Round the World on a Penny
Self Published, January 1943. Cloth. Flowered cloth boards without jacket. Paper title plates affixed to cover & spine. 4th edition. Signed & inscribed by Anita Willets-Burnham on front free end page. More
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The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
Little, Brown and Company, January 2019. Hardcover. A singular memoir highlighting "the outstanding humanity of black America" that tells the story of one unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and the life they lead in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s (James McBride) In 1958, the very same year... More
From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduces compelling, powerful rituals almost entirely unknown in... 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
The Emancipation of Cecily McMillan
Nation Books, July 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Cecily McMillan didn't come from much: she had a hardscrabble life bouncing between the members of a broken family scattered from Texas to Atlanta. Her relationship with her parents became increasingly strained, and at sixteen she was legally emancipated and taken in by... More
The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
G.P. Putnam's Sons, February 2019. Hardcover. The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Master Plan to turn a life sentence into a second chance. Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life he..... More
Expats: Travels in Arabia, from Tripoli to Teheran
Atlantic Monthly Pr, July 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. In very good dust jacket. Signed by Dickey on title page. More
Chuck Klosterman X
Blue Rider Press, May 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. New York Times-bestselling author and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman sorts through the past decade and how we got to now. Chuck Klosterman has created an incomparable body of work in books, magazines, newspapers, and on the Web. His writing spans the realms... More
Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature's Bounty
William Morrow, April 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Shell Games is a cops-and-robbers tale set in a double-crossing world where smugglers fight turf wars over some of the world's strangest marine creatures. Puget Sound sits south of the border between the U.S. and Canada and is home to the magnificent geoduck... More
Barefoot to Avalon
Atlantic Monthly Press, April 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. An Amazon Best Book of 2015, A Kirkus Reviews' Best Book of 2015 "A brave book with beautiful sentences on every page."--New York Times "Piercing...a tour de force."--Los Angeles Times In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, David... More
Calypso
Little, Brown and Company, May 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a.... More
Theft by Finding
Little, Brown and Company, May 2017. Hardcover. One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture," The Week, Bustle, BookRiot An NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice... 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
I Will Be Complete
Knopf, June 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. From the best-selling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside, a big-hearted memoir told in three parts: about growing up in the wake of the destructive choices of an extremely unconventional mother. Glen David Gold was raised rich, briefly, in southern California at... More
Invisible Sisters
PublicAffairs, April 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. When Jessica Handler was eight years old, her younger sister Susie was diagnosed with leukemia. To any family, the diagnosis would have been upending, but to the Handlers, whose youngest daughter Sarah had been born with a rare congenital blood disorder, it was an... More
Congratulations, Who Are You Again?: A Memoir
Harper Perennial, November 2018. Paper Back. A Good Housekeeping Book of the Month This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who's ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to... More
Sky of Stone: A Memoir
Delacorte Press, October 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear and edge wear on the jacket. Mylar wrapped. Signed by the author, 'To Gloria', on the title page. More
Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times
St. Martin's Press, February 2019. Hardcover. "Don't Label Me should be labeled as genius. It's an amazing book." - Chris Rock A unique conversation about diversity, bigotry, and our common humanity, by the New York Times bestselling author, Oprah "Chutzpah" award-winner, and founder of the Moral Courage Project In these... 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
Sara Berman's Closet
Harper Design, October 2018. Hardcover. 2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, and Alex Kalman, the designer, curator, writer, and founder of Mmuseumm, combine their talents in this captivating family memoir, a creative blend of... More
I Miss You When I Blink
Atria Books, April 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 2019's Most Anticipated Books: BuzzFeed, Bustle, HelloGiggles, LitHub, She Reads Acclaimed essayist and bookseller Mary Laura Philpott presents a charmingly relatable and wise memoir-in-essays about what happened after she checked off all the boxes on her successful life's to-do list and... 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
Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love
Anchor Books, January 2018. Paper Back. In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson--a renowned artist who regularly produced covers for The New Yorker, a gifted musician, a skilled amateur pilot, and a joyful presence to all who knew her--lives in a "perpetual now." Lonni Sue has almost... More
Survival Math
Scribner, March 2019. Hardcover. An electrifying, dazzlingly written reckoning and an essential addition to the national conversation about race and class, Survival Math takes its name from the calculations award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson made to survive the Portland, Oregon of his youth. This dynamic book explores gangs and guns... More
