Commonplace Book, 1934-2012
Pressed Wafer, July 2015. First Edition. Paper Back. First prinitng; Sound binding; Mild wear to covers and spine from previous use w/ mild creasing to spine; Pages free of markings; A Good Plus copy. More
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At Night We Walk in Circles: A Novel
Riverhead Hardcover, October 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. NPR Best Books of 2013 BookPage Best Books of 2013 Bookriot Best Books of 2013 "San Francisco Chronicle "Favorite Books of 2013: Francisco Goldman "Flavorwire" 15 Favorite Novels of 2013 The breakout book from a prizewinning young writer: a breathtaking, suspenseful story of..... More
I Might Be in Trouble
Grand Central Publishing, December 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. A "hilarious, suspense-filled" dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead--and must then decide how far he's willing to go to use this as inspiration for his next book (Entertainment Weekly). A...... More
Better Word for the World
Apocalypse Party, May 2021. Paper Back. "This book is a book of poems." - God "This book is a book of poems." - Water "This book is a book of poems." - Gravity. More
Understanding the New Proxy Wars
Hurst, 2022. Hardcover. More
Daniel: Under the Siege of the Divine
Plough Publishing House, July 1998. Hardcover. A bold and unorthodox application of the Old Testament to current political and social discourse. In Daniel: Under the Siege of the Divine, activist priest Daniel Berrigan reflects on his namesake and role model, the ancient seer of Hebrew fame. More
False Gods, Real Men: New Poems
The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped jacket moderately edge-worn w/ mild closed-tearing to jacket rear; Jacket housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy. More
The Great Berrigan Debate
The Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East, 1974. Pamphlet. Clean and unmarked in stapled wraps. Overall age-toning and light smudging to white covers. Very light chips at head and foot of spine. 36 pages. More
Selected and new poems
Doubleday. Paper Back. Cover creasing. More
McSweeney's 53
McSweeney's, August 2018. Flexible Boards. Each issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned. There have been hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and an issue that looked like a sweaty human head..... More
Isaac's Song (Original)
Hanover Square Press, January 2025. Book Club. Hardcover. *A Washington Post Best Book of January 2025**A Southern Review of Books Best Southern Book of January 2025**A Book Riot 13 of the Best New Queer Books Out in January 2025**A Book of the Month Pick for January 2025**From the Viral Clark..... More
Darwinian Survival Guide: Hope for the Twenty-First Century
MIT Press, February 2024. Hardcover. How humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago--and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes. Despite efforts to sustain civilization, humanity faces existential threats from overpopulation, globalized trade and travel, urbanization..... More
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Penguin Books, May 2014. Trade Paperback. Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible..... More
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Penguin Books, May 2014. Trade Paperback. Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible..... More
Love Lives of the Artists: Five Stories of Creative Intimacy
Counterpoint LLC, October 2011. Hardcover. As the oldest of institutions, marriage seems outdated in modern times, when each individual is encouraged to break with tradition in order to fulfill him- or herself. And so artists like Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo seem to be paving the way toward a brave..... More
Creating a Human World: A New Psychological and Religious Anthropology In Dialogue with Freud, Heidegger, and Kierkegaard
University of Scranton Press, September 2006. Hardcover. In Creating a Human World, Trappist monk and scholar Ernest Daniel Carrere explores what it means to be fully human, to live in a shared world, and to resist the easy tendency to flee reality and seek pleasure in material pursuits. To do..... More
Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Crown Publishing Group (NY), May 2010. Hardcover. Reading this book will make you "less" sure of yourself--and that's a good thing. In "The Invisible Gorilla, " Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology's most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counterintuitive scientific findings to demonstrate an important..... More
Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age (Revised)
Princeton University Press, May 1996. Paper Back. Along with its much vaunted progress in scientific and economic realms, the twentieth century has witnessed the rise of the most brutal and oppressive regimes in the history of humankind. Even with the collapse of Marxism, current instances of "ethnic cleansing" remind us..... More
The Complete Eightball 1-18
Fantagraphics, July 2015. First Edition. In Slipcase. Before he rose to fame as a filmmaker and the author of the best-selling graphic novels Ghost World, David Boring, Ice Haven, and The Death Ray, Daniel Clowes made his name from 1989 to 1997 by producing 18 issues of the beloved comic..... More
My Friend Dylan Thomas
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. First/first in chipped, creased jacket. More
Wings on the southwind: Birds and creatures of the southern wetlands
Oxmoor House. Oversized Hardcover. More
Journal of the Plague Year
Penguin Books, August 2003. Paper Back. "The surprise 'must-read' for people facing the Covid-19 epidemic." --The Telegraph In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as..... More
A Journal of the Plague Year (Leather Bound)
Easton Press, January 1978. Leather. Easton Press Leatherbound Collector's Edition, 1978; Clean, sturdy brown leather boards w/ immaculate gilt design/text at front and rear covers, hubbed spine; Outer edge text-block is gilt; Previous owner's blind stamp on half-title page and shadow from bookplate removal; otherwise, pages free of markings; Silk..... More
Moll Flanders (Norton Critical Editions)
W. W. Norton & Company, November 2003. Trade Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition is again based on the first edition text (1722), the only text known to be Defoe's own. It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations and the editor's essay outlining the novel's textual history. "Contexts" collects related documents..... More
