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The Duel
Written by Giacomo Casanova
Translated by James Marcus
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: August 16, 2011
Price: $11.00
ISBN: 978-1-935554-49-3 (1-935554-49-2)
A sparkling new translation tells the tale of a young libertine who finds his rapier wit matched by actual rapiers.
In this autobiographical tale, a young dandy is forced to flee his hometown after falling afoul of the authorities. But sheltering in the royal court he finds treachery and insult and is... Read more >
Written by Giacomo Casanova
Translated by James Marcus
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: August 16, 2011
Price: $11.00
ISBN: 978-1-935554-49-3 (1-935554-49-2)
A sparkling new translation tells the tale of a young libertine who finds his rapier wit matched by actual rapiers.
In this autobiographical tale, a young dandy is forced to flee his hometown after falling afoul of the authorities. But sheltering in the royal court he finds treachery and insult and is... Read more >
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History of My Life
Written by Giacomo Casanova
Translated by Willard R. Trask
Format: Hardcover, 1512 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $37.50
ISBN: 978-0-307-26557-9 (0-307-26557-9)
The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional... Read more >
Written by Giacomo Casanova
Translated by Willard R. Trask
Format: Hardcover, 1512 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $37.50
ISBN: 978-0-307-26557-9 (0-307-26557-9)
The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional... Read more >
The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-95087-1 (0-307-95087-5)
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Whenever IEDs were discovered, he and his men would lead the way in either disarming the deadly devices or searching through rubble and remains for clues... Read more >
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-95087-1 (0-307-95087-5)
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Whenever IEDs were discovered, he and his men would lead the way in either disarming the deadly devices or searching through rubble and remains for clues... Read more >
The Long Walk
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53620-2 (0-385-53620-8)
In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming that grabs readers by the throat even as it touches their hearts.
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East... Read more >
A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Written by Brian Castner
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53620-2 (0-385-53620-8)
In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming that grabs readers by the throat even as it touches their hearts.
Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East... Read more >
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The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
Written by Catherine the Great
Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6987-0 (0-8129-6987-1)
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power... Read more >
Written by Catherine the Great
Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6987-0 (0-8129-6987-1)
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power... Read more >
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The Journals of John Cheever
Written by John Cheever
Edited by Robert Gottlieb
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38725-7 (0-307-38725-9)
In these journals, the experiences of one of the most renowned twentieth-century American writers come to life with fascinating, wholly revealing detail.
John Cheever's journals provide peerless insights into the creation of his novels and stories. But they are equally the record of a complex, often dark, always closely observed inner world... Read more >
Written by John Cheever
Edited by Robert Gottlieb
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38725-7 (0-307-38725-9)
In these journals, the experiences of one of the most renowned twentieth-century American writers come to life with fascinating, wholly revealing detail.
John Cheever's journals provide peerless insights into the creation of his novels and stories. But they are equally the record of a complex, often dark, always closely observed inner world... Read more >
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China's Son
Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
Written by Da Chen
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $6.50
ISBN: 978-0-440-22926-1 (0-440-22926-X)
A candid memoir about growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, adapted by the author from his Colors of the Mountain, published by Random House.
Da Chen was born in China in 1962. The grandson of a landlord, he and his family were treated as outcasts in Communist China. In school, Da... Read more >
Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
Written by Da Chen
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $6.50
ISBN: 978-0-440-22926-1 (0-440-22926-X)
A candid memoir about growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, adapted by the author from his Colors of the Mountain, published by Random House.
Da Chen was born in China in 1962. The grandson of a landlord, he and his family were treated as outcasts in Communist China. In school, Da... Read more >
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Colors of the Mountain
Written by Da Chen
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 16, 2001
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-72060-1 (0-385-72060-2)
"I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation."
In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to... Read more >
Written by Da Chen
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 16, 2001
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-72060-1 (0-385-72060-2)
"I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation."
In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to... Read more >
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Hurricane Katrina
Response and Responsibilities, Second Edition
Edited by John Brown Childs
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $10.00
ISBN: 978-1-55643-792-2 (1-55643-792-7)
The voices gathered in this book represent critical and personal responses to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. They are a second volley following the immediate journalism, and suggest the kind of dialogue, critical analysis and hopeful spirit that will be necessary in the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast. All essays were... Read more >
Response and Responsibilities, Second Edition
Edited by John Brown Childs
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $10.00
ISBN: 978-1-55643-792-2 (1-55643-792-7)
The voices gathered in this book represent critical and personal responses to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. They are a second volley following the immediate journalism, and suggest the kind of dialogue, critical analysis and hopeful spirit that will be necessary in the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast. All essays were... Read more >
Made in Detroit
Written by Paul Clemens
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7596-6 (1-4000-7596-3)
A New York Times Notable Book
A powerfully candid memoir about growing up white in Detroit and the conflicted point of view it produced.
Raised in Detroit during the '70s, '80s, and '90s, Paul Clemens saw his family growing steadily isolated from its surroundings: white in a predominately black city, Catholic in an... Read more >
Written by Paul Clemens
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7596-6 (1-4000-7596-3)
A New York Times Notable Book
A powerfully candid memoir about growing up white in Detroit and the conflicted point of view it produced.
Raised in Detroit during the '70s, '80s, and '90s, Paul Clemens saw his family growing steadily isolated from its surroundings: white in a predominately black city, Catholic in an... Read more >
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Girl Singer
An Autobiography
Written by Rosemary Clooney and Joan Barthel
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-7679-0555-8 (0-7679-0555-5)
The legendary singer and actress shares the personal story of her extraordinary life and career, detailing her rise to success in the entertainment world, her troubled marriage to Jose Ferrer, her battle with addiction and depression, and the new triumphs in her life.
"Warm, intimate…Clooney's writing conveys the same kind of honesty... Read more >
An Autobiography
Written by Rosemary Clooney and Joan Barthel
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-7679-0555-8 (0-7679-0555-5)
The legendary singer and actress shares the personal story of her extraordinary life and career, detailing her rise to success in the entertainment world, her troubled marriage to Jose Ferrer, her battle with addiction and depression, and the new triumphs in her life.
"Warm, intimate…Clooney's writing conveys the same kind of honesty... Read more >
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The Beautiful Struggle
A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52746-0 (0-385-52746-2)
Selected for common reading at Widener University (Chester, PA)
An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us.
Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age... Read more >
A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52746-0 (0-385-52746-2)
Selected for common reading at Widener University (Chester, PA)
An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us.
Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age... Read more >
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Looking for Trouble
One Woman, Six Wars and a Revolution
Edited by Leslie Cockburn
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 16, 1999
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-48355-1 (0-385-48355-4)
News correspondent Leslie Cockburn has dined with the Cali Cartel, marched with the Khmer Rouge, hunted down the Black Turban in Afghanistan, pursued the Russian mafia to the Arctic Circle, shared pomegranate sauce with the Ayatollahs, and stopped a small Kurdish war, but she has never told these stories in a... Read more >
One Woman, Six Wars and a Revolution
Edited by Leslie Cockburn
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 16, 1999
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-48355-1 (0-385-48355-4)
News correspondent Leslie Cockburn has dined with the Cali Cartel, marched with the Khmer Rouge, hunted down the Black Turban in Afghanistan, pursued the Russian mafia to the Arctic Circle, shared pomegranate sauce with the Ayatollahs, and stopped a small Kurdish war, but she has never told these stories in a... Read more >
The Difficulty of Being
Written by Jean Cocteau
Translated by Elizabeth Sprigge
Introduction by Geoffrey O'Brien
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-61219-290-1 (1-61219-290-4)
By the time he published The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Jean Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century, and had worked with the foremost artists of his time, including Proust, Gide, Picasso and Stravinsky.
This memoir tells the inside account of those... Read more >
Written by Jean Cocteau
Translated by Elizabeth Sprigge
Introduction by Geoffrey O'Brien
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Melville House
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-61219-290-1 (1-61219-290-4)
By the time he published The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Jean Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century, and had worked with the foremost artists of his time, including Proust, Gide, Picasso and Stravinsky.
This memoir tells the inside account of those... Read more >
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The Peddler's Grandson
Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi
Written by Edward Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Delta
On Sale: January 2, 2002
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-33591-1 (0-385-33591-1)
In this poignant memoir, Edward Cohen tells of his family's experiences of assimilation and isolation as one of the few Jewish families in the Deep South of the 1950s. Insulated by his extended family, Cohen believed the world was populated only by Jews. It was only when he started school that... Read more >
Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi
Written by Edward Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Delta
On Sale: January 2, 2002
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-33591-1 (0-385-33591-1)
In this poignant memoir, Edward Cohen tells of his family's experiences of assimilation and isolation as one of the few Jewish families in the Deep South of the 1950s. Insulated by his extended family, Cohen believed the world was populated only by Jews. It was only when he started school that... Read more >
Train Go Sorry
Inside a Deaf World
Written by Leah Hager Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76165-5 (0-679-76165-9)
In American Sign Language, "train go sorry" means "missing the boat." Cohen uses the phrase as shorthand for the myriad missed connections between the deaf and the hearing. Yet in this stunning work of journalism and memoir she also forges new connections. As she ushers readers into New York's Lexington School... Read more >
Inside a Deaf World
Written by Leah Hager Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76165-5 (0-679-76165-9)
In American Sign Language, "train go sorry" means "missing the boat." Cohen uses the phrase as shorthand for the myriad missed connections between the deaf and the hearing. Yet in this stunning work of journalism and memoir she also forges new connections. As she ushers readers into New York's Lexington School... Read more >
Lake Effect
Written by Rich Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-72533-3 (0-375-72533-4)
Winner of the Great Lakes Book Award and the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library
Raised in an affluent suburb on the North Shore of Chicago, Rich Cohen had a cluster of interesting friends, but none more interesting than Jamie Drew. Fatherless, reckless, and lower middle class in a place... Read more >
Written by Rich Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-72533-3 (0-375-72533-4)
Winner of the Great Lakes Book Award and the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library
Raised in an affluent suburb on the North Shore of Chicago, Rich Cohen had a cluster of interesting friends, but none more interesting than Jamie Drew. Fatherless, reckless, and lower middle class in a place... Read more >
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Cherries in Winter
My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times
Written by Suzan Colon
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-47593-0 (0-307-47593-X)
When Suzan Colón was laid off from her dream job at a national magazine, she needed to cut her budget, and fast. That meant dusting off her grandmother Matilda’s old recipe folder and learning how to cook cheaply and simply. But Suzan found more than just amazing recipes–she found a new... Read more >
My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times
Written by Suzan Colon
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-47593-0 (0-307-47593-X)
When Suzan Colón was laid off from her dream job at a national magazine, she needed to cut her budget, and fast. That meant dusting off her grandmother Matilda’s old recipe folder and learning how to cook cheaply and simply. But Suzan found more than just amazing recipes–she found a new... Read more >
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Home Cooking
A Writer in the Kitchen
Written by Laurie Colwin
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-47441-4 (0-307-47441-0)
Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, Home Cooking is Laurie Colwin’s manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hotplate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin regales us with tales of meals gone both... Read more >
A Writer in the Kitchen
Written by Laurie Colwin
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-47441-4 (0-307-47441-0)
Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, Home Cooking is Laurie Colwin’s manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hotplate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin regales us with tales of meals gone both... Read more >
Honky
Written by Dalton Conley
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 18, 2001
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-72775-7 (0-375-72775-2)
As recalled in Honky, Dalton Conley’s childhood has all of the classic elements of growing up in America. But the fact that he was one of the few white boys in a mostly black and Puerto Rican neighborhood on Manhattan’s Lower East Side makes Dalton’s childhood unique.
At the age of three... Read more >
Written by Dalton Conley
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 18, 2001
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-72775-7 (0-375-72775-2)
As recalled in Honky, Dalton Conley’s childhood has all of the classic elements of growing up in America. But the fact that he was one of the few white boys in a mostly black and Puerto Rican neighborhood on Manhattan’s Lower East Side makes Dalton’s childhood unique.
At the age of three... Read more >
The Foremost Good Fortune
Written by Susan Conley
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-73986-5 (0-307-73986-4)
When Susan Conley, her husband, and their two young sons leave their house in Maine for a two-year stint in a high-rise apartment in Beijing, they are prepared to weather the inevitable onslaught of culture shock. But the challenges of living and mothering in an utterly foreign country become even more... Read more >
Written by Susan Conley
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-73986-5 (0-307-73986-4)
When Susan Conley, her husband, and their two young sons leave their house in Maine for a two-year stint in a high-rise apartment in Beijing, they are prepared to weather the inevitable onslaught of culture shock. But the challenges of living and mothering in an utterly foreign country become even more... Read more >
The Foremost Good Fortune
Written by Susan Conley
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-59406-8 (0-307-59406-8)
When Susan Conley moves with her family to Beijing, she can’t imagine how much their lives will change. While Tony, her husband, is consumed with his job, Susan confronts a host of perplexing firsts: determining the proper way to shop at a Chinese megamarket, bribing her two young sons to ride... Read more >
Written by Susan Conley
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-59406-8 (0-307-59406-8)
When Susan Conley moves with her family to Beijing, she can’t imagine how much their lives will change. While Tony, her husband, is consumed with his job, Susan confronts a host of perplexing firsts: determining the proper way to shop at a Chinese megamarket, bribing her two young sons to ride... Read more >
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Burmese Lessons
A true love story
Written by Karen Connelly
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-52800-9 (0-385-52800-0)
When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity. She also encounters a country ruled by a brutal military dictatorship that imposes a code of censorship and terror. Carefully seeking out the regime’s critics, she... Read more >
A true love story
Written by Karen Connelly
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-52800-9 (0-385-52800-0)
When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity. She also encounters a country ruled by a brutal military dictatorship that imposes a code of censorship and terror. Carefully seeking out the regime’s critics, she... Read more >
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Rolling Nowhere
Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes
Written by Ted Conover
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-72786-3 (0-375-72786-8)
In Ted Conover’s first book, now back in print, he enters a segment of humanity outside society and reports back on a world few of us would chose to enter but about which we are all curious.
Hoboes fascinated Conover, but he had only encountered them in literature and folksongs. So, he... Read more >
Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes
Written by Ted Conover
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-72786-3 (0-375-72786-8)
In Ted Conover’s first book, now back in print, he enters a segment of humanity outside society and reports back on a world few of us would chose to enter but about which we are all curious.
Hoboes fascinated Conover, but he had only encountered them in literature and folksongs. So, he... Read more >
Whiteout
Lost in Aspen
Written by Ted Conover
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 19, 1993
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-74178-7 (0-679-74178-X)
Irreverent, poignant, and revealing, this meditation on the sweet temptation of wealth and the vainglorious quest for paradise as they exist in Aspen, Colorado, features a “cast of characters (that) includes such barn-size satirical targets as exclusive health clubs, over-the-hill drug dealers and movie stars and rock stars of wattages bright... Read more >
Lost in Aspen
Written by Ted Conover
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 19, 1993
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-74178-7 (0-679-74178-X)
Irreverent, poignant, and revealing, this meditation on the sweet temptation of wealth and the vainglorious quest for paradise as they exist in Aspen, Colorado, features a “cast of characters (that) includes such barn-size satirical targets as exclusive health clubs, over-the-hill drug dealers and movie stars and rock stars of wattages bright... Read more >
