Abrams Press, November 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. A based-on source for the Warner Bros. film Richard Jewell, starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser? "Meticulously reported, bracingly written, full of memorable and bizarre characters, the book casts a wary eye on the worlds of..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, March 2017. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE..... More
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, September 2014. Paper Back. In a Europe aflame with wars of religion and dynastic conflicts, Elizabeth I came to the throne of a realm encircled by menace. To the great Catholic powers of France and Spain, England was a heretic pariah state, a canker to be cut..... More
Oxford University Press, April 2014. Paper Back. The classical world and the masterpieces of its literature continue to fascinate readers and audiences throughout the media- from popular histories to the reworking of classical subject matters by contemporary poets, dramatists, and novelists. In this Very Short Introduction, William Allan explores what..... More
Yale University Press, January 1992. Trade Paperback. A history of the American military command structure, this book analyzes the tension between the joint teamwork demanded by modern combat and the traditions of service autonomy reinforced by competing ideas about land, sea and air warfare. More
Penguin Books, November 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. More
St. Martins, 1976. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. First in dustjacket. Beige cloth covered boards with gold lettering. [240]. More
Open Road Media, October 2015. Trade Paperback. A "highly entertaining history [of] global hustling, cola wars and the marketing savvy that carved a niche for Coke in the American social psyche" (Publishers Weekly). Secret Formula follows the colorful characters who turned a relic from the patent medicine era into a...... More
Oxford University Press, USA, January 1993. Hardcover. The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline..... More
Free Press, October 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. To be a rabble-rouser for peace may seem to be a contradiction in terms. And yet it is the perfect description for Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate and spiritual father of a democratic South Africa. Tutu understood that justice -- a genuine regard for..... More
Casemate, March 2008. Hardcover. A Mighty Fortress is the personal account of the Captain and crew of a lead bomber in the enormous formation raids made by the 8th Airforce during the last few months of the Second World War. It is an extraordinary tale of heroism and bravery on..... More
Oxford University Press, July 2015. Paper Back. Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2021. Paper Back. From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, "splendid" (The Washington Post) biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2021. Paper Back. From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, "splendid" (The Washington Post) biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man..... More
Easton Press, January 1987. Leather. Gilt-titled leather binding. Raised spine bands. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon marker. Both volumes unread, pristine condition. More
Simon & Schuster, September 1998. Trade Paperback. In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller "D-Day". Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of..... More
Alfred A Knopf, January 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Missing dustjacket. Half cloth. Salmon cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Turqoise boards. Spine sun lightened. Black tinted top stain and black end pages. First/first. [453pp.]. More
Gallery Books, November 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet sympathetic portrait of one of the most complex and enigmatic figures of our time: Charles, who has taken his place on the throne after being the oldest and..... More
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, January 2012. Oversize Softcover. In AD 79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under ash and rock. While Pompeii has been extensively chronicled, the remains of its sister city are less widely known. This study of Herculaneum is based on the..... More
HarperCollins Publishers, May 1985. Reprint. Paper Back. Continues the story begun in 'Medicine Woman,' recounting the author's apprenticeship to a Native American woman and shaman. Octavo. Moderate wear. Darkening of margins through text. 12th reprint. [203 pages]. More
Parallax Press, January 2023. Paper Back. The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh--icons who changed each other and the world The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend..... More
Bantam, August 1991. Mass Market PaperBack. A phenomenal #1 bestseller that has appeared on the "New York Times" bestseller list for nearly three years, this memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage..... More
Random House Inc, March 1997. Hardcover. In her first book of poetry since "Why Don't You Sing?" Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiography "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind. This memorable collection of..... More
Bantam, 1993. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. In this moving volume of poetry, we hear the multi-faceted voice of one of the most powerful and vibrant writers of..... More
Random House, April 2002. Book Club. Hardcover. The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou..... More
