Plume, October 1990. Trade Paperback. August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black experience in 20th-century America as "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, " and the Pulitzer Prize-winning, "Fences." In his second Pulitzer Prize-winner, "The Piano Lesson, " Wilson has... More about The Piano Lesson (Drama, Plume
Washington Square Press, June 2001. Trade Paperback. The noted author jumps back and forth from the afterlife to interview Sir Isaac Newton, Clarence Darrow, William Shakespeare, and his own character, Kilgore Trout, in this humorous look at death. More about God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
Weatherhill, March 1972. Trade Paperback. This text offers a series of insights into the Zen mind. More about Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Touchstone Books, July 1995. Trade Paperback. Continuing his exploration of the substance of a basic education, Mortimer J. Adler examines the inherent values of various art forms and considers their significance within a well-rounded curriculum. He maintains that imaginative literature and works of science, philosophy, theology, and history act upon... More about Art, the Arts, and the Great Ideas
Feminist Press, July 2010. Trade Paperback. As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, first published by... More about Witches, Midwives, & Nurses (Second Edition): A History of Women Healers
SJP for Hogarth, March 2019. Paper Back. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NEW YORK'S "ONE BOOK, ONE NEW YORK" PICK Named One of the Best Books of 2018 by: Washington Post - NPR - People - Refinery29 - Parade - Buzzfeed "Mirza writes with a mercy that encompasses all... More about A Place for Us: A Novel
Doubleday, April 2019. Hardcover. "I loved it." --Ann Patchett The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on marriage and manners, thank-you notes and three-ways, ghosts, gunshots, gynecology, and the Calgon-scented, onion-dipped... More about Southern Lady Code
Vintage, January 2006. Trade Paperback. Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world's great storytellers at the peak of his powers. Here we meet a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who is on the run, and Nakata, an aging simpleton who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot... More about Kafka on the Shore (Vintage International
North Atlantic Books, June 2019. Paper Back. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this underground classic explores higher consciousness, human evolution, metaphysics, sacred geometry, the secret government, and more - Gives clear instructions on MerKaBa (Light Body) activation and the companion Unity Breath - Details our ancient past as seen through... More about Nothing in This Book is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are, 25th Anniversary Edition
Knopf, May 2019. Hardcover. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a collection of short stories that will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human. The best kind of science fiction." --Barack Obama From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and... More about Exhalation
Three Rivers Press, August 2019. Hardcover. A provocative, accessible, and cleverly illustrated guide to legal principles and practice, by a law instructor and internationally experienced attorney This might be the most useful book law students ever read. Not because it contains the details of case law, but because it teaches... More about 101 Things I Learned® in Law School
Library of America, May 2016. Hardcover. An instant classic of American sportswriting--the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best mind of his generation" (A. O. Scott) and "the best tennis-writer of all time" (New York Times) Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David... More about String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
Vintage, July 2019. Paper Back. One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, GQ, Billboard, JazzTimes In jazz parlance, "playing changes" refers to an improviser's resourceful path through a chord progression. In this definitive guide to the jazz of our time, leading critic Nate Chinen boldly expands on that... More about Playing Changes
Top Shelf Productions, July 2019. Paper Back. New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty..... More about They Called Us Enemy
Random House, June 2019. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Just the sort of thing that Philip Roth or John Updike might have produced in their prime (except, of course, that the author understands women)."--Elizabeth Gilbert "This is a remarkable debut from one of the most distinctive writers around."--Tom Perrotta..... More about Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel
Schiffer, October 2018. Hardcover. This book is the authorized chronicle of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, the legendary Southern rock band that created such memorable hits as "Champagne Jam," "So Into You," "Imaginary Lover," "Spooky," and "Doraville." Already seasoned studio professionals when they formed in 1970, the A.R.S. forged a new... More about The Atlanta Rhythm Section: The Authorized History
Univ of Georgia Pr, February 1990. First Edition. Cloth. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Cloth boards lightly bowed. More about Living Atlanta: An Oral History of the City, 1914-1948
Prentice Hall, September 2002. Oversize Softcover. Practical and hands-on in approach, this book/exercise manual speaks clearly to beginning graphic designers and others involved with type about the complex meeting of message, image, and history surrounding typography. More about A Type Primer
University Press of Kentucky, August 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. "There is a lack of quiet in Sylvia that craves for action.... She knows that she is special and that she possesses unusual and varied abilities." -- From the Mossad's psychological evaluation of Sylvia Rafael When Moti Kfir, head of the... More about Sylvia Rafael: The Life and Death of a Mossad Spy (Foreign Military Studies
[Available from] First Presbyterian Church, January 1997. Oversized Hardcover. More about The historic polity of the PCA
Putnam Adult, March 2008. Hardcover. View our feature on Kurt Vonnegut's "Armageddon in Retrospect." Published on the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death in April 2007, "Armageddon in Retrospect" is a collection of twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace. Written with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humor, the pieces... More about Armageddon in Retrospect
Dial Press Trade Paperback, June 1999. Trade Paperback. "Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable."--The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds... More about Breakfast of Champions
Dial Press Trade Paperback, October 1998. Trade Paperback. "A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!"--The New York Times Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete... More about Cat's Cradle
HarperCollins, September 1980. Trade Paperback. More about A People's History of the United States
Random House Trade Paperbacks, August 2012. Trade Paperback. The Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling novel of North Korea: an epic journey into the heart of the world's most mysterious dictatorship. "Imagine Charles Dickens paying a visit to Pyongyang, and you see the canvas on which [Adam] Johnson is painting... More about The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel
