The Life of Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Michael O'Mara Books, 2004. Softcover. More
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Dance to the Piper: The Life Story of America's Greatest Creative Dancer
New York: Bantam Books, 1954. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. More
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
New York: Penguin Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. More
Closer Than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition (presumed). First Printing. Hardcover. In this innovative book, Alfred W. McCoy takes a new approach to the military and political history of the Philippines. Comparing two generations of graduates from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)—the classes of 1940 and 1971—McCoy uncovers fundamental..... More
Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013. David Frye (tr.), Ilan Stavans (ed.). First Edition. Paperback. This new Norton Critical Edition recounts the 1527–36 expedition of Cabeza de Vaca, the first Spanish explorer to cross North America. Published in 1542 to an astonished and captivated public, Chronicle of the..... More
Gandhi (A Photographic Story of a Life)
DK Publishing, 2006. Softcover. More
Anton Chekhov and His Times
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1995. First U.S. Edition. Trade Paperback. Translated from the Russian by Cynthia Carlile (Reminisces) and Sharon McKee (Letters) Now available for the first time in English in America, these sixty-eight letters and ten essay-length reminiscences trace the development of Chekhov's personality and talent, creating..... More
Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Angelica Garnett (cover illustration). Paperback. More
A Girl's Story
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2020. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Translated from the French by Alison L. Strayer Another masterpiece of remembering from Annie Ernaux, the Man Booker International Prize-shortlisted author of The Years. In A Girl’s Story, Annie Ernaux revisits the night fifty years earlier when she..... More
Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Third Printing. Hardcover. More
Life isn't everything: Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends
New York: Picador, 2020. First Edition. Paperback. An up close and personal portrait of a legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts―from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman and Lorne Michaels. The work of..... More
Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha
Edinburgh: AK Press / Nabat, 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Another raging slab of real American history you're not likely to find in the textbooks. This is second title in the new (and best-selling!) Nabat series that debuted with Jack Black's You Can't Win. It's a window into a wildly under-appreciated dropout..... More
Face of Revolution: Personalities and Themes in the Struggle for American Independence
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Gun Larson (jacket design). First Edition (stated), Second Printing. Hardcover. From Kirkus (7 Sept 1990): A collection of 12 essays on ""the background, origins, character, and legacy"" of the American Revolution, filled with the grace and insight that has made Bailyn (Adams University..... More
Land of Jade: A Journey Through Insurgent Burma
Scotland: Kiscadale Publications, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Rare. In August 1995, "Mr de Souza from Goa", his considerable body wrapped in a blanket, his jet black hair flowing gently in the breeze, and his eyes hidden by huge, dark, stylish sun glasses, arrived in Nagaland. With his diminutive and..... More
A Girl from Yamhill
New York: Harper, 2016. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Told in her own words, A Girl from Yamhill is Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary’s heartfelt and relatable memoir. For everyone who has enjoyed the pranks and schemes, embarrassing moments, and all of the other poignant and colorful images of childhood..... More
Chronicles: Volume One
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004. Coco Shinomiya (jacket design). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Author's signature to pre-title page but suspected to be fake. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like..... More
Hamlet's Dresser: A Memoir
London: Pocket Books, Inc, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. More
The Only Way Is West : A once in a lifetime adventure walking 500 miles on Spain's Camino De Santiago
Self Published. Paperback. Bradley Chermside was looking for something when he ventured onto the Camino. What he was found was transformation. His life was changed forever. He returned home and wrote "The Only Way Is West - A once in a lifetime adventure walking 500 miles on Spain's Camino de..... More
Between Extremes
London: Black Swan, 2000. Reprint. Paperback. More
Doris Lessing
London: Duckworth, 2016. First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. A biography about Doris Lessing. More
The Princess Diarist
London: Bantam Press, 2016. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. This last book from beloved Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher is the crown jewel of ideal Star Wars gifts. The Princess Diarist is an intimate, hilarious, and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one..... More
Bernard de Voto: Four Portraits and One Subject (with a bibliography of his writings)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Four essays about DeVoto: The Historian by Catherine Drinker Bowen, The Writer by Edith R. Mirrielees, The Citizen, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and The Personality by Wallace Stegner. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. More
Never a Dull Moment: Kalgoorlie's golden years through to the seventies including life in the WW1 trenches
Perth: Mannwest Pty Ltd / Hesperian Press, 2002. First Edition (presumed). Paperback. From the publisher: Written to commemorate WG Manners & Co’s 100 years in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields, this book is a grand sweep of Australiana and life in Australia’s outback. It charts the Manners’ family history from 1895..... More
The Art of William Steig
New York/ New Haven: The Jewish Museum/ Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. Outsize Hardcover. Foreword by Maurice Sendak. With contributions by Robert Cottingham, Edward Sorel, Jeanne Steig and Maggie Steig. The definitive work on the career of the beloved New Yorker cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Known..... More
