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
Oxford Univ Pr, September 1975. Paper Back. Light shelf wear and some stains to the cover. More
Riverhead Hardcover, October 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. NPR Best Books of 2013 BookPage Best Books of 2013 Bookriot Best Books of 2013 "San Francisco Chronicle "Favorite Books of 2013: Francisco Goldman "Flavorwire" 15 Favorite Novels of 2013 The breakout book from a prizewinning young writer: a breathtaking, suspenseful story of..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1984. First Thus. Paper Back. This volume is devoted to translations of some of the most significant criticism of James Joyce to have appeared in French journals over the last twenty, years. Joyce has been a great stimulus for new modes of theoretical and critical inquiry in..... More
Scribner's, 1972. Paper Back. More
Hurst, 2022. Hardcover. More
McSweeney's, August 2018. Flexible Boards. Each issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned. There have been hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and an issue that looked like a sweaty human head..... 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
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
Vintage, August 1974. Trade Paperback. More
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
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
Fantagraphics, January 1994. Stapled Soft Cover. Non-authoral inscription inside first page. More
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
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
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. First/first in chipped, creased jacket. More
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2024. Hardcover. Since the election of Donald Trump, politicians, historians, intellectuals, and media pundits have been faced with a startling and urgent question: Are we threatened by fascism? Some see striking connections between our current moment and the tumultuous interwar period in Europe. But..... More
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
For Dummies, November 2000. Trade Paperback. According to Feng Shui practitioners the design of a room can have a dramatic effect on health, wealth and success. This guide shows how to arrange furniture, lighting, colours and other interior elements for maximum benefit. More
The MIT Press, March 2024. Paper Back. How kindness--and other prosocial behaviors toward others--can help us live longer and healthier lives. The science is in: being good is actually good for you. In this bracingly original book, The Biology of Kindness--the first in a trilogy on the topic of daily..... More
Easton Press, January 1978. Leather. Easton Press Leatherbound Collector's Edition, 1978; Clean, sturdy brown leather boards w/ immaculate gilt design/text at front and rear covers, hubbed spine; Outer edge text-block is gilt; Previous owner's blind stamp on half-title page and shadow from bookplate removal; otherwise, pages free of markings; Silk..... More
The Modern Library. Hardcover. Green cloth. Significant foxing on dustjacket and book edges. Previous owners name written in ink on half-title page. [328 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, USA, April 2007. Trade Paperback. Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one level a simple adventure story, the novel also raises profound questions about moral and..... More
New York University Press, January 1977. Trade Paperback. More
Penguin Group USA Inc, June 1982. Mass Market PaperBack. The final work of Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe Roxana (1724) was Defoe's last novel. It is a fascinating work, simultaneously strange and tragic, which dramatizes the moral deterioration and degradation of its complex heroine. Mlle Beleau, or Roxana as..... More