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Pantheon, September 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. One corner slightly bumped. More
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Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations : The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker
Houghton Mifflin, January 1999. Trade Paperback. How do you pronounce affluent: AF-loo-int or uh-FLOO-int? Does it make a difference? Charles Harrington Elster believes that yes, it does make a difference (and that, for the record, one should pronounce the word AF-loo-int). More
Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic
Lookout Books, November 2022. Paper Back. Big Indie Book of Fall, Publishers Weekly "Valerie Boyd's Bigger Than Bravery isn't just an anthology; it is a survival guide." --Courtney B. Vance, Tony- and Emmy-winning actor An anthology of Black resilience and reclamation, with contributions by Pearl Cleage, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Honorée Fanonne..... More
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, January 1973. Reprint. Cloth. {6' x 9'} Without dustjacket. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown and front free end page. Foxing & spotting on textblock top edge and fore-edge. Third printing. [521 pages]. More
Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem
Amistad, October 2022. Hardcover. In this long-overdue celebration of Black women's resilience and unheralded strength, the revered, trailblazing White House correspondent reflects on "The Year That Changed Everything"--2020--and African-American women's unprecedented role in upholding democracy. "I am keenly aware that everyone and everything has a story," April D. Ryan acknowledges..... More
Word Museum : The Most Remarkable English Ever Forgotten
Simon & Schuster, September 2000. Trade Paperback. ENTER A GALLERY OF WIT AND WHIMSY As the largest and most dynamic collection of words ever assembled, the English language continues to expand. But as hundreds of new words are added annually, older ones are sacrificed. Now from the author of Forgotten..... More
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
Doubleday Books, November 2022. Hardcover. From the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposing once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence. "[An] absorbing narrative... Each key section of the book... unfolds like a compact mystery." (New..... More
Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia
Scribner, October 2022. Paper Back. Set in Appalachian coal country, this "superb" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) legal drama follows one determined lawyer as he faces a coal industry giant in a seven-year battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community.For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of..... More
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