Mariner Books
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The Best American Food Writing 2020
$18.99 Add to cartThe year’s top food writing from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.
“These are stories about culture,” writes J
- Series: Best American Series (R)
- Author: Killingsworth, Silvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0358344581
- Language: English
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The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism
$23.99 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST: “A stunning work of biography” about three little-known New England women who made intellectual history (New York Times). This book is highly recommended for students and read… [more below]
- Author: Marshall, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0618711694
- Language: English
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Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach
$15.95 Add to cartAward-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Meryl Gordon’s Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach is “an even-handed and fascinating portrait of a wea… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Meryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 22 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247982
- Language: English
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In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires
$20.99 Add to cartThe true story behind the legend of Dracula – a biography of Prince Vlad of Transylvania, better known as Vlad the Impaler. This revised edition now includes entries from Bram Stoker’s recently discov
- Author: McNally, Raymond T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0395657830
- Language: English
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Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
$18.99 Add to cartA legendary trailblazer, Arlene Blum defied the climbing establishment of the 1970s by leading the first all-female teams on successful ascents of Mount McKinley and Annapurna and by being the first A… [more below]
- Author: Blum, Arlene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0156031167
- Language: English
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America
$17.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Paul Tough’s Whatever It Takes is “one of the best books ever written about how poverty influences learning, and vice versa” (The Washington Post).
What would it take?… [more below]
- Author: Tough, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247966
- Language: English
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The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men
$19.99 Add to cartRead the history behind the series THE HUNTERS (starring Al Pacino) in this “captivating book rooted in first-rate research” (New York Times Book Review) that tells the true story of how America becam… [more below]
- Author: Lichtblau, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0544577884
- Language: English
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Hell’s Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club
$17.99 Add to cartThe only authorized, authentic book about the Hell’s Angels by founding member, Sonny Barger
Hell’s Angel chronicles the origins and rise of the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club through the eyes of its f
- Author: Barger, Sonny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 02 2001
- ISBN10: 0060937548
- Language: English
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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of the Midwest
$22.99 Add to cartThe only field guide to bring along to identify the birds, mammals, trees, wildflowers, insects, reptiles, amphibians, fish, spiders, mushrooms, ferns, rocks, and sky of the Midwest
Even if we focus o- Series: Kaufman Field Guides
- Author: Kaufman, Kenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0618456945
- Language: English
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In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
$19.99 Add to cart“FASCINATING . . . Dramatic and timely.” —New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
In this grand and thrilling narrative, the author of the 200,000-copy paperback bestseller Over the Edge of the Wo
- Author: Bergreen, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0062875361
- Language: English
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
$21.99 Add to cartThe legendary travel writer’s thrilling and dangerous account of his journey across Africa
A rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and en… [more below]
- Author: Theroux, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 485
- Publish Date: April 05 2004
- ISBN10: 0618446877
- Language: English
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Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
$29.99 Read more“Seldom does a sports biography–especially a page-turner–so comprehensively explain the forces that made an icon the way they are.” – Sports Illustrated
From the author of The Last Hero: A Life of He
- Author: Bryant, Howard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0358047315
- Language: English
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator
$30.00 Add to cartJ.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) renowned author of THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE SILMARILLION, was an artist in pictures as well as in words. Though he often remarked that he had no talent for … [more below]
- Author: Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0618083618
- Language: English
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Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light
$19.99 Add to cartArt interprets the visible world. Physics charts its unseen workings. The two realms seem completely opposed. But consider that both strive to reveal truths for which there are no words–with physicis
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Shlain, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 27 2007
- ISBN10: 0061227978
- Language: English
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Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
$16.99 Add to cartA biology professor’s illuminating tour of the physical imperfections–from faulty knees to junk DNA–that make us human. “A funny, fascinating catalog of our collective shortcomings that’s tough to … [more below]
- Author: Lents, Nathan H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1328589269
- Language: English
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The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy Seal
$15.95 Add to cartIn an inspiring, in-depth memoir from former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens–from his most harrowing encounters and brutal attacks to the lessons learned from his humanitarian efforts.
Like many young idealis… [more below]
- Author: Greitens, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 10 2012
- ISBN10: 0547750382
- Language: English
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Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind
$18.99 Add to cartHow is it that we can recognize photos from our high school yearbook decades later, but cannot remember what we ate for breakfast yesterday? And why are we inclined to buy more cans of soup if the sig… [more below]
- Author: Marcus, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 07 2009
- ISBN10: 054723824X
- Language: English
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Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
$19.99 Add to cart“With deep reporting and a profound understanding of the football life, Ian O’Connor comes as close as humanly possible to solving the mystery of the great football sphinx, Bill Belichick, and his unm
- Author: O’Connor, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0358118212
- Language: English
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The Hidden World of the Fox
$17.99 Add to cartDiscover the hidden world of the fox, as beautifully revealed by an acclaimed ecologist who has studied foxes for two decades across four continents
“An ode to this familiar yet mysterious creature. .
- Author: Brand, Adele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0062966111
- Language: English
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The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
$19.99 Add to cartThe path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.
“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” —New York Times Book ReviewDay… [more below]
- Author: Olopade, Dayo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0544483995
- Language: English
