Back Bay Books
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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
$23.99 Add to cartJohn Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember him as the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever — the man who, in simulated air-to-air combat, defeated… [more below]
- Author: Coram, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: May 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0316796883
- Language: English
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
$24.99 Add to cartThis “heart-thumping backwoods adventure” (New York Times Book Review) from bestselling author Michael Koryta will soon be a major motion picture starring Angelina Jolie and Nicholas Hoult.
When fou- Author: Koryta, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0316122572
- Language: English
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The Wonder
$17.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this “old-school page turner” (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review) by the bestselling author of Room, an English nurse is brought to a small Irish v
- Author: Donoghue, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05, 2017
- ISBN10: 031639386X
- Language: English
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
$19.99 Add to cartTHE BESTSELLING, “REMARKABLE” (MARIE CLAIRE) MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
“I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 02, 2015
- ISBN10: 0316322423
- Language: English
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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
$18.99 Add to cartNow an HBO documentary series streaming on HBO Max.
One of the Best Books of the Year Time * NPR * Washington Post * Bloomberg News * Chicago Tribune * Chicago Public Library * Fortune * Los Angeles- Author: Farrow, Ronan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 30, 2020
- ISBN10: 0316486647
- Language: English
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The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)
$18.99 Add to cartAn Instant New York Times bestseller / An Oprah’s Book Club Pick
In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning “miraculous debut” (Washington Post) about the unlikely- Author: Harris, Nathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 03, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316461245
- Language: English
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
$21.99 Add to cartMalcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers, and why they often
- Author: Gladwell, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 28, 2021
- ISBN10: 0316299227
- Language: English
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Naked
$18.99 Add to cartWelcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and… [more below]
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0316777730
- Language: English
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
$19.99 Add to cart“David Sedaris’s ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art,” (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 02, 2009
- ISBN10: 0316154687
- Language: English
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
$18.99 Add to cartDavid Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother’s wedding. He mops his sister’s floor. He gives directions t
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 31, 2005
- ISBN10: 0316010790
- Language: English
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Holidays on Ice
$15.99 Add to cartDavid Sedaris’s beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy’s elf and the annals of two ve
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 20, 2010
- ISBN10: 0316078913
- Language: English
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Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls
$19.99 Add to cart“Sedaris is a remarkably skilled storyteller and savvy essayist….And based, on this latest collection, he’s getting only better.” —Los Angeles Times
A guy walks into a bar car and… From here the- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 03, 2014
- ISBN10: 0316154709
- Language: English
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Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
$18.99 Add to cartOne of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York‘s “Vulture”, The Week, Bustle, BookRiot
An NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & … [more below]- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 0316154733
- Language: English
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Calypso
$19.99 Add to cartDavid Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.
If you’ve ever laughed your way through David Sedaris’s cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what yo- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 04, 2019
- ISBN10: 0316392421
- Language: English
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The Best of Me
$21.99 Add to cart- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0316242403
- Language: English
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A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice: There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.
If it’s navel-gazing you’re after- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 04, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316270180
- Language: English
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Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead
$21.99 Add to cartThe legendary bass player tells the full, true story of his years with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead in this “insightful and entertaining” (Austin Chronicle) memoir of life in the greatest improv… [more below]
- Author: Lesh, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 25 2006
- ISBN10: 0316154490
- Language: English
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The Mercies
$18.99 Add to cartThe women in an Arctic village must survive a sinister threat after all the men are wiped out by a catastrophic storm in this “gripping novel inspired by a real-life witch hunt. . . . Beautiful and ch
- Author: Hargrave, Kiran Millwood
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 23, 2021
- ISBN10: 0316529230
- Language: English
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The Pull of the Stars
$16.99 Add to cartIn Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in “Donoghue’s best novel since Room” (Kirkus Reviews).
In an Ireland dou- Author: Donoghue, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 06, 2021
- ISBN10: 031649903X
- Language: English
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Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
$19.99 Add to cartLos Angeles Times bestseller
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: The New York Times * NPR * Vogue * Gay Times * Artforum * “Gay Bar is an absolute t- Author: Lin, Jeremy Atherton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 31, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316458759
- Language: English
