Oedipus the King
Pocket Books, May 1972. Mass Market PaperBack. Ink and underlining throughout. More
Thomas Lux Collection
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
Viking, November 1984. Hardcover. Fading and shelf wear to jacket. More
The Red and the Black
Signet Classics, July 1970. Mass Market PaperBack. A landmark in the development of psychological realism, Stendhal's masterpiece chronicles a young man's struggles with the dualities of his nature. Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces whose imagination is afire with Napoleonic ideals, sets off to make his fortune in..... More
God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist
Prometheus Books, January 2007. Hardcover. Throughout history, arguments for and against the existence of God have been largely confined to philosophy and theology, while science has sat on the sidelines. Despite the fact that science has revolutionized every aspect of human life and greatly clarified our understanding of the world..... More
Malaria Dreams
Atlantic Monthly Press, January 1994. Paper Back. Introducing the life cycles of the main animal groups, this series provides an overview of key physical characteristics and covers the life cycle from birth, or hatching, to death, looking at growing up, feeding, mating, keeping safe, threats and survival. Each title includes..... More
The Open Water
Floating Island Publications, March 1982. Paper Back. Several pages wavy/damp-stained. More
The Trial of Socrates (book club)
Little Brown & Co., January 1988. Hardcover. Creasing, shelf wear to jacket. Jacket is torn across the front and taped. More
In the Country of Hearts: Journeys in the Art of Medicine
LSU Press, November 1996. Paper Back. A gifted poet as well as a renowned cardiologist and medical professor, John Stone eloquently bridges the seeming expanse between science and the arts. In this wonderful collection of true stories, Stone fluently translates the language of cardiology into one we can all understand..... More
Channel Markers (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Wesleyan, May 1987. Paper Back. Rivers, rains, oceans, floods--an abiding fascination with the sea--inspire much of the imagery and musicality in this first book by A.E. Stringer. In Channel markers, Stringer explores the delicate balance between the island of himself and his fluid surrounding environment, embarking on a voyage to..... More
Sir Francis Drake
Touchstone Books, May 1992. Paper Back. More
The Budapest File
Bloodaxe Books Ltd, April 2001. Paper Back. Wavy/damp-stained pages throughout. More
Revolutions and Revolutionaries
Atheneum, October 1982. Hardcover. More
History of the Peloponnesian War
PENGUIN, January 1965. Mass Market PaperBack. Stains to the text block. Cover is creased and torn at the top. Some underlining. More
Facts the Historians Leave Out: A Confederate Primer
Bill Coats Ltd. Paper Back. Some stains to the cover. More
Last 100 Days
Bantam, July 1985. Paper Back. Shelf wear and creasing to the cover. More
Return of the Player
Grove/Atlantic, August 2006. First Edition. Cloth. Published to great acclaim and adapted into a celebrated movie by Robert Altman, The Player defined the new Hollywood and became a cult classic. In The Return of the Player, film executive Griffin Mill, who got away with murder, is out to make a...... More
Africa : The People and Politics of an Emerging Continent
Simon & Schuster, August 1985. Hardcover. Jacket has several small tears along the spine and the edges. More
Mighty Stonewall (Volume 9) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
Texas A&M University Press, August 1988. Trade Paperback. Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Jackson was undoubtedly one of the most influential military commanders of the Civil War. Had he not met his death early in May, 1863, his influence could well have changed the course of the war. Frank E. Vandiver's..... More
Earth in Upheaval
Pocket, April 1980. Paper Back. More
Nome Poems
West End Press, December 2000. Paper Back. Ken Waldman has traveled the American West for over a decade, reading and performing at hundreds of venues as varied as his talents: schools, coffeehouses, bookstores, theaters, festivals, and bars. When off the road, he's lived in Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Nome, and Anchorage..... More
Distant Water
Penguin Books, April 1984. Paper Back. More
The Weight of Addition, an anthology of Texas Poetry
Mutabilis Press, December 2007. Trade Paperback. More
Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism: A Call to Action
Doubleday Books, December 2007. Hardcover. "History must be made to march in the direction of genuine human progress; world affairs have no intrinsic momentum that necessarily results in the victory of decency. Maintaining the morale necessary to achieving progress in history requires us to live our lives, today, against a...... More
A Special Valor: The U.S. Marines And the Pacific War
Plume, March 1985. Paper Back. Front cover torn at the spine. More
The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier
Simon & Schuster, June 1989. Hardcover. Jacket is faded. Some stains to the text block. More
