Penguin Books, 2017.
Paperback. An award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess
Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The.....
W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Paperback. On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, "All things are ready" and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely "at home" (the occupation listed on her death certificate), Dickinson's interior world was extraordinary.....
Knopf Publishing Group, 2021.
Hardcover. From the globally acclaimed, best-selling novelist and author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father.Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's.....
Harper, 2022.
Hardcover. A NYTBR Editor's Choice "This is a book of radical empathy, crossing many borders - not just borders that separate nations, but also borders of form, borders of meaning, and borders of possibility. It is powerful and humane and deserves to find a wide, wandering readership." --.....
Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
Paperback. A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander.In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into.....
Catapult, 2021.
Paperback. In this New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, the son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in a Native American marathon from Canada to Guatemala in this stunning memoir that moves to the rhythm of feet, labor, and.....
Mountaineers Books, 2019.
Paperback. National Geographic 2019 Adventurer of the Year "Beautiful and deftly written and intimate and searing in its honesty, Anish's is a quest to conquer the trail and her own inner darkness."-Foreword Reviews "Filled with ruminative self-reflection, soaring natural descriptions and delightful accounts of the gracious, life-sustaining.....
Mariner Books, 2021.
Paperback. One of the New York Times' 20 Books to Read in 2020"A tonic . . . Splendid . . . A respite . . . A summer cocktail of a book."--Washington Post"Unforgettable . . . Behind her brilliantly witty and uplifting message is a remarkable vulnerability.....
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Paperback. For a time, Nelson Algren was America's most famous author, lauded by the likes of Richard Wright and Ernest Hemingway. But at the height of his career, he abandoned fiction and fell into obscurity. Colin Asher's sublime biography of Algren unravels the enigma.....
Vintage, 2018.
Paperback. The biographer--so often in the shadows, kibitzing, casting doubt, proving facts--comes to the stage in this funny, poignant, endearing tale of how writers' lives get documented. James Atlas, the celebrated chronicler of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz, takes us back to his own childhood in suburban Chicago.....
Atria Books, 2019.
Hardcover. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove shares an irresistible and moving collection of heartfelt, humorous essays about fatherhood, providing his newborn son with the perspective and tools he'll need to make his way in the world.
Things My.....
Doubleday Books, 2022.
Hardcover. The inside story of the four years when Donald Trump went to war with Washington, from the chaotic beginning to the violent finale, told by revered journalists Peter Baker of The New York Times and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker--an ambitious and lasting history of.....
Vintage, 2011.
Paperback. Probing perhaps more deeply than ever before into American racial practices. --The NationBaldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also an appraisal of American racial politics. Offering an incisive look at racism in American movies and a vision of America's self-delusions and.....
Vintage, 2007.
Paperback. An extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seventies that displays James Baldwin's fury and despair more deeply than any of his other works, and powerfully speaks to contemporary conversations around racism.
It contains truth that cannot be denied." -- The Atlantic Monthly
In this stunningly.....
Vintage, 1992.
Paperback. Told with Baldwin's characteristically unflinching honesty, this collection of illuminating, deeply felt essays -- passionate, probing, controversial (The Atlantic) -- examines topics ranging from race relations in the United States to the role of the writer in society, and offers personal accounts of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer.....
Picador USA, 2021.
Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A riveting inside account of the unprecedented rise to power and unmatched political legacy of the first woman Speaker of the House, by award-winning journalist Molly Ball
Nancy Pelosi's opposition to Donald Trump has made her an icon of the Resistance.....
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Knopf Publishing Group, 2018.
Hardcover. From the internationally acclaimed and Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea and the Benjamin Black mysteries--a vividly evocative memoir that unfolds around the author's recollections, experience, and imaginings of Dublin.As much about the life of the city.....
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960.
First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in.
Memoir of Wyoming ranch hand Floyd Bard (1884-1962). Bard grew up in the saddle. His memoires include riding the roundup with nesters, roping wild horses and longhorn cattle on the open range.....
New York: William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2000.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.
Jacket description: Everything the public thinks it knows about the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) comes from law enforcement, Hollywood B-movies, tabloid exposes, or exaggerated "I was there" testimonials. In this work, quintessential Angel Sonny Barger.....
Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1988.
First Edition. Hardcover. Tommie Bass's wry stories, recollections, and classic southern recipes - among the 33 recipes included here are recipes for sawmill gravy, pumpkin butter, cornsilk tea, cornbread, pancakes, relish and pickles, sweet potatoes, vinegar pie, and squirrel or rabbit. The Bass.....
William Morrow & Company, 2021.
Hardcover. One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters--a group of unknown heroes whose.....
William Morrow & Company, 2022.
Paperback. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists.
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture.....
Pomegranate Communications, 2016.
Hardcover. Gustave Baumann (1881 1971) began his career as a commercial artist in Chicago. A craftsman by nature, in 1905 he turned his hand to traditional woodcut printmaking. Five years later he joined other artists in the hill country of Brown County, Indiana, where he pursued his.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this selection of reminiscences from Sylvia Beach's soon to be published memoir, Shakespeare and Company (1959), printed as a New Year's greeting for friends of the author and publisher. 4-7/8 x 7-3/4", pictorial paper over boards (cover.....
Callaway Arts & Entertainment, 2021.
Hardcover. The most anticipated book in more than a decade by the legendary band, The Beatles: Get Back is the official account of the creation of their final album, Let It Be, told in The Beatles' own words, illustrated with hundreds of previously unpublished images.....
