The Negro Novel in America
Yale University Press, January 1968. Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper; dampstained on rear; overall, a sturdy copy of an important study. More
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Random House Trade Paperbacks, February 2013. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE "Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate circumstances can find..... More
Pocket Rbg Wisdom: Supreme Quotes and Inspired Musings from Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hardie Grant Books, March 2019. Hardcover. Pocket Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wisdom is an inspired collection of some of the most empowering and impactful quotes from the powerhouse associate justice of the US Supreme Court. After a quarter century serving on the highest court in America and fighting tirelessly for gender..... More
The Americans: The Colonial Experience
Easton Press, January 1987. Novelty. Easton Press Leatherbound Collector's Edition, 1987; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy red leather boards w/ immaculate gilt design/text at front and rear covers, hubbed spine; Outer edge text-block in gilt, gently scuffed; Pages free of markings; Silk ribbon page marker present, undamaged; An excellent copy. More
The Americans: The Democratic Experience (Vintage)
Vintage, August 1974. Trade Paperback. More
Over the Beach: US Army Amphibious Operations in the Korean War
Dept. of the Army, December 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. This first edition has some very minor shelf wear on the cover. It is signed and dedicated by the author, Colonel Donald Boose Jr. to another U.S. Colonel. More
The City of London: A history
D. McKay Co, January 1978. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Whispering City: Rome and Its Histories
Yale University Press, April 2011. Hardcover. An accomplished Italianist looks beyond Rome's storied facades to offer insight into the many histories of one of the world's best-loved cities In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud claimed that Rome must be comprehended as "not a human dwelling place but a mental..... More
Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Grove Press, June 2013. Trade Paperback. From Mark Bowden, the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces, comes The Finish, a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With access to key sources, Bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground..... More
San Francisco's Presidio (CA) (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, July 2006. Trade Paperback. What was once home to the native tribe known as the Ohlone, and functioning as guardian of the San Francisco Bay under Spanish, Mexican, and American flags, the Presidio has served as outpost as well as cultural barometer of the vast changes this country..... More
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
Henry Holt & Company, September 2004. Hardcover. An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the..... More
Thirty Years of Shikar
William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First Edition. Cloth. Green cloth cover with mildly rubbed gold lettering on spine. Gold illustration of tiger with elephant & rider in background between gold lettered title & author's name on front board. Slight brush of wear to edges and raised lip at spine. Beautiful..... More
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
Simon & Schuster, January 2007. Trade Paperback. At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther..... More
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963
Simon & Schuster, November 1988. Hardcover. More
Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65
Simon & Schuster, January 1999. Trade Paperback. In "Pillar of Fire," the second volume of his "America in the King Years" trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, "Parting the Waters," won the Pulitzer Prize for History. "Pillar of Fire" covers the far-flung..... More
Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-65
Simon & Schuster, January 1998. Hardcover. In "Pillar of Fire", the second volume of his America in the King Years trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, "Parting the Waters", won the Pulitzer Prize for History. It is a monumental chronicle of a...... More
Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-65
Simon & Schuster, January 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. In "Pillar of Fire", the second volume of his America in the King Years trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, "Parting the Waters", won the Pulitzer Prize for History. It is a monumental chronicle..... More
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Anchor, September 2009. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A brilliant evocation of one of the greatest presidents in American history by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War "It may well be the best general biography of Franklin Roosevelt we will see for..... More
Milosevic: Portrait of a Tyrant
Free Press, November 1999. Hardcover. Who is Slobodan Milosevic? Is he the next Saddam Hussein, the leader of a renegade nation who will continue to torment the United States for years to come? Or is he the next Moammar Qaddafi, an international outcast silenced for good by a resolute American..... More
Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century [3 Volume Set: Vol. 1 the Structures of Everyday Life; Vol. 2 the Wheels of Commerce; Vol. 3 the Perspective of the World
Harper & Row Publishers, 1981/1982. First Edition. Cloth. {7' x 9'} Three volume set. First editions, all. In very good DJs. Front flaps are not clipped. Blind stamp with initial emblems of previous owners on front free end pages. Black cloth covered with gold lettering on spines. Tight binding at..... More
Development Of Religion And Thought In Ancient Egypt
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, January 2005. Trade Paperback. Just a few stray inked marks; minimal shelf wear. More
The public good: Philanthropy and welfare in the Civil War era (The Impact of the Civil War)
Knopf : distributed by Random House, January 1980. Hardcover. Shelf wear to jacket. Small tear at bottom corner of jacket. More
Sol Plaatje: A biography
Ravan, January 1984. Paper Back. Previous owner's address stamp inside half title page. More
Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642
Oxford University Press, June 1968. Trade Paperback. More
Murder of Tutankhamen
Berkley Publishing Group, March 1999. Trade Paperback. Tutankhamen lived through an extraordinarily turbulent time in ancient Egypt's history. Torn apart by revolution, Egyptian society was wracked by religious and political turmoil, as ambitious ministers with thwarted desires plotted secretly. Meanwhile the young king and his adored wife could not produce..... More
