Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reappraisal
Penguin Books, November 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Penguin Books, November 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. More
University of Minnesota Press, February 1996. Hardcover. Allen (Italian, French, women studies, comparative literature, Syracuse U.) learned about rape/death camps through a former student who supplied her with accounts from survivors in Bosnia and Croatia. This volume is a response in which she examines the regional complexities of identity, and..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, January 1993. Hardcover. The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline..... More
Free Press, October 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. To be a rabble-rouser for peace may seem to be a contradiction in terms. And yet it is the perfect description for Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate and spiritual father of a democratic South Africa. Tutu understood that justice -- a genuine regard for..... More
Pearson P T R, 1999-01-01. Trade Paperback. One of the most influental political science works written in the post World War II era, the original edition of Essence of Decision is a unique and fascinating examination of the pivotal event of the cold Cold War. Not simply revised, but completely..... More
Oxford University Press, July 2015. Paper Back. Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new..... More
White Mane Pub, April 1989. Hardcover. A factual account of how Lincoln's lack of management skills, his vacillation over decisions of military justice, and his complete disregard for the Constitution caused the deaths of many Union soldiers off the battlefield. This book is not another biography of Lincoln, nor is..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2021. Trade Paperback. From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, "splendid" (The Washington Post) biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2021. Trade Paperback. From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, "splendid" (The Washington Post) biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man..... More
Simon & Schuster, 1988-07-15. Trade Paperback. From acclaimed biographer Stephen E. Ambrose comes the life of one of the most elusive and intriguing American political figures, Richard M. Nixon. From his difficult boyhood and earnest youth to bis ruthless political campaigns for Congress and Senate to his defeats in '60..... More
Free Press, September 2001. Hardcover. The very letters of the two words seem, as they are written, to redden with the blood-stains of unavenged crime. There is Murder in every syllable, and Want, Misery and Pestilence take startling form and crowd upon the imagination as the pen traces the words."..... More
Little, Brown and Company, March 2024. Hardcover. From the award-winning author of Five Points and City of Dreams, a breathtaking new history of the Irish immigrants who arrived in the United States during the Great Potato Famine, showing how their strivings in and beyond New York exemplify the astonishing tenacity..... More
Gallery Books, November 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet sympathetic portrait of one of the most complex and enigmatic figures of our time: Charles, who has taken his place on the throne after being the oldest and..... More
Rodopi, August 2003. Hardcover. Scholarly interest in the study of state borders and border regions is growing in Europe, keeping pace with the remarkable changes associated with the transformation of old borders and the creation of new ones in the European Union and beyond over the last fifteen years. Social..... More
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, January 2012. Oversize Softcover. In AD 79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under ash and rock. While Pompeii has been extensively chronicled, the remains of its sister city are less widely known. This study of Herculaneum is based on the..... More
Random House Inc, March 1997. Hardcover. In her first book of poetry since "Why Don't You Sing?" Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiography "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind. This memorable collection of..... More
Penguin, July 1978. Paper Back. Heavily foxed. Soiled. Sunned spine. Darkened throughout. Well worn, not pretty. Non-authorial gift inscription. Reading copy with no underlining. More
Dover Publications, June 1980. Oversize Softcover. Originally conceived to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was one of the largest (633 acres) and most influential aggregations of human talent, energy, and industry ever assembled. More than 27 million visitors entered the..... More
Dover Publications, June 1980. Oversize Softcover. Originally conceived to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was one of the largest (633 acres) and most influential aggregations of human talent, energy, and industry ever assembled. More than 27 million visitors entered the..... More
Harvard University Press, January 1989. Hardcover. A beguiling tale of mistaken transformation. In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic. The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the..... More
Harvard University Press, January 1996. Hardcover. A beguiling tale of mistaken transformation. In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic. The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the..... More
Kodansha Comics, January 2019. Trade Paperback. A yaoi romance between a good boy who didn't know he was waiting for a hero, and a bad boy who comes to his rescue! Now a hit streaming anime! Holding Out For a Hero Masahiro Setagawa doesn't believe in heroes, but wishes he..... More
Harvard University Press, January 1935. Hardcover. First things. Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil..... More
Harvard University Press, January 1933. Hardcover. First things. Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil..... More
St Martin's Press, January 1970. Paper Back. Octavo. Foxing to edges. [318 pages]. More