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A Book of Middle Eastern Food
$13.58
A guide to Middle Eastern cooking that contains an assortment of recipes for both traditional and modern dishes as well as providing a background on the history and lore of specific foods Author: Roden, Claudia Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394471814 ISBN-..
A Change of Light and Other Stories
$20.50
The masterful Argentinian writer includes nineteen stories penned during the last seven years, tales about a couple's adventurous vacation in Africa, a disturbed man's erotic subway games, and other intriguing activities and situations Author: Julio Cortazar Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardc..
A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consum...
$11.09
The three decades after World War II are often heralded as a “Golden Era” of American affluence. But as Lizabeth Cohen makes clear, the pursuit of prosperity defined much more than the nation’s economy; it also became a basic component of American citizenship. Consumers were encouraged to buy not ju..
A history of Israel: From the rise of Zionism to o...
$16.45
Sacher, Howard M., History Of Israel, A: From The Rise Of Zionism To Our Time Author: Sachar, Howard M. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394485645 ISBN-13: 9780394485645..
A History of Warfare
$8.40
The acclaimed author of The Face of Battle examines centures of conflict in a variety of diverse societies and cultures. "Keegan is at once the most readable and the most original of living military historians . . . A History of Warfare is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet be..
A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Princ...
$35.55
An extensive compilation of quotations from western literature arranged chronologically under topic headings and traced to their original sources Author: Mencken, H.L. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394400798 ISBN-13: 9780394400792..
A True History of the Assassination of Abraham Lin...
$11.10
Bound in publisher's original black quarter cloth and boards. Spine and cover stamped in gilt. Top edge stained red. Edited by Floyd E. Risvold. Author: Louis J Weichmann Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394493192 ISBN-13: 9780394493190..
A Very Young Gymnast
$14.72
A year in the life of an aspiring, deeply committed ten-year-old gymnast is chronicled in photographs showing her at practice, in competitions, and at a summer work camp Author: Jill Krementz Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394500806 ISBN-13: 9780394500805..
American Folk Dolls
$16.80
Shows antique dolls made of cloth, corn husks, wood, apples, nuts, and beans, and traces the history of homemade dolls Author: Wendy Lavitt Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0394711327 ISBN-13: 9780394711324..
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
$8.86
For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of time in the spotlight--and not only during his active political career. After 1809, his longed-for retirement was compromised by a steady stream of guests and tourists w..
American Visions: The Epic History of Art in Ameri...
$10.58
Writing with all the brilliance, authority, and pungent wit that have distinguished his art criticism for Time magazine and his greatly acclaimed study of modern art, The Shock of the New, Robert Hughes now addresses his largest subject: the history of art in America.The intense relationship between..
An Armful of Warm Girl
$22.51
Hardcover, fiction Author: W. M. Spackman Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394500008 ISBN-13: 9780394500003..
Antarctic Traveller
$31.61
Poems explore a diversity of subjects including ballet, Japanese paintings, and a satirical view of vegetables Author: Pollitt, Katha Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394520041 ISBN-13: 9780394520049..
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
$22.36
Richard Hofstadter's famous Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, his tenth book, earned him the Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction (1964). He argues that, by the mid-twentieth century, anti-intellectualism was pervasive but not dominant in American culture, claiming that "the greater part of the public..
Aztlan: An anthology of Mexican American literatur...
$14.62
Aztlan: An anthology of Mexican American literature (A Marc Corporation book) Author: Valdez And Steiner Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0394473698 ISBN-13: 9780394473697..
Baryshnikov at Work: Mikhail Baryshnikov Discusses...
$9.14
The man considered by many to be the world's greatest male dancer discusses all the roles he dances, the technical problems involved, and his stylistic approaches, while action photographs show him in twenty ballets Author: Mikhail Baryshnikov Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: ..
Beard on Pasta
$8.45
A collection of delicious pasta recipes by a respected chef and the author of Beard on Bread includes all the information necessary for a variety of dishes, including tips on saucing, stuffing, and serving. Author: James Beard Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: ..
Blake: A Biography
$9.17
16 pages of black-and-white and 24 pages of full-color illustrations, plus 73 illustrations in text. Author: Ackroyd, Peter Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: hardcover Language: english ISBN-10: 067940967X ISBN-13: 9780679409670..
Bob Dylan: Lyrics, 1962-1985- Includes All of Writ...
$18.33
The complete collection includes all of Dylan's writings and drawings plus 120 new writings. Index of song titles. Author: Dylan, Bob Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394542789 ISBN-13: 9780394542782..
Chance and Circumstance: The Draft, the War, and t...
$41.63
A compelling, revealing analysis of the generation of American males who came of draft age during the Vietnam War. The authors were high staff members on President Ford's clemency board. They demonstrate, among many other things, that wealthy, educated, well-connected men had many legal ways of avoi..
Citizens
$15.14
Instead of the dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology -- a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France. A New York Times bestseller in hardcover. 200 illustrations.From the Trade Paperback edition. Author: Schama, Simon Pub..
Cogan's Trade
$18.44
Cogan's Trade (Filmed as Killing Them Softly): Author: George V. Higgins Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394490576 ISBN-13: 9780394490571..
Concrete (English and German Edition)
$66.49
The winner of Germany's three most prestigious literary awards focuses on a dissatisfied Viennese music critic whose angry meditations call for judgment on his family, his society, his former lover, and himself Author: Bernhard, Thomas Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: Engli..
Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble Abou...
$11.26
In a series of feisty and ultimately hopeful essays, one of America's sharpest social critics casts a shrewd eye over contemporary culture to reveal the worst -- and the best -- of our habits of discourse, tendencies in education, and obsessions with technological novelty. Readers will find themselv..
Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf
David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Couril...
$8.77
Readers everywhere were introduced to the work of Irène Némirovsky through the publication of her long-lost masterpiece, Suite Française. But Suite Française was only the coda to the brief yet remarkably prolific career of this nearly forgotten, magnificent novelist. Here in one volume are four of N..