The Open Water
Floating Island Publications, March 1982. Paper Back. Several pages wavy/damp-stained. More
Floating Island Publications, March 1982. Paper Back. Several pages wavy/damp-stained. More
Farrar, 1982, January 1982. Trade Paperback. More
Simon & Schuster, April 1991. Hardcover. Washington Post White House correspondent for the eight years of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the only writer to cover Reagan throughout his entire political career, Lou Cannon now offers the authoritative account of the most significant presidency since Franklin D. Roosevelt's. Includes an index..... More
HarperTorch, January 2009. Hardcover. "This engaging, wonderfully written narrative provides fresh insight into this complex woman. It is a triumph." --Doris Kearns Goodwin Catherine Clinton, author of the award-winning Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom, returns with Mrs. Lincoln, the first new biography in almost 20 years of Mary Todd..... More
Simon & Schuster, November 2003. Hardcover. ""We Are Lincoln Men"" examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in his presidency. Though Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintances and dozens of admirers, he had almost no intimate friends. Behind his mask of affability and endless..... More
Henry Holt & Co, February 1987. Hardcover. Fading to dust jacket. More
Viking Books, November 1999. Hardcover. From Thucydides' classic account of ancient Greek phalanx warfare to a blow-by-blow description of ground-fighting against the Iraqi forces during the Gulf War, The Book of War presents the face of battle over the course of more than 2,000 years. Acclaimed historian John Keegan brings..... More
Random House, March 1993. Hardcover. More
Free Press, October 2012. Hardcover. The remarkable story of nineteenth-century millionaire William Skinner, a leading founder of the American silk industry, who lost everything in a devastating flood--and his improbable, inspiring comeback to the pinnacle of the business world. The incredible story of nineteenth-century millionaire William Skinner, a leading founder..... More
Harcourt, June 1979. Hardcover. Chipping to one edge of dust jacket. More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 2004. Hardcover. Edmund Morgan, Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University, examines the history of the American colonies from the arrival of the first settlers to the American Revolution. Filled with illuminating discussions of American leaders, the book's range is extraordinary-from the sex lives of..... More
E. P. Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, June 1984. Hardcover. In her highly acclaimed debut novel, the bestselling author of Shelter introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history. Here is a stunning chronicle that begins with the Depression and ends with the Vietnam War..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, January 1998. Hardcover. Focusing on the crucial years between 1831 and 1842, Wilson's skillful analysis of the testimonies and writings of Lincoln's contemporaries reveals the individual behind the legends. We see Lincoln as a boy: not the dutiful son studying by firelight, but the stubborn rebel determined..... More
Oxford Univ Pr, September 1975. Paper Back. Light shelf wear and some stains to the cover. More
Simon & Schuster, June 1984. Hardcover. More
Oxford University Press, March 1985. Paper Back. Spine of cover is slightly shelf worn. More
Random House, February 1987. Hardcover. More
Viking Adult, January 1985. Hardcover. Small tears to dust jacket at top and bottom of the spine. More
Free Press, February 1999. Hardcover. Allen Ginsberg, Lionel and Diana Trilling, Lillian Hellman, Hannah Arendt, and Norman Mailer - all are ex-friends of Norman Podhoretz, the renowned editor and critic and leading member of the group of New York intellectuals who came to be known as "the Family." As only..... More
Random House (NY), March 1995. Hardcover. The award-winning author of Golden Days and The Rest Is Done With Mirrors now tells her life story and that of her family--one in which heavy drinking and, later, recreational drugs, were something of a family tradition. A fiercely funny and deeply empathetic book..... More
Henry Holt & Company, April 1999. Hardcover. In The Wild Darkness, Brodkey, who died of AIDS on January 26, 1996, examines his his passage from the ranks of the living to the fraternity of the dying with the same irony and lucidity he brought to his association with his acclaimed..... More
William Morrow & Company, October 1988. Hardcover. In 1984, Thurston Clarke set out to see the equator first hand. His expedition spanned three continents, countless interviews, and some of the hardest traveling imaginable. Three years later, he had completed one of the last great adventures on earth. More
Palgrave MacMillan, October 2007. Hardcover. In 1856 a struggling young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln entered the national limelight through his involvement in the Anderson case in Springfield, Illinois. Julie Fenster's narrative describes how the case revealed Lincoln's potential. More
Olympic Marketing Corp, September 1985. Hardcover. Shelf wear to jacket. More
New Millennium (GB), February 2004. Hardcover. More