Crown Publishing Group (NY)
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In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
$17.00 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestseller, comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show.
In In Such Good Company, Carol B- Author: Burnett, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1101904674
- Language: English
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We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
$20.00 Add to cartTaking us back to late ’70s and early ’80s Hollywood–pre-crack, pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan–We Got the Neutron Bomb re-creates word for word the rage, intensity, and anarchic glory of the Los Angeles punk … [more below]
- Author: Spitz, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 13 2001
- ISBN10: 0609807749
- Language: English
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The Cartoon History of the Universe II: Volumes 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome
$28.00 Add to cartHere’s a new installment of the phenomenal bestseller that Publishers Weekly selected as one of the twelve graphic books of all time. Spanning ages and continents from Ancient India to Rome and China … [more below]
- Series: Cartoon History of the Universe II Vols. 8-13 (Paperback) #13
- Author: Gonick, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 18 1994
- ISBN10: 0385420935
- Language: English
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Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War
$18.00 Read moreIn Patton, Montgomery, Rommel, one of Britain’s most accomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study of the land war in the North African and European theaters, as well as their chief c… [more below]
- Author: Brighton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0307461556
- Language: English
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The Mamas: What I Learned about Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me
$27.00 Add to cartCan white moms and Black moms ever truly be friends? Not just mom friends, but like really real friends? And does it matter?
“Utterly addictive . . . Through her sharp wit and dynamic anecdotal storyt- Author: Andrews-Dyer, Helena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0593240316
- Language: English
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon
$20.00 Add to cartA top cybersecurity journalist tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare–one in which a digital attack can… [more below]
- Author: Zetter, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0770436196
- Language: English
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You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
$16.00 Add to cartYou can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dancemy little brother paid a buck to see your underwear”), your iPod playlist includes more than one song by the Psychedelic Furs and Simp… [more below]
- Author: Gora, Susannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 22 2011
- ISBN10: 0307716600
- Language: English
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children.”–The New York Times Book Review
In 1988, Jona- Author: Kozol, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0770435688
- Language: English
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Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
$19.00 Add to cartThe memoir of a high-functioning, law-abiding (well, mostly) sociopath and a roadmap–right from the source–for dealing with the sociopath in your life.
“[A] gripping and important book . . . revelat- Author: Thomas, M. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 13 2014
- ISBN10: 0307956652
- Language: English
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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
$19.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America’s dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war.
Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow’s Drift argues that we’ve drifted away f- Author: Maddow, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0307460991
- Language: English
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Thunderstruck
$33.00 Read moreA true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”
In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men–Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Mar- Author: Larson, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 24 2006
- ISBN10: 1400080665
- Language: English
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Glass, Paper, Beans: Revolutions on the Nature and Value of Ordinary Things
$19.00 Add to cartOnce upon a time we knew the origins of things: what piece of earth the potato on our dinner plate came from, which well our water was dipped from, who cobbled our shoes, and whose cow provided the le… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Leah Hager
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 17 1998
- ISBN10: 038549257X
- Language: English
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A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
$18.00 Add to cartRotolo has written a moving account of the fertile years just before the circus of the 1960s was in full swing. She chronicles the backstory of Greenwich Village in the early days, when Bob Dylan was … [more below]
- Author: Rotolo, Suze
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0767926889
- Language: English
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Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express
$22.00 Add to cart“WANTED. YOUNG, SKINNY, WIRY FELLOWS. NOT OVER 18. MUST BE EXPERT RIDERS. WILLING TO RISK DEATH DAILY. ORPHANS PREFERRED.”
The Pony Express is one of the mo
–California newspaper help-wanted ad, 1860- Author: Corbett, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0767906934
- Language: English
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A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Etymologicon, a lively and fascinating exploration of how, throughout history, each civilization has found a way to celebrate, or to control, the ete… [more below]
- Author: Forsyth, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 0525575375
- Language: English
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The World’s Greatest Blackjack Book
$16.00 Add to cartA revised and updated edition of the blackjack player’s bible with complete information on the odds, betting strategies, and much more
“A significant contribution to the literature of blackjack . . . I… [more below]- Author: Humble, Lance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 17 1987
- ISBN10: 0385153821
- Language: English
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Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
$20.00 Add to cartThe inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali i- Author: McConnon, Aili
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 0307590658
- Language: English
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE – “A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms.”–Newsday
Now expanded and updated – “The best and most comprehensive work ther… [more below]- Author: Shipler, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0553447513
- Language: English
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Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon’s White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come–with new reporting that expa… [more below]
- Author: Maddow, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0593136683
- Language: English
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L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City
$17.00 Add to cartNow the TNT Original Series MOB CITY
Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as “the white spot of America,” a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood sta… [more below]- Author: Buntin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0307352080
- Language: English
