Modern Library, August 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective to this..... More

Modern Library, October 1996. Hardcover. Taking its place next to Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood on the Modern Library bookshelf is this new and original edition of Capote's most famous short stories: "A Christmas Memory, " "One Christmas, " and "A Thanksgiving Memory." All three stories are distinguished..... More

Modern Library, January 1939. Cloth. In heavily chipped/edgeworn jacket with sunning. Darkened verso with list of 322 Modern Library titles. Front flap is not clipped. Tiny catalog number affixed to jacket spine & book spine. Grey discolored cloth covered boards with gold lettering in rectangular black fields on spine and..... More

Modern Library, June 1994. Hardcover. A matchless account of the Battle of Gettysburg, drawn from Shelby Foote's landmark history of the Civil War Shelby Foote's monumental three-part chronicle, The Civil War: A Narrative, was hailed by Walker Percy as "an unparalleled achievement, an American Iliad, a unique work uniting the..... More

Modern Library, July 2008. Hardcover. In this major new rendition by the acclaimed translator Julie Rose, Victor Hugo's tour de force, Les Misérables, is revealed in its full unabridged glory. A favorite of readers for nearly 150 years, and the basis for one of the most beloved stage musicals ever..... More

Modern Library College Editions, January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Four & 3/4-inch x Seven-inch. (3/4-inch wider than most mass markets. Large previous owner's rubber stamp verso of front wrapper cover. Creased cover. Darkened textblock pages. (577 pages plus a short one page Plato bibliography & 10 page list of Modern..... More