The Telegraph Goes to War: The Personal Diary of David Homer Bates, Lincoln's Telegraph Operator
Edmonston Pub, January 2003. Hardcover. More
Edmonston Pub, January 2003. Hardcover. More
Simon & Schuster, January 2011. Hardcover. "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." So said the young George Washington, something no veteran soldier would say. He had not been the target of enemy fire. Instead, he was papering over the fact that..... More
Harvest Books, September 1997. Trade Paperback. "This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'Brian Pirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their..... More
Little, Brown and Company, December 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Nelson Mandela is well-known throughout the world as a heroic leader who symbolizes freedom and moral authority. He is fixed in the public mind as the world's elder statesman--the gray-haired man with a kindly smile who spent 27 years in prison..... More
White Orchid Press, January 1996. Trade Paperback. More
Simon & Schuster, November 1996. Trade Paperback. David Herbert Donald's "Lincoln" is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by..... More
Princeton University Press, August 2006. Trade Paperback. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans captive. Thus began the Iran Hostage Crisis, an affair that captivated the American public for 444 days and marked America's first confrontation with the forces of..... More
Picador, August 2010. Trade Paperback. The Prequel to the Bestselling Thank You for Your Service, Now a Major Motion Picture With The Good Soldiers, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel has produced an eternal story -- not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time. It was..... More
Knopf, April 1995. Hardcover. Coming of age during World War I and attaining their finest hour in World War II and the Cold War, these men--FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur--transformed America from an isolated frontier nation into a global superpower. As he tells their stories, Fromkin, author of A Peace..... More
Owl Books, September 2001. Trade Paperback. The critically acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into being after World War I, and why it is in upheaval today In our time the Middle East has proven a battleground of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and..... More
Doubleday Anchor Books, January 1958. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass Market paperback with dust stains and mild edge wear. Previous dealer's stamp on verso of front cover. [306 pages plus three page list of Anchor titles then available.]. More
William Morrow & Co. Hardcover. First edition, stated + full number line; dust jacket has small 1/2-inch to 1/4-inch tears on top of front and back, including approx. one 3/4 tear in middle of top front; notable edgewear on dust jacket at corners, spine and flap; board covers shows corner..... More
Picador USA, April 2023. Paper Back. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution--from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality--and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our..... More
Vintage, April 2018. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, "one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."--New York..... More
Vintage, April 2018. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, "one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."--New York..... More
Vintage, October 2023. Paper Back. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE - A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z "A shocking whodunit...What more could..... More
Vintage, January 2010. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction "with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller"(The New York Times) that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the..... More
Doubleday, April 2023. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager..... More
Random House Inc., New York, September 1972. Hardcover. An account of American power and politics in the 1950s and 1960s highlights the political and military figures who shaped domestic and foreign policy and who orchestrated America's involvement in Vietnam. More
Random House, March 1998. Hardcover. The Children is David Halberstam's brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 1960s and went on to lead the revolution. Magisterial in scope, with a strong..... More
Hyperion, September 2007. Hardcover. "In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home." --The New York Times David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his..... More
Knopf, April 1979. Hardcover. significant damage to dust jacket, but it is still intact. More
Harper & Row Publishers Torchbooks, January 1968. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. Heavy spotting/foxing textblock edges. First paperback edition. [410 pages]. More
The Lyons Press, August 1999. Trade Paperback. Here is one of the finest, most exciting escape narratives to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. More