Houghton Mifflin, May 2008. Hardcover. The first-ever popular history of the RAND Corporation, written with full access to its archives, "Soldiers of Reason "is a page-turning chronicle of the rise of the secretive think tank that has been the driving force behind American government for sixty years. Born in the..... More
Picador, March 2017. Trade Paperback. **Vulture's The Best Books of 2016** **Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016** **featured in NPR's Guide to 2016's Great Reads** The powerful account of one writer's unlikely friendship with his childhood bully, now the president of a motorcycle club in one of America's most..... More
Avon Books, March 2026. First Edition. Hardcover. INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Order now to receive the stunning limited deluxe edition-- only available on the first printing while supplies last! The collector's hardcover features stenciled edges, illustrated endpapers, a special hardcover case design, and jacket effects. From Alex Aster..... More
Free Press, June 2010. Hardcover. Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human progress. The world..... More
New York Graphic Society, 1978. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. First printing; Inscribed by photographer Alex Harris at title page; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket Very Good w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy. More
Motorbooks Intl, November 1989. Oversize Softcover. More
CarTech, November 2005. Oversized Hardcover. Stock car racing in the 1960s featured intense behind the scenes battles between the factories, rules makers, track owners, promoters, and racing teams. Everyone was trying to keep up with the rapid year-to-year changes that brought more cubic inches, more horsepower, smoother shapes, and faster..... More
Running Press, September 2004. Hardcover. More
Riverhead Books, February 1997. Trade Paperback. The Khao San Road, Bangkok - first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his wrists, bequeathing to Richard a meticulously drawn map to "the..... More
Viking, August 2017. Hardcover. "Absorbing...Eastman is a riveting...presence who demands to be loved and remembered." --The Boston Globe An ambitious new novel set in the literary world of 1970s New York, following a washed-up writer in an errant quest to pick up the pieces of his life. One of Esquire's..... More
Ballantine Books, February 1992. Trade Paperback. Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here..... More
William Morrow & Company, May 1993. Hardcover. Moderate edgewear on dust jacket top and bottom spine; 1/4' tear at top front edge of dust jacket; mild dust jacket edgewear otherwise; mild shelfwear on top front near spine and at spine of board covers; mild bumping at spine; tight binding; bright..... More
University of New Mexico Press, July 2007. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. "Everyone seems to be waiting. A young woman in a pink shirt leans against a pillar. Two men sit on a stoop and look in her direction. Like most Havana streets, this one, Calle Zapatos in Santos Suárez, has..... More
The University of North Carolina Press, July 1989. Oversized Hardcover. The American South is a geographical entity, a historical fact, a place in the imagination, and the homeland of an array of Americans who consider themselves southerners. The region is often shrouded in romance and myth, but its realities are..... More
Zero Books, June 2021. Paper Back. 'It's been a long time since a text was so useful in helping me think through our present moment and my role within it. The End of The End of History is a clear, powerful and panoramic analysis of our world at the dawn..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2018. Paper Back. On June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo Yosemite's El Capitan--to scale the wall without rope, a partner, or any protective gear--completing what was described as "the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history..... More
Macoy Pub & Masonic Supply Co, January 1982. Cloth. In dustjacket with darkened margins with large bands of tanning/foxing top edge & fore-edge on rear DJ panel. One-half inch chip missing from top of jacket. Light foxing top textblock edge. Tanning to end pages. [83 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, February 2012. Hardcover. In The Meaning of Contemporary Realism (1957) Georg Lukacs discussed how the power struggle of the Cold War made it all the more pressing for literary writers to present 'concrete potentialities' of individual character in novel ways. Powers of Possibility explores how American experimental..... More
Putnam Adult, April 1982. Hardcover. More
Crown Publishing Group (NY), July 2004. Hardcover. The acclaimed author of There Are No Children Here takes us into the heart of Chicago by introducing us to some of the city's most interesting, if not always celebrated, people. Chicago is one of America's most iconic, historic, and fascinating cities, as..... More
Anchor, February 1992. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart. [This] meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape" (The New York Times). "Alex Kotlowitz joins..... More
Z Press, 1977. First Edition. Paper Back. Limited edition 750. Signed & inscribed by Harry Mathews on half title page: 'for John, with every good wish, Harry Mathew, Palo Alto, November, 1987'. User wear: curled at corners bottom & top front. Dark grey stain top corner back cover. This is..... More
Celadon Books, March 2025. Trade Paperback. **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "Alex Michaelides hits the trifecta with his third novel, The Fury. The highly original story presents the reader with the king of all unreliable narrators, enough twists and turns to power two novels, and a host of characters..... More
