Nonfiction / Essays from The Brooklyn Bookman

STIGLER, Stephen M.: Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2002. Stated first paperback edition (third printing). Softcover, 488 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Mathematical Statistics – History / Statistics – Essays, Popularization. Condition: Very Good. Some very light bumping to the corners. Otherwise a copy in near-fine condition with all pages… Read more about this item

BENNETT, Alan: Writing Home. London & Boston, Faber & Faber, 1997. Originally published in 1994. Paperback, 634 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays & Reviews / Memoir & Autobiography / Writers & Playwrights – UK – Alan Bennett, b. 1934. Condition: Good. Former owner's inscription found on the front cover's reverse. Some normal age-toning to the pages yet unmarked and clean.… Read more about this item

THURMAN, Judith: Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire. New York, Picador/Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007. Stated First Picador Edition: 2008. Softcover, 427 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays / Literary / Women's Studies. Condition: Good. The main defect of the book involves ruffling of pages (page corners and edges bent). Otherwise a copy in readable condition with all pages clean and… Read more about this item

ALLEN, Woody: Side Effects. New York, Ballantine Books, 1980. First Ballantine Paperback Edition 1981. Paperback, 216 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Humor / Essays. Condition: Good Plus. Some sunning to the pages but unmarked. Creasing to the spine and extremities. A decent copy in overall good plus condition. Straight to the point and humorous observations of modern everyday life. A must… Read more about this item

PAGLIA, Camille: Sex, Art and American Culture: Essays. New York, Vintage, 1992. Stated First Edition. Softcover, 337 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / U.S.- Popular Culture – History / Feminism / Essay Collections. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light wear to extremities evident. Pages slightly toned but unmarked. A collection of insightful essays by… Read more about this item

GERARD, Sarah: Sunshine State: Essays. New York, Harper Perennial, 2017. Stated First Edition (later printing). Softcover, 359 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays / Florida-Description-Social and Environmental Conditions-21st Century/ Memoir. Condition: Very Good. Signs of light moderate wear to the covers. All pages clean and unmarked. The noted author's first collection of… Read more about this item

IYER, Pico (Editor): The Best American Travel Writing 2004. Boston & New York, Houghton-Mifflin Company, 2004. First Edition. Softcover, 332 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Travel & Adventure / The Best American Series (Fiction and Nonfiction). Condition: Very Good Plus. Former owner's red inked inscription found on the front endpaper. Copy is… Read more about this item

SCHECTER, Danny: News Dissector: Passions, Pieces and Polemics, 1960-2000. New York, Akashic Books, 2001. First Printing. Softcover, 297 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Reportage, American-Twentieth Century / Collected Articles & Essays. Condition: Very Good. Gently used copy with a slight trace of sticker pull on the front cover. Slight bumping to the top… Read more about this item

GIBALDI, Joseph: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers: Sixth Edition. New York, The Modern Language Association of America, 2003. Softcover, 361 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Writing Guides / Reference / How-To. Condition: Very Good. Light bumping to corners. Marking found on the half-title page. All other pages clean and not marked. Authoritative guide to writing effective and clear research… Read more about this item

COLES, Robert: The Secular Mind. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 189 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Secularism-United States / Philosophy and Psychology / Religion. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Light wear to the jacket but in near-fine appearance. Book boards are sturdy with clean and unmarked pages. "This book is a sweeping essay… Read more about this item

PORTER, Katherine Anne: The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter. Boston, Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1970. Reprint - 1990. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays / Poetry / Letters. Softcover, 496 pp. Condition: Very Good Plus. Light bumping to the to two of the book corners. Otherwise a clean copy in first-rate condition. "Here is a magnificent collection… Read more about this item