Washington: The Making of the American Capital
Amistad. 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
Clarendon Press /Oxford University Press, April 1991. Cloth. In 1880 Nietzche 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..... More
Duke University Press Books, December 2023. Paper Back. The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing more than 2,300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead's reputation as a "live band" was-and continues to be-sustained by thousands of live concert recordings..... More
Vintage, April 2019. Paper Back. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Part cookbook, part memoir, these "rollicking, poignant, sometimes hilarious tales" (USA Today) are the Pulitzer Prize-winner's loving tribute to the South, his family and, especially, to his extraordinary mother. Here are irresistible stories and recipes from across generations. They come..... More
Simon & Schuster, November 1988. Hardcover. More
Knopf : distributed by Random House, January 1980. Hardcover. Shelf wear to jacket. Small tear at bottom corner of jacket. More
George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, Ltd., April 1995. Oversized Hardcover. Ranging widely over time and place, Asa Briggs highlights continuities and changes in society in England from prehistory to the present day. Literature, art and politics are investigated as aspects and gauges of human experience, research in related disciplines is discussed..... More
Oxford University Press, August 1987. Trade Paperback. This guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945--pointillism, post-Webernism, integral serialism, free dodecaphony, aleatory and indeterminate music, graphics, musique concrete, electronic music, and theatre music--was first published in 1975 and has been reprinted several times. For this second edition, Smith..... More
Simon & Schuster, February 2012. Hardcover. A lead science writer for "The""New York Times"--and lifelong yoga practitioner--examines centuries of history and research to scrutinize the claims made about yoga for health, fitness, emotional wellbeing, sex, weight loss, healing, and creativity. He reveals what is real and what is illusory, in..... More
Three Rivers Press, February 2003. Trade Paperback. In a powerful and deeply personal memoir David Brock, the original right-wing scandal reporter, chronicles his rise to the pinnacle of the conservative movement and his painful break with it. David Brock pilloried Anita Hill in a bestseller. His reporting in The American..... More
Writers Digest Books, October 2006. Hardcover. 'Unfortunate English' contains humorous and accessible etymology for words with grisly backgrounds. More
Two Dollar Radio, June 2023. Hardcover. * An American Booksellers Association "Indies Introduce" Pick! Haunting, gorgeously descriptive, and spellbinding, At the Edge of the Woods is a magnificent and assured debut novel that delivers all the resonance and significance of an instant classic. Laura lives alone in a cabin deep..... More
Chronicle Books, March 1986. Oversize Softcover. More
Tin House Books, March 2024. Paper Back. At the height of the Second World War in England, twenty-two year old Nina Woodrow joins the British Royal Air Force and rebels against her careful upbringing by embarking on an illicit affair with an officer. She risks losing everything for Guy Nicholson..... More
BISON BOOKS, February 1977. Trade Paperback. This rich and authoritative chronicle of the Yellowstone Basin covers a span of more than a century and half, from the 1740s, when the Verendryé brothers were seeking a route to the Western Sea, to the late nineteenth century and the days of the..... More