Dover Publications, June 1973. Paper Back. Volume 2 of the most comprehensive, scholarly work on Osiris. Includes translations of numerous texts, reproductions of classical Egyptian art -- iconography, the Heaven of Osiris, liturgy, shrines and mysteries, funeral and burial practices, human sacrifice, judge of the dead, links between Osiris worship..... More
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, January 2006. Trade Paperback. A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick "A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly." --Zadie..... More
Vintage Books USA, January 1991. Trade Paperback. More
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, September 1998. Trade Paperback. With an introduction by Jerry W. Ward, Jr. "Black Boy" is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming off..... More
Harper Perennial, September 1998. Trade Paperback. Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class division in America, this powerful novel reflects the forces of poverty, injustice, and hopelessness that continue to shape our society. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for..... More
University Of Chicago Press, December 1992. Trade Paperback. To write this history of the imagination, Le Goff has recreated the mental structures of medieval men and women by analyzing the images of man as microcosm and the Church as mystical body; the symbols of power such as flags and oriflammes;..... More
Element Books, June 1993. Trade Paperback. More
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, January 2005. Trade Paperback. Just a few stray inked marks; minimal shelf wear. More
Penguin Press, May 2022. Hardcover. "This is rich, florid, funny history, with undertones of human grief . . . Knight is shrewd and perceptive . . . [he] pushes his material into neurobiology, into the nature of placebos and expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies . . . Knight's book is crisp."..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, June 2022. Paper Back. The Great Escape for the Great War: the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR(R) AWARD - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF..... More
E. P. Dutton, July 1981. First Thus. Paper Back. Quarto. First paperback edition. Complete number string. Light user wear. A bit dog-eared top corner. [90 pages]. More
Random House (NY), October 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history's towering leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of "the Greatest Generation." In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the..... More
Crown, November 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. In this moving, wide-ranging, and intensely personal collection of poems - his first - President Jimmy Carter opens to us his very private and reflective world. Always a Reckoning is sparked with wry and sometimes bitter humor, warmed with tenderness, and glowing with an intense..... More
Bantam Books (Mm), October 1982. Reprint. Cloth. Jacket is quite chipped. and edge worn. Book is clean and solid. Signed by Jimmy Carter on title page. More
Hurst, December 2018. Trade Paperback. Lisbon's charm is legendary, but its vibrant 2,000-year history is not widely known, from its Roman legacy to its centuries under Moorish rule. Its journey from port town to Portugal's capital was not always smooth sailing--in 1755 the city was devastated by the largest earthquake..... More
Basic Books (AZ), June 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. The 1925 Scopes Trial marked a watershed in our national relationship between science and religion and has had tremendous impact on our culture ever since, even inspiring the play and movie, both titled "Inherit the Wind." In addition to symbolizing the evolutionist..... More
Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, November 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" "You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins..... More
Mariner Books, June 2022. Hardcover. Fast-paced and highly absorbing. --Wall Street Journal A magisterial dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders, who triumphed at the Battle of Little Bighorn and led Sioux resistance in the fierce final chapter of the..... More
Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co, October 1981. Reprint. Paper Back. This best-selling book is a look at Minnesota's history as told through the letters, diaries and photographs of people who lived it. You'll find actual letters, journal entries, photos and more woven into a marvelous documentary of Minnesota. Discover what..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, April 1998. Hardcover. Dallek takes us through Johnson's tumultuous years in the White House, his unprecedented accomplishments there, and the tragic war that would be his downfall. Drawing on hundreds of newly released tapes and extensive interviews with those closest to LBJ - including fresh insights..... More
Viking Adult, April 2011. Hardcover. Selected by "The New York Times Book Review" as a Notable Book of the Year Years in the making-the definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figure in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly..... More
Metropolitan Books, April 2014. Hardcover. From the author of A People's Tragedy, an original reading of the Russian Revolution, examining it not as a single event but as a hundred-year cycle of violence in pursuit of utopian dreams In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new..... More
Viking Books, September 2010. Hardcover. A leading historian re-creates the final hours of peace in Europe. On August 24, 1939, the world held its collective breath as Hitler and Stalin signed the now infamous nonaggression pact, signaling an imminent invasion of Poland and daring Western Europe to respond. In this..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 1991. Hardcover. An unflinching portrait of the man, his presidency, his accomplishments, his thwarted ambitions, and the tragic consequences--by the man who served as his closest domestic advisor. Califano has written a book that will stand as one of the great backstage stories in American politics..... More
