Simon & Schuster, January 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East -- and he offers a bold and comprehensive plan to do..... More
B&H Books, August 2017. Hardcover. Thomas Johnson and Charles Spurgeon lived worlds apart. Johnson, an American slave, born into captivity and longing for freedom--- Spurgeon, an Englishman born into relative ease and comfort, but, longing too for a freedom of his own. Their respective journeys led to an unlikely meeting..... More
Vintage Books USA, January 2007. Trade Paperback. As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise to greatness is as complex as it is compelling. In..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, March 1991. Hardcover. In a strong, often funny, and revealing narrative, Lorene Cary recounts how she found herself suddenly catapulted into a world of privilege, when she left a black section of Philadelphia to attend a New Hampshire boarding school in 1971. Cary also describes returning to..... More
J.M. Richardson, 1826. First Edition. Cloth. First English language edition (U.K.) edition, translated from the French of Niccolao Manucci (1638–1720) and 'founded on the memoirs of Signore Manouchi, a Venetian'; according to title page of this volume. I would be guessing to assume 'Manouchi' is alternate spelling of 'Manucci', another..... More
Mariner Books, December 2004. Trade Paperback. "Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton." --Baltimore Sun Infinitely readable and absorbing, Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton's The Civil War is one of the most widely read general histories of the war available in a...... More
Univ of Chicago Pr, January 1989. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Sparse pencil markings present; An excellent copy. More
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 2013. Trade Paperback. A Memoir Beginning in 1918 - A profile in courage: the life of Cecil Alexander, Jr., a hero in war and a visionary in peace. In World War II, Alexander flew 60 bombing missions and was twice honored with the Distinguished Flying..... More
The Kent State University Press, November 2022. Paper Back. Signed on the title page. More
Ecco, October 2018. Trade Paperback. "Drawing upon his unique and deep academic work and policy experience, Victor Cha has produced one of the most astute, insightful, and lucid texts on North Korea. Simply put, this book is a must-read for all--experts and casual observers alike--interested in developments on the Korean..... More
Dial Press, January 1974. First Edition. Cloth. First/first. Octavo in sun-bleached dustjacket with darkening of margins. Maroon cloth covered boards with silver lettering along spine. Burgundy end pages. Moderately duststained top edge. Foxed fore-edge. [347 pages]. More
Penguin Group USA Inc, October 1998. Trade Paperback. In December 1937, flush with confidence from their victories over the Nationalists in Beijing and Shanghai, the Japanese Army swept into Nanking and, over the next seven weeks, looted and burned the city and systematically raped, brutalized and murdered more than 250,000..... More
Basic Books, October 1997. Hardcover. In December 1937, flush with confidence from their victories over the Nationalists in Beijing and Shanghai, the Japanese Army swept into Nanking and, over the next seven weeks, looted and burned the city and systematically raped, brutalized and murdered more than 250,000 defenseless civilians. Officially..... More
Minnesota Historical Society Press, September 1993. Paper Back. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, this is Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic flight in 1927. Chosen as one of the "100 Greatest Adventure Books" of all time by National Geographic Adventure magazine. More
Random House (NY), January 2003. Hardcover. The 'Australia' sailed into the port of San Francisco on the day after New Years, 1900. The steamer passed an inspection, but carried infected rats carrying bubonic plague. With stunning narrative immediacy, fortified by rich research, 'The Barbary Plague' chronicles a city under siege..... More
Penguin Books, March 2005. Trade Paperback. The #1 New York Times bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation. "Grand-scale biography at its best--thorough..... More
Random House, May 1998. Hardcover. The landmark biography of a true American original -- and the first written since the opening of Rockefeller's papers -- masterfully rendered by the National Book Award-winning author of "The House of Morgan." John D. Rockefeller, Sr., -- history's first billionaire and the patriarch of..... More
Yale University Press, September 1981. First Edition. Cloth. An authorized account of the Civil War, drawn from the diaries of a Southern aristocrat, records the disintegration and final destruction of the Confederacy. First/first. {9 & 1/2' x 6 & 1/2'} In tattered, torn and darkened at spine and margins. Tanned..... More
Gramercy Books, March 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. This original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chesnut, Jr., who was also an aide to President Jefferson Davis, provides an eyewitness narrative of all of the years of the war. Period photos illustrate this 'you-are-there' account of the daily lives..... More
Mnemosyne, January 1969. Hardcover. No jacket as issued. Ink underlining and previous owner's name inked on f.f.e.p. More
Puffin Books, November 1985. Trade Paperback. More
Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, January 1995. Trade Paperback. Two corners bumped. Otherwise unmarked. More
West Virginia University Library, January 1967. Hardcover. More
Penguin Press, May 2023. Hardcover. A beautiful reckoning with the life and work of the legendary journalist Ernie Pyle, who gave World War II a human face for millions of Americans even as he wrestled with his own demons At the height of his fame and influence during World War..... More
W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1995. Cloth. These portraits of the emperors form the building blocks of an invaluable and highly readable popular history of Imperial Rome, brought to life using the colorful testimony of contemporary authors. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. More
