Philosophy (Big Questions Series)
Metro Books, January 2011. Flexible Boards. More
Metro Books, January 2011. Flexible Boards. More
Oxford Univ Press, January 1999. Trade Paperback. More
Oxford University Press, USA, June 2005. Hardcover. The author of the highly popular book Think, which Time magazine hailed as "the one book every smart person should read to understand, and even enjoy, the key questions of philosophy," Simon Blackburn is that rara avis--an eminent thinker who is able to..... More
City Lights Books, January 1982. First Edition. Paper Back. {4 & 3/4' x 6 & 1/4'} Slightly darkened along spine. Else clean, sound & unmarked throughout. [119 pages + a page long list of 40 Pocket Poets titles.]. More
William Morrow Paperbacks, February 2024. Paper Back. From the "deliriously clever" (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day. New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "A brilliant book..... More
Faber and Faber, October 2002. Hardcover. More
Plume Books, September 2010. Hardcover. The perfect gift for fans of Morrissey, The Smiths, and any music lover, Mozipedia is the definitive guide to one of the most beloved cult figures in pop music history. Steven Patrick Morrissey is undoubtedly one of the most original musicians of all time. With..... More
Penguin, July 1979. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Mild wear. Darkening at margins of internal pages. Heavy tanning to verso of front and back cover. [268 pp.]. More
University of California Press, April 2001. Paper Back. Simon Karlinsky has substantially expanded and revised the first edition of Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson's correspondence to include fifty-nine letters discovered subsequent to the book's original publication in 1979. Since then, five volumes of Edmund Wilson's diaries have been published, as..... More
Eland Books, June 2005. Hardcover. Written with the charm of a master storyteller and the taste buds of a master chef, this is an ideal gift which conjures up memorable meals in far-flung spots, from Italy to Mississippi via Tehran and Pakistan. Beautifully illustrated with 18 original black and white..... More
Thomas Dunne Books, June 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Strange but true: this is the first authentic account of the Marx Brothers, their origins and of the roots of their comedy. First and foremost, this is the saga of a family whose theatrical roots stretch back to mid-19th century Germany. From..... More
Vintage, May 2017. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the national bestselling author of Stalin: An "epic history on the grandest scale" (Financial Times) about the most successful dynasty of modern times, a family who created the world's greatest empire--and then lost it all. "An essential addition to..... More
Knopf, May 2023. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families - From the author of The Romanovs A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian "Succession..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. The renowned American playwright reveals how, following the death of his wife, he found creative inspiration in his career and a new relationship. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. Price clipped. More
Cambridge University Press, June 2013. Trade Paperback. Pragmatists have traditionally been enemies of representationalism but friends of naturalism, when naturalism is understood to pertain to human subjects, in the sense of Hume and Nietzsche. In this volume Huw Price presents his distinctive version of this traditional combination, as delivered in..... More
Back Bay Books, January 2014. Trade Paperback. In Center of the Universe, God struggles to balance the demands of his career with the needs of his long-term girlfriend. In Magical Mr. Goat, a young girl's imaginary friend yearns to become more than friends. In Unprotected, an unused prophylactic recalls his..... More
William Morrow, January 2024. Hardcover. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky's transformation from a clean-cut funnyman into a war hero out of central casting." --New York Times Book Review; Editors' Choice Selection "The Showman surpasses all similar efforts..... More
Harper Perennial, October 2000. Trade Paperback. A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It May Continue For Years To Come The vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with discord, both..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2019. Hardcover. The instant New York Times bestseller Named one of the ten best books of 2019 by People magazine A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an..... More
NYRB Classics, July 2022. Paper Back. By the winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature, a riveting, stylistically audacious modernist epic about the French cavalry's bloody face-off against German Panzer tanks during WWII. On a sunny day in May 1940, the French army sent out the cavalry against the..... More
Calder Boyars, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. First UK edition in very good dust jacket. NOT price clipped. Black cloth. Silver lettering on spine. Clean text, sound binding. No markings. Fine overall. More
Natl Book Network, October 2001. Hardcover. In this stimulating collection of new and previously published writings, the celebrated theatre and film critic returns to his first love, poetry. In his criticism over the years, Mr. Simon has consistently paid attention to the books of poets, and has in addition written..... More
Bison Books, October 1991. Trade Paperback. "It's fitting that Alice B. Toklas . . . should be the subject of a biography. With her acid tongue, shrewd judgment, vitality, and intense loyalty she was a fairly remarkable person in herself".-Publishers Weekly. "A study that shows Toklas as she must have..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. The autobiography of a successful American playwright who has won virtually all major awards including the Pulitzer and the Tony, which reveals the struggles that went into becoming the success he is today. Octavo in dustjacket. Front flap not clipped. Quarter bound..... More