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Bringing readers to the Ireland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells, a historical examination of Ireland's role in the rise of medieval Europe cites the work of countless monks and scribes in the...

A Palestinian poet and intellectual offers a memoir of his return to the West Bank after thirty years of exile, noting the changes in his birthplace and family since his departure in 1967.Author:...

Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global EconomyAuthor: Mois?s Na?mPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: October 10, 2006Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage:...

With black-and-white illustrations throughout World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng?ug??wa Thiong'o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his...

A panoramic chronicle of the rise of Islam by the author of Rubicon traces the rapid evolution of Arabian culture over a period of formative decades during which it triumphed against formidable odds...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A gripping genetic detective story, and a meditation on the meaning of parenthood and family." --Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach From the acclaimed, best-selling...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story and an American icon of horror explores the deepest, shadow-filled corners of his imagination in these sixteen stories. ? "Straub's shorter...

The author describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, a disastrous expedition that claimed the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survivedAuthor: Jon KrakauerPublisher:...

Documents the story of how an American secretary was declared the monarch of a small fishing village on Ghana's central coast, recounting the challenges she faced in improving local circumstances,...

Know Your Power: A Message To America'S DaughtersAuthor: Nancy PelosiPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: Apr 07, 2009Number of Pages: 192 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Finalist for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography One of the Best Books of the Year: The Christian Science Monitor NPR The Seattle Times St. Louis Post-Dispatch Chicago Tribune A...

A New York Times reporter offers a powerful indictment of the CIA and its intelligence-gathering capabilities as he traces the history of the organization from the end of World War II to Iraq, in a...

Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home RemediesAuthor: Laura EsquivelPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: October 01, 1995Number of Pages: 256...

From the famed publisher and poet, author of the million-copy-selling collection A Coney Island of the Mind, his literary last will and testament -- part autobiography, part summing up, part...

The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ?he story proves as cleverly witty as its title. It's filled with high jinks both terrorizing and hilarious.??SA Today In 1977, four teenagers and a dog?ndy (the tomboy),...

Examines the history of medical experimentation on African Americans, from the colonial era to the present day, revealing the exploitation and poor medical treatment suffered by blacks, often without...

Author: Rolf GatesPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: Dec 03, 2002Number of Pages: 448 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0385721544ISBN-13: 9780385721547

Metropolisa'story Of The City, Hankind'S Gatest Invention - 9780525436331Author: Ben WilsonPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: Oct 12, 2021Number of Pages: 512 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

A New York Times Notable Book In medieval England, a runaway scholar-priest named Nicholas Barber has joined a traveling theater troupe as they make their way toward their liege lord?s castle. In...

Munson: The Life And Death Of A Yankee CaptainAuthor: Marty AppelPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: Jun 01, 2010Number of Pages: 400 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A memoir begun just months before Child's death describes the legendary food expert's years in Paris, Marseille, and Provence and her journey from a young woman from Pasadena who cannot cook or speak...

The novelist records the anguish and triumphs of a young painter as he emerges into the great world of art and rejects all else.Author: Chaim PotokPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: March 11,...

Slasher meets satire in this darkly comic novel set in Nigeria about a woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.Author: Oyinkan BraithwaitePublisher:...

Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are...

Night Boat to TangierAuthor: Kevin BarryPublisher: AnchorPublication Date: Jul 07, 2020Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1101911344ISBN-13: 9781101911341

In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. * "A must-read for anyone who can't get enough of the ever-blurring...

London, 1940. As bombs fall onto the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, races from bomb sites to hospitals, while her husband Paul Tarrant...

From the Tony- and Pulitzer-nominated playwright, actress, and activist: shining a light on the school-to-prison pipeline, this urgent new work of drama brings together seventeen voices from the...

The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after he was caught having an affair with his brother's wife. His mother, June, hardly...