Univ of Nebraska Pr, June 1976. Paper Back. The Earp Brothers of Tombstone and the famous fight at the O. K. Corral are well known to American history and even better known to American legend. This composite biography of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warner Earp is based on the..... More
Fitzhenry and Whiteside, August 1999. Hardcover. 2000 Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction for Young Adults Award Shortlisted, 2000 British Columbia Round Table Information Book Award 1999 Teacher Liberian Magazine, Best of the Best issue Shortlisted, 2001 Rocky Mountain Award Too Young To Fight is a book of recollections from some of this..... More
Random House, April 2022. Hardcover. "[An] elegantly layered exploration of Europe's past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece."--The Wall Street Journal "A lovely, personal journey around the Adriatic, in which Robert Kaplan revisits places and peoples he first encountered decades ago."--Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads In..... More
Doubleday, November 2021. Hardcover. The riveting, untold history of a group of heroic women reporters who revolutionized the narrative of World War II--from Martha Gellhorn, who out-scooped her husband, Ernest Hemingway, to Lee Miller, a Vogue cover model turned war correspondent. Thrilling from the first page to the last. --Mary..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, March 2017. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE..... More
Free Press, November 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. {6 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} In dustjacket. Quarter bound. Black cloth covered spine with stamped gold lettering. Sky blue paper covered boards. Red end pages. Some pencil underlining, side notes and other marginal markins here and there through text. [350 pages]..... More
HarperCollins Publishers, July 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. The legend of Beau Gaste and the hell-raising, hard-drinking, long-suffering, loyal Legionnaires has been immortalized by countless novels and Hollywood movies. Here Douglas Porch examines the Legion myth and goes beyond it to explore the Legion's mystique and describe its performance from its..... More
Sentinel, May 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. A brilliant look into the psyche of combat. Where he once took us into the Spartan line of battle at Thermopylae, Steven Pressfield now takes us into the sands of the Sinai, the alleys of Old Jerusalem, and into the hearts and souls of..... More
Berkley Publishing Group, August 1995. First Thus. Paper Back. In a novel of uncompromising depth and power, Blake recreates the life of John Wesley Hardin, from his youth to his final days. An ingenious reconstruction.--Dale L. Walker, Rocky Mountain News. In a novel of uncompromising depth and power, Blake recreates..... More
Naval Inst Pr, April 1997. Paper Back. The story of the revolutionary missile boat used by Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Octavo. Some few and scattered pencil underlining and tick marks. 322 pages]. More
Barre Publishers, January 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. {8 & 1/2' x 10'} Front is black cloth covered spine. Spine is tanned with gold lettering.Front boards pictorial tan paper covered with map of 'East River or the Sound'. Rear board is entirely covered in black cloth that begins with spine and..... More
Knopf, March 2022. Hardcover. A major new biography that takes an unusual and illuminating approach to the great writer--immersing us in one year of his life--from the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice. The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when..... More
University of Georgia Press, April 2021. Hardcover. A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication Born to Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald rose to lead Sears, Roebuck & Company and turn it into the world's largest retailer. Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington became the founding principal of Tuskegee Institute. In 1912 the..... More
William Collins, May 2022. Hardcover. 'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail'An unmissable read' Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who have borne arms..... More
University of Chicago Press, August 2015. Trade Paperback. It was a story so bizarre it defied belief: in April 1974, twenty-year-old newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst robbed a San Francisco bank in the company of members of the Symbionese Liberation Army--who had kidnapped her a mere nine weeks earlier. But the..... More
Cornell, 1975. Trade Paperback. Rubbing on covers; else, very good, tight. More
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
Anchor, March 1996. Trade Paperback. A book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great..... More
Random House Inc, August 1991. Trade Paperback. The best book to have been written about the Vietnam War (The New York Times Book Review); an instant classic straight from the front lines. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching..... More
Grand Central Publishing, September 2017. Paper Back. The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this..... More
Random House, May 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards in red cloth back. Remainder mark, light shelfwear; jacket chipped along edge, creased, with one closed tear. More
Vintage, April 2005. Trade Paperback. In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history. Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we..... More
Crown, November 1997. Hardcover. "I think the audio version brings a human touch..It permits me to communicate in a much more intimate fashion." --President Jimmy Carter For decades, President Jimmy Carter has been an avid student and teacher of the Bible. In recent years, the adult Sunday school classes he..... 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
Abingdon Press, January 1971. Hardcover. Octavo in tattered, edgeworn dustjacket with small tears and one not so small, two-inch rough tear at top of front panel. Textured black paper covered boards with dust stains and silver lettering. End pages have maps printed in black ink on salmon pink paper showing..... More
