Beacon Press, May 2011. Trade Paperback. A lively history of Boston's emergence as a world-class city--home to the likes of Frederick Douglass and Alexander Graham Bell--by a beloved Bostonian historian "It's been quite a while since I've read anything--fiction or nonfiction--so enthralling."--Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 1998. Trade Paperback. I am always asked to explain what it felt like to grow up black under South Africa's system of legalized racism known as apartheid, and how I escaped from it and ended up in America. This book is the most thorough answer I...... More
W. W. Norton, September 2008. Trade Paperback. After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these guests, and human names for the animals, it's no..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, January 2023. Paper Back. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The official report by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, featuring an exclusive foreword on the state of American democracy by Congressman Adam Schiff On January 6, 2021, the..... More
Hachette Books, February 2023. Hardcover. **An Amazon EDITOR'S PICK for BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH (March 2023)** **A Bookshop.Org EDITOR'S PICK (March 2023)** "This is the story of one of the boldest women in American history: self-made millionaire, a celebrity in her era, a woman beloved by her patients and..... More
Little Brown & Co., January 1988. Hardcover. 3rd printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Previous owner inscription present at front free end-page; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good, mildly edge-worn w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy. More
Random House Inc, September 1993. Hardcover. Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this best-selling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to treasured..... More
Praeger Paperback, December 1984. Trade Paperback. Featuring documents of the period by participants such as Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, H. Rap Brown, Abbie Hoffman, and Robin Morgan, this volume brings together a wide range of material on one of the most turbulent decades in American history. The contributions are divided..... More
Victor Gollancz, January 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Solid binding, gently worn at spine; Green cloth boards gently edge-worn w/ mild scuffing and soiling present; Pages free of markings; A solid copy w/o jacket. More
Hachette Books, February 2023. Hardcover. **An Amazon EDITOR'S PICK for BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH (March 2023)** **A Bookshop.Org EDITOR'S PICK (March 2023)** "This is the story of one of the boldest women in American history: self-made millionaire, a celebrity in her era, a woman beloved by her patients and..... More
Pegasus Books, April 2023. Hardcover. The first-ever oral history of the attack that started the Civil War that combines illuminating historical narrative with intense first-hand accounts. On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops began firing on Fort Sumter, beginning the bloodiest conflict in American history. Since that time numerous historians have..... More
International Publishers / New World Paperbacks, January 1976. Reprint. Paper Back. The gripping, autobiographical story of the Spanish Civil War by the legendary Communist leader. Octavo with sun bleached spine and mild shelf wear. Previous owner's name. First paperback. Translated from the original Spanish edition, El Unico Camino, by La..... More
International Marine Publishing, May 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. An epic story of one man's devotion to the American cause In October 1776, four years before Benedict Arnold's treasonous attempt to hand control of the Hudson River to the British, his patch-work fleet on Lake Champlain was all that stood between..... More
Penguin Classics, August 1982. Mass Market PaperBack. Written more than a century ago by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister, and a leader of his people, this masterpiece is one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. Douglass. 1983..... More
Chronicle Books, September 2016. Hardcover. Beautiful watercolor portraits and illuminating essays from bestselling author and illustrator Ann Shen bring 100 legendary women to life in this powerful collection that celebrates the influential trailblazers who changed the rules for all who followed. Bad Girls Throughout History is an empowering book for..... More
Grove Press, March 2019. Hardcover. FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement--in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious..... More
Spiegel & Grau, October 2015. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF OPRAH'S "BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH" - NOW..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, March 2023. Paper Back. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - A prize-winning historian's "effervescent" (The New Yorker) account of a close-knit band of wildly famous American reporters who, in the run-up to World War II, took on dictators and rewrote the rules of modern journalism "High-speed..... More
Simon & Schuster, June 2017. Trade Paperback. The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the..... More
Vintage, January 1972. Mass Market PaperBack. More
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2012. Trade Paperback. In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monastery, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied..... More
Broadway, October 2006. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait--the bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic brings us the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt--it is..... More
Anchor, March 2011. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for..... More
Scribner, May 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 'Nixonland' is a new account of the Nixon era, from his 1968 election to his spectacular 1974 demise. 1st printing, numbered on copyright page;some shelf wear, light crease on bottom front dust jacket; some elf wear along top of front dust jacket; otherwise in..... More
Gadjah Mada Univ Pr, September 1996. Trade Paperback. Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege is the life story of an elite woman of color who lived within the social and economic systems of slavery and quasi-freedom in nineteenth-century Georgia. Antebellum Hancock County, Georgia, was a place where black slaves outnumbered..... More
