Vietnam An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975
William Collins. Trade Paperback. More
History
Well Satisfied with My Position: The Civil War Journal of Spencer Bonsall
Southern Illinois University Press, October 2007. Hardcover. Well Satisfied with My Position offers a first-person account of army life during the Civil War's Peninsula Campaign and Battle of Fredericksburg. Spencer Bonsall, who joined the 81st Pennsylvania Infantry as a hospital steward, kept a journal from March 1862 until March 1863..... More
White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President
New Press, August 2004. Hardcover. A book and CD set, the first collection that permits Americans to listen directly to their presidents as they speak not in the studied phrases of speeches but in the real heat of the moment, based on transcripts of the conversations The White House Tapes..... More
Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Penguin USA, 1985. Mass Market PaperBack. The story of Heloise and Abelard remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs." Mass market. Edgeworn and dust stained. Slightly cocked spine. [297 pages]. More
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance
Random House Trade Paperbacks, March 2022. Paper Back. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A sweeping, genre-bending "masterpiece" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity--from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé ONE..... More
How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe
Siland Press, August 2022. Paper Back. According to the mainstream Western narrative, Vladimir Putin is an insatiable, Hitler-like expansionist who invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked land grab. That story is incorrect. In reality, the United States and NATO bear much of the responsibility for the Ukraine crisis. Through a series..... More
History of Bangkok
Department of Corrections Press, 1987. Trade Paperback. More
King Deng, The Original Lost Boy of Sudan
Faith Books and More, June 2010. Hardcover. Since the mid-1980s, Sudan has been involved in civil war fueled by religious, ethnic, and regional strife. Thousands of children have experienced horrors and intense hardships beyond the scale of human understanding. They have been dubbed the Lost Boys of Sudan. Many, orphaned..... More
Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson: The White House Years
Simon & Schuster, October 1991. Hardcover. An unflinching portrait of the man, his presidency, his accomplishments, his thwarted ambitions, and the tragic consequences--by the man who served as his closest domestic advisor. Califano has written a book that will stand as one of the great backstage stories in American politics..... More
A man called Lucy; 1939-1945
Coward McCann, January 1967. First Edition. Cloth. First American Edition in heavily edgeworn, tattered, torn DJ with darkening and foxing & fingerprint stains to verso. Front flap is not clipped. Red end pages. Spine is leaning. Previous owner's address sticker affixed FFEP upper right corner. Slate blue cloth covered boards..... More
Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Grove Press, March 2021. Trade Paperback. A brilliantly conceived and vividly drawn story--Washington, D.C. on the eve of Abraham Lincoln's historic second inaugural address as the lens through which to understand all the complexities of the Civil War By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000..... More
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
W. W. Norton, September 2008. Trade Paperback. After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these guests, and human names for the animals, it's no..... More
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
W. W. Norton, September 2008. Trade Paperback. After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these guests, and human names for the animals, it's no..... More
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
W. W. Norton, September 2008. Trade Paperback. After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these guests, and human names for the animals, it's no..... More
The Education of Henry Adams
Modern Library, May 1999. Trade Paperback. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams, ' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.' His political ideals shaped by..... More
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (A166)
Doubleday Anchor, 1959. Mass Market PaperBack. Mild wear to cover. Previous owner's name inked top right corner half title page. Vertical crease on front cover at spine is tender. (455 pages plus six pages of Anchor titles available.). More
A Henry Adams Reader (Anchor A177)
Doubleday Anchor, 1959. Reprint. Paper Back. Mass market paperback with dust stains, soiling & a few stray scuff marks. Spine mildly darkened. [381 pages]. More
The Land and Literature of England: A Historical Account
W. W. Norton & Company, September 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. {6 & 1/4' x 9 1/2'] First edition. Complete number line. In heavily edgeworn DJ with tears small & medium, chipping & creasing. Burgundy cloth covered spine with gold lettering and tan paper covered boards. Previou reader's name in ink..... More
Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
Viking Books, September 2005. Hardcover. On October 21, 1805, as Britain's Royal Navy under the command of Horatio Nelson clashed with Napoleon's forces in an epic sea battle off the coast of Spain, the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Though the cost was high-and Nelson himself was killed-the..... More
White Paper Whitewash
Deep Cover Books, 1982. Paper Back. Octavo. Mild wear. Lightly sunned spine. More
Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam
Brookings Institution Press, March 2013. Hardcover. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States declared war on terrorism. More than ten years later, the results are decidedly mixed. Here world-renowned author, diplomat, and scholar Akbar Ahmed reveals an important yet largely ignored result of this war: in many..... More
Private Choices Public Consequences: A Discussion on Ethical Choices Using Gandhi's Seven Sins as Challenges & Guides
Ethics. Pamphlet. Heavy underlining, highlighting, and marginal notes throughout. More
Engineering the Revolution: Arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815
University of Chicago Press, April 2010. Trade Paperback. Engineering the Revolution documents the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the "technological life." Here, Ken Alder rewrites the history of the eighteenth century as the total..... More
Johnny Leber and the Confederate Major
Ashantilly Press, January 1962. Limited. Hardcover. Jacket has seperated at the front edge of the spine, it bears tears at the front cover, the lettering on its spine has faded to near-invisibility, and is quite brittle; however, nearly all the portions of the jacket are still present. The book's condition..... More
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Knopf, November 1998. Oversized Hardcover. In August 1914, days before the outbreak of World War I, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of..... More
