University of Chicago Press, January 1978. Trade Paperback. In his introduction to this collection, John McDermott presents James's thinking in all its manifestations, stressing the importance of radical empiricism and placing into perspective the doctrines of pragmatism and the will to believe. The critical periods of James's life are highlighted..... More
PM Press, July 2022. Trade Paperback. Jack Proctor, a celebrated older writer and curmudgeon, goes off to residency where he is to be an honored part of teaching and giving public readings, he soon finds the atmosphere of the literary world has changed since his last foray into the public..... More
Penguin Classics, December 1999. Trade Paperback. Having done the longest day in literature with his monumental Ulysses, James Joyce set himself even greater challenges for his next book -- the night. A nocturnal state...That is what I want to convey: what goes on in a dream, during a dream. The..... More
Other Press (NY), January 2022. Hardcover. This strikingly illustrated edition presents Joyce's epic novel in a new, more accessible light, while showcasing the incredible talent of a leading Spanish artist. The neo-figurative artist Eduardo Arroyo (1937-2018), regarded today as one of the greatest Spanish painters of his generation, dreamed of..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2022. Hardcover. Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle's Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence--plant, animal, human, artificial--and how they transform our understanding of humans' place in the cosmos. What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something..... More
Random House Inc, May 1995. Paper Back. This new Selected Poems replaces an earlier selection of work by James Merrill entitled From the First Nine (1982), now out of print; it includes 121 poems taken from that work and from Late Settings (1985), but it excludes the long narrative poem..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, October 2022. Paper Back. "Like Whitehead's The Intuitionist, Alyssa Cole's When No One Is Watching or Zakiya Dalila Harris' The Other Black Girl, Reprieve straddles genres in the best possible way. . . . Sure to spark conversation and debate at book clubs across the land." -LOS..... More
Touchstone Books, April 2001. Trade Paperback. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman introduces bestselling mystery author P.D. James's courageous but vulnerable young detective, Cordelia Gray, in a "top-rated puzzle of peril that holds you all the way" (The New York Times).Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck..... More
Lyons Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. New York City experts James and Michelle Nevius explore the lives of two dozen iconic New Yorkers, including Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, Central Park architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, business titan JP Morgan, and music legend Bob Dylan. Beginning with the oldest..... More
Free Press, March 2009. Trade Paperback. How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2004. Hardcover. James Wood's first book of essays, "The Broken Estate," established him as the leading critic of his generation, one whose judgments "are distinguished by their originality and precision, the depth of reading that informs them, and the metaphorical richness of their language" ("Harper's")..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, October 1992. Hardcover. Does it matter which books college students read? Indeed it does, contends the author. Atlas presents a trenchant assessment of America at its educational crossroads, and asserts that whatr in shaping Buyer's Choice Previous owner's name. More
D. Appleton & Company, 1891. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. Brown cloth heavily worn. Torn toward bottom of spine. Leaning spine. Gold lettering and illustration. Starting to split at gutter of front free end page. [231 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, November 1997. Trade Paperback. In this book, James Longenbach develops a fresh approach to major American poetry after modernism. Rethinking the influential breakthrough narrative, the oft-told story of postmodern poets throwing off their modernist shackles in the 1950s, Longenbach offers a more nuanced perspective. Reading a diverse..... More
Cambridge University Press, January 1995. Trade Paperback. This introductory study presents Racine's Phèdre as the culmination of French classical tragedy. It situates the play in its historical, literary and theatrical context, shows its relationship with other tragedies of Racine, and sketches its influence on later European literature. It analyzes the..... More
Faber & Faber, January 1985. Paper Back. Joyce's fictionalized autobiographical love story is presented together with textual and documentary notes. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Rutgers Univ. Press, January 1948. Cloth. {5&1/2' x 8&1/2'} Army green cloth covered boards with gold lettering with title and author's name within square fields of red and gold decorations along spine. Top textblock edge likewise tinted green. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to pastedown. Non-authorial inked inscription on ffep. Foxing..... More
Avon Books/Bard Books, September 1975. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Light foxing. Heavy foxing/staining to textblock top edge. Previous reader's nam in ink top of front cover verso. First Barb Books/Avon. [160 pages]. More
W. W. Norton & Company, November 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores..... More
Grove Press, 1962. Mass Market PaperBack. Black Cat edition BD-26; significant page yellowing. More
Published for the Folger Shakespeare Library [by] University Press of Virginia, January 1975. Paper Back. Octavo. Bowed textblock due to improper storage. Good starter copy. [309 pages]. More
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Bunshun Bunko, January 1998. Mass Market PaperBack. {4' x 6'} bright, clean mass market Japanese language edition of Elmore Leonard's L.A. Confidential with two and three-eighth inch wide wrap around band with movie tie-in photos from 1997, Curtis Hanson directed film starring Kim Bassinger, Kevin Spacey,Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce..... More
Vintage, June 1990. Trade Paperback. This revised volume of the acclaimed novel follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961. Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James..... More
University of North Carolina Press, April 1986. Flexible Boards. Identifies individual species and examines the habitat, annual cycle, and migration patterns of coastal and inland birds. More
Smithsonian Inst Traveling Service, January 1982. Oversize Softcover. personal inscription in ink on front free end page. More
