Black Dance: An Annotated Bibliography (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Garland, January 1989. Cloth. Blue cloth without dust jacket. Signed & inscribed by Adamczyk on title page. More
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Toil & Trouble: A Memoir
St. Martin's Press, October 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky. "Here's a partial list of things I don't believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Life..... More
Dust to Dust: A Memoir
Ecco, March 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. "A wonderful book, original in concept and stunningly written."--Ward Just "Elegiac, funny, wistful, deep, and wonderfully human, Dust to Dust moved me to laughter and tears, sometimes simultaneously."--Karl Marlantes, bestselling author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War Tim O'Brien..... More
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die..... More
The Secrets of My Life
Grand Central, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on a tipped in page. Corner bumps and edge wear. More
Travels With Alice
Ticknor & Fields, September 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentatiton copy inscribed by Calvin Trillin on half-title page. Jacket price clipped. More
Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy
William Morrow, October 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Bestselling author Cassandra King Conroy considers her life and the man she shared it with, paying tribute to her husband, Pat Conroy, the legendary figure of modern Southern literature. "Tell Me A Story is breathtakingly tender, heartbreakingly true...The best memoir I've read." --..... More
The Light Years
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - Named a best book of 2019 by Parade The Light Years is a joyous and defiant coming-of-age memoir set during one of the most turbulent times in American history "This stunningly beautiful..... More
Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
Knopf, October 2019. Hardcover. "A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor . . . McDougall is a gifted storyteller who gets to the heart of the human-animal connection." --John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog From the best-selling author of..... More
The Poetic Image in 6 Genres
Southern Illinois Univ. Press/ Feffer & Simons, December 1969. Hardcover. "The Poetic Image in Six Genres "is a lively collection of essays and other short pieces by David Madden which will be both enlightening and delightful to the student and teacher of English and, specifically, of creative writing courses, and..... More
The Light of the World: A Memoir
Grand Central Publishing, April 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost that is at once "remarkably uplifting" (Washington Post) and "crushing, lovely, painful, and above all powerful" (New York Journal of Books), from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander. *..... More
We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories that are Funny, Complicated, and True
Dey Street Books, October 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work Named a Best Book of the Year by The Root Chosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir "A book of essays as raw and honest..... More
We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories that are Funny, Complicated, and True
Dey Street Books, October 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work Named a Best Book of the Year by The Root Chosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir "A book of essays as raw and honest..... More
Norman Mailer Works and Days
Sligo Press, 2000. Hardcover. Presentation copy inscribed on title page by J. Michael Lennon. Inked marginalia on several pages; else, very good. More
The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life
Gallery Books, March 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. An entertaining, humorous, and inspirational memoir by the founder and chief creative officer of the multimillion-dollar lifestyle brand ban.do, who "has become a hero among women (and likely some men too) who struggle with mental health (Forbes)." After graduating from college, Jen Gotch..... More
Own Your Everyday: Overcome the Pressure to Prove and Show Up for What You Were Made to Do
Waterbrook Press, May 2019. Hardcover. USA TODAY BESTSELLER - ECPA BESTSELLER - An empowering girlfriend's guide to a purpose-driven life, from the young entrepreneur and rising star behind SoulScripts and the SHE Podcast "This book will meet you right where you are with a giant hug while also giving you..... More
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White
Time Home Entertainment, August 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. A New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today. Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of..... More
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White
Time Home Entertainment, August 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. A New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today. Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of..... More
Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1950–2013
Liveright, September 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Over the course of an adventured-filled life, now in its tenth decade, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been many things: a poet, painter, pacifist, publisher, courageous defender of free speech, and owner of San Francisco's legendary City Lights bookstore. Now the man whose A Coney Island..... More
The Modern British Novel
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, January 1993. First Edition. Cloth. Bradbury argues that almost a century since the emergence of Modernism, it is now possible to see the entire period in perspective. It is clear that the first 50 years - from Henry James, Wilde and Stevenson, through James Joyce..... More
Greek to Me
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. In her New York Times bestseller Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils and punctuation in The New Yorker's celebrated copy department. In Greek to Me, she delivers another wise and funny paean..... More
The Frog Prince: An Autobiography
Crown Publishers, January 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Closed tear at top of rear jacket panel. Presentation copy with a personal inscription by the author, dated Dec. 4, 1980. More
Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
Harper, November 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. "Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic." --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club and The Art of Memoir From the..... More
Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
Simon & Schuster, November 2019. Hardcover. From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him. Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries--reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who..... More
