Henry Holt and Co., October 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Most things we create will not matter. This book is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs. Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them...
William Morrow & Co, June 1985. Hardcover. Later printing. Presentation copy INSCRIBED BY HALBERSTAM.
Princeton University Press, November 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach us Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In...
Simon & Schuster, June 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. From the author of First In His Class, the definitive biography of Bill Clinton, and When Pride Still Mattered, the bestselling biography of Vince Lombardi, and They Marched Into Sunlight, the classic saga of the Vietnam era--a stunning new multigenerational biography of...
Hale, January 1966. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo. in dust jacket. Signed & inscribed 'To Marron, from David Montross (Jean L. Backus) 6-15-68' Discolored/foxed textblock edge. First UK edition.
Atlantic Monthly Press, April 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. An Amazon Best Book of 2015, A Kirkus Reviews' Best Book of 2015 "A brave book with beautiful sentences on every page."--New York Times "Piercing...a tour de force."--Los Angeles Times In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, David...
PublicAffairs, November 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted--successfully and not--to remove unwanted presidents To limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Even so, Americans...
Little, Brown and Company, May 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a....
Little, Brown and Company, May 2017. Hardcover. One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture," The Week, Bustle, BookRiot An NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice...
William Morrow, March 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. The author chronicles the story of his life and sports career, resetting industry standards on baseball antics, locker room humor, the charms of the game, and the real world of major league baseball. Signed by David Wells on the title page. Very minor...
State University of New York Press, May 2005. Hardcover. This original contribution to the ethical and political significance of philosophy addresses a number of major themes--identity, violence, the erotic, freedom, responsibility, religious belief, globalization--and critically engages with the work of Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Derrida, and Levinas. It promotes a unique...
Schocken, October 2018. Hardcover. The award-winning author of The Eichmann Trial and Denial: Holocaust History on Trial gives us a penetrating and provocative analysis of the hate that will not die, focusing on its current, virulent incarnations on both the political right and left: from white supremacist demonstrators in Charlottesville...
Ecco, May 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Barnes and Noble Best Book of the Year Bookpage Best of 2017 Booklist Best Crime Novel PopSugar Best Book of 2017 The new novel from New York Times bestseller Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island "Lehane is...
University of Texas Press, September 2010. Hardcover. No one has done more to introduce the world to the authentic, flavorful cuisines of Mexico than Diana Kennedy. Acclaimed as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking, Kennedy has been an intrepid, indefatigable student of Mexican foodways for more than fifty years and...
Harcourt, April 1990. Hardcover. Signed by Kovacs' wife Edie Adams. Closed tear along back of jacket, mylar protected.
Regnery Publishing, May 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. #1 "New York Times" Bestseller Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder, or is America still...
Scribner, May 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book The wisest, richest, funniest, and most moving novel in years from Don DeLillo, one of the great American novelists of our time--an ode to language, at the heart of our humanity, a meditation on...
William Morrow, February 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED BOOKS OF THE YEAR "A big, sprawling, ultimately stunning crime tableau." - Janet Maslin, New York Times "You can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment." - Stephen King "One of the best thriller writers on the planet." -...
William Heinemann, April 2012. First Edition. Cloth. When a body is found floating in a canal, strangely disfigured and with multiple stab wounds, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate and is convinced he recognises the man from somewhere. However, with no identification except for the distinctive shoes the man was...
William Heinemann Ltd, March 2005. First Edition. Cloth. On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a man is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death - fake handbags of...
Heinemann, January 2008. First Edition. Cloth. First/first UK edition in very good+ jacket. Clean, sound & without markings. Signed by Leon on title page. Complete number line.
Heinemann, January 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. This novel sees police secretary Signorina Elettra drawn into danger, as she volunteers to go undercover among the clam fishermen of the Venetian Lagoon. And Commissario Brunetti finds himself torn between duty and his feelings for her. Very good all round. Signed by the...
Atlantic Monthly Press, January 2006. First Edition. Cloth. A luminous spring day in Venice, and Commissario Brunetti and his sidekick Vianello play hooky from the Questura along the Grand Canal to rescue Vianello's friend Marco, who has been arrested during an environmental protest. First/first in UK edition. Clean, sound &...
Heinemann, January 2003. First Edition. Cloth. First/first UK edition in very good+ jacket. Clean, sound near fine copy signed by Leon on title page. Complete number line.
Sports Publishing, September 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Donnie Allison was always the "other" brother of the famous NASCAR racing duo. Overshadowed throughout his career by Bobby Allison, his older brother and the third-winningest driver in NASCAR history, Donnie often did not get his due for being an outstanding racer in...
