| Search | About | Preferences | Interact | Help | |
| 150 million books. 1 search engine. | ||
books tagged “Non-Fiction” (non-fiction / non fiction)
books tagged “Non-Fiction”
›› Find signed collectible books by ''
Abandon Ship!: The Saga of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disasterby Richard F. NewcombISBN 038081904X (0-380-81904-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Abandon Ship!: The Saga of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster'More editions of Abandon Ship!: The Saga of the U. S. S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster:
Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Eight Scientific Rivalries That Changed the Worldby Michael WhiteISBN 0380806134 (0-380-80613-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Eight Scientific Rivalries That Changed the World'More editions of Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Eight Scientific Rivalries That Changed the World:
Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Tales of Bitter Rivalry That Fueled the Advancement of Science and Technologyby Michael WhiteISBN 0380977540 (0-380-97754-0)
Hardcover, William Morrow & Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Tales of Bitter Rivalry That Fueled the Advancement of Science and Technology'More editions of Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers: Tales of Bitter Rivalry That Fueled the Advancement of Science and Technology:
An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracyby Christopher P. AndersenISBN 0380731584 (0-380-73158-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy'More editions of An Affair to Remember: The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy:
The Agony and the Ecstasyby Irving StoneISBN 0385010923 (0-385-01092-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'More editions of The Agony and the Ecstasy:
-
All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violenceby Fox ButterfieldISBN 0380728621 (0-380-72862-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence'Book summary:Considered by many to be the most dangerous inmate in the history of the New York penal system, Willie Bosket is a brilliant, violent man who began his criminal career at age five. His slaying of two subway riders at fifteen led to the passage of the first law in the nation allowing teenagers to be tried as adults. Yet sadly, Willie is not an aberration within the Bosket family--but rather the latest in a long line of brutal, exceptionally intelligent malefactors who were driven by circumstances, racism, and a distinctly American craving for respect by any means necessary. In this groundbreaking work, award-winning journalist Fox Butterfield traces a troubled family's history back to the days of slavery in an attempt to get to the roots of the violence endemic in our society. [via]
More editions of All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence:
Almost America: From the Colonists to Clinton A "What If" History of the U.Sby Steve TallyISBN 0380800918 (0-380-80091-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Almost America: From the Colonists to Clinton A "What If" History of the U.S'More editions of Almost America: From the Colonists to Clinton A "What If" History of the U.S:
American Scream: The Bill Hicks Storyby Cynthia TrueISBN 0380803771 (0-380-80377-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story'More editions of American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story:
Asimov on Astronomyby Isaac AsimovISBN 038504111X (0-385-04111-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Asimov on Astronomy'More editions of Asimov on Astronomy:
Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Centuryby Betsy IsraelISBN 0380976498 (0-380-97649-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century'More editions of Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century:
-
Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War Iby Stephen O'SheaISBN 0380731673 (0-380-73167-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I'Book summary:World War I has left as deep a scar on the imaginative landscape of our century as it
has on the land where it was fought. Nowhere is that more evident than on the
Western Front, a narrow swath of land in which millions of lives were lost. Believing
that "history is too important to be left to the professionals," journalist Stephen
O'Shea set out to walk the 450 miles through no-man's-land to discover for his generation
the meaning of the war. As his walk progresses, O'Shea recreates the shocking battles of the Western Front, and offers an impassioned perspective on the war, the
state of the land, and the cultivation of memory. An evocative fusion of past and present, BACKT TO THE FRONT will resonate, for all who read it, as few other books on war ever have. [via]
More editions of Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I:
The Beast Within/a History of the Werewolfby Adam DouglasISBN 038072264X (0-380-72264-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beast Within/a History of the Werewolf'More editions of The Beast Within/a History of the Werewolf:
Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Developmentby Richard A. IsayISBN 0380710226 (0-380-71022-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development'More editions of Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development:
-
The Bermuda Triangleby Charels BerlitzISBN 0385041144 (0-385-04114-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bermuda Triangle'Book summary:Charles Berlitz sets out to discover possibl e explanations for a series of bizarre happenings that have baffled scientists for decades. He has talked to people who have experienced the forces of the Bermuda Triangle and have escaped to tell the tale. ' [via]
More editions of The Bermuda Triangle:
Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarineby Douglas C. WallerISBN 0380820781 (0-380-82078-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine'More editions of Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine:
The Book of Virtuesby William John BennettISBN 0382249240 (0-382-24924-0)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Virtues'More editions of The Book of Virtues:
Brooklyn Bounce: The True-Life Adventures of a Good Cop in a Bad Precinctby Joe Poss, Henry R. SchlesingerISBN 0380773376 (0-380-77337-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Brooklyn Bounce: The True-Life Adventures of a Good Cop in a Bad Precinct'More editions of Brooklyn Bounce: The True-Life Adventures of a Good Cop in a Bad Precinct:
Chicks on Film: Video Picks for Women and Other Intelligent Forms of Lifeby Gabrielle Cosgriff, Anne Reifenberg, Cynthia ThomasISBN 0380793652 (0-380-79365-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Chicks on Film: Video Picks for Women and Other Intelligent Forms of Life'More editions of Chicks on Film: Video Picks for Women and Other Intelligent Forms of Life:
Chinaby D. Merton, Shio-Yun KanISBN 0382242424 (0-382-24242-4)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'China'More editions of China:
-
The Cloud of Unknowing and the Book of Privy Counselingby William Johnston, Huston SmithISBN 0385030975 (0-385-03097-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cloud of Unknowing and the Book of Privy Counseling'Book summary:"God can be loved but he cannot be thought. He can be grasped by love but never by concepts. So less thinking and more loving."
This is William Johnston's summary of the message of The Cloud of Unknowing. Nobody knows who wrote the book, or exactly where he lived, or whether he was a member of a religious order, or even, really, whether he was part of any church at all. The text first appeared in Middle English in the 14th century, and it has inspired generations of mystical searchers (from St. John of the Cross to Teilhard de Chardin). The mysterious conditions of its composition, however, focus the reader's attention squarely on the book's message--an almost Zen rendering of Christianity, which has a great deal to teach our querulous, doctrine-obsessed churches: "And so I urge you," the author writes, "go after experience rather than knowledge. On account of pride, knowledge may often deceive you, but this gentle, loving affection will not deceive you. Knowledge tends to breed conceit, but love builds. Knowledge is full of labor, but love, full of rest." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
More editions of The Cloud of Unknowing and the Book of Privy Counseling:
Communionby Whitley StrieberISBN 0380703882 (0-380-70388-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Communion'More editions of Communion:
-
The Complete Chess Courseby Fred ReinfeldISBN 0385004648 (0-385-00464-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Chess Course'Book summary:Combining eight volumes into one, the mostacomprehensive book on chess ever published. Fromaopening gambit to endgame, this home-study chess courseais the classic in theafield.
Illustrated throughout [via]More editions of The Complete Chess Course:
-
The Complete Poetry of John Miltonby John MiltonISBN 0385023510 (0-385-02351-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Poetry of John Milton'Book summary:The first complete annotated edition of Milton's poetry available in a one-volume paperback. The text is established from original sources, with collations of all known manuscripts, chronology and verbal variants recorded. Works in Latin, Greek and Italian are included with new literal translations. [via]
More editions of The Complete Poetry of John Milton:
Detourby Cheryl CraneISBN 038070580X (0-380-70580-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Detour'More editions of Detour:
Dish: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Showby Jeannette WallsISBN 038081045X (0-380-81045-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Dish: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show'More editions of Dish: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show:
-
Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossipby Jeannette WallsISBN 0380978210 (0-380-97821-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip'Book summary:Love it or hate it, create it or repeat it, America is obsessed with gossip. Here is a fascinating look at five decades of dish: a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the personalities that control what we read and see; the unholy and unchanging trinity of celebrity, publicist and reporter that has stoked the American appetite for gossip from the salad days of silver-screen magazines to the instantaneous communication of the scoop-filled Internet.
Insider Jeannette Walls delivers a tantalizing tell-all that features not only gossip itself, but its history, its movers and shakers (including quite a few tony Ivy Leaguers), high and low points, and the watershed events and personalities--like Elvis, Diana, Michael Jackson and O. J.--that altered it forever. Here is the famous formula for People, the astonishing magazine that began amid sneers and snipes but went on to become one of the publishing industry's greatest success stories. Here too is the incredible truth behind explosive material that didn't see the light of day.
From the humble beginnings of the National Enquirer, aided by the avuncular beneficence of crime kingpin Joe Costello, to the lurid Hollywood trial of Confidential magazine, where the "libeled" stars were proved more guilty than not of the salacious episodes the publication revealed, Jeannette Walls expertly traces the formation and development of the hush-hush industry. She shows us that tabloid TV shows are nothing new: they were preceded in the Fifties by the wildly successful Night Beat, hosted by none other than Mike Wallace, who turned the show into a forum for sex and scandal with his relentless prying and probing into the lives of celebrated figures.
More editions of Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip:
-
Don't Know Much about History : Everything You Need to Know about American History but Never Learnedby Kenneth C. DavisISBN 0380712520 (0-380-71252-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Know Much about History : Everything You Need to Know about American History but Never Learned'Book summary:Finally, someone who tells history like it was, without the old textbook gloss that's put so many students into premature naptime and misinformed the few who stayed awake. Davis corrects the myths and misconceptions from Columbus up through the Clinton administration, and shows that truth is more entertaining than propaganda. [via]
More editions of Don't Know Much about History : Everything You Need to Know about American History but Never Learned:
Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learnedby Kenneth C. DavisISBN 0380728397 (0-380-72839-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned'More editions of Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned:
Econ 101 1/2 Bks. 1&2: Everything You Never Learned about the GNP, the Deficit, and Otherby Elaine SchwartzISBN 0380775328 (0-380-77532-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Econ 101 1/2 Bks. 1&2: Everything You Never Learned about the GNP, the Deficit, and Other'More editions of Econ 101 1/2 Bks. 1&2: Everything You Never Learned about the GNP, the Deficit, and Other:
Emblems of the Mindby Edward RothsteinISBN 0380727471 (0-380-72747-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Emblems of the Mind'More editions of Emblems of the Mind:
-
The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art Worldby Paul Robert WalkerISBN 0380807920 (0-380-80792-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World'Book summary:A lively and intriguing tale of the competition between two artists, culminating in the construction of the Duomo in Florence, this is also the story of a city on the verge of greatness, and the dawn of the Renaissance, when everything artistic would change.
Florence2s Duomo - the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral - is one of the most enduring symbols of the Italian Renaissance, an equal in influence and fame to Leonardo and Michaelangelo2s works. It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, the temperamental architect who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. He was the dome2s 2inventor2, whose secret methods for building remain a mystery as compelling to architects as Fermat2s Last Theorem once was to mathematicians. Yet Brunelleschi didn2t direct the construction of the dome alone. He was forced to share the commission with his arch-rival, the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, whose 2Paradise Doors2 are also masterworks. This is the story of these two men - a tale of artistic genius and individual triumph.
[via]More editions of The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World:
Fg Cooks Americanby Jeff SmithISBN 0380706725 (0-380-70672-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Fg Cooks American'More editions of Fg Cooks American:
Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Macby Mick FleetwoodISBN 038071616X (0-380-71616-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac'More editions of Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac:
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Storyby Lila Perl, Marion Blumenthal LazanISBN 0380731886 (0-380-73188-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story'More editions of Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story:
-
The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wineby Jeff SmithISBN 0380706717 (0-380-70671-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wine'Book summary:The popular author of the 700,000 copy bestseller The Frugal Gourmet now offers this companion book to the new 26-part national public television series, "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wine". Includes over 400 recipes and tips on choosing, storing, and matching food with wine. Black-and-white illustrations. [via]
More editions of The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wine:
The Frugal Gourmet Whole Family Cookbookby Jeff SmithISBN 0380720620 (0-380-72062-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Frugal Gourmet Whole Family Cookbook'More editions of The Frugal Gourmet Whole Family Cookbook:
Ghost Girlby Torey L. HaydenISBN 038071681X (0-380-71681-X)
Softcover, Avon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ghost Girl'More editions of Ghost Girl:
Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connectionsby Charles R. PellegrinoISBN 0380973103 (0-380-97310-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections'More editions of Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections:
A Girl from Yamhillby Beverly ClearyISBN 0380727404 (0-380-72740-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Girl from Yamhill'More editions of A Girl from Yamhill:
-
Harry S. Trumanby Margaret TrumanISBN 0380721120 (0-380-72112-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry S. Truman'Book summary:The definitive biography of one of the most enduring political figures of the 20th century. Margaret Truman writes with unequaled insight and understanding about her father's extraordinary life and offers rare glimpses at the personalities and politics behind the world events of his time. A New York Times bestseller. [via]
More editions of Harry S. Truman:
History of Philosophyby Frederick J. CoplestonISBN 0385002106 (0-385-00210-6)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Philosophy'Book summary:Philosophy [via]
History of Philosophy Vol. 6,Pt. 2: Greece and Romeby Frederick J. CoplestonISBN 0385002114 (0-385-00211-4)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Philosophy Vol. 6,Pt. 2: Greece and Rome'More editions of History of Philosophy Vol. 6,Pt. 2: Greece and Rome:
A History of the Twentieth Century, 1933-1951by Martin GilbertISBN 0380713942 (0-380-71394-2)
Softcover, Avon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the Twentieth Century, 1933-1951'More editions of A History of the Twentieth Century, 1933-1951:
Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized and Illustrated Look Inside the Creative Mind of Alfred Hitchcockby Dan AuilerISBN 0380799456 (0-380-79945-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized and Illustrated Look Inside the Creative Mind of Alfred Hitchcook'More editions of Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized and Illustrated Look Inside the Creative Mind of Alfred Hitchcock:
- Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized and Illustrated Look Inside the Creative Mind of Alfred Hitchcock: ISBN 0380977834 (0-380-97783-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized and Illustrated Look Inside the Creative Mind of Alfred Hitchcook: ISBN 0380799456 (0-380-79945-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
- Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized and Illustrated Look Inside the Creative Mind of Alfred Hitchcock: ISBN 0380977834 (0-380-97783-4)
I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depressionby Erma BombeckISBN 0385029047 (0-385-02904-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression'More editions of I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression:
-
Immortality: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span and Changing the Worldby Ben BovaISBN 0380793180 (0-380-79318-0)
Softcover, Avon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Immortality: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span and Changing the World'Book summary:Do you want to live to be 200? How about 500? Maybe forever? Ben Bova, famed science fiction author and futurist, predicts that within the lifetimes of many people alive in 1998, molecular biology and genetics will reveal the secrets of cellular immortality, freeing people of the "threescore years and ten" most of us are allotted. Further, Bova asserts in Immortality, we will be living those long lives in healthy, youngish bodies, subject only to death by accident. To back up this claim, Bova offers a nice, clear overview of how genetics has come to the brink of science fiction, made accessible to readers unfamiliar with the terminology through the use of explanatory sidebars and basic definitions. If you find yourself doubting this prediction, two things might make you reassess your opinion: (1) Ben Bova was right when he foretold the advent of the Internet, solar-powered satellites, electronic books, and many other wonders of the 20th century, and (2) in an extraordinary 50-year time line, he shows how fast and furious technological developments have come--including things that would have been deemed impossible mere months before they happened. After showing how science is laying the groundwork for achieving incredible human longevity, Immortality examines the ways society, government, the environment, and personal responsibility might change in the face of it. No pessimist or technophobe, Bova assures us that immortal people will (by necessity) become more farsighted and thoughtful about their lives and the lives of others. The search for earthly immortality has occupied humans throughout history ... how long do you want to live? --Therese Littleton [via]
More editions of Immortality: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span and Changing the World:
In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimovby Isaac AsimovISBN 0380754320 (0-380-75432-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov'More editions of In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov:
-
In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Actionby Ellen Alderman, Caroline KennedyISBN 0380717204 (0-380-71720-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action'Book summary:We The PeopleThe Bill of Rights defines and defends the freedoms we enjoy as Americans -- from the right to bear arms to the right to a civil jury. Using the dramatic true stories of people whose lives have been deeply affected by such issues as the death penalty and the right to privacy, attorneys Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy reveal how the majestic priciples of the Bill of Rights have taken shape in the lives of ordinary people, as well as the historic and legal significance of each amendment. In doing so, they shed brilliant new light on this visionary document, which remains as vital and as controversial today as it was when a great nation was newly born. [via]
More editions of In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action:
-
It Seemed Like Good Idea: A Compendium of Great Historical Fiascoesby Bill Fawcett, Williiam R. ForstchenISBN 0380807718 (0-380-80771-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'It Seemed Like Good Idea: A Compendium of Great Historical Fiascoes'Book summary:Throughout the annals of history, the best of intentionsand sometimes the worsthave set in motion events with a vastly different outcome than originally intended. In this entertaining, fact-filled chronicle, William Forstchen and Bill Fawcett explore the watersheds of history that began as the best of ideas and ended as the worst of fiascoes.
A Holy WarThe Medieval Crusades for religious liberation become centuries of slaughter and destruction.
Sibling RivalryLeif Erikson spares his sister's life and delays the discovery of the New World for five hundred years.
Big GunsEmperor Constantine XI refuses to buy a new supercannon that would let him dominate his enemies, so its creator sells the cannon to the Turks, who then crush Constantinople.
With casual wit and subtle insight, It Seemed Like a Good Idea...tucks tongue in cheek and rides out the fiascoes of history.
[via]More editions of It Seemed Like Good Idea: A Compendium of Great Historical Fiascoes:
Japan; A History in Artby Bradley SmithISBN 0385032404 (0-385-03240-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Japan; A History in Art'More editions of Japan; A History in Art:
-
Jewelry Concepts and Technologyby Oppi UntrachtISBN 0385041853 (0-385-04185-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Jewelry Concepts and Technology'Book summary:The definitive reference for jewelry makers of all levels of ability--a complete, profusely illustrated guide to design, materials, and techniques, as well as a fascinating exploration of jewelry-making throughout history. [via]
More editions of Jewelry Concepts and Technology:
Just Another Kidby Torey L. HaydenISBN 0380705648 (0-380-70564-8)
Softcover, Avon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Just Another Kid'More editions of Just Another Kid:
-
Just Dessertsby Jerry OppenheimerISBN 0380731649 (0-380-73164-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Just Desserts'Book summary:The undisputed doyenne of domesticity, Martha Stewart has mesmerized millions with her bestselling books, popular magazine and highly rated television program. Yet Ms. Stewart's personal life is a far cry from the cheery portrait of the epitome of household perfection she paints for her fans in her writings and public appearances. Now for the first time, "Just Desserts" reveals how her driving ambition shattered her marriage, strained her relationships with her daughter and family, and destroyed friendships. [via]
More editions of Just Desserts:
Knowing the Score: Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Writing for Cinemaby David MorganISBN 0380804824 (0-380-80482-4)
Softcover, Harper Entertainment
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Knowing the Score: Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Writing for Cinema'More editions of Knowing the Score: Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Writing for Cinema:
Michael and Natasha: The Life and Love of Michael II, the Last of the Romanov Tsarsby Donald Crawford, Rosemary A. CrawfordISBN 0380731916 (0-380-73191-6)
Softcover, Hearst Book Group of Canada, The
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Michael and Natasha: The Life and Love of Michael II, the Last of the Romanov Tsars'More editions of Michael and Natasha: The Life and Love of Michael II, the Last of the Romanov Tsars:
Microwave Gourmetby Barbara KafkaISBN 0380712512 (0-380-71251-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Microwave Gourmet'More editions of Microwave Gourmet:
-
Miss Zukas and the Library Murdersby Jo DereskeISBN 038077030X (0-380-77030-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Zukas and the Library Murders'Book summary:Meet Miss Zukas . . . the very proper, exceedingly conscientious, and relentlessly curious local librarian of tiny Bellehaven, Washington--and one heck of an amateur sleuth!
The Bellehaven police are baffled when a dead body turns up right in the middle of the library's fiction stacks. But Miss Helma Zukas--who never fails to make note of the slightest deviation from the norm of everyday life--is not willing to let this rather nasty disruption stand. Her precious literary sanctuary has been violated, and if the local law cannot get to the bottom of this case, Miss Zukas certainly intends to--with the help of her not-so-proper best friend, Ruth, a six-foot-tall bohemian artist with a nose for gossip and a penchant for getting into trouble. But their research project is bringing them a little too close to a killer . . . who'd like nothing better than to write Helma and Ruth out of the story completely! [via]
More editions of Miss Zukas and the Library Murders:
Monty Python Speaks!: The Complete Oral History Of Monty Pythonby David MorganISBN 0380804794 (0-380-80479-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Monty Python Speaks!: The Complete Oral History Of Monty Python'More editions of Monty Python Speaks!: The Complete Oral History Of Monty Python:
Naked Ghosts: Intimate Stories from the Files of a Sex Therapistby Carol G. WellsISBN 0380718286 (0-380-71828-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Naked Ghosts: Intimate Stories from the Files of a Sex Therapist'More editions of Naked Ghosts: Intimate Stories from the Files of a Sex Therapist:
Necronomiconby SimonISBN 0380751925 (0-380-75192-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Necronomicon'More editions of Necronomicon:
Necronomicon Spellbookby SimonISBN 0380731126 (0-380-73112-6)
Softcover, Avon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Necronomicon Spellbook'More editions of Necronomicon Spellbook:
Never Met a Man I Didn't Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogersby Joseph H. Carter, Will RogersISBN 0380768089 (0-380-76808-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Never Met a Man I Didn't Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogers'More editions of Never Met a Man I Didn't Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogers:
The New Russians: Updated to Include the Failed Coupby Hedrick SmithISBN 0380716518 (0-380-71651-8)
Softcover, Avon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Russians: Updated to Include the Failed Coup'More editions of The New Russians: Updated to Include the Failed Coup:
-
Nobody Nowhereby Donna WilliamsISBN 0380722178 (0-380-72217-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Nobody Nowhere'Book summary:"This is a story of two battles, a battle to keep out 'the world' and a battle to join it."
She inhabits a place of chaos, cacophony, and dancing light--where physical contact is painful and sights and sounds have no meaning. Although labeled, at times, deaf, retarded, or disturbed, Donna Williams is autistic--afflicted by a baffling condition of heightened sensory perception that imprisons the sufferer in a private, almost hallucinatory universe of patterns and colors. Nobody Nowhere is Donna's story in her own words--a haunting, courageous memoir of the titanic struggles she has endured in her quest to merge "my world" with "the world." [via]
More editions of Nobody Nowhere:
-
On Being a Christianby Hans KungISBN 0385027125 (0-385-02712-5)
Hardcover, Doubleday
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'On Being a Christian'Book summary:Why should one be a Christian? Is there something more to being a Christian than to being human? Just what does it mean to be a Christian and what does it mean to be a Christian now? Hans Kng, one of the greatest theologians, looks at these questions and [via]
More editions of On Being a Christian:
-
The One Minute Sales Personby Spencer Johnson, Larry WilsonISBN 0380701510 (0-380-70151-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The One Minute Sales Person'Book summary:In this newly released edition of one of his classic books, The One Minute Sales Person, Spencer Johnson, the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Who Moved My Cheese?, shows you how to sell your ideas, products, or services successfully! This is the book that has proved to be a must-have for the millions of people who were looking for the quickest way to improve their selling skills.
In these changing times, Spencer Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager®, shows you how the phenomenal One Minute® methods can bring real and lasting sales success with the least amount of time and effort. You will learn how to enjoy your job and your life more as you discover the effective secrets of "self-management," the integrity of "selling on purpose," and the liberating "wonderful paradox" of helping others get what they want so you can get what you need.
The One Minute Sales Person is a clear, easy and invaluable guide that works for both you and the people you sell to, for your financial prosperity and personal well-being.
In short, it is a classic Spencer Johnson bestseller that can help you enjoy more success with less stress.
[via] 
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 1992by Robert M. OverstreetISBN 0380769123 (0-380-76912-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 1992'More editions of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 1992:
Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irrestistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophies, Babarities, Massacres and Mayheby Stuart Flexner, Doris FlexnerISBN 0380762366 (0-380-76236-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irrestistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophies, Babarities, Massacres and Mayhe'More editions of Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irrestistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophies, Babarities, Massacres and Mayhe:
Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Wereby Donald S. JohnsonISBN 0380730782 (0-380-73078-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were'More editions of Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were:
-
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabiaby Jean P. SassonISBN 0380719185 (0-380-71918-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia'Book summary:A Saudi woman discusses what life is like for women in her country, describing how women are sold into marriage to men five times their age, are treated as their husbands' slaves, and are often murdered for the slightest transgression. Reprint. [via]
More editions of Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia:
A Promise to Remember: The Names Project Book of Lettersby Joe BrownISBN 0380767112 (0-380-76711-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Promise to Remember: The Names Project Book of Letters'More editions of A Promise to Remember: The Names Project Book of Letters:
Rock Hudson: His Storyby Rock Hudson, Sara DavidsonISBN 0380702924 (0-380-70292-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Rock Hudson: His Story'More editions of Rock Hudson: His Story:
-
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Edward Fitzgerald, Edmund Dulac, John FitzgeraldISBN 0385001460 (0-385-00146-0)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'Book summary:The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a collection of poems authored by Persian astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyam. The poems in this title are written into quatrains, Rubaiyat being arabic for root of four, as in four line verses of which quatrains are made up of. This popular edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the edition by Edward Fitzgerald, who translated this work in the late 19th century. [via]
More editions of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
The Screaming Room: A Mother's Journal of Her Son's Struggle With AIDS--A True Story of Live, Dedication, and Courageby Barbara PeabodyISBN 0380703459 (0-380-70345-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Screaming Room: A Mother's Journal of Her Son's Struggle With AIDS--A True Story of Live, Dedication, and Courage'More editions of The Screaming Room: A Mother's Journal of Her Son's Struggle With AIDS--A True Story of Live, Dedication, and Courage:
Shadows of a Princess: An Intimate Account by Her Private Secretaryby P. D. JephsonISBN 0380820463 (0-380-82046-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadows of a Princess: An Intimate Account by Her Private Secretary'More editions of Shadows of a Princess: An Intimate Account by Her Private Secretary:
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Tooby Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Kimberly Ann CoeISBN 0380705273 (0-380-70527-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Siblings Without Rivalry/How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too'More editions of Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too:
Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metalby Ian CristeISBN 0380811278 (0-380-81127-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal'More editions of Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal:
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatiusby Anthony MottolaISBN 0385024363 (0-385-02436-3)
Softcover, Doubleday
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius'More editions of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius:
Story Startersby Lou Willett StanekISBN 0380795523 (0-380-79552-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Story Starters'More editions of Story Starters:
-
Terrible Swift Swordby Bruce CattonISBN 0385026145 (0-385-02614-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Terrible Swift Sword'Book summary:The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war--an epic struggle for freedom.[via]More editions of Terrible Swift Sword:
-
Thy Neighbor's Wifeby Gay TaleseISBN 0385006322 (0-385-00632-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Thy Neighbor's Wife'Book summary:"Engrossing and provocative." Library Journal
Bestselling author Gay Talese's exploration into the hidden and changing sex lives of Americans from all walks of life shocked the world when it was first published in 1981. Now considered a classic, this fascinating personal oddysey and revealing public reflection on American sexuality changed the way Americans looked at themselves and one another.
From the Paperback edition. [via]More editions of Thy Neighbor's Wife:
The Tiger's Childby Torey HaydenISBN 0380725444 (0-380-72544-4)
Softcover, Avon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tiger's Child'More editions of The Tiger's Child:
Travels With Aliceby Calvin TrillinISBN 0380712091 (0-380-71209-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Travels With Alice'More editions of Travels With Alice:
Twelfth Nightby William Shakespeare, Jennifer MulherinISBN 0382096959 (0-382-09695-9)
Softcover, Silver Burdett Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night'More editions of Twelfth Night:
-
Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmithby Aerosmith, Stephen DavisISBN 0380795310 (0-380-79531-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith'Book summary:From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent "gacked to the nines" (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all.
Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star "intervention," when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that they long craved and currently enjoy. Tyler kicks off this rock & roll exposé, briefly recounting the history of his ancestors in Italy and sharing incidents from his own Northeast childhood. The book is written in interview style, with all five band members talking candidly about the good times--and the bad. We also hear from girlfriends, wives, friends, and various hangers-on.
The story of Aerosmith and their constant ups, downs, and detours never fails to grab you and force you to read another page--if only to see what train wreck awaits around the next corner. Walk This Way is a must-read for devoted fans of Aerosmith as well as anybody who wants to live the full-on '70s rock-star life--without having to go through rehab. --Paul DeBruler [via]
More editions of Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith:
Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmithby Stephen Davis, Aerosmith, Aerosmith DavisISBN 0380975947 (0-380-97594-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith'More editions of Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith:
Winter Countby Barry Holstun LopezISBN 0380719371 (0-380-71937-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Winter Count'More editions of Winter Count:
-
A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Storiesby Joan LarkinISBN 0380802473 (0-380-80247-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories'Book summary:Although A Woman Like That is full of brave and often wrenching coming-out stories, with the expected emphasis on overcoming social and familial pressure (more than one of these writers describes involuntary stays in mental hospitals), the combined effect of these wonderful memoirs is more erotic than political--and more funny than erotic. In "Picture This," Cecilia Tan describes her suburban mother snapping up copies of Penthouse to send to friends and relatives because it contained Tan's first nationally published fiction. In "What Comes First," Holly Hughes refers in passing to a gay-bashing incident at her college cafeteria--someone threw a fruit cocktail at her--and goes on to recount her difficulty at attracting a lesbian lover. "It had been so easy with men," she recalls, "All you had to do was bend over at the bowling alley and something would happen." Judith Katz remembers a game called "Tom and Tom" that she used to play with two little boys on her street: "Tom and Tom ... were human cartoon characters who ran around together and got their genitalia caught up in all kinds of elastic knots and snags." For some, Desert Hearts; for others, Road Runner. --Regina Marler [via]
More editions of A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories:
The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Societyby Henri J.M. NouwenISBN 0385028563 (0-385-02856-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society'More editions of The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society:
Your Child's Self-Esteemby Dorothy Corkille BriggsISBN 0385040202 (0-385-04020-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Your Child's Self-Esteem'More editions of Your Child's Self-Esteem:
Results page: PREV 1-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501-600 601-700 701-800 801-900 901-1000 1001-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1500 1501-1600 1601-1636 NEXT
![[powered by Muze Inc.]](http://i.bookfinder.com/images/site/muze/powered_by_muze.gif){kind=small}