Published as a standalone on International Woman's Day, the essay that became a touchstone of the feminist movement and inspired the term 'mansplaining', with an afterword on its origins.
Essays exploring politics and place, written with the lyricism of a poet and the wisdom of a modern-day sage
'She looked like a girl who was evening, and an evening that had become a girl...'In the kitchen, in her rags, Cinderella, longs to go to the ball.... Læs mere
Part of a trilogy of atlases, this title conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays.... Læs mere
A new collection of 'further feminisms' - searing, smart and provocative essays from one of the most important public intellectuals writing today.
Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back, as an environmentalist, antiglobalization activist,... Læs mere
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... Læs mere
Giving a portrait of the age of high speed innovation, this is a biography of Eadweard Muybridge, the Englishman who invented motion picture technology.
A landmark investigation into how communities respond to disasters, and what we can learn from these displays of altruism and generosity in the face of adversity.
Acclaimed writer Rebecca Solnit and photographer Susan Schwartzenberg survey San Francisco's transformation through gentrification in the early millenium