Anchor Books
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Benjamin’s Crossing
$16.95 Add to cartThe acclaimed and now-classic biographical novel of Walter Benjamin’s last days–adapted into screenplay by Jay Parini.
It is 1940. For the past decade, Walter Benjamin–the German-Jewish critic and- Author: Parini, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0525562753
- Language: English
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The Book of Ruth
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Awardfor best first novel, this exquisite bookconfronts real-life issues of alienation and violencefrom which the author creates a stunning testamentto the … [more below]
- Series: Oprah’s Book Club
- Author: Hamilton, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0385265700
- Language: English
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When Madeline Was Young
$21.00 Add to cartJane Hamilton, award-winning author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World brings us a rich and loving novel about a non-traditional family in the aftermath of a terrible accident.When Aaron Maciv… [more below]
- Author: Hamilton, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 04 2007
- ISBN10: 1400096995
- Language: English
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War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
$23.00 Add to cartIn this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present.
At the t- Author: Tucker, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 13 2007
- ISBN10: 1400032334
- Language: English
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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
$23.00 Add to cartFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes an essential guide for writers and readers alike: an exhilarating tour through one hundred novels that “inspires wicked delight.” —Los… [more below]
- Author: Smiley, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 12 2006
- ISBN10: 1400033187
- Language: English
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The Exception
$20.00 Add to cartAn internationally bestselling thriller, The Exception dissects the nature of evil and the paranoia that drives ordinary people to commit unthinkable acts. Four women work together for a small nonprof… [more below]
- Author: Jungersen, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 08 2008
- ISBN10: 1400096650
- Language: English
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The Annotated Northanger Abbey
$17.95 Add to cartFrom the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying… [more below]
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0307390802
- Language: English
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Shot in the Heart: National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
$17.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – A murder tale “from inside the house where murder is born.” Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vei… [more below]
- Author: Gilmore, Mikal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0385478003
- Language: English
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The Complete Poetry of John Milton
$23.00 Add to cart- Author: Milton, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: July 06 1971
- ISBN10: 0385023510
- Language: English
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Lust, Caution: The Story
$14.00 Add to cartA major motion picture (2007) from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Brokeback Mountain): an intensely passionate story of love and espionage, set in Shanghai during Worl
- Author: Chang, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 04 2007
- ISBN10: 0307387445
- Language: English
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What They Fought for 1861-1865
$21.00 Read moreFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom–an impressive scholarly tour de force and a lively, highly accessible account of the sentiments of both Northern and Southern soldiers … [more below]
- Series: Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History, Louisia
- Author: McPherson, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0385476345
- Language: English
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Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales
$15.00 Add to cartNobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz reaches back millennia to his homeland’s majestic past in this enchanting collection of early tales that brings the world of ancient Egypt face to face with our own times… [more below]
- Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 10 2004
- ISBN10: 1400076668
- Language: English
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The Double Comfort Safari Club
$19.00 Add to cartFans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe–with … [more below]
- Series: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #11
- Author: McCall Smith, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0307277488
- Language: English
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In the Sea There Are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
$18.00 Read moreWhat would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy?
In early 2002, En- Author: Geda, Fabio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0307743829
- Language: English
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The Annotated Emma
$18.95 Add to cartFrom the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Emma that makes her beloved tale of an endearingly inept matchmaker an even more satisfying rea… [more below]
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: March 20 2012
- ISBN10: 0307390772
- Language: English
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
$30.00 Add to cartWidely known for her much-admired novels, including The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris, and The Death of the Heart, Elizabeth Bowen established herself in the front rank of the century’s writers
- Author: Bowen, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: August 08 2006
- ISBN10: 1400096561
- Language: English
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Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
$18.00 Add to cartThe orthodoxy regarding the relationship between politicians and military leaders in wartime democracies contends that politicians should declare a military operation’s objectives and then step aside … [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Eliot A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 09 2003
- ISBN10: 1400034043
- Language: English
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The Globe: The Science of Discworld II: A Novel
$20.00 Add to cartRoundworld, aka Earth, is under siege. Are three wizards and an orangutan Librarian enough to thwart the Elvish threat?
When the wizards of Unseen University first created Roundworld, they were so con- Series: Science of Discworld #2
- Author: Pratchett, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0804168962
- Language: English
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Judgment Day: Science of Discworld IV
$19.00 Add to cartThe wizards of Unseen University are again called upon to defend their creation, Roundworld, this time in a courtroom–where its very existence hangs in the balance.
The Omnians fervently believe tha- Series: Science of Discworld #4
- Author: Pratchett, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 22 2015
- ISBN10: 0804169004
- Language: English
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Darwin’s Watch: The Science of Discworld III: A Novel
$19.00 Add to cartWhen Charles Darwin writes the wrong book and reverses the progress of science, Unseen University’s wizards must once again save Roundworld (Earth, that is) from an apocalyptic end.
Ever since a wiza- Series: Science of Discworld #3
- Author: Pratchett, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0804168989
- Language: English
