as Gods: A Radical Interpretation of the Old Testament and Its Tradition Erich Fromm	0	0 reads
The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Complete And Unabridged The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Complete And Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe	0	1 read
Harry Potter: A History of Magic British Library J. K. Rowling	4.18	19 reads
Themes and Variations David Sedaris	3.93	21 reads
The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks Rob Sheffield	3.6	5 reads
Malcolm X Malcolm X: The Last Speeches Malcolm X	0	0 reads
The Beautiful Ones Prince	4	13 reads
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers Jude Ellison S. Doyle	4	3 reads
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story Chuck Klosterman	3.72	39 reads
Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Leonard Cohen Anthology Leonard Cohen Anthology Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Tamara Tamara Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
SantaLand Diaries David Sedaris	4.38	31 reads
The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	1 read
The Future The Future Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
The Leonard Cohen Collection The Leonard Cohen Collection Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Death of a Lady's Man Death of a Lady's Man Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Dance Me to the End of Love Dance Me to the End of Love Leonard Cohen	0	1 read
Flowers for Hitler Flowers for Hitler Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Songs of Leonard Cohen, Herewith Songs of Leonard Cohen, Herewith: Music, Words and Photographs Music Sales Corporation, Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Book of Mercy Leonard Cohen	3.17	4 reads
Selected Poetry Selected Poetry Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
New Skin for the Old Ceremony New Skin for the Old Ceremony Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
The Spice-Box of Earth The Spice-Box of Earth Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Leonard Cohen. Songs of a Life. Leonard Cohen. Songs of a Life. Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
The Energy of Slaves The Energy of Slaves Leonard Cohen	0	0 reads
Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Leonard Cohen	2	2 reads
Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs Leonard Cohen	4.5	3 reads
The Favorite Game Leonard Cohen	4	3 reads
Book of Longing Leonard Cohen	4	6 reads
Places I've Taken My Body: Essays Molly McCully Brown	5	1 read
Live and Learn Live and Learn Joan Didion	0	0 reads
On Self-Respect On Self-Respect Joan Didion	0	0 reads
The Lion's World The Lion's World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia Rowan Williams	5	1 read
A Family Album A Family Album: Portraits Of Intimacy And Kinship Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Drawing Life Drawing Life: Narratives and the Sense of Self Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
The Present Of Things Future; Explorations Of Time In Human Experience The Present Of Things Future; Explorations Of Time In Human Experience Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
College College: Reward and Betrayal Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
When the Music Stopped When the Music Stopped: Discovering My Mother Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Hardest Times Hardest Times: The Trauma of Long-Term Unemployment Thomas Cottle	0	0 reads
The abandoners; portraits of loss separation and neglect The abandoners; portraits of loss separation and neglect Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Perceiving Time Perceiving Time: A Psychological Investigation with Men and Women Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Intimate Appraisals Intimate Appraisals: The Social Writings of Thomas J. Cottle Robert Coles, Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Beyond Self-Esteem Beyond Self-Esteem: Narratives of Self-Knowledge and Devotion to Others Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
A Sense of Self A Sense of Self: The Work of Affirmation Thomas J. Cottle	0	0 reads
Inside Out Demi Moore	4.03	23 reads
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know Malcolm Gladwell	3.76	331 reads
This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers Jeff Sharlet	0	1 read
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself Alan Alda	3.25	4 reads
The Depositions The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be Thomas Lynch	3	1 read
Take the Cannoli Sarah Vowell	3.78	21 reads
Befriend Befriend Scott Sauls	0	0 reads
Every Little Thing: Making a World of Difference Right Where You Are Deidra Riggs	0	0 reads
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft	3.85	25 reads
Confessions Confessions Angela Scholar, Patrick Coleman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau	0	1 read
On Liberty John Stuart Mill	3.75	4 reads
The Art of War Sun Tzu Lionel Giles (Translator)	3.67	113 reads
Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Ben Shahn Thomas De Quincey	4	1 read
Rights of Man Thomas Paine	3.8	9 reads
Symposion Plato	3.76	73 reads
The Body: A Guide for Occupants	4.16	170 reads
Happiness in This Life Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence Pope Francis Oonagh Stransky (Translator)	5	1 read
Inspired Rachel Held Evans	4.18	21 reads
The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: final girls and a new Hollywood formula Alexandra West	4	2 reads
Next Level Basic Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook Stassi Schroeder	4	7 reads
Sentimental Journeys Sentimental Journeys Joan Didion	0	0 reads
Telling Stories Telling Stories Joan Didion	0	0 reads
On Bowie Rob Sheffield	3.33	3 reads
Perspectives on the Individual Perspectives on the Individual: Freshman Seminar Joan Didion	0	0 reads
The Eloquent Essay The Eloquent Essay: An Anthology of Classic & Creative Nonfiction Barbara Kingsolver	0	0 reads
The Women's Movement The Women's Movement Joan Didion	0	0 reads
Murder Within Murder Murder Within Murder Joan Didion	0	0 reads
40 Model Essays 40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology Jane E. Aaron	0	1 read
Works in Progress Number 7 Works in Progress Number 7 Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, Herbert Burkholz, J.P. Donleavy, Marge Piercy, Daniel Berrigan, Sol Yurick, Michael S. Harper, Judith Rossner, Joan Didion, Eric Bentley, John Gregory Dunne, Ben Shahn, Ursule Molinaro, Michael Ayrton, Judith Rascoe, Philip Stratford, Margaret Webster, William Hanley, William Hoffman, Bernard Wolfe, H. Landshoff, Frederick Barthelme	0	0 reads
Joan Didion Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations Ellen Friedman, Joan Didion	0	0 reads
Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire Graydon Carter	0	0 reads
Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis Sigmund Freud Peter Gay	2	2 reads

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