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GROVE PRESS INC, January 1970. Mass Market PaperBack. More
GROVE PRESS INC, January 1970. Mass Market PaperBack. More
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, June 2013. Trade Paperback. How deep does the river of corruption run in India? Can a country truly evolve if its citizens relentlessly pursue economic growth regardless of social consequences? To India, with Tough Love is a thought-provoking book that portrays a slice of India often..... More
Simon & Schuster, April 1974. First Edition. Cloth. In edgeworn dustjacket with sunned spine. Flap not clipped. Navy blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering upon spine. Spine tightly bound, yet somewhat cocked. Remainder mark bottom textblock. Textblock top edge moderate foxing and darkening top and fore-edge. Sky blue end..... More
Vintage Books, November 2001. Trade Paperback. First time in paperback, with a new Introduction and final chapter World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin--the "soldiers of god"--whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled their mission..... More
Random House, March 2014. Hardcover. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY"FINANCIAL TIMES " From Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world s Top 100 Global Thinkers by "Foreign Policy" magazine, comes a penetrating look at the volatile region that will dominate the future of geopolitical..... More
Cleveland Landmarks Press, November 2002. Reprint. Paper Back. 3rd Printing, Quarto. {8 & 1/2' x 11'}. Clean, sound, without markings. 107 pages. More
Oxford University Press, April 2011. Hardcover. In Renaissance Rome, ancient ruins were preserved as often as they were mined for their materials. Although the question of what to preserve and how continued to be subject to debate, preservation acquired renewed force and urgency in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as..... More
Brevet Press, January 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. {7' x 9'} In dustjacket with sunned spine and margins and rough edged tears. Rubbing. Red textured paper covered boards. Silver lettering on spine and front panel. Also front panel has silver stamped emblem. Sound binding. Front flap is not clipped. [281 pages]..... More
Grove Press, October 2004. Paper Back. Offering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, historian Efraim Karsh details Arafat's efforts since the historic Oslo Peace Accords in building an extensive terrorist infrastructure, his failure to disarm the extremist groups..... More
Pegasus Books, April 2024. Hardcover. The remarkable story of a hidden New Deal program that tried to change America and end the Great Depression using folk music, laying the groundwork for the folk revival and having a lasting impact on American culture. In 1934, the Great Depression had destroyed the..... More
Hill & Wang, August 1978. Trade Paperback. Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows..... More
Da Capo Press, May 1999. Hardcover. Like his subject, Napoleon, author Jean-Paul Kauffmann has experienced captivity, as a three-year hostage in Beirut. He brings his insider's knowledge to this moving account of the most famous French soldier's last years in seclusion on a tropical island. After his defeat at Waterloo..... More
Basic Books, May 2001. Trade Paperback. This authorized biography of Havel, based on unrestricted access to him, his circle, and even his enemies, is not only the first definitive account of one of the modern world's great moral and political leaders but also a vivid panorama of the tumultuous events..... More
Tarcher, December 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Octavo. In heavily edgeworn jacket. Turquoise cloth wrapped spine with blue foil lettering. Black paper covered boards. Foxing and stains on fore-edge and top edge. Complete number string. [216 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, December 1989. Trade Paperback. Part slave narrative, part memoir, and part sentimental fiction, Behind the Scenes depicts Elizabeth Keckley's years as a slave and subsequent four years in Abraham Lincoln's White House during the Civil War. As public drama privately experienced, Keckley's work presents Jefferson Davis and..... More
Penguin Books, November 2000. Trade Paperback. Acclaimed military historian John Keegan's anthology of war writing from 25 centuries of battle In The Book of War, John Keegan marshals a formidable host of war writings to chronicle the evolution of Western warfare through the voice of the most eloquent participants--from Thucydides'..... More
Penguin Books, October 1988. Trade Paperback. In "The Mask of Command" John Keegan explores four different leadership styles and how they reflect our times. Alexander the Great is the "heroic" leader, risking his life alongside his men. Wellington is the "anti-hero"--a gentleman, prepared to fight but without Alexander's theatrics. Ulysses..... More
Penguin Books, May 2005. Oversize Softcover. Praised as "the best military historian of our generation" by Tom Clancy, John Keegan reconsiders his masterful study of World War II, The Second World War, with a new foreword Keegan examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering..... More
Indiana Historical Society, January 1983. Paper Back. Solid stapled binding w/ minimal wear at spine; Mild fading present at front and rear covers; Some foxing at outer edge text block; Text free of markings; An excellent copy for reading/research and collectors alike. More
Simon & Schuster, October 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. Tan boards with red cloth spine. More
Westview Press, April 2003. Hardcover. The Lost Oasis tells the true story behind The English Patient . An extraordinary episode in World War II, it describes the Zerzura Club, a group of desert explorers and adventurers who indulged in desert travel by early-model-motor cars and airplanes, and who searched for..... More
Nation Books, August 2017. Trade Paperback. The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and..... More
Nation Books, August 2017. Trade Paperback. The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, December 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. This volume of essays, reviews and speeches reflects on the forces and events that have shaped the modern era, looking at its dangers, its enigmas and its possibilities. As a participant and observer, Pulitzer Prize-winning and National Book Award-winning author..... More
Twelve, April 2011. Trade Paperback. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story -- of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose..... More
Harper Perennial, September 1989. Mass Market PaperBack. John F. Kennedy's spirited words and devotion to courage live on in this edition of his Pulitzer Prize-winning portraits of Americans. "Thoughtful and persuasive."-- "New York Times" "This book is not just the stories of the past but a book of hope and..... More
Pantheon, January 2003. Trade Paperback. Randall Kennedy takes on not just a word, but our laws, attitudes, and culture with bracing courage and intelligence--with a range of reference that extends from the Jim Crow south to Chris Rock routines and the O. J. Simpson trial. It's "the nuclear bomb of..... More
Penguin Books, August 1985. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Kennedy's O Albany! is in part the non-fictional stories he covered in his novels, Legs and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game. Kennedy retells the exploits of the bootlegger Jack 'Legs' Diamond, the bungled 1933 kidnapping of John O'Connell, Jr., heir to the Albany Democratic..... More
University of California Press, May 1994. First Edition. Cloth. Kathleen Kete's wise and witty examination of petkeeping in nineteenth-century Paris provides a unique view into the lives of ordinary French people. She demonstrates how that cliche of modern life, the family dog, reveals the tensions that modernity created for the..... More
Picador USA, January 2021. Paper Back. A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create..... More
St. Martin's Griffin, January 2020. Trade Paperback. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. New York Times Editor's Pick. Library Journal Best Books of 2019. TIME Magazine's Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far. O, Oprah's Magazine's "10 Titles to Pick Up Now." Politics & Current Events 2018 O.W.L. Book Awards Winner..... More
Touchstone, March 2014. Trade Paperback. The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback--an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb. "The best kind of nonfiction: marvelously reported, fluidly written..... More
Touchstone, May 2018. Trade Paperback. A New York Times bestseller with an engaging narrative and array of detail" (The Wall Street Journal), the "intimate and sweeping" (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate--the largest, grandes. More
Trafalgar Square, August 1989. Trade Paperback. Covers a bit creased. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. A great writer's lush, panoramic new novel: the story of an ordinary man, his century, and his home. Jamaica Kincaid's first obsession, the island of Antigua, comes vibrantly to life under the gaze of Mr. Potter, an illiterate taxi chauffeur who..... More
Georgia Tech, 2011. Trade Paperback. Forward by Coretta Scott King. More
HarperOne, January 2024. Hardcover. With a new foreword by Viet Thanh Nguyen A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "Beyond Vietnam," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. At New York City's Riverside Church in 1967, Dr. King stood in front of a rapt audience..... More
HarperOne, August 2023. Paper Back. With new forewords and an afterword by Martin Luther King III, Dr. Bernice A. King, and Dexter Scott King A beautiful collectible edition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legendary speech at the March on Washington, part of Dr. King's archives..... More
HarperOne, April 2024. Hardcover. A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "Our God Is Marching On," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. At the end of the march from Selma to Montgomery on March 25, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front..... More
Beacon Press, November 2011. Trade Paperback. In November and December 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered five lectures for the renowned Massey Lecture Series of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Immediately released under the title Conscience for Change after King's assassination, it was republished as The Trumpet of Conscience. Each..... More
Walker & Company, January 1972. Book Club. Cloth. Octavo. In dustjacket with edgewear. Front flap clipped top & bottom. salmon colored cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Slight lean to spine. Mild wear top edge of spine and bottom corners. Tanning to textblock top edge and fore-edge. [341..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, November 2023. Hardcover. Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world--the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World's Fair postcards, nothing said "San Francisco" more than..... More
Harpercollins, January 1991. Trade Paperback. An exhaustive collection of the speeches, writings, and interviews with the Nobel Prize-winning activist. More
William Morrow & Co, September 1988. Trade Paperback. More
Farrar Straus Giroux, September 2002. Trade Paperback. If Turkey lived up to its potential, it could rule the world - but will it? A passionate report from the front lines For centuries few terrors were more vivid in the West than fear of "the Turk," and many people still think..... More
Farrar Straus Giroux, September 2002. Trade Paperback. If Turkey lived up to its potential, it could rule the world - but will it? A passionate report from the front lines For centuries few terrors were more vivid in the West than fear of "the Turk," and many people still think..... More
Hill and Wang, January 1973. Hardcover. Previous owner's name. More
Celadon Books, May 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaign--ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America. It's one of the iconic photographs of American history: A Black..... More
Houghton Mifflin, September 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Boris Berezovsky's business career has been meteoric. In just six years he managed to seize control of Russia's largest auto manufacturer, largest TV network, national airline, and one of the world's biggest oil companies. When Moscow's gangster families battled one another in the..... More
Random House Inc, October 1998. Hardcover. When the secret World War II diaries of Victor Klemperer, a distinguished historian at the University of Dresden, a German patriot, and a Jew, were published in Germany two years ago, they became a huge bestseller. "The acclaim is the result of Victor Klemperer's..... More
The Johnson-Dallis Co, 1924. Cloth. {5 & 1/2' x 8'} Brown umber cloth covered boards with gold tooled lettering upon front panel. Much faded spine with gold lettering. Heavily foxed & tanned end pages front and rear. Moderate edgewear to boards. Textblock edges are deeply foxed & dust stained top..... More
Popular Library, October,1967. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Bright clean, sound very good+/fine mass market. Tight & square. With almost as new coral tinted textblock. [190 pages]. More
Minnesota Historical Society Press, October 1986. Trade Paperback. This tale of two sisters courageously homesteading on the prairie in 1907 provides a lively portrait of frontier life."Interesting in its spirit and atmosphere, and it is told simply and well. . . This is an unusual record, well worth reading."--New York..... More
The University of North Carolina Press, October 1985. First Edition. Cloth. The Fascist regime under Mussolini regarded its youth as its best hope for the future. Young people were courted more assiduously than any other group in the society and their political socialization became a central concern of the government..... More
Out-of-Kontrol Data Korporation, January 1984. Stapled Magazine. This full run of 11 color xerox stapled zines are in great condition. Very good/fine overall. Without stains, markings, tearing or missing pages. False Positive issued 11 issues between 1984 and 1988. Each issue addresses one topic, #1 Technology; #2 Kooks, #3: Japan..... More
AMS Press, March 1988. Cloth. In dustjacket with darkened/sunned spine & mild edgewear. Jacket nicked top edge at fold. Ochre cloth boards with black lettering spine edge. Tight binding. Light tan stains fore-edge. Clean interiors. More
African American Images, June 1990. Trade Paperback. Offers suggestions to correct the dehumanization of African American children, and tells how to ensure that African American boys grow up to be strong, committed, and responsible African American men. More
Simon & Schuster, January 1998. Hardcover. Richard Nixon said he wanted his administration to be "the best chronicled in history". But when Alexander Butterfield disclosed the existence of a voice-activated taping system to a Senate committee in July 1973, Nixon's White House and its recordings quickly became the most infamous..... More
Encore Editions, October 1983. Trade Paperback. More
Jossey-Bass, March 2009. Trade Paperback. In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not..... More
Cornell, 1975. Trade Paperback. Rubbing on covers; else, very good, tight. More
Crown Publishers, April 1951. Reprint. Cloth. 7th printing. Octavo. In dustjacket with moderate edgewear and clipped front flap. Grey cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. Some soiling and brown spots. Dust staining top textblock edge. Tanned end pages. [316 pp.]. More
Yale University Press, February 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. A captivating biography of one of the world's greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir "Finally, a serious consideration of Gulbadan's achievement.'"--Kirkus Reviews Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography..... More
Dover Pubns, June 1978. Trade Paperback. "These people also used certain characters or letters, with which they wrote in their books about the antiquities and their sciences...We found a great number of books in these letters, and since they contained nothing but superstitions and falsehoods of the devil we burned..... More
George Lane, January 1841. Hardcover. Hinges weak. Foxing. Ownership name/date (1841) in ink. Otherwise, solid. More
W. W. Norton & Company, February 2024. Paper Back. New attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period: was the American revolution waged to preserve slavery, and was the Constitution a pact with slavery or a landmark in the antislavery movement? Leaders of the founding..... More
Harvard University Press, September 1998. Trade Paperback. The 1925 Scopes Trial marked a watershed in our national relationship between science and religion and has had tremendous impact on our culture ever since, even inspiring the play and movie, both titled "Inherit the Wind." In addition to symbolizing the evolutionist versus..... More
Crown, March 2015. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania "Both terrifying and enthralling."--Entertainment Weekly "Thrilling, dramatic and powerful."--NPR "Thoroughly engrossing."--George R.R. Martin On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its..... More
Broadway Books, March 2016. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania "Both terrifying and enthralling."--Entertainment Weekly "Thrilling, dramatic and powerful."--NPR "Thoroughly engrossing."--George R.R. Martin On May 1, 1915, with WWI..... More
Vintage, February 2004. Trade Paperback. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty..... More
Crown, February 2003. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen..... More
Crown Publishing Group (NY), February 2020. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz--an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis "One..... More
Three Rivers Press, September 2007. Trade Paperback. A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world's "great hush." In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose..... More
Harvest Books, November 1978. Trade Paperback. Van der Post's incomparable knowledge of Africa illuminates this epic novel, set near the Kalahari Desert, about a boy on the verge of manhood, his experiences with the wonder and mystery of a still-primitive land, and his secret friendship with the Bushman whose life..... More
Springer, October 1988. Hardcover. Lautensach[s "Korea" is a regional geography, the most comprehensive one ever written on Korea in a western language. It was written before the country was divided and provides a waelth of information on the entire country, particularly on the north, something that has been difficult toobtain..... More
HarperPaperbacks, February 1997. Reprint. Paper Back. This is the explosive true story of the only man ever to infiltrate the Hells Angels organization as an FBI informant, uncovering the truth about the notorious biker gang's netherworld of evil, lust, and violence.A chilling crime story that strips away the Hell's Angels's..... More
Penguin Modern Classics, 1965. Trade Paperback. 1965 English copy. Foxing, shelf wear, and two closed tears (less than one inch). More
Folio Society, 1986. First Thus. Hardcover. First printing, 1986; Solid binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy pictoral boards, ever-so-slightly foxed/faded; Pages free of markings; Slipcase present, mildly edge-worn; A beautiful edition. More
Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, January 2011. Hardcover. More
Citadel, August 2023. Hardcover. CASEY Award Finalist for Best Baseball Book of the Year The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. It was 1953, the Korean War..... More
Liberator Press, January 1976. Stapled Soft Cover. Octavo. Stapled pamphlet. [32 pages plus two pages of advertisements]. More
Rivendell Pubns, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition; 2nd printing. Hardcover with gold lettering; folio. Non-authorial gift inscription front free end page.. Edgeworn & chipped dust jacket. More
Olympic Marketing Corp, April 1986. Paper Back. More
Ballantine Books, May 1996. Trade Paperback. More
Basic Books, June 2021. Trade Paperback. This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist) The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it..... More
Princeton University Press, 1969. Reprint. Trade Paperback. The description for this book, The Coming of the French Revolution, will be forthcoming. Octavo. 2nd Princeton Paperback printing. [233 pages0. More
Melville House, May 2017. Trade Paperback. A grand and startling work of American history America was founded, we're taught in school, by the Pilgrims and other Puritans escaping religious persecution in Europe--an austere and pious lot who established a culture that remained pure and uncorrupted until the Industrial Revolution got..... More
Pantheon Books. Cloth. {9' x 12'} In marbled tan jacket with heavily darkened spine. Top flap clipped. Dark brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering and emblem.. Tanned end pages. Dust stained top edge. [149 pages]. More
Vintage, March 1992. Trade Paperback. A New York Times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North. A definitive book on American history, The Promised Land is also essential reading for educators and policymakers at both national and local levels..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), July 2007. Trade Paperback. This all-access, inside-out view of what the American occupation of Iraq really looks like on the ground is the story of two young Americans who went to Baghdad without any real plan and discovered they weren't the only ones. Underqualified but ingenious, Ray and..... More
Spiegel & Grau, October 2015. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE - A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of..... More
Liveright, September 2020. Hardcover. The Simulmatics Corporation, launched during the Cold War, mined data, targeted voters, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge--decades before Facebook, Google, and Cambridge Analytica. Jill Lepore, best-selling author of These Truths, came across the company's papers in MIT's archives and set out to tell this..... More
Gadjah Mada Univ Pr, September 1996. Trade Paperback. Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege is the life story of an elite woman of color who lived within the social and economic systems of slavery and quasi-freedom in nineteenth-century Georgia. Antebellum Hancock County, Georgia, was a place where black slaves outnumbered..... More
Free Press, November 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. "Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemuller world map of 1507." So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name. For..... More
The University of Chicago Press, 1958. Trade Paperback. Octavo with lightly sunned spine. [313 pages]. More
Harvard University Press, October 1996. Hardcover. Nestled in the Apennines, cradle of the Renaissance, home of Dante, Michelangelo, and the Medici, Florence is unlike any other city in its extraordinary mingling of great art and literature, natural splendor, and remarkable history. Intimate and grand, learned and engaging, Michael Levey's Florence..... More
Yale University Press, November 2023. Hardcover. A new history of the American Jewish relationship with Israel focused on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights American Jews began debating Palestinian rights issues even before Israel's founding in 1948. Geoffrey Levin recovers the voices of American Jews..... More
University of North Carolina Press, April 2001. Hardcover. The Allied victory at Omaha Beach was a costly one. A direct infantry assault against a defense that was years in the making, undertaken in daylight following a mere thirty-minute bombardment, the attack had neither the advantage of tactical surprise nor that..... More
Oxford University Press, September 1993. Trade Paperback. This account of the history of the Arabs, from pre-Islamic times to the present day, considers Arabic culture, society and politics, as well as the place of the Arabs in human history. More
Folio Society, 2006. In Slipcase. Very good edition in good quality slipcase. Slipcase has minor water damage on right outer edge, otherwise very good. More