The Astronomer and Other Stories (Voices of the South)
Louisiana State Univ Pr, May 1995. Trade Paperback. More
Louisiana State Univ Pr, May 1995. Trade Paperback. More
PublicAffairs, October 2023. Hardcover. The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as..... More
PublicAffairs, October 2023. Hardcover. The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as..... More
Simon & Schuster, February 2024. Paper Back. Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence The "closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted" (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Under a White Sky) story of climate migration in the United States--the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities torn..... More
Verso, February 2024. Hardcover. "Tremendously impressive, the result of a lifetime of learning. Historical writing at its best." --Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship A history of 19th century slavery in the US, Brazil and Cuba from a critically acclaimed historian of slavery in the Americas The Reckoning offers..... More
Nonesuch Press, 1937. Numbered. Hardcover. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this no. 474; Tight binding; Cloth boards show moderate wear from age w/ water damage present, cloth loose at spine, spin edges frayed; Previous owner name (in pencil) present at front free end-page, pages otherwise unmarked; Folder w/ extra suite..... More
Harper, February 2024. Hardcover. "Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for fans of snowboarding, but for anyone..... More
The Macmillan Company, January 1968. First Edition. Cloth. First American Edition. Octavo. Dustjacket is missing. Brown cloth covered boards. Gold lettering and small blue foil colophon stamped between title and author's name: both on spine. Boards dust stained and slightly bowed. Topstained faded gold. 305 pages. More
Riverhead Books, January 1998. Trade Paperback. More
Riverhead Books, October 1998. Hardcover. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of Harold Bloom's life's work in reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. It is his passionate and convincing analysis of the way in which Shakespeare not merely represented human nature as we know it today, but..... More
Cambridge University Press, July 2016. Hardcover. How did Nietzsche the philosopher come into being? The Nietzsche known today did not develop 'naturally', through the gradual maturation of some inborn character. Instead, from an early age he engaged in a self-conscious campaign to follow his own guidance, thereby cultivating the critical..... More
Crown, September 2008. Hardcover. A masterpiece of narrative history that vividly brings to life the original crime of the century, American Lightning shows the lasting impact the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times offices had on three remarkable individuals and, through them, the country itself. b&w photo insert. More
Backbeat Books, March 2003. Paper Back. For blues aficionados everywhere, this is a complete guide to the uniquely American world of the blues. The roots of the blues can be found in the turn-of-the-century Mississippi Delta, but today its reach extends into all kinds of music including rock, jazz, country..... More
Vintage, August 1974. Trade Paperback. More
Amistad. Trade Paperback. More
HarperOne, August 2013. Trade Paperback. By presenting the New Testament books in the order they were written, bestselling Bible scholar Marcus Borg reveals how spiritually and politically radical the early Jesus movement began and how it slowly became domesticated. Evolution of the Word is an incredible value: not only are..... More
HarperSanFrancisco, April 1995. Trade Paperback. A leading biblical scholar's examination shows how today's historical Jesus research, far from being destructive, can lead to an intelligent and sustaining faith. More
McGraw Hill, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition (U.S.) ; Octavo; In heavily edgeworn/chipped dustjacket with foxing/tanning to verso. Jacket flap is not clipped. Quarter bound: navy blue cloth with gold lettering. Blue paper covered boards worn at edges. Plain end pages. Previous owner's name , location and a...... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), March 1983. Trade Paperback. More
Grove Press, March 2024. Paper Back. "A gripping ground-level narrative...a marvel of reporting: tightly wound... but also panoramic."--Washington Post "A lean, fast-paced and important account of the chaotic final weeks."--New York TimesIn The Steal, veteran journalists Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague offer a week-by week, state-by-state account of the effort..... More
Grove Press, March 2024. Paper Back. "A gripping ground-level narrative...a marvel of reporting: tightly wound... but also panoramic."--Washington Post "A lean, fast-paced and important account of the chaotic final weeks."--New York TimesIn The Steal, veteran journalists Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague offer a week-by week, state-by-state account of the effort..... More
Modern Library, July 1984. Hardcover. Elizabeth Bowen's most famous novel, THE DEATH OF THE HEART is a piercing story of innocence betrayed. The heroine is Portia, the product of a blithe, itinerant childhood in second-rate European hotels. Her parents dead, she is stranded in the sophisticated and politely treacherous world..... More
Alan Swallow, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. {5' x 7 & 1/2'} In tan paper jacket with black lettering. Worn & flaking along spine. Darkened margins. Sun bleached flaps. Ochre cloth covered boards with black lettering. Tanned/darkened end pages with non-authorial inscription written in ink ffep. [48 pages]. More
Doubleday Books, October 2003. Hardcover. Many regard basketball and hip hop to be the only viable options in a society where many other opportunities continue to be closed off. This book discusses how both forms of culture have gone from being dismissed, reviled, and rejected by the mainstream, to being..... More
Oxford University Press, December 1992. Paper Back. In 1880 Nietzsche observed that Goethe had been "not just a good and great man, but an entire culture." The author of Faust, of exquisite lyric poetry, and of a bewildering variety of other plays, novels, and poetry as well as treatises on..... More