Penguin (Non-Classics), October 1999. Trade Paperback. A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee Waiting for the Barbarians centers on the crisis of the conscience of the Magistrate--a loyal servant of the Empire working in a tiny frontier town, doing his best to ignore an inevitable war with the..... More
NYRB Classics, February 2018. Trade Paperback. A wealthy family tries--and fails--to seal themselves off from the chaos of post-World War II life surrounding them in this stunning novel by one of Germany's most important post-war writers. In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat and the Red..... More
Vintage, September 2008. Trade Paperback. Revised and Expanded With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a...... More
Vintage, 1997. Trade Paperback. "Lolita" tells the story of aging Hubert Humbert who has an obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet, Dolores Haze. It is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. All in all, "Lolita" is filled with awe..... More
Basic Books, November 2016. Trade Paperback. We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a "portion" is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables --..... More
Vintage, October 1997. Trade Paperback. "When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy". So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of..... More
Warner Books Inc, October 1999. Trade Paperback. More
Penguin Books, May 1985. Trade Paperback. More
Penguin Classics, May 2003. Trade Paperback. Austen's witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love..... More
Haymarket Books, October 2020. Trade Paperback. In 1971, Eddie Conway, Lieutenant of Security for the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party, was convicted of murdering a police officer and sentenced to life plus thirty years behind bars. Paul Coates was a community worker at the time and didn't know..... More
New York Review of Books, December 2020. Trade Paperback. A fantastic and philosophical vision of the apocalypse by one of the most striking Italian novelists of the twentieth century. From his solitary buen retiro in the mountains, the last man on earth drives to the capital Chrysopolis to see if..... More
Ballantine Books, October 1987. Mass Market PaperBack. Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister..... More
Penguin Books, January 1986. Mass Market PaperBack. Netochka Nezvanova - a 'Nameless Nobody' - tells the story of a childhood dominated by her stepfather, Efimov, a failed musician who believes he is a neglected genius. The young girl is strangely drawn to this drunken ruin of a man, who exploits..... More
Overlook Press, October 2012. Mass Market PaperBack. The #1 New York Times bestselling classic frontier adventure novel, with over two million copies in print True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots..... More
St. Martin's Griffin, January 2021. Oversize Softcover. The next cookbook from the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Hungry Girl brand! Lisa Lillien is back with her fastest and easiest recipes ever -- each one is ready in 30 minutes or less! With full-color photos of every recipe..... More
Wiley-Blackwell, May 2009. Trade Paperback. A timely volume that uses science fiction as a springboard to meaningful philosophical discussions, especially at points of contact between science fiction and new scientific developments. Raises questions and examines timely themes concerning the nature of the mind, time travel, artificial intelligence, neural enhancement, free..... More
Disc Us Books Inc, June 2001. Trade Paperback. Very minor shelf wear. Signed and dedicated on the title page. More
Mercer Univ Pr, June 1986. Trade Paperback. More
Oxford University Press, August 2017. Paper Back. In 1950s America, it was remarkably easy for police to arrest almost anyone for almost any reason. The criminal justice system-and especially the age-old law of vagrancy-played a key role not only in maintaining safety and order but also in enforcing conventional standards..... More
Applewood Books, January 2007. Trade Paperback. Written by Charles C. Jones, Jr., the 19th century's foremost historian of Georgia and former mayor of Savannah, The Dead Towns of Georgia is an insightful look into the history of Georgia through a detailed examination of towns that flourished and then faded away..... More
Simon & Schuster, July 2008. Trade Paperback. Bernard Cockburn is a beat reporter for the Omaha Weekly News-Telegraph. His boss has him chasing dead-end stories on real estate and county funding irregularities when he'd rather be working on that handful of neglected exposés in his bottom desk drawer -- or..... More
Headline Book Publishing, June 2000. Trade Paperback. This collector's edition contains three classic novels from Jennifer Johnston, one of Ireland's finest writers: "The Captains and the Kings, The Railway Station Man" and "Fool's Sanctuary." More
New World Library, September 2011. Paper Back. 'On Bicycles' is a manifesto about the myriad ways the new bike culture can change, and is changing, daily life in cities throughout the world. More
Penguin Books, October 2003. Trade Paperback. The true story of the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, the event which inspired Steven Spielberg's feature film The Post In 1971 former Cold War hard-liner Daniel Ellsberg made history by releasing the Pentagon Papers - a 7,000-page top-secret study of U.S. decision-making in..... More
