| Search | About | Preferences | Interact | Help | |
| 150 million books. 1 search engine. | ||
books tagged “history”
books tagged “history”
›› Find signed collectible books by ''
-
American Tabloid : A Novelby James EllroyISBN 0449000907 (0-449-00090-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'American Tabloid : A Novel'Book summary:We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination--in the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C. . . .
Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, Cuban political exiles, and various loose cannons conspire in a covert anarchy . . .
Where the right drugs, the right amount of cash, the right murder, buys a moment of a man's loyalty . . .
Where three renegade law-enforcement officers--a former L.A. cop and two FBI agents--are shaping events with the virulence of their greed and hatred, riding full-blast shotgun into history. . . .
James Ellroy's trademark nothing-spared rendering of reality, blistering language, and relentless narrative pace are here in electrifying abundance, put to work in a novel as shocking and daring as anything he's written: a secret history that zeroes in on a time still shrouded in secrets and blows it wide open. [via]More editions of American Tabloid : A Novel:
-
American Way of Deathby Jessica Mitford, Isabelle MitfordISBN 0449215067 (0-449-21506-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'American Way of Death'Book summary:Before the turn of the century, the American funeral was simple "to the point of starkness," says Jessica Mitford, the acclaimed muckraking journalist who published this investigation of the country's funeral business in 1963. That the country went on to develop a tendency for gross overspending on funerals Mitford puts down to the greed and ingenuity of undertakers, whom she regards as salesmen guilty of pressuring families into agreeing to their excessive standards for burial. Mitford, who died recently, delivers facts and criticism in a forthright and humorous manner. She would certainly appreciate that her assessment of the American way of death endures after her own passing. [via]
More editions of American Way of Death:
Anne of Avonleaby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0448025442 (0-448-02544-2)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Avonlea'More editions of Anne of Avonlea:
-
Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. Montgomery, Jody LeeISBN 0448060302 (0-448-06030-2)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
More editions of Anne of Green Gables:
- Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0439295777 (0-439-29577-7)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0440227879 (0-440-22787-9)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0448074303 (0-448-07430-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0451521129 (0-451-52112-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0448060302 (0-448-06030-2)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
- Anne of Green Gables: ISBN 0439295777 (0-439-29577-7)
![[???]: Arabian Nights](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0448169843.01._SL160_SCLZZZZZZZ__.jpg "[???]: Arabian Nights")
Arabian NightsISBN 0448169843 (0-448-16984-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
Find This BookMore editions of Arabian Nights:
-
Arabian Nightsby Earle GoodenowISBN 044806006X (0-448-06006-X)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:A selection of thirteen tales told by Scheherazade in the Arabian Nights which enchanted the cruel sultan so much that he gave up executing his daily wives.[via]More editions of Arabian Nights:
Best Evidence : Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedyby David S. LiftonISBN 0451175735 (0-451-17573-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Best Evidence : Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy'More editions of Best Evidence : Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy:
The Black Arrowby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0440403596 (0-440-40359-6)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Arrow'More editions of The Black Arrow:
Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikazeby M. G. SheftallISBN 0451218523 (0-451-21852-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze'More editions of Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze:
Bravo Two Zeroby Andy McNabISBN 0440218802 (0-440-21880-2)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Bravo Two Zero'More editions of Bravo Two Zero:
-
Compact History of the Civil Warby R. Ernest Dupuy, Trevor N. DupuyISBN 0446394327 (0-446-39432-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Compact History of the Civil War'Book summary:Two of America's most esteemed military historians present a concise, fascinating one-volume encyclopedia of the Civil War which covers all the important aspects of the War from the brilliant campaigns and strategies to the mistakes that cost the South the war. Includes portraits of the great leaders. [via]
More editions of Compact History of the Civil War:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 0451523539 (0-451-52353-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press. [via]
More editions of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court:
The Deerslayerby James Fenimore CooperISBN 0451524845 (0-451-52484-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Deerslayer'More editions of The Deerslayer:
-
Dude, Where's My Country?by Michael MooreISBN 0446693790 (0-446-69379-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Dude, Where's My Country?'Book summary:The people of the United States, according to author and filmmaker Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Stupid White Men), have been hoodwinked. Tricked, he says, by Republican lawmakers and their wealthy corporate pals who use a combination of concocted bogeymen and lies to stay rich and in control. But while plenty of liberal scholars, entertainers, and pundits have made similar arguments in book form, Moore's Dude, Where's My Country? stands out for its thoroughly positive perspective. Granted, Moore is angry and has harsh words for George W. Bush and his fellow conservatives concerning the reasoning behind going to war in Iraq, the collapse of Enron and other companies, and the relationship between the Bushes, the Saudi Arabian government, and Osama bin Laden. But his book is intended to serve as a handbook for how people with liberal opinions (which is most of America, Moore contends, whether they call themselves "liberals" or not) can take back their country from the conservative forces in power. Moore uses his trademark brand of confrontational, exasperated humor skillfully as he offers a primer on how to change the worldview of one's annoying conservative blowhard brother-in-law, and he crafts a surprisingly thorough "Draft Oprah for President" movement. Refreshingly, Dude, Where's My Country? avoids being completely one-sided, offering up areas where Moore believes Republicans get it right as well as some cutting criticisms of his fellow lefties. Such allowances, brief though they may be, make one long for a political climate where the shouting polemicists on both sides would see a few more shades of gray. Dude, Where's My Country? is a little bit scattered, as Moore tries to cram opinions on Iraq, tax cuts, corporate welfare, Wesley Clark, and the Patriot Act into one slim volume--and the penchant to go for a laugh sometimes gets in the way of clear arguments. But such variety also gives the reader more Moore, providing a broader range of his bewildered, enraged, yet stalwartly upbeat point of view. --John Moe [via]
More editions of Dude, Where's My Country?:
Emperor: The Death of Kingsby Conn IgguldenISBN 0440240956 (0-440-24095-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Emperor: The Death of Kings'More editions of Emperor: The Death of Kings:
-
The Executioner's Songby Norman MailerISBN 0446345210 (0-446-34521-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Executioner's Song'Book summary:The Executioner's Song is a work of unprecedented force. It is the true story of Gary Gilmore, who in 1977 became the first person executed in the United States since the reinstitution of the death penalty. Gilmore, a violent yet articulate man who chose not to fight his death-penalty sentence, touched off a national debate about capital punishment. He allowed Norman Mailer and researcher Lawrence Schiller complete access to his story. Mailer took the material and produced an immense book with a dry, unwavering voice and meticulous attention to detail on Gilmore's life--particularly his relationship with Nicole Baker, whom Gilmore claims to have killed. What unfolds is a powerful drama, a distorted love affair, and a chilling look into the mind of a murderer in his countdown with a firing squad. [via]
-
Flashman's Ladyby George MacDonald FraserISBN 0451116607 (0-451-11660-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Flashman's Lady'Book summary:Volume VI of THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1842-45, reissued in B format paperback, in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of Flashman. [via]
More editions of Flashman's Lady:
-
The Girls Who Chased Away Sorrow : The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girlby Ann TurnerISBN 0439555396 (0-439-55539-6)
Hardcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girls Who Chased Away Sorrow : The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl'Book summary:In her first book for the Dear America series, acclaimed historical fiction writer Ann Turner brings readers the deeply affecting story of a Navajo girl on the Long Walk. [via]
More editions of The Girls Who Chased Away Sorrow : The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl:
-
Glass Teatby Harlan EllisonISBN 0441289886 (0-441-28988-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Glass Teat'More editions of Glass Teat:
God Is Redby Vine DeloriaISBN 0440330440 (0-440-33044-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'God Is Red'
Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts 2006by Scott Flatow, David NemecISBN 0451220927 (0-451-22092-7)
Softcover, Signet
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Baseball Feats, Facts, & Firsts 2007'More editions of Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts 2006:
Great Baseball Feats, Facts And Firstsby David NemecISBN 0451161246 (0-451-16124-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Baseball Feats, Facts And Firsts'More editions of Great Baseball Feats, Facts And Firsts:
- Great Baseball Feats, Facts And Firsts: ISBN 0451183428 (0-451-18342-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts: ISBN 0451191501 (0-451-19150-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts 2001: ISBN 0451204042 (0-451-20404-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts (2002): ISBN 0451205715 (0-451-20571-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Great Baseball Feats, Facts And Firsts: ISBN 0451209060 (0-451-20906-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts : 2004 Edition: ISBN 0451212592 (0-451-21259-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - Great Baseball Feats, Facts And Firsts: ISBN 0451161246 (0-451-16124-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library
- Great Baseball Feats, Facts And Firsts: ISBN 0451183428 (0-451-18342-8)
-
The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor HugoISBN 0440226759 (0-440-22675-9)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunchback of Notre- Dame'Book summary:The tale of a hunchback who fights to save the life of the gypsy girl, Esmeralda. [via]
If You Were at the First Thanksgivingby Anne Kamma, Bert DodsonISBN 0439105668 (0-439-10566-8)
Softcover, Scholastic
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'If You Were at the First Thanksgiving'More editions of If You Were at the First Thanksgiving:
In Search of Historyby Theodore Harold WhiteISBN 0446346578 (0-446-34657-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of History'More editions of In Search of History:
Jamestown: New World Adventureby James Knight, David WenzelISBN 043963587X (0-439-63587-X)
Softcover, Scholastic
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Jamestown: New World Adventure'More editions of Jamestown: New World Adventure:
-
John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasureby John ClelandISBN 0440055555 (0-440-05555-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'Book summary:She was a homeless orphan of 15, resolved to make her fortune in London. Abandoned by her chaperone, destitute and friendless, the inexperienced country maid was taken in by Madam Brown. And thus began, as she has told us, "...the loose part of my life, wrote with the same liberty that I led it." [via]
More editions of John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure:
-
Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0440406951 (0-440-40695-1)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
The Kind of Motion We Call Heat: A History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in the 19th Century Book 1, Physics and the Atomistsby Stephen G. BrushISBN 0444870091 (0-444-87009-1)
Softcover, North-Holland
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kind of Motion We Call Heat: A History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in the 19th Century Book 2, Statistical Physics and Irreversible Process'More editions of The Kind of Motion We Call Heat: A History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in the 19th Century Book 1, Physics and the Atomists:
- The Kind of Motion We Call Heat: A History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in the 19th Century Book 1, Physics and the Atomists: ISBN 0444870083 (0-444-87008-3)
Softcover, Elsevier Science Ltd - The Kind of Motion We Call Heat: A History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in the 19th Century Book 2, Statistical Physics and Irreversible Process: ISBN 0444870091 (0-444-87009-1)
Softcover, North-Holland
- The Kind of Motion We Call Heat: A History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in the 19th Century Book 1, Physics and the Atomists: ISBN 0444870083 (0-444-87008-3)
-
King Learby William ShakespeareISBN 0451519388 (0-451-51938-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) [via]
More editions of King Lear:
-
L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gablesby Jennifer Dussling, Lydia HalversonISBN 0448424592 (0-448-42459-2)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
More editions of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables:
The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Dayby Susan Jellicoe, Geoffrey JellicoeISBN 0442245653 (0-442-24565-3)
Softcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day'More editions of The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day:
-
Lewis and Clarkby George SullivanISBN 0439147492 (0-439-14749-2)
Hardcover, Scholastic
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Lewis and Clark'Book summary:Recounts the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness, placing it in its historical context. [via]
More editions of Lewis and Clark:
-
Life Through the Agesby Giovanni CaselliISBN 0448189968 (0-448-18996-8)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Life Through the Ages'Book summary:Presents in brief text and illustrations an overview of western history from prehistory to the present day. [via]
More editions of Life Through the Ages:
-
A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jamichael Henterly, Stephen ArmesISBN 0448409496 (0-448-40949-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe'Book summary:Here is a classic tale of a girl's transformation from riches to rags and back to riches again, repackaged with an introduction by E.L. Konigsburg, the Newbery Medal-winning author of The View from Saturday. [via]
More editions of A Little Princess:
- A Little Princess: ISBN 0439101379 (0-439-10137-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - A Little Princess: ISBN 0440403863 (0-440-40386-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - A Little Princess: ISBN 0440447674 (0-440-44767-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - A Little Princess: ISBN 0448092999 (0-448-09299-9)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - A Little Princess: ISBN 0448400839 (0-448-40083-9)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe: ISBN 0448409496 (0-448-40949-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- A Little Princess: ISBN 0439101379 (0-439-10137-9)
-
Looking Backward, 2000-1887by Edward Bellamy, Erich FrommISBN 0451524128 (0-451-52412-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Backward, 2000-1887'Book summary:Originally published in 1888, Looking Backward is Edward Bellamy's most famous work. The story revolves around Julian West, a man who falls asleep near the end of the 19th century and wakes up in the year 2000. During the time he slept, the United States became a socialist utopia. The majority of the book is a vehicle for Bellamy to expound upon his ideas about societal improvement. Americans in his year 2000 work fewer hours, retire early, and receive all they need from the government. Entertaining and oddly prophetic in some ways, Bellamy's vision of the future from the perspective of the late 19th century is highly engaging. American author EDWARD BELLAMY (1850-1898) also wrote Dr. Heidenhoff's Process (1880), Equality (1897), and The Duke of Stockbridge (1900). [via]
More editions of Looking Backward, 2000-1887:
-
Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 0451521358 (0-451-52135-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. It also contains comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of "Macbeth", then and now. [via]
-
Memoirsby Richard Milhous NixonISBN 0448143747 (0-448-14374-7)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs'Book summary:DJ missing. Small spot on bottom and side page ends. No markings. [via]
More editions of Memoirs:
Memoirs of Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 0451524187 (0-451-52418-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of Fanny Hill'More editions of Memoirs of Fanny Hill:
-
Memoirs of Richard Nixonby Richard NixonISBN 0446932590 (0-446-93259-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of Richard Nixon'More editions of Memoirs of Richard Nixon:
-
Mexicoby James A. MichenerISBN 0449221873 (0-449-22187-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Mexico'Book summary:"Astounding...Fast-moving, Intriguing...James Michener is back in huge, familiar form with MEXICO."
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
Here is the story of an American journalist who travels to Mexico to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, but who is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his Mexican ancestors. From the brutality and brilliance of the ancients, to the iron fist of the invading Spaniards, to the modern-day Mexicans battling through dust and bloodshed to build a nation upon the ashes of revolution, James Michener weaves it all into an epic human story that ranks with the best of his beloved, bestselling novels.
A MAIN SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB [via]More editions of Mexico:
-
Napoleon's Glands: And Other Ventures in Biohistoryby Arno KarlenISBN 0446329738 (0-446-32973-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Napoleon's Glands: And Other Ventures in Biohistory'Book summary:This book is in good condition! RustyRiver offers fast daily shipping and 100% customer satisfaction GUARANTEED! [via]
More editions of Napoleon's Glands: And Other Ventures in Biohistory:
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Sonby James BaldwinISBN 0440364353 (0-440-36435-3)
Hardcover, Dell Pub Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son'More editions of Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son:
-
October Sky: A Memoirby Homer HickamISBN 0440235502 (0-440-23550-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'October Sky: A Memoir'Book summary:Inspired by Werner von Braun and his Cape Canaveral team, 14-year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets. They were his ticket out of Coalwood, West Virginia, a mining town that everyone knew was dying--everyone except Sonny's father, the mine superintendent and a company man so dedicated that his family rarely saw him. Hickam's smart, iconoclastic mother wanted her son to become something more than a miner and, along with a female science teacher, encouraged the efforts of his grandiosely named Big Creek Missile Agency. He grew up to be a NASA engineer and his memoir of the bumpy ride toward a gold medal at the National Science Fair in 1960--an unprecedented honor for a miner's kid--is rich in humor as well as warm sentiment. Hickam vividly evokes a world of close communal ties in which a storekeeper who sold him saltpeter warned, "Listen, rocket boy. This stuff can blow you to kingdom come." Hickam is candid about the deep disagreements and tensions in his parents' marriage, even as he movingly depicts their quiet loyalty to each other. The portrait of his ultimately successful campaign to win his aloof father's respect is equally affecting. --Wendy Smith [via]
More editions of October Sky: A Memoir:
Ordeal by Sea: The Tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolisby Thomas HelmISBN 0451204476 (0-451-20447-6)
Softcover, Signet
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ordeal by Sea: The Tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis'More editions of Ordeal by Sea: The Tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis:
-
Our Literary Heritage: A Pictorial History of the Writer in Americaby Van Wyck Brooks, Otto BettmannISBN 044822061X (0-448-22061-X)
Hardcover
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Our Literary Heritage: A Pictorial History of the Writer in America'Book summary:A Pictorial history of the writer in America, with more than 500 illustrations. [via]
More editions of Our Literary Heritage: A Pictorial History of the Writer in America:
-
Out Of The Dustby Karen HesseISBN 0439771277 (0-439-77127-7)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Out Of The Dust'Book summary:Like the Oklahoma dust bowl from which she came, 14-year-old narrator Billie Jo writes in sparse, free-floating verse. In this compelling, immediate journal, Billie Jo reveals the grim domestic realities of living during the years of constant dust storms: That hopes--like the crops--blow away in the night like skittering tumbleweeds. That trucks, tractors, even Billie Jo's beloved piano, can suddenly be buried beneath drifts of dust. Perhaps swallowing all that grit is what gives Billie Jo--our strong, endearing, rough-cut heroine--the stoic courage to face the death of her mother after a hideous accident that also leaves her piano-playing hands in pain and permanently scarred.
Meanwhile, Billie Jo's silent, windblown father is literally decaying with grief and skin cancer before her very eyes. When she decides to flee the lingering ghosts and dust of her homestead and jump a train west, she discovers a simple but profound truth about herself and her plight. There are no tight, sentimental endings here--just a steady ember of hope that brightens Karen Hesse's exquisitely written and mournful tale. Hesse won the 1998 Newbery Award for this elegantly crafted, gut-wrenching novel, and her fans won't want to miss The Music of Dolphins or Letters from Rifka. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson [via]
More editions of Out Of The Dust:
-
Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans Von Luckby Hans Von LuckISBN 0440208025 (0-440-20802-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans Von Luck'Book summary:A stunning look at World War II from the other side...
From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Poland, Belgium, Normandy on D-Day, the disastrous Russian front--von Luck fought there with some of the best soldiers in the world. German soldiers.
Awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Knight's Cross, von Luck writes as an officer and a gentleman. Told with the vivid detail of an impassioned eyewitness, his rare and moving memoir has become a classic in the literature of World War II, a first-person chronicle of the glory--and the inevitable tragedy--of a superb soldier fighting Hitler's war. [via]More editions of Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans Von Luck:
Ra Expeditionsby Thor HeyerdahlISBN 0451051211 (0-451-05121-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ra Expeditions'More editions of Ra Expeditions:
-
Rascals in Paradiseby James A. MichenerISBN 0449214591 (0-449-21459-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Rascals in Paradise'Book summary:The fascinating stories of adventurous men who sailed the South Seas
Some craved power, some craved peace, others merely surrendered to fate.
Sam Comstock -- A sailor crazed by the South Sea Islands and driven to lead the ruthless mutiny. He envisioned himself a magnificent ruler -- but his dream became a nightmare.
Will Mariner -- A golden-haired youth whose ship was captured by hostile natives. He was the sole survivor and his charm turned his captor into slaves.
Captain Bligh -- Was he the infamous captain of the Bounty, the monster legend had made him? Here is the true story of Captain Bligh.
Rascals In Paradise
They searched for adventure in the most dazzling places on earth. [via]More editions of Rascals in Paradise:
The Road to Arnhem: A Screaming Eagle in Hollandby Donald R. BurgettISBN 0440236339 (0-440-23633-9)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road to Arnhem: A Screaming Eagle in Holland'More editions of The Road to Arnhem: A Screaming Eagle in Holland:
Savages and Civilization: Who Will Survive?by J. McIver WeatherfordISBN 0449909573 (0-449-90957-3)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Savages and Civilization: Who Will Survive?'More editions of Savages and Civilization: Who Will Survive?:
-
The Secret History : A Novelby Donna TarttISBN 0449911519 (0-449-91151-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret History : A Novel'Book summary:"Powerful...Enthrallling...A ferociously well-paced entertainment."THE NEW YORK TIMESRichard Papen arrived at Hampden College in New England and was quickly seduced by an elite group of five students, all Greek scholars, all worldly, self-assured, and, at first glance, all highly unapproachable. As Richard is drawn into their inner circle, he learns a terrifying secret that binds them to one another...a secret about an incident in the woods in the dead of night where an ancient rite was brought to brutal life...and led to a gruesome death. And that was just the beginning...."A smart, craftsman-like, viscerally compelling novel."TIMESelected by the Book-of-the-Month ClubA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKFrom the Paperback edition. [via]
More editions of The Secret History : A Novel:
The Secret History of the Pink Carnationby Lauren WilligISBN 045121742X (0-451-21742-X)
Softcover, New Amer Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret History of the Pink Carnation'More editions of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation:
Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Upby Leo DamoreISBN 044020416X (0-440-20416-X)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up'More editions of Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up:
-
Sharpes Goldby Bernard CornwellISBN 0451213416 (0-451-21341-6)
Softcover, Signet
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Sharpes Gold'Book summary:[via]With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing itand it means turning against his own men.
More editions of Sharpes Gold:
Silent Springby Rachel CarsonISBN 0449200795 (0-449-20079-5)
Hardcover, Fawcett Crest
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Silent Spring'More editions of Silent Spring:
Silent Springby Rachel Louise CarsonISBN 0449209385 (0-449-20938-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Silent Spring'More editions of Silent Spring:
Silverlockby John Myers MyersISBN 0441012477 (0-441-01247-7)
Softcover, Ace Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Silverlock'
Slouching Toward Bethlehemby Joan DidionISBN 0440080274 (0-440-08027-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Slouching Toward Bethlehem'More editions of Slouching Toward Bethlehem:
Spaceby James A. MichenerISBN 0449203794 (0-449-20379-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Space'More editions of Space:
-
Survivors: True Stories Of Children In The Holocaustby Allan Zullo, Mara BovsunISBN 0439669960 (0-439-66996-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Survivors: True Stories Of Children In The Holocaust'Book summary:Gripping and inspiring, these true stories of bravery, terror, and hope chronicle nine different children's experiences during the Holocaust.[via]
These are the true-life accounts of nine Jewish boys and girls whose lives spiraled into danger and fear as the Holocaust overtook Europe. In a time of great horror, these children each found a way to make it through the nightmare of war. Some made daring escapes into the unknown, others disguised their true identities, and many witnessed unimaginable horrors. But what they all shared was the unshakable belief in-- and hope for-- survival.
Their legacy of courage in the face of hatred will move you, captivate you, and, ultimately, inspire you.More editions of Survivors: True Stories Of Children In The Holocaust:
Ten Kings and the Worlds They Ruledby Milton Meltzer, Bethanne AndersenISBN 0439312930 (0-439-31293-0)
Hardcover, Scholastic
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ten Kings and the Worlds They Ruled'More editions of Ten Kings and the Worlds They Ruled:
-
The Tragedy of King Learby William Shakspeare, Russell FraserISBN 0451524101 (0-451-52410-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
More editions of The Tragedy of King Lear:
Ugly Americanby William J. LedererISBN 0449215261 (0-449-21526-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ugly American'More editions of Ugly American:
-
Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"by Henry David ThoreauISBN 0451523776 (0-451-52377-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"'Book summary:A philosophy of life and observations on government included in these famous books. [via]
More editions of Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience":
What I Saw at the Revolution : A Political Life in the Reagan Eraby Peggy NoonanISBN 0449001008 (0-449-00100-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'What I Saw at the Revolution : A Political Life in the Reagan Era'More editions of What I Saw at the Revolution : A Political Life in the Reagan Era:
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbitby Judith KerrISBN 0440490170 (0-440-49017-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit'More editions of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit:
-
Words, the Evolution of Western Languagesby Victor StevensonISBN 0442281781 (0-442-28178-1)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Words, the Evolution of Western Languages'More editions of Words, the Evolution of Western Languages:
-
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency Of George W. Bushby John DeanISBN 0446694835 (0-446-69483-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency Of George W. Bush'Book summary:The most facile presidential comparison one could make for George W. Bush would be his father, who presided over a war in Iraq and a struggling economy. Some "neocons" reject the parallel and compare Bush to his father's predecessor, Ronald Reagan, citing a plainspoken quality and a belief in deep tax cuts. But John Dean goes further back, seeing in Bush all the secrecy and scandal of Dean's former boss, the notorious Richard Nixon. The difference, as the title of Dean's book indicates, is that Bush is a heck of a lot worse. While the book provides insightful snippets of the way Nixon used to do business, it offers them to shed light on the practices of Bush. In Dean's estimation, the secrecy with which Bush and Dick Cheney govern is not merely a preferred system of management but an obsessive strategy meant to conceal a deeply troubling agenda of corporate favoritism and a dramatic growth in unchecked power for the executive branch that put at risk the lives of American citizens, civil liberties, and the Constitution. Dean sets out to make his point by drawing attention to several areas about which Bush and Cheney have been tight-lipped: the revealing by a "senior White House official" of the identity of an undercover CIA operative whose husband questioned the administration, the health of Cheney, the identity of Cheney's energy task force, the information requested by the bi-partisan 9/11 commission, Bush's business dealings early in his career, the creation of a "shadow government", wartime prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, and scores more. He theorizes that the truth about these and many other situations, including the decision to go to war in Iraq, will eventually surface and that Bush and Cheney's secrecy is a thus far effective means of keep a lid on a rapidly multiplying set of lies and scandals that far outstrip the misdeeds that led directly to Dean's former employer resigning in disgrace. Dean's charges are impassioned and more severe than many of Bush's most persistent critics. But those charges are realized only after careful reasoning and steady logic by a man who knows his way around scandal and corruption. --John Moe [via]
More editions of Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency Of George W. Bush:
The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting 1968 in Americaby Jules WitcoverISBN 0446674710 (0-446-67471-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting 1968 in America'Book summary:A prominent journalist looks at the most pivotal year in modern American history -- and its irrevocable consequences for today's society.
The tumultuous events of 1968 burden America to this day. The assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, campus riots, and the election of Richard Nixon led to disappointment, division, and self-doubt that bred distrust of the nation's leaders and institutions. For millions of Americans, the dream that we would at last face up with compassion to our most basic problems at home and abroad was shattered in 1968, and the groundwork was laid for the cynical social and political climate that exists today. [via]More editions of The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting 1968 in America:
Results page: PREV 1-100 101-200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301-400 401-500 501-600 601-700 701-800 801-900 901-1000 1001-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1358 NEXT
![[powered by Muze Inc.]](http://i.bookfinder.com/images/site/muze/powered_by_muze.gif){kind=small}