Random House Inc, April 2004. Trade Paperback. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - This magisterial and acclaimed history offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. "A tragic testimony to how..... More
Center of Military History, United States Army, January 1961. Hardcover. {7' x 10'} Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering, within red rectangle on spine. Gold eagle emblem stamped front board. Tightly bound. Maps affixed to rear pastedown. [813 pages]. More
Citadel, June 2000. Paper Back. More
Mariner Books, January 2023. Hardcover. "Gripping. ... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect, demonstrating how deeply the culture of violence has seeped into the social fabric of Amazonia -- and how hard it will be to eradicate." -- New York Times Book Review "A raw account of 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
Knopf, November 2014. Hardcover. From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence. For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in American. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11perception: that faith in general..... More
St Martin's Press, January 1970. Paper Back. Octavo. Foxing to edges. [318 pages]. More
Harper, November 2017. Hardcover. This is the story of two men, and the two decisions, that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson's entry into World War One and Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution. In April 1917 Woodrow Wilson, champion of American democracy but also segregation; advocate for free..... More
Harrington Associates, July 1996. Trade Paperback. More
Henry Holt & Company, May 2019. Hardcover. Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy..... More
Easton Press, 1989. First Edition. Leather. Navy blue leather bound with gold lettering and gold decorative panels front and rear cover. Gold textblock edges. Light scuff marks along fore-edge amidst the gilt. Bottom corners of pages 151 - 154 folded. Otherwise overall like new. Silk ribbon marker. Moire end pages..... More
Modern Library, May 2003. Paper Back. Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life. Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161-180). A series of spiritual..... More
University of Chicago Press, March 1995. Hardcover. Encamped within the limits of experience and authenticity, critics today stake out their positions according to race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, and vigilantly guard against any incursions into their privileged territory. In this book, Michael Awkward raids the borders of contemporary criticism..... More
Sterling, May 2006. Hardcover. A journey of exploration through history s great decisions and those who had the courage to make them.In brief, compelling, and inspiring vignettes, bestselling historian Alan Axelrod pinpoints and investigates the make-or-break event in the lives and careers of some of history s most significant figures..... More
Third World Press, February 2009. First Edition. Trade Paperback. White supremacy and its troubling endurance in American life is debated in these personal essays by two veteran political activists. Arguing that white supremacy has been the dominant political system in the United States since its earliest days--and that it is..... More
Beacon Press, September 2001. Hardcover. Bill Ayers was born in privilege and is today a highly respected educator and community activist. For ten years, he lived as a fugitive. Ayers's story of how a young pacifist came to help found one of the most radical political organizations in U.S. history..... More
David McKay, January 1964. Cloth. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Spine is ligthened by sun. Previous reader's name is in ink verso of front free end page. [207 pages]. More
William Morrow & Company, November 2017. Hardcover. NATIONAL BESTSELLER The "riveting" (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes "Enthralling. ... Gripping. ... A captivating and emotionally investing..... More
Three Rivers Press, January 2003. Trade Paperback. In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA's efforts to root out the world's deadliest terrorists, allowing..... More
UPNE, April 2016. Trade Paperback. History is right under our feet; we just need to dig a little to find it. Though not the most popular construction project, Boston's Big Dig has contributed more to our understanding and appreciation of the city's archaeological history than any other recent event. Joseph..... More
Discus Books, October 1974. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Holt Paperbacks, January 2023. Paper Back. Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atlanta despite national attention and outcry; they were all Black. James Baldwin investigated these murders, the Black administration in Atlanta, and Wayne Williams, the Black man tried for the..... More
Vintage, December 1992. Trade Paperback. A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences..... More
Beacon Press, September 2021. Trade Paperback. An essential compendium of James Baldwin's most powerful nonfiction work, calling on us "to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country." Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh..... More
Anchor, November 2013. Trade Paperback. A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book of the Year Nearly 140 years ago, in frontier California, photographer Eadweard Muybridge captured time with his camera and played it back on a flickering screen, inventing the breakthrough technology of moving pictures. Yet the visionary inventor Muybridge was also..... More
