Oxford University Pres, 1947. Cloth. Dust jacket missing. Pale blue cloth with blue lettering & whale design. Darkened spine. Well worn edges. Starting to fray at bottom & top of spine. End pages front & back 'a map showing the probable track of the Pequod'. A few scattered marking (ink... More
Heritage Press, January 1962. Cloth. Tan cloth with gold lettering on spine & green ship at sea design. In very good slip case. Sound binding. Clean interiors. No writing. Without stains or foxing. Very Good+ all around. More
Random House, November 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first in jacket. Complete number line. Gently read. More
Random House, November 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first in jacket. Complete number line. Gently read. More
PublicAffairs, May 2013. Trade Paperback. The early years of Bolshevik rule were marked by dynamic interaction between Russia and the West. These years of civil war in Russia were years when the West strove to understand the new communist regime while also seeking to undermine it. Meanwhile, the Bolsheviks tried... More
Little, Brown and Company, November 2016. Hardcover. LA Times winner for The Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose A New York Times bestseller A New York Times Editors' Choice A Featured Title in The New York Times Book Review's "Paperback Row" A Bustle "17 Books About Race Every White Person... More
Process, December 2015. Paper Back. Marie-Madeleine was a German Jew, lesbian poet and novelist whose eroticism and love for morphine was revealed in many of her shocking, sensational, and bestselling books of the early twentieth century. Born Gertrud Gunther, and starting at age 15 she wrote over 46 books until... More
Julian Press, March 1972. Hardcover. 3rd printing. More
W.W. Norton, January 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Horizon Press, January 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Richard Wright. More
Victionary, May 2018. Paper Back. A vivid exploration of peculiar art, Off the Wall is a funhouse tour through the darkly comedic minds of more than twenty-five artists from around the world. From representational to barely recognizable, the illustrations and comics showcased here never fail to evoke the special blend... More
Grove Press, January 2016. Trade Paperback. One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year ON MORE THAN 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR LISTS: including TIME (#1 Nonfiction Book), NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine (10 Favorite Books), Vogue (Top 10), Vanity Fair, Washington Post... More
Victionary, April 2018. Paper Back. More
Victionary, April 2015. Soft Cover. More
Arcadia Publishing, February 2018. Paper Back. Atlanta! The very name evokes a sense of grandeur and splendor and an aura of dominance. Indeed, today's Atlanta has no rival. It easily claims the title of the Southeast's leading commercial and transportation hub. Present-day Atlanta prides itself in having one of the... More
Back Bay Books, July 2007. Trade Paperback. Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling... More
Simon & Schuster, August 2018. Hardcover. Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature. In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the... More
Algonquin Books, June 2018. Hardcover. "A myth-busting, history-reclaiming, science-centric, skeptical--and yet loving and respectful--tour of the history, the present, and even the future of wine production." --Cat Warren, author of What the Dog Knows "This is quite a book and I hope it is read widely throughout the wine world... More
New Directions, August 2017. Paper Back. The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa's greatest literary achievement. An "autobiography" or "diary" containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically... More
Amistad, May 2018. Hardcover. New York Times Bestseller "A profound impact on Hurston's literary legacy."--New York Times "One of the greatest writers of our time."--Toni Morrison "Zora Neale Hurston's genius has once again produced a Maestrapiece."--Alice Walker A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the... More
Twelve, August 2018. Hardcover. A smart and revealing political memoir from a rising star of the Democratic Party. "In life and in politics, the most important work is often that which happens outside the wire." Going "outside the wire" -- military lingo for leaving the safety of a base --... More
The Overlook Press, June 2016. Paper Back. A simple Twitter question posed by John Cleese--"What is your biggest pet peeve?"--inspired Jen Campbell to start a blog collecting all the ridiculous conversations overheard in her bookstore."Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?""Did Charles Dickens ever write anything fun?""I've forgotten... More
William Morrow, August 2018. Hardcover. "An immersive, heartbreaking story about war, passion, and the road not taken." -- People "Heartrending . . . a stunning feat of lyricism." -- USA Today "One of the most beautiful and moving love stories you'll read this year." -- Nylon Magazine An emotionally riveting... More
Little, Brown and Company, July 2018. Hardcover. A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars. Simon Rich is "one of the... More
Random House Inc, November 1992. Trade Paperback. A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all... More
