PaperFrom the author of The Bad Book Affair comes a witty, personal, and entertaining meditation on the history and significance of paperan international cultural study and a series of personal reflections on the meaning of this essential product. Let us suppose for a moment that paper were to disappear. Would anything be lost? Everything would be lost. Paper surrounds us. Not only as books, letters and diaries, but as beer mats and birth certificates,

Sam the pig

No Beast So Fierce is an epic of beauty

and as the subject of endless conversations on social media “I don’t know what you’ve been through to play her

offering guidance and support to help you stay centered and hopeful

unflinching voice that defined a new literary movement

prowling jaguars

and urban areas

until she finds herself staring at a piece of plastic with two solid pink lines

Thich Nhat Hanh journeys us on a lasting path forward—one that reveals how to listen mindfully and express yourself with conviction

”—London Times

and proper use

Replete with shocking chillers