Methuen Drama, 1997. Paper Back. This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict over possession of a child features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further study and notes on..... More
Bloomsbury Paperbacks, September 2016. Paper Back. Philip Larkin (1922-1985) is one of the most beloved poets in English. Yet after his death a largely negative image of the man himself took hold; he has been portrayed as a racist, a misogynist and a narcissist. Larkin scholar James Booth, for seventeen..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, January 2002. Trade Paperback. A unique anthology of Joyce's non-fictional writings, this volume addresses diverse issues such as aesthetics, the functions of the press, censorship, Irish cultural history, English literature and Empire. The collection includes newspaper articles, reviews, lectures and essays, and covers 40 years of..... More
Anchor Books/Doubleday, June 1993. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. More
Picador, December 2002. Paper Back. Introduced by Julian Barnes, Reliable Essays is the definitive choice of Clive James's essays, selected from thirty years of prose. Including classic pieces such as Postcard from Rome, and his observations on Margaret Thatcher, it contains funny examinations of characters like Barry Humphries, while elsewhere..... More
Oxford University Press, July 1993. Paper Back. Renaissance Thinkers contains studies of four of the most important philosophical writers of the European Renaissance. Previous owner's names. More
Chronicle Books, May 2003. Trade Paperback. Gene therapy that can stop skin from aging is a breakthrough technology, but before it can lead to eternal youth it leads to murder. In the second book in Chronicle's exciting new Bill Damen mystery series, the filmmaker-turned-detective's investigations again draw him into the..... More
Modern Library, October 2008. Trade Paperback. "A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitively edited by Rudolph Byrd." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr. One of the leading voices of the Harlem Resaissance and a crucial literary figure of his time, James Weldon Johnson was also an editor, songwriter, founding member and leader of..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 1996. Trade Paperback. Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts..... More
Basic Books, January 1999. Paper Back. Abortion has been at the emotional center of America's culture wars for a generation. Ever since the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision, abortion has in many ways defined American politics, creating an ideological demilitarized zone between liberals and conservatives. Above all, the..... More
Smith-Morley, July 1992. Oversize Softcover. Previous owner's name on the title page. More
Riverhead Hardcover, February 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. James McBride grew up one of twelve siblings in the all-black housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn, the son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white. The object of McBride's constant embarrassment and continuous fear for..... More
Viking, 1971. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Perhaps Joyce's most personal work, "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man" depicts the intellectual awakening of one of literature's most memorable young heroes, Stephen Dedalus. Through a series of brilliant epiphanies that parallel the development of his own aesthetic consciousness, Joyce..... More
Vintage, May 1989. Trade Paperback. In Mildred Pierce, noir master James M. Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devasting emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable. Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2013. Hardcover. In his landmark book "The Geography of Nowhere" James Howard Kunstler visited the "tragic sprawlscape of cartoon architecture, junked cities, and ravaged countryside" America had become and declared that the deteriorating environment was not merely a symptom of a troubled culture, but one of..... More
Phaidon Press, April 1997. Oversized Hardcover. This work is a comprehensive overview of architecture worldwide since the 1960s. A guide to the many and varied contemporary architectural trends, it leads the reader through the styles and movements of architecture in the latter half of the 20th century. Since the collapse..... More
Penguin/Pelican Books, 1972. Paper Back. Darkening. Shelf wear. More
Collier Books, August 1992. Trade Paperback. The only biographical dictionary of its kind concentrates on those figures that have most strongly influenced the worlds of politics, art, literature, sports, music, film, science, and culture from the postwar years to the present. Icons is a source as appropriate for conversation starters..... More
Monthly Review Press, January 1979. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. First paperback edition. Mild edgewear to cover. A few mild scratches and one tiny bump along rear corner of spine. Former bookseller's address stamp on half title page in green ink, 'Fisher's Book Store of Riverdale, Georgia' where I have..... More
Northwestern University Press, April 1993. First Edition. Cloth. To read Working through Derrida is to plunge into the midst of a lively debate on the place of Jacques Derrida and the thought associated with him in today's literary and philosophical consciousness. With essays by major philosophers such as Richard Rorty..... More
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, January 1966. Paper Back. Octavo. Worn edges. Mild tanning to spine. Previous owner's name in ink half title page and another name that is marked over on same page. At the end of text there are 3 pages entitled 'Topics for Papers' with all sorts of..... More
Random House, June 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. First edition/first printing, with this number line: '98765432'. For RH titles of this period this indicates 'first printing' unlike most other imprints. Or RH titles before and after this time period. In dustjacket with some rubbing and mild edgewear. One-third binding: black..... More
Beacon Press, May 2021. Hardcover. James Baldwin's critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers. Available for the first time in a stand-alone edition, Nothing Personal is Baldwin's deep..... More
Berkley Publishing Group, August 1995. First Thus. Paper Back. In a novel of uncompromising depth and power, Blake recreates the life of John Wesley Hardin, from his youth to his final days. An ingenious reconstruction.--Dale L. Walker, Rocky Mountain News. In a novel of uncompromising depth and power, Blake recreates..... More
Random House, May 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards in red cloth back. Remainder mark, light shelfwear; jacket chipped along edge, creased, with one closed tear. More
