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Paperback. Condizione: Good. At the height of the Boer War, a doctor at a British concentration camp conducts a series of grim experiments on Boer prisoners. His work ends in chaos, but two children survive. One hundred years later, a disgraced police constable is reassigned to the sleepy South African town of Unie, where she makes a terrifying discovery: the body of a woman, burned beyond recognition. The crime soon leads her into her country's violent past - a past that includes her father, a high - ranking police official under the apartheid regime, and the children left behind in that long ago concentration camp.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In What We Didn't Expect, Melody Schreiber, a journalist whose own son was born over two and half months early, brings together twenty acclaimed writers to share their diverse stories of premature babies. From the story of being a 'miracle baby' of undocumented immigrants, to a nurse who finds herself having premature twins; to being an adopted premature baby yourself, this collection will speak to everyone touched by the experience of premature birth and prove a welcome resource to those looking for the reassurance of shared intimacies.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. The novel that stunned--and scandalized--Europe comes to America>Wolf, a low-rent private detective, roams London's gloomy, grimy streets, haunted by dark visions of a future that could have been--and a dangerous present populated by British Fascists and Nazis escaping Germany. Shomer, a pulp fiction writer, lies in a concentration camp, imagining another world. And when Wolf and Shomer's stories converge, we find ourselves drawn into a novel both shocking and profoundly haunting. At once a perfectly pitched hard-boiled noir thriller (with an utterly shocking twist) and a Holocaust novel like no other (The Guardian), A Man Lies Dreaming is a masterful, unforgettable literary experiment from one of our best and most adventurous writers (Locus).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The novel that stunned--and scandalized--Europe comes to America>Wolf, a low-rent private detective, roams London's gloomy, grimy streets, haunted by dark visions of a future that could have been--and a dangerous present populated by British Fascists and Nazis escaping Germany. Shomer, a pulp fiction writer, lies in a concentration camp, imagining another world. And when Wolf and Shomer's stories converge, we find ourselves drawn into a novel both shocking and profoundly haunting. At once a perfectly pitched hard-boiled noir thriller (with an utterly shocking twist) and a Holocaust novel like no other (The Guardian), A Man Lies Dreaming is a masterful, unforgettable literary experiment from one of our best and most adventurous writers (Locus).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Detailing not only the devastating impact of global warming on the environment, but health issues leading to tens of thousands of deaths per year, and economic losses of tens of billions of dollars, the report concludes that 'The evidence of human-caused climate change is overwhelming and continues to strengthen, that the impacts of climate change are intensifying across the country, and that climate-related threats. are rising.'.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Detailing not only the devastating impact of global warming on the environment, but health issues leading to tens of thousands of deaths per year, and economic losses of tens of billions of dollars, the report concludes that 'The evidence of human-caused climate change is overwhelming and continues to strengthen, that the impacts of climate change are intensifying across the country, and that climate-related threats. are rising.'.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. The female trainwreck is a familiar figure to us all: she's Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is as old (and as powerful) as feminism itself, and Doyle's book is a fierce, intelligent, deeply-researched investigation of a centuries-old phenomenon. Who is the trainwreck? What are her crimes? And, in an age when social media makes public figures of us all, what does it mean for the rest of us. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The female trainwreck is a familiar figure to us all: she's Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is as old (and as powerful) as feminism itself, and Doyle's book is a fierce, intelligent, deeply-researched investigation of a centuries-old phenomenon. Who is the trainwreck? What are her crimes? And, in an age when social media makes public figures of us all, what does it mean for the rest of us. …

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Sima is a Polish Jewish immigrant working as an orderly in a public hospital in Brooklyn in 1982. She is one course shy of graduating medical school. Mindy is a privileged psychiatry intern struggling with the work and facing dismissal. Over a year of nightshifts, the two women form a close friendship. One day Sima steps up and covers for a grief-stricken Mindy, placing both their friendship and futures in jeopardy. A moving story of vulnerability and friendship, as two women fight to hold onto the places they've carved for themselves when the odds are stacked against them.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. After a devastating misstep by her dance partner, Ellen's life is unalterably changed. Recovered but no longer able to dance, she embarks on a self-discovery of life outside of ballet while coming to terms with her past. She describes how her grandmother and cousin inspired her to take up ballet, how she developed eating disorders in order to retain the body of a ballerina, and how a sexual assault nearly derailed her recovery. By telling her story, Ellen uses her newfound vocation of writing to reflect on survival, happiness, and trust.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. National Jewish Book Award Finalist The New Yorker's Best Book of the Year! "For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature."-The New York Times "Segal writes with welcome clarity about life's final years, and if her characters are not always as wise as they think they are, Segal eyes them all with the unsentimental wisdom of a life spent writing wondrous stories and essays, a career spent telling the truth." - Slate Beloved New Yorker writer Lore Segal, at 95-years-old, is a national treasure. Working at the height of her powers, in this story collection she turns her gimlet eye and compassionate humor on aging and life in the slow lane. From the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family and aging. Can the group organize a visit to one of their number in her new, and detested, assisted living situation? Is this a fabulous party with old friends, or a funeral reception? And does who was sleeping with whom, way back when, still matter? In story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. National Jewish Book Award Finalist The New Yorker's Best Book of the Year! "For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature."-The New York Times "Segal writes with welcome clarity about life's final years, and if her characters are not always as wise as they think they are, Segal eyes them all with the unsentimental wisdom of a life spent writing wondrous stories and essays, a career spent telling the truth." - Slate Beloved New Yorker writer Lore Segal, at 95-years-old, is a national treasure. Working at the height of her powers, in this story collection she turns her gimlet eye and compassionate humor on aging and life in the slow lane. From the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family and aging. Can the group organize a visit to one of their number in her new, and detested, assisted living situation? Is this a fabulous party with old friends, or a funeral reception? And does who was sleeping with whom, way back when, still matter? In story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who has covered Donald Trump's rise to power for 30 years, mostly for the New York Times, investigates the mogul's rise to power. Included is a thorough look at Trump's numerous ties to organised crime, his history of litigation, his family background including his father's involvement with the Ku Klux Klan, his philandering, a close look at his actual skill in running casinos, constructing buildings and managing real estate, his numerous bankruptcies and the questionable nature of his actual wealth.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who has covered Donald Trump's rise to power for 30 years, mostly for the New York Times, investigates the mogul's rise to power. Included is a thorough look at Trump's numerous ties to organised crime, his history of litigation, his family background including his father's involvement with the Ku Klux Klan, his philandering, a close look at his actual skill in running casinos, constructing buildings and managing real estate, his numerous bankruptcies and the questionable nature of his actual wealth.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The newest entry in the increasingly popular series collects fascinating and in-depth interviews with Bill Moyers, Nina Totenberg, and more, and conversations (with Antonin Scalia and high school students) from throughout the long, ground-breaking career of one of the greatest, most influential, and most exciting legal minds in American history. From her start in Depression-era New York, to her final days at the pinnacle of the American legal system, Ruth Bader Ginsburg defied convention, blazing a trail that helped bring greater equality to women, and to all Americans. In this collection of in-depth interviews -- including her last, as well as one of her first -- Ginsburg details her rise from a Brooklyn public school to becoming the second woman on the United States Supreme Court, and her non-stop fight for gender equality along the way. Besides telling the story behind many of her famous court battles, she also talks openly about motherhood and her partnership with her beloved husband, her Jewishness, her surprising friendship with her legal polar opposite Justice Antonin Scalia, her passion for opera, and, in one of the collection's most charming interviews, offers advice to high school students wondering about the law. It is, in the end, both an engrossing look into a fascinating life, and an inspiring tribute to an American icon.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. The newest entry in the increasingly popular series collects fascinating and in-depth interviews with Bill Moyers, Nina Totenberg, and more, and conversations (with Antonin Scalia and high school students) from throughout the long, ground-breaking career of one of the greatest, most influential, and most exciting legal minds in American history. From her start in Depression-era New York, to her final days at the pinnacle of the American legal system, Ruth Bader Ginsburg defied convention, blazing a trail that helped bring greater equality to women, and to all Americans. In this collection of in-depth interviews -- including her last, as well as one of her first -- Ginsburg details her rise from a Brooklyn public school to becoming the second woman on the United States Supreme Court, and her non-stop fight for gender equality along the way. Besides telling the story behind many of her famous court battles, she also talks openly about motherhood and her partnership with her beloved husband, her Jewishness, her surprising friendship with her legal polar opposite Justice Antonin Scalia, her passion for opera, and, in one of the collection's most charming interviews, offers advice to high school students wondering about the law. It is, in the end, both an engrossing look into a fascinating life, and an inspiring tribute to an American icon.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. --Irish Book of the Year Finalist! --An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far pick!   "Wildly funny." --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW   "Inventive, funny and, ultimately, moving." --Claire Kilroy, THE GUARDIAN   Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in--and never has. As a child, she was so whimsical that her parents told her she was "left by fairies." Now, living alone in Dublin, she finds herself without a friend in the world.   So, she decides it's time to change her life: She begins by advertising for a friend. Not just any friend. She wants one named Penelope.   Meanwhile, Vivian roams the city, mapping out a new neighborhood every day, seeking her escape route to a better world, the other world her parents told her she came from.   And then one day someone named Penelope answers her ad for a friend. And from that moment on, Vivian's life begins to change.   Debut author Caitriona Lally offers readers an exhilaratingly fresh take on the Irish love for lyricism, humor, and inventive wordplay in a book that is, in itself, deeply charming, and deeply moving.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. --Irish Book of the Year Finalist! --An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far pick!   "Wildly funny." --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW   "Inventive, funny and, ultimately, moving." --Claire Kilroy, THE GUARDIAN   Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in--and never has. As a child, she was so whimsical that her parents told her she was "left by fairies." Now, living alone in Dublin, she finds herself without a friend in the world.   So, she decides it's time to change her life: She begins by advertising for a friend. Not just any friend. She wants one named Penelope.   Meanwhile, Vivian roams the city, mapping out a new neighborhood every day, seeking her escape route to a better world, the other world her parents told her she came from.   And then one day someone named Penelope answers her ad for a friend. And from that moment on, Vivian's life begins to change.   Debut author Caitriona Lally offers readers an exhilaratingly fresh take on the Irish love for lyricism, humor, and inventive wordplay in a book that is, in itself, deeply charming, and deeply moving.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. "A highly recommended literary page-turner worth a second reading; fans of Gabriel Garcia Marquez will delight in this fantastical-and fantastic novel."-Library Journal, starred review "Impactful . . . Araghi's skillful combination of revolutionary politics and magical realism will please fans of Alejo Carpentier."-Publishers Weekly A sweeping, multigenerational epic, this stunning debut heralds the arrival of a unique new literary voice. As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great-great grandfather's every mesmerizing word. On the day of his father's death, Ahmad listens closely as the seemingly immortal elder tells him the tale of a centuries-old family curse . . . and the boy's own fated role in the story. Ahmad grows up to suspect that something must be interfering with his family, as he struggles to hold them together through decades of famine, loss, and political turmoil in Iran. As the world transforms around him, each turn of Ahmad's life is a surprise: from street brawler, to father of two unusually gifted daughters; from radical poet, to politician with a target on his back. These lives, and the many unforgettable stories alongside his, converge and catch fire at the center of the Revolution. Exploring the brutality of history while conjuring the astonishment of magical realism, The Immortals of Tehran is a novel about the incantatory power of words and the revolutionary sparks of love, family, and poetry--set against the indifferent, relentless march of time.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! The man the New York State Attorney General credited with inspiring her prosecution of Donald Trump - New York Times number one bestselling author Michael Cohen - tells the behind-the-scenes story of what can happen to you - and what really happened to him - when a President who believes himself to be above the law decides to go after his critics . . . . When Michael Cohen's secret payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels on behalf of Donald Trump made Cohen look like a liability to the by-then-President of the United States, the end to their decade-long relationship came swiftly - with a knock on the door from the FBI. Soon, Cohen would find himself imprisoned - even though he had plenty of evidence to show he was innocent of most of the charges. Meanwhile, with the release of the Steele Dossier, Cohen also found himself battling endless news reports citing the Dossier's claims that he'd had clandestine dealings with Russia - reports that only mounted despite his exoneration by the Mueller Report. In a story now being echoed in recent breaking news stories about IRS persecution of Trump foes such as former FBI head James Comey and others, Cohen details - in his inimitable blunt language, with absolutely no holds barred and naming names - his attempt to clear his name and tell the truth about Donald Trump. Chillingly, he also makes clear what happens when you try to speak truth to power, and the power knows no bounds.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Written by a trio of veteran constitutional attorneys, The Constitution Demands It details a short, concise argument that says the founding fathers foresaw what to do when you end up with a corrupt, incompetent, and/or criminal president. and invented impeachment for exactly the current American scenario. In clear, accessible language, they make the case, defining the major impeachable charges against Donald Trump, and explain the argument for each 'article of impeachment.'.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A frightening, whip-smart adventure through Chicago begins when pop star Molly Metropolis disappears before a major performance and two young women set out to find her. At first, the mystery of her disappearance is a light-hearted scavenger hunt. But then they become ensnared in her secret society. As they follow clues through the dark underbelly of Chicago, they both realise that they're in greater danger than they could have ever imagined.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A revealing collection of interviews with the shape-shifting, genre-bending, wildly influential musician and song writer David Bowie was an icon, not only his stunning musical output, but also his fascinating refusal to stay the same-the same as other trending artists, or even the same as himself. In this remarkable collection, Bowie reveals the fierce intellectualism, artistry, and humor behind it all. From his very first interview-as a teenager on the BBC, before he was even a musician-to his last, Bowie takes on the most probing questions, candidly discussing his sexuality, his drug use, his sense of fashion, his method of composition, and more. For fans still mourning his passing, as well as for those who know little about him, it's a revealing, interesting, and inspiring look at one of the most influential artists of the last fifty years. …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist. or so the feminists keep insisting. But somewhere along the way, the movement for female liberation sacrificed meaning for acceptance, and left us with a banal, polite, ineffectual pose that barely challenges the status quo. In this bracing, fiercely intelligent manifesto, Jessa Crispin demands more.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A mysterious Israeli who refers to himself by the codename 'Shakespeare,' and who seems to be a former Mossad agent, is either cracking up or cracking the case of a bungled assignment from long ago - one that left his partner and best friend dead and himself in an agony of despair. His only solace: friends in the espionage business tell him the murderer is dead. Now, years later, in another life, Shakespeare spots the murderer on the streets of New York.or does he.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Revised and Expanded Edition "For anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis, or understand the links between U.S. farm policy and the ability of the world's poor to feed themselves, Stuffed and Starved is indispensable." --Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma It's a perverse fact of modern life: There are more starving people in the world than ever before, while there are also more people who are overweight. To find out how we got to this point and what we can do about it, Raj Patel launched a comprehensive investigation into the global food network. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to India's wrecked paddy-fields and Africa's bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soy beans and dodged flying objects in the protestor-packed streets of South Korea. What he found was shocking, from the false choices given us by supermarkets to a global epidemic of farmer suicides, and real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa. Yet he also found great cause for hope--in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable and joyful food system. Going beyond ethical consumerism, Patel explains the steps, from seed to store to plate, to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of both farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. "A highly recommended literary page-turner worth a second reading; fans of Gabriel Garcia Marquez will delight in this fantastical-and fantastic novel."-Library Journal, starred review "Impactful . . . Araghi's skillful combination of revolutionary politics and magical realism will please fans of Alejo Carpentier."-Publishers Weekly A sweeping, multigenerational epic, this stunning debut heralds the arrival of a unique new literary voice. As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great-great grandfather's every mesmerizing word. On the day of his father's death, Ahmad listens closely as the seemingly immortal elder tells him the tale of a centuries-old family curse . . . and the boy's own fated role in the story. Ahmad grows up to suspect that something must be interfering with his family, as he struggles to hold them together through decades of famine, loss, and political turmoil in Iran. As the world transforms around him, each turn of Ahmad's life is a surprise: from street brawler, to father of two unusually gifted daughters; from radical poet, to politician with a target on his back. These lives, and the many unforgettable stories alongside his, converge and catch fire at the center of the Revolution. Exploring the brutality of history while conjuring the astonishment of magical realism, The Immortals of Tehran is a novel about the incantatory power of words and the revolutionary sparks of love, family, and poetry--set against the indifferent, relentless march of time.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. A mysterious Israeli who refers to himself by the codename 'Shakespeare,' and who seems to be a former Mossad agent, is either cracking up or cracking the case of a bungled assignment from long ago - one that left his partner and best friend dead and himself in an agony of despair. His only solace: friends in the espionage business tell him the murderer is dead. Now, years later, in another life, Shakespeare spots the murderer on the streets of New York.or does he.…