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Trade Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. 142 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Winner of the 2019 Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize, From the Love of Strangers is a moving story about friendship set in a gritty Brooklyn hospital, where a young woman learns to take charge of her life by taking care of others.Working as an orderly in a gritty Brooklyn public hospital, Sima is often reminded by her superiors that she's the least important person there. An immigrant who, with her mother, escaped vicious anti-Semitism in Poland, she spends her shifts transporting patients, observing the doctors and residents . and quietly nurturing her aspirations to become a doctor herself by going to night school. Now just one credit short of graduating, she finds herself faltering in the face of pressure from her mother not to overreach, and to settle for the life she has now.Everything changes when Sima encounters Mindy Kahn, an intern doctor struggling through her residency. Sensing a fellow outsider in need of support, Sima bonds with Mindy over their patients, and learns the power of truly letting yourself care for another person, helping to give her the courage to face her past, and take control of her future.A moving story about vulnerability and friendship, From the Love of Strangers is the story of one woman's discovery that sometimes intractions with strangers are the best way to find yourself. The moving story of two struggling medical students who find solace in their friendship amidst difficult decisions and uncertain futures. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. G/none, used, trade paper, 288 pp. Color illustrated stiff paper wraps, interior clean , no marks, pages near bright, bindiing tight. Slight shelf wear to wraps, no chips or tears, bottom fore-corner of the upper has been folded over and shows wrinkle lines, corners square.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This in-depth work of reportage dares to ask what's at stake in privatizing outer space"A lucid, bright and essential work of reporting, analysis and genuine care.Peter Ward has given us a new way to think about private endeavors in space.Superb."-Rivka Galchen, author ofLittle LaborsThis in-depth work of reportage dares to ask what's at stake in privatizing outer spaceEarth is in trouble-so dramatically that we're now scrambling to explore space for valuable resources and a home for permanent colonization. With the era of NASA's dominance now behind us, the private sector is winning this new space race. But if humans and their private wealth have made such a mess of Earth, who can say we won't do the same in space?In The Consequential Frontier, business and technology journalist Peter Ward is raising this vital question before it's too late. Interviewing tech CEOs, inventors, scientists, lobbyists, politicians, and future civilian astronauts, Ward sheds light on a whole industry beyond headline-grabbing rocket billionaires like Bezos and Musk, and introduces the new generation of activists trying to keep it from rushing recklessly into the cosmos.With optimism for what humans might accomplish in space if we could leave our tendency toward deregulation, inequality, and environmental destruction behind, Ward shows just how much cooperation it will take to protect our universal resource and how beneficial it could be for all of us. An in-depth work of reportage that dares to ask what's at stake in privatising outer space. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A classic in the Melville House award-winning Art of The Novella series, The Awakening will be read by anybody interested in the unstettled place of women and the roots of modern American fiction.She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.Condemned as "sordid" and "immoral" on its publication in 1899, this story of a woman trapped in her marriage effectively ended Chopin's career but was revived as a proto-feminist classic in the 1970s. What Newsweek calls Chopin's "prophetic psychology" ensures its timeliness today.The Art of The Novella SeriesToo short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time. Condemned as ""sordid"" and ""immoral"" on its publication in 1899, this story of a woman trapped in her marriage effectively ended Chopin's career but was revived as a proto-feminist classic in the 1970s. What Newsweek calls Chopin's ""prophetic psychology"" insures its timeliness today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. THE ART OF THE NOVELLA SERIES"I prefer not to," he respectfully and slowly said, and mildly disappeared.Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world-even those daunted by Moby-Dick-Bartleby the Scriveneris simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story- What if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"?The tale is one of the final works of fiction published by Melville before, slipping into despair over the continuing critical dismissal of his work after Moby-Dick, he abandoned publishing fiction. The work is presented here exactly as it was originally published in Putnam's magazine-to, sadly, critical disdain.The Art of The Novella SeriesToo short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art of the Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time. The rat race of Wall Street is turned on its head when Bartleby the copier decides that he simply "would prefer not to" in this absorbing early modernist tale. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This high-spirited tale, told through an exchange of letters, is unique in Jane Austen's small body of work. It tells the story of Lady Susan, a brilliant, beautiful and morally reprehensible coquette who delights in making men fall in love with her, deceiving their wives' friendship and even tormenting her own daughter, cruelly bending her to her will. Austen clearly delighted in her monstrous heroine, tracing Lady Susan's manoeuvrings to remarry yet continue on with her lover and marry off her young daughter with great wit, zest and panache. Epistolary novel written presumably between 1793-1794 and originally published 1871 in Edward Austen-Leigh's A Memoir of Jane Austen. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A classic tale of terror and grotesquerie by the original master of horrorA classic tale of terror and grotesquerie by the original master of horrorH. P. Lovecraft proclaimed his Dunwich Horror "so fiendish" that his editor at Weird Tales "may not dare to print it." The editor, fortunately, knew a good thing when he saw it.One of the core Cthulhu stories, The Dunwich Horror introduces us to the grim village of Dunwich, where each member of the Whateley family is more grotesque than the other. There's the grandfather, a mad old sorcerer; Lavinia, the deformed, albino woman; and Wilbur, a disgusting specimen who reaches full manhood in less than a decade. And above all, there's the mysterious presence in the farmhouse, unseen but horrifying, which seems to be growing . . .Wilbur tracks down an original edition of the Necronomicon and breaks into a library to steal it. But his reward eludes him- he gets caught, and the result is death by guard dog. Meanwhile, left unattended, the monster at the Whateley house keeps expanding, until the farmhouse explodes and the beast is unleashed to terrorize the poor, aggrieved village of Dunwich.As chilling today as it was upon its publication in 1929, The Dunwich Horror is a horrifying masterwork by the man Stephen King called "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Parnassus on Wheels Christopher Morley"When you sell a man a book," says Roger Mifflin, the sprite-like book peddler at the center of this classic novella, "you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue--you sell him a whole new life." In this beguiling but little-known prequel to Christopher Morley's beloved Haunted Bookshop, the "whole new life" that the traveling bookman delivers to Helen McGill, the narrator of Parnassus on Wheels, provides the romantic comedy that drives this charming love letter to a life in books. Originally published: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The full, unexpurgated final report of special prosecutor Jack Smith, regarding his two-year investigation of Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.The evidence from the investigation includes grand jury testimony from 55 witnesses, interviews by Smith's criminal investigators with over 250 people, photographs, information from electronic devices and online records-including Trump's social media account-and more.The full, unexpurgated final report of special prosecutor Jack Smith, regarding his two-year investigation of Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.The evidence from the investigation includes grand jury testimony from 55 witnesses, interviews by Smith's criminal investigators with over 250 people, photographs, information from electronic devices and online records-including Trump's social media account-and more."Our work rested upon the fundamental value of our democracy that we exist as 'a government of laws, and not of men . . .' Simply put- the Department of Justice's guiding mandate, which my Office strove to uphold, is that power, politics, influence, status, wealth, fear, and favor should not impede justice under the law . . . My Office had one north star- to follow the facts and law wherever they led. Nothing more and nothing less . . . But for Mr. Trump's election and imminent return to the Presidency, the Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial."-From Jack Smith's Cover Letter to Attorney General Merrick GarlandThe Jack Smith Report continues Melville House's "tradition of publishing pivotal public documents."-The New York Times Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A masterful new novel brings us more of the "strange brilliance" that has captivated readers.From the wildly inventive author of the novels How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive and Golden Delicious comes a new novel unlike anything you have ever read. "Boucher makes the world come alive by making language come alive." --George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo Suddenly, everything becomes slippery; A man grows a wall inside himself; A bookstore owner meets a woman with an invisible dog; hearts take vacations and language is kept in zoos. Boucher's novel brings us more of the "strange brilliance" -- in the words of Emily St. John Mandel - that drew readers to his novels. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A brilliant modernist classic--now available in a standalone editionA brilliant modernist classic--now available for the first time in a stand-alone editionThis dreamy, formally audacious story of a summer's day in the life of one family is a small masterpiece by Katherine Mansfield, hailed as "one of the great modernist writers. Virginia Woolf said of Mansfield, hers was "the only writing I have ever been jealous of."A modernist master of cool precision and extraordinary delicacy, Mansfield wrote about family life with a sharp radicalism, and At the Bay is one of her greatest works. Told in thirteen parts, beginning early in the morning and ending at dusk, At the Bay captures both the Burnell family's intricate web of relatives and friends, and the dreamy, unassuming natural beauty of Crescent Bay.Haunting but ever understated, At the Bay is as timeless novella, and a testament to Mansfield's remarkable powers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Herman Melville's final masterpiece, found unpublished on his desk at his death, and the book in which he discusses homosexuality most openly.Herman Melville's final masterpiece, found unpublished on his desk at his death.Billy Budd, Sailor would emerge, after its publication in 1924, as one of Melville's best-loved books--and one of his most open, with its discussion of homosexualty.In it, Melville returns to the sea to tell the story of Billy, a cheerful, hard working, and handsome young sailor, conscripted to work against his will on another ship, where he soon finds himself persecuted by Claggart, the paranoid master-at-arms. As things escalate beyond the naive Billy's control, tragedy looms on the horizon like Melville's great white whale, and the story become Melville's final, sublime plunge into the classic tussle between civilization and chaos, between oppression and freedom, as well as the book in which he discusses homosexuality most openly.One of the major works of American literature. "First published as volume XIII of The Complete Works of Herman Melville (Constable and Company, Ltd., 1924)"--Title page verso. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The fastest way to understand the historic January 6th Report is this definitive edition of the Select Committee's Executive Summary of the Report to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The Summary is presented unedited and in its entirety, without the bias of introduction, commentary, or other punditry.The fastest way to understand the historic January 6th Report is this definitive edition of the Select Committee's Executive Summary of the Report to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The Summary is presented unedited and in its entirety, without the bias of introduction, commentary, or other punditry.The result of thousands of interviews, testimony derived from the issuance of over 100 subpoenas, countless hours investigating telephone and internet records as well as analyzing audio, photo, and video evidence, the report uncovers an intricate scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.The central question of the report, answered in stunning detail here, is- How involved was the president of the United States?Months in the making, this stark and gripping text will allow every American to learn for themselves what really happened at the Capitol of the United States on January 6th, 2021.The Executive Summary of the January 6th Report is another in Melville House's series of carefully presented "pivotal public documents." (New York Times) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Lore Segal is a long-time New Yorker writer, and favorite among it's readers. We expect the paperback to briskly, and to be a perfect gift book for the literary reader.ANew York TimesNotable BookThe renownedNew Yorkerwriter and Pulitzer Prize finalist delivers a hilarious, poignant, and profoundly moving tale of living, loving, and aging in America todayAt Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, doctors have noticed a marked uptick in Alzheimer's patients. People who seemed perfectly lucid just a day earlier suddenly show signs of advanced dementia. Is it just normal aging, or an epidemic? Is it a coincidence, or a secret terrorist plot?In the looking-glass world ofHalf the Kingdom-where terrorist paranoia and end-of-the-world hysteria mask deeper fears of mortality; where parents' and their grown children's feelings vacillate between frustration and tenderness; and where the broken medical system leads one character to quip, "Kafka wrote slice-of-life fiction"-all is familiar and yet slightly askew.Lore Segal masterfully interweaves her characters' lives-lives that, for good or for ill, all converge in Cedar's ER-into a funny, tragic, and tender portrait of how we live today."Lore Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing The Great American Novel."-The New York Times"I always feel in her work such a sense of toughness and humor . . . Her writing is sad and funny, and that makes it more of both."-Jennifer Egan, author ofA Visit from the Goon Squad 'Half the Kingdom' is a dark comedy about life, death and growing old in post-9/11 America - a place where terrorist paranoia and end-of-the-world hysteria masks deeper fears about mortality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Ivan Petrovich Belkin left behind a great number of manuscripts. Most of them, as Ivan Petrovich told me, were true stories heard from various people.First published anonymously in 1830, Alexander Pushkin's Tales of Belkin contains his first prose works. It is comprised of an introductory note and five linked stories, ostensibly collected by the scholar Ivan Belkin. The stories center variously around military figures, the wealthy, and businessmen; this beautiful novella gives a vivid portrait of nineteenth century Russian life.It has become, as well, one of the most beloved books in Russian literary history, and symbolic of the popularity of the novella form in Russia. In fact, it has become the namesake for Russia's most prestigious annual literary prize, the Belkin Prize, given each year to a book voted by judges to be the best novella of the year.It is presented here in a sparkling new translation by Josh Billings. Tales of Belkin also highlights the nature of our ongoing Art of the Novella Series-that is, that it specializes in important although albeit lesser-known works by major writers, often in new tranlsations.The Art of The Novella SeriesToo short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time. One of the most beloved books in Russian literary history, now presented in a sparkling new translation by Josh Billings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition.