Penguin USA, October 2001. Cloth. In the stories and novellas he wrote for Black Mask and other pulp magazines in the 1920s and 1930s, Dashiell Hammett took the detective story and turned it into a medium for capturing the jarring textures and revved-up cadences of modern American life. In this..... More
Liverpool University Press, June 1996. Trade Paperback. The works of James Joyce have long been regarded as central to European modernism. It is also clear what a continuing provocation and source of renewal Joyce's works are for contemporary cultural theory, especially feminism, post modernism and postcolonialism. This new edition of..... More
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, September 2006. Paper Back. Top front corner bent. Minor shelf wear. More
Alfred A. Knopf, April 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Hart's famous autobiography, 'Act One', ends at what was only the beginning, when he was 25. Now Bach, the author of 'Final Cut' and 'Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend', presents the first full-scale biography of 'The Prince of Broadway', who rose from..... More
Viking, September 2014. Hardcover. From the author of Enlightenment Now, a short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker. Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted..... More
Franklin Library, January 1982. First Thus. Leather. Limited, brown umber leather bound with gold lettering and gold decorative panels front and rear covers. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon markers. Moire end pages. Signed by Styron 2nd blank page after FFEP with protective fly leaf. Black & white illustrations by Steven..... More
Schirmer Reference, September 1993. Trade Paperback. More
Porcupine's Quill, April 1995. Trade Paperback. Inscription, possibly by the author, on the half title page. More
Penguin Books, September 2015. Trade Paperback. "Charming and erudite, from the author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now, The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem." --Time.com Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it..... More
Random House Inc, January 2003. Trade Paperback. From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the first riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, the basis for the PBS series staring Kenneth Branagh. It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish..... More
N/A, July 2007. Trade Paperback. "This brave new musical, haunting and electrifying by turns, restores the mystery, the thrill to that shattering transformation that stirs in all our souls."--Charles Isherwood, The New York Times "The staggering purity of this show will touch all open hearts...In its refined, imaginative simplicity, it..... More
Fantagraphics Books, September 1999. Paper Back. by Steven Weissman Steven Weissman won the Harvey Award for "Best New Talent" in 1998 (for Yikes), and Fantagraphics Books is proud to present his first original graphic novel, Champs! Weissman may well be the reincarnation of Hal Roach, creator of Our Gang and..... More
