Search Results: Biographies from Books of the World

Orlando: Harcourt / A James H. Silberman book, October 2005. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Text unmarked. Spine straight and sound, ends bumped. Heavy edgewear to jacket. xii + 609 pages.
For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of our citizens. This masterful history re-creates that time of crisis; of President Eisenhower, who hated McCarthy but would not attack him; of the Republican senators who cynically used McCarthy to win their own elections; of Edward R. Murrow, whose courageous TV broadcast began McCarthy's downfall; and of mild-mannered lawyer Joseph Welch, who finally shamed McCarthy into silence. This story is told through the lens of its relevance to our own time, when fear again affects American behavior and attitudes, for the author believes now, as then, that our civil liberties, our Constitution,… Read More

New York: Twelve, May 2017. Hardcover. Third Printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Binding square and tight. Cover clean and crisp. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Suitable for gifting. 416 pages. The story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.

New York: Penguin, March 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean with light reading wear to corners and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 818 pages. A landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.

Lenoir City, Tennessee: Synergy South, December 1999. Hardcover. Commemorative Edition. Originally published as Jungle Cowboy. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 310 pages. For years, Stan Brock was a regular fixture in America's living rooms as co-host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. All the Cowboys Were Indians is Brock's account of his coming-of-age on the Dadanawa, the world's largest cattle ranch, in Guyana, South America. You will meet Brock as a fugitive schoolboy from England, longing to become a cowboy. You will agonize with him as he learns bone-crushing lessons the hard way. You will share his triumph as he tames a killer horse. You will fall in love with Leemo, his pet mountain lion, and all the other four-footed and feathered friends he acquires during his days on the Dadanawa.

London: Evans Brothers, 1979. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Dust stains to cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. iv + 60 pages. illus., maps, index.

New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Laid-in book reviews from the Washington Post and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 215 pages. 8 pages of color plates. Is there anyone who has not seen the sturdy Iowa farmer with his pitchfork and his thin-lipped wife or daughter? Ever since it met the public eye in 1930, the work titled American Gothic has elicited admiration, disgust, reverence, and ridicule and has been reproduced hundreds of thousands of times, in every medium. Painted by a self-proclaimed "bohemian" who studied in Paris, the image was first seen as a critique of Midwestern Puritanism and what H. L. Mencken called "the booboisie." During the Depression, it came to represent endurance in hard times through the quintessential American values of thrift, work, and faith. Later, in television,… Read More

New York: Chamberlain Bros, June 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Very Good+. Gift inscription on title page. Lightly tanned. Otherwise as new. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 165 pages

New York: Custom House, October 2018. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in an As New jacket. Light cup stain on front board (unnoticeable under jacket), otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 431 pages. The truth about Vladimir Putin's covert attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency, its possible connections to the Trump campaign, Robert Mueller's ensuing investigation of the president and those close to him, and the mystery of Trump's steadfast allegiance to Putin.

New York: Harper Collins, April 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tailed lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxii + 549 pages.

Amherst, New York: Prometheus, November 2000. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight fading. Light reading wear to lower corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxxii + 365 pages. First published in 1892, this autobiography of the great naturalist, compiled and edited by his son Francis, offers fascinating glimpses into the mind and personal experiences of the man whose discoveries have had such a profound influence on science, philosophy, and the modern world view. In the first half of the book Darwin reminisces about his early life, his family and upbringing, and his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle, during which he made the many observations that were later to prove so critical to his formulation of evolutionary theory. The second half is devoted mainly to the Origin of Species: its foundations, development, the writing and publication process, its varied critical reception, and the gradual acceptance and… Read More

New York: Dover Publications, June 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight with reading creases. Light edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x+468 pages.

Gandhi's nonviolent protest movement, Satyagraha (satya = true, agraha = firmness), came to stand, like its creator, as a moral principle and a rallying cry. This is Gandhi's story of the path to his vision of Satyagraha and human dignity. Gandhi made scrupulous truth-telling a religion. His simply narrated account of boyhood in Gujarat, marriage at age 13, legal studies in England, and growing desire for purity and reform has the force of a man extreme in all things. He details his gradual conversion to vegetarianism and ahimsa (non-violence) and the state of celibacy (brahmacharya, self-restraint) that became one of his more arduous spiritual trials. In the political realm he outlines the beginning of Satyagraha in South Africa and India, with accounts of the first Indian fasts and protests, his… Read More

New York: Bantam, September 1960. Mass Market Paperback. H2104. 11th printing. Good. Tanned. Text unmarked. Not from a library. 280 pages. A roman à clef loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. Made into a movie which won Elizabeth Taylor won her first Academy Award for Best Actress. The novel explores the life of a young woman having an affair with an older, married businessman. Set in New York circa 1931, it fills in her family background and sexual history, and it locates her within a circle of friends, their relationships, and economic struggles, providing a closely observed tour of the sordid and sensational lives of people on the fringe of café society and the underworld.

New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, May 1995. Trade Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. Remainder dot to top edge. xiv + 242 pages.
A former CEO of Ben & Jerry's tells how two '60s holdovers built a single ice cream store into one of America's hottest companies. From modest beginnings--opening their first ice cream shop in a renovated gas station--to entrepreneurial challenges, including their clash with Häagen-Dazs, to becoming a multimillion dollar company, Lager provides an insightful insider's account of Ben & Jerry's ice cream empire.

New York: Vintage, May 1983. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Very Good. Dust stains to edges. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine tight and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxii + 425 pages pages.

New York: Touchstone, February 1992. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing / Full number line. Very Good+. Interior unmarked. Binding square, tight and uncreased. Cover is clean with light rubbing. Foxing to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 193 pages. A kaleidoscopic memoir of a 35-year love affair with mysterious, exotic Haiti. The dialogue the author conducts with this beleaguered island is rich with surprising revelations and startling juxtapositions.

Roseville, California: Prima, September 2001. Trade Paperback. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light edgewear and rubbing, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxiii + 439 pages.

Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press, May 1998. Flat signed by author on title page. First Edition / second printing. Very Good book in Fine jacket. Foxing to edges. Text pristine. Binding square and tight. Corners sharp. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 207 pages.Since his marriage to an Iowan ten years ago, Richard, Lord Acton has divided his time between England and Iowa. Much of his American life is spent writing the historical studies and whimsical observations of the worlds around him that have endeared him to Iowans. This collection of Acton's essays reflects the rich diversity of the author's interests and experiences. The first chapter, "Finding Myself in Iowa, " concerns the author's attempts to discover what on earth he was doing in the heartland of America and his growing affection for his adopted state. "London Bridges" describes something of the other half of the author's life in "the greatest city in the world." Other chapters invoke a southern… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, November 2013. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine tail lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 910 pages.
A dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. Focusing on the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and his successor, William Howard Taft--one-time colleagues and friends who later became sworn foes--Goodwin chronicles the birth of an activist press, which occurred when five of the nation's best-ever journalists converged at McClure's magazine and helped usher in the Progressive era.

London: National Portrait Gallery, July 1974. Printed at Barnardo School of Printing. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Small scuff to rear cover and spine slightly faded, otherwise As New. A photographic album with images of destitute children rescued by Dr. Barnardo based on exhibition staged at National Portrait Gallery, London July-November 1974. Essay "The Camera and Dr. Barnardo" by Valerie Lloyd. Introduction "A Man of Tender Violence" by Gillian Wagner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 40 pages. Stiff paper wrappers. 8vo.

New York: NAL Caliber, May 2006. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Remainder mark. Not from a library. Not clipped. x + 326 pages. Contents: George Bush had better be fucking right; Hurry up and Kuwait; Welcome to Saddam International Airport; Into Baghdad; Sector 17; Ka-bob; The mother's day massacre; Keeping the peace; Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not trying to kill you; Ripples of hope; I saw a holy man die tonight; God bullets hurt; Collateral damage; The gremlins theory; Baghdad island; Hope is not a course of action; Ali Baba; Fighting the media war; Christmas in Baghdad; A viable exit strategy; Homecoming; The war within; Finding a voice; Speaking out; Taking on the president of the United States; Operation truth; The sensible war movement.