PublicAffairs, May 2009. Hardcover. "There has never been," Nunberg writes, "an age as wary as ours of the tricks words can play, obscuring distinctions and smoothing over the corrugations of the actual world.... Yet as advertisers and marketers know, our mistrust of words doesn't inoculate us against them." These are..... More
Tess Press, January 1972. Hardcover. More
Simon & Schuster, September 2000. Trade Paperback. ENTER A GALLERY OF WIT AND WHIMSY As the largest and most dynamic collection of words ever assembled, the English language continues to expand. But as hundreds of new words are added annually, older ones are sacrificed. Now from the author of Forgotten..... More
Collier Books, December 1988. Trade Paperback. Nearly 400 of the most frequently mispronounced words are arranged alphabetically with witty, enlightening discourses on how each word has been spoken and misspoken. More
The Modern Library, 1945. Cloth. In dust jacket. Red cloth. Hinge starting to crack at title page. Top textblock edge is tinted black. [390 pages]. More
Free Press, July 2005. Hardcover. Have we always "sworn like sailors"? Has creative cursing developed because we can't just slug people when they make us angry? And if such verbal aggression is universal, why is it that some languages (Japanese, for instance) supposedly do not contain any nasty words? Throughout..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, November 1976. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in edgeworn, rubbed dustjacket. Front flap is not clipped. Tawny brown cloth covered boards. Gold lettering on spine. Boards bowed. Top textblock edge tinted rose red. Leaning spine. [434 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, January 1965. Paper Back. 12mo. Rubber stamped by a previous owner on front cover and again on half title page. Marginal wear with one solid bump/tear along spine near top. [149 pages]. More
Knopf, March 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first in dustjacket. Red cloth covered spine with silver lettering & off white paper covered boards with dark splotches at margins. [232 pages]. More
The Macmillan Company, 1922. Cloth. {5&1/4' x 7&1/2'} Dark green cloth covered with gold lettering on spine. Mild edgewear to boards. Previous owners' names in ink on front end pages and bizarrely one previous reader's name is written over Carl Van Doren's name on the title page. Jacket is missing..... More
Vintage, 1960. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Worn mass market paperback with foxing and dark stains. Mildly cocked spine. Previous owner's name in ink on half title page. Foxing /dust stains to textblock top edge and fore-edge. [263 pages plus ix Index]. More
Beacon Press, January 1967. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Clement Greenberg is, internationally, the best-known American art critic popularly considered to be the man who put American vanguard painting and sculpture on the world map. . . . An important book for everyone interested in modern painting and sculpture.--The New York Times..... More
Simon & Schuster, August 2022. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother--and how she retook..... More
One World, October 2021. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The lives of three women--transgender and cisgender--collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires in "one of the most celebrated novels of the year" (Time) "Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand."--Vulture..... More
Seven Stories Press, October 2021. Paper Back. WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE One of Annie Ernaux's most exciting and idiosyncratic works now in paperback for the first time. In this novel, which takes the form of journal entries made over the course of seven years, Annie Ernaux..... More
Seven Stories Press, June 2012. Paper Back. WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father..... More
Seven Stories Press, August 2003. Paper Back. WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book A deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality (Kirkus Reviews) Upon her mother's death from Alzheimer's, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey..... More
Smithsonian Books, November 2022. Hardcover. A bold look at the creative, controversial, and vibrant history of skateboarding, and the amazing skaters who continually reinvent it Skateboarding isn't just a recreational activity, but a professional sport, lifestyle, art form, and cultural phenomenon. The striking book Four Wheels and a Board captures..... More
Doubleday Books, November 2022. Hardcover. From the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposing once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence. "[An] absorbing narrative... Each key section of the book... unfolds like a compact mystery." (New..... More
Knopf Publishing Group, October 2022. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - Longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss..... More
Park Row, October 2022. Hardcover. Amber Tamblyn, Jessica Valenti, Lidia Yuknavitch, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby, Meredith Talusan, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Ada Limón, and Huma Abedin are among the impressive list of authors contributing to this powerful collection of essays that takes a fresh and powerful look..... More
Ecco, January 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South--and thus of America--by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration."..... More
Crown, December 2022. Hardcover. An urgent call to arms from the Ukrainian leader whose unwavering courage in the face of the Russian invasion has inspired the world and turned him overnight into a global beacon of democracy The words of a man. The message of a people. Bringing together a...... More
Ballantine Books, November 2022. Paper Back. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY - Two estranged siblings delve into their mother's hidden past--and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake--in this immersive family saga, "a character-driven, multigenerational story that's..... More
Pushkin Press, November 2022. Paper Back. "Truly a great book--unique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre... Bemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better." --Anthony Bourdain Acerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author..... More
