The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil War
Oxford Univ Pr, September 1975. Paper Back. Light shelf wear and some stains to the cover. More
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Daniel Barenboim: A Life In Music: (Signed, First Edition)
Easton Press, January 1992. First American. Leather. Navy blue leather with gold lettering and gold decor. Moire end pages. Easton Press bookplate affixed to front pastedown, with previous owner's typed name. Otherwise like new overall. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon marker. 8 photographic plates printed double-sided with b&w photos. 'This..... More
Symbols of Judaism
Barnes & Noble Books, January 2003. Cloth. Very good all round. More
Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America
Hanover Square Press, January 2023. Hardcover. *A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of 2023**A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January**An Essence "Books by Black Authors to Read This Winter" Pick?**An Ebony Entertainment "Required Reading" Book for January**A Lambda Literary "Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature" for January*A piercing collection of essays..... More
Don't Cry for Me: A Novel
Hanover Square Press, February 2022. Hardcover. *A Book of the Month Club Pick*NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH"Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song."--Jesmyn WardA Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and..... More
Don't Cry for Me: A Novel
Hanover Square Press, January 2023. Paper Back. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH"Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song."--Jesmyn WardA Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and..... More
Don't Cry for Me: A Novel
Hanover Square Press, January 2023. Paper Back. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH"Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song."--Jesmyn WardA Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and..... More
The Making of Friedrich Nietzsche: The Quest for Identity, 1844–1869
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
Americans: The Colonial Experience
Vintage, March 1964. Paper Back. Winner of the Bancroft Prize In this brilliantly original book, written for the general reader, the American past becomes richly meaningful to the present. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. 'A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot..... More
The Americans: The Democratic Experience (Vintage)
Vintage, August 1974. Trade Paperback. More
Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected
Vintage, October 1995. Trade Paperback. This provocative new collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize winner deals with the challenging themes of discovery and surprise in history. Cleopatra's Nose is not a miscellany but rather a selection of recent essays illustrating specific subjects that have preoccupied Boorstin for several decades..... More
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Penguin Books, May 2014. Trade Paperback. The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by George Clooney For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes..... More
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Abrams Image, May 2007. Hardcover. This lively crash course in philosophy takes us on a hilarious - and at the same time, profound - tour through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts and thinkers. All with a light touch. As if being led on an intellectual adventure by a brilliant..... More
Troilus and Criseyde -- A 524
Doubleday Anchor, 1966. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. A Doubleday Anchor original. Paperback first edition. Darkened spine and cover margins with mild edgewear and creased to corners. [482 pages]. More
The Complete Eightball 1-18
Fantagraphics, July 2015. First Edition. In Slipcase. Before he rose to fame as a filmmaker and the author of the best-selling graphic novels Ghost World, David Boring, Ice Haven, and The Death Ray, Daniel Clowes made his name from 1989 to 1997 by producing 18 issues of the beloved comic..... More
The Complete Eightball 1-18
Fantagraphics, November 2022. Paper Back. The beloved comic book series Eightball made Daniel Clowes' name even before he gained fame as a bestselling graphic novelist (Ghost World, Patience, David Boring, Ice Haven) and screenwriter. From 1989 to 1997, he produced 18 issues of what is still widely considered one of..... More
Wilson
Drawn and Quarterly, April 2010. Oversized Hardcover. AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE OSCAR-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER AND AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST Meet Wilson, an opinionated middle-aged loner who loves his dog and quite possibly no one else. In an ongoing quest to find human connection, he badgers friend and stranger alike into a...... More
Eightball #15
Fantagraphics, January 1994. Stapled Soft Cover. Non-authoral inscription inside first page. More
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (Modern Library #122)
Modern Library/Random House. Cloth. Grey cloth with contrasting black tile and gold gilt title & colophon. Library catalogue square affixed to jacket & book spine. Jacket heavily chipped including one inch x two inch piece missing at top of spine. Jacket verso has list of '335 outstanding books' published by..... More
Moll Flanders
Modern Library, October 1985. Hardcover. Written in a time when criminal biographies enjoyed great success, Daniel Defoe's "Moll Flanders" details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself..... More
Moll Flanders (Modern Library)
Modern Library, October 1994. Hardcover. Written in a time when criminal biographies enjoyed great success, Daniel Defoe's "Moll Flanders" details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself..... More
My Friend Dylan Thomas
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. First/first in chipped, creased jacket. More
Traditional Ninja Weapons -- Fighting Techniques of the Shadow Warrior(Unique Literary Books of the World, #108)
Unique Publications, December 1986. Paper Back. It's all here, from knife fighting skills to wielding the sickle and chain. This is the "official" guide to the combat tools and forbidden secrets of Japan's ninja clans! The author, Charles Daniel, is a yodan in taijutsu. Mr. Daniel is well-known for his..... More
A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents
Ecco, November 2022. Hardcover. A poetic coming-of-age memoir that probes the legacies and myths of family, race, and religion--from Nigeria to England to America Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in..... More
