Random House, March 2022. Hardcover. An acclaimed writer goes searching for the truth about her wildly unconventional Southern family--and finds that our obsession with ancestors opens up new ways of seeing ourselves. "A roadmap for all of us who long to understand, at the deepest level, where we come from."--Dani..... More
William Morrow & Company, February 2004. Hardcover. Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant, the artistic community in England in the first half of the twentieth century was engaged in the bold experiment of refashioning not just their art, but their daily lives. They reinvented the home, challenging and rejecting the smug certainties..... More
Spiegel & Grau, February 2019. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - More than one million copies sold! A "brilliant" (Lupita Nyong'o, Time), "poignant" (Entertainment Weekly), "soul-nourishing" (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid "Noah's childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and..... More
World, January 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Cloth bound book in very good condition. Name in pen on the front free endpaper. Jacket has shelf wear, edge wear and some chipping. Mylar wrapped to preserve. More
The Hogarth Press, January 1987. Trade Paperback. More
Plume, March 1999. Trade Paperback. "Mother Ireland" includes seven essays seamlessly woven into an autobiographical tapestry. In her lyrical, sensuous voice, O'Brien describes growing up in rural County Clare, from her days in a convent school to her first kiss to her eventual migration to England. Weaving her own personal..... More
Walker & Co, January 1968. First American. Cloth. First/first (US) in price clipped dustjacket. Amber cloth with black & red lettering on spine. Previous owners' names inked front free end page along the gutter. Faded amber topstain. One stray ink mark along mildly tanned fore-edge. Also another similar stray mark..... More
Harpercollins Pub Ltd, March 1995. Trade Paperback. More
Riverhead Books, March 2022. Hardcover. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Remarkable." -Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review At once a rigorous work of scholarship and a radical act of empathy."--Esquire A ray of light into those isolated cocoons of darkness that, at one time or another, may afflict..... More
Riverhead Books, March 2022. Hardcover. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Remarkable." -Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review At once a rigorous work of scholarship and a radical act of empathy."--Esquire A ray of light into those isolated cocoons of darkness that, at one time or another, may afflict..... More
Ecco, October 2007. Cloth. On New Year's Day 1973, Joyce Carol Oates began keeping a journal, which she maintains to this day. Already a well-established literary force by the age of thirty-four, Oates had written three books that had been named finalists for the National Book Award (in 1968, 1969..... More
Crown Publishing Group (NY), March 2021. Trade Paperback. Now in paperback--the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions..... More
Harpercollins, October 1988. Trade Paperback. Balancing biographical and clinical evidence with psychological speculation, these ten delightful essays show how medical insights can illuminate and perhaps resolve certain literary problems. 10 illustrations. More
Mariner Books, June 1996. Trade Paperback. In this series of essays Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repression, Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, original sin to artificial intelligence. "Brimming..... More
Simon & Schuster, March 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. "Wearing blue jeans meant I was a local. The gray in my hair meant I'd been away. Word of my impending return spread throughout the county. Some stories would have me moving in with my folks because one of them was very..... More
Simon & Schuster, March 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. "Wearing blue jeans meant I was a local. The gray in my hair meant I'd been away. Word of my impending return spread throughout the county. Some stories would have me moving in with my folks because one of them was very..... More
Doubleday, January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Cover darkening especially along spine & margins. Dust stains & a few scattered dark spots to textblock edges. Light general wear and creasing. (187 pages plus 4 page list of available Anchor titles.). More
Harcourt Brace and World, New York, January 1968. First American. Hardcover. Shelfwear; previous owner's name; jacket sunned, torn and chipped. More
Knopf, March 1989. Hardcover. Here is Cynthia Ozick on writing in all its guises--as art, as communication, as culture. She shares essays on writers, on postmodernism, on translation, on Jewish literature, and on metaphor, one of the chief agents of our moral nature. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper..... More
Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, October 1981. First Thus. Paper Back. Seven of the most honored biographers of our time--Pulizer Prize winners Justin Kaplan and Barbara Tuchman, National Book Award recipient Theodore Rosengarten, and esteemed literary critics Leon Edel, Dorris Kearns, Geoffrey Wolff, and Alfred Kazin--examine the joys, limitations, and challenges..... More
Vintage, April 1978. Paper Back. Octavo paperback with previous owner's name inked inside first blank page. Volume One only of two volume set. Cover has hole punch and half inch tear at bottom edge. Darkening to margins and textblock edges. [351 pp.]. More
The History Press, May 2006. Trade Paperback. The dramatic life of a key Enlightenment figure, and France's greatest philosopher, Francois Marie Arouet (pen name Voltaire). More
Harbinger Book / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1958. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. Darkening to margins, rubbing and scuff marks. Previous owner's rubber stamped name top edge, verso of front cover and first inside page. Darkening to textblock edges. Darkening to margins of pages throughout text. [429 pages]. More
Harper, November 2021. Hardcover. The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. The elegance of Patchett's prose is seductive and inviting: with Patchett as a guide, readers will really get to grips with the power of struggles..... More
Harper, November 2021. Hardcover. The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. The elegance of Patchett's prose is seductive and inviting: with Patchett as a guide, readers will really get to grips with the power of struggles..... More
