Literature & Fiction
A Small Bequest
$27.03
Book by Love, Edmund G Author: Love, Edmund G. Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0814319262 ISBN-13: 9780814319260..
A Spy for All Seasons: My Life In The CIA
$9.54
He is the highest ranking American spy directly and personally involved in espionage, war, counterterrorism, and intrigue to make public his life. Dashing and flamboyant, with mettle akin to the granite for which his home state of New Hampshire is known, Duane "Dewey" Clarridge became a master spy r..
A Stroke of Genius: Illness and Self-Discovery
$9.86
The critically acclaimed author of Love's Mansion utilizes the symptoms of the illnesses from which he suffers to embark on an imaginative quest for self-exploration, reflecting on such topics as existentialism, doctors, etymology, coffee, air travel, and more. 12,500 first printing. Author: West, P..
A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar L...
$10.62
Discusses the career of the gifted pianist, composer, entertainer, raconteur, and author, as well as his tumultuous, self-destructive private life Author: Nancy Schoenberger Publisher: Villard Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0679404899 ISBN-13: 9780679404897..
A to Z of Women in World History
$12.99
From BooklistThe 260 women who are profiled here have not only made a mark on their own cultures but have also "influenced other women from diverse cultures and different historical periods pursuing the same goals." The A to Z in the title is somewhat misleading, because entries are organized first ..
A Voice from the Chorus
$17.75
Product DescriptionAndrei Sinyavsky, who writes under the pseudonym of Abram Tertz, has been called by Saul Bellow "one of the most intelligent, most original, and most brilliant of contemporary writers." A noted Russian dissident, he was incarcerated from 1966 to 1971 in Soviet forced-labor camps f..
A Voice in the Chorus: Memories of a Teenager Save...
$10.54
Book by Zuckerman, Abraham Author: Zuckerman, Abraham Publisher: Longmeadow Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0681007850 ISBN-13: 9780681007857..
A Way of Looking at Things: Selected Papers of Eri...
$12.32
Product DescriptionCovers a wide spectrum of topics on human development from children's play and the dreams of adults, cross-cultural observations, young adulthood, and the life cycle, to reminiscences about some of Erikson's colleagues, such as Anna FreudFrom Library JournalIn a thick volume that ..
Abigail Adams, an American Woman: An American Woma...
$11.11
The titles in the Library of American Biography Series make ideal supplements for American History Survey courses or other courses in American history where figures in history are explored. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each interpretative biography in this series focuses on a figure whose acti..
Abraham Lincoln and the Union (Library of American...
$10.48
A compassionate account of Lincoln's life focuses on his struggle for intellectual development, his early years as a lawyer and his election to Congress, and the successes and sorrows of his later years Author: Handlin, Oscar Publisher: Little Brown & Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10:..
Action Jackson
$9.43
One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist).Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan use this moment as the departure point for a unique picture book about a great painter a..
Ada: A Life And A Legacy (History of Computing)
$10.83
ReviewThis book held my interest from beginning to end. Mrs. Stein has written a useful and rare kind of historical biography, one that evokes a historical period and sets a record straight. Tracy Kidder, The New York Times Book ReviewA rich study of human drama and social history at the birth of th..
Adventure in Africa: The Story of Don McClure
$22.75
The story of Don McClure describes five decades of adventurous commitment to serving some of the most primitive people of Sudan and Ethiopia in the middle years of the 20th century. The lively narrative of life among the Shulla, Nuer, Dinka, Anuak, and Somali reads like a well-crafted fiction. Adven..
Adventure in Africa: The Story of Don McClure
$15.90
The story of Don McClure describes five decades of adventurous commitment to serving some of the most primitive people of Sudan and Ethiopia in the middle years of the 20th century. The lively narrative of life among the Shulla, Nuer, Dinka, Anuak, and Somali reads like a well-crafted fiction. Adven..
African Visions: The Diary of an African Photograp...
$13.80
"In her diary of her years in Africa, Ricciardi collects memories of places, people, and experiences in words and in pictures exuding joy, beauty, pain, and even horror. This great photographer (Vanishing Africa; Vanishing Amazon) presents an intimate account of Africa to the reader...with such sinc..
After 1945: Latency as Origin of the Present
$12.44
What is it the legacy that humankind has been living with since 1945 We were once convinced that time was the agent of change. But in the past decade or two, our experience of time has been transformed. Technology preserves and inundates us with the past, and we perceive our future as a set of conv..
After the Funeral: The Posthumous Adventures of Fa...
$10.02
Describes the surprising and often humorous things that have happened to the dead bodies and body parts of historical figures Author: Murphy, Edwin Publisher: Citadel Pr Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0806515996 ISBN-13: 9780806515991..
Albert Einstein: A Biography
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Describing how the genius's achievements color everyday modern life, a fresh biography of Albert Einstein also delves into his development both personally and as a scientist, exploring everything from his childhood idiosyncrasies to overheard conversations with colleagues. Author: Folsing, Albrecht ..
Alexander Graham Bell : Making Connections (Oxford...
$11.13
Alexander Graham Bell forever changed the world. The telephone and his many other landmark inventions rank among the most transforming and enduring of the modern era. But it was his work with the deaf, teaching as well as inventing tools to ease communication, that he considered his life's work. The..
Alexander Pope: A Life
$23.16
Winner of the Christian Gauss Award of Phi Beta Kappa and the Robert Kirsch Award of the Los Angeles Times. Author: Mack, Maynard Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0393305295 ISBN-13: 9780393305296..
NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Alfred H.Barr, Jr.: Missionary for the Modern
$85.83
Alfred H.Barr, Jr.: Missionary for the Modern Author: Marquis, Alice Goldfarb Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0809241552 ISBN-13: 9780809241552..
Alfred R. Waud: Civil War Artist
$54.17
Alfred R. Waud: Civil War Artist (A Studio Book) Author: Ray, Frederic R. Publisher: Viking Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0670112607 ISBN-13: 9780670112609..
All in a Lifetime: An Autobiography
$10.78
In this moving autobigraphy, readers will meet the little girl who became an orphan during the Holocaust; who grew into a courageous 17-year-old who went to Israel and was wounded in the War of Independence; and who finally became the sex therapist and celebrity known nationwide as "Dr. Ruth". Autho..
Alma Mahler: Muse to Genius: From Fin-de-Siècle V...
$17.34
“The most beautiful girl in Vienna”, she married Gustav Mahler, the composer and conductor who held the most powerful position in the world of music in 1902, when she was twenty-two. After Mahler’s death she married Walter Gropius, and stayed his wife throughout the years when he was founding the Ba..
Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles Du Roi Diary ...
$10.31
Young Hélène St. Onge and her older sister Catherine are orphans. When King Louis XVI orders all men in New France to marry, Catherine becomes a fille du roi, one of the many young women sent to the new world as brides. Hélène will accompany her on the long sea voyage and live with her sister's new ..