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New York: Penguin Group USA, 1998. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. History. Black and white photographs. In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered---death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written the definitive history of thi... more information

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New York: Crowell, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Western American History. Some black and white photographs. This is the first encyclopedia devoted to the American West. Its more than 2400 entries offer not only a broad view of western history but a detailed examination of the people, places, institutions, and ideas that collectively define the American frontier experience. Ex-Library copy. Overall, in good condition. DJ is protected by mylar wrapping. 1306 pp. ... more information

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New York: Random House Inc., 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Non-Fiction. A definitive history of Coca-Cola, the world's best-known brand, by a New York Times reporter who has followed the company and who brings fresh insights to the world of Coke, telling a larger story about American business and culture. In very good condition except for an embossed stamp on the first page which states "Library of George E. Miller". 398 pp. ... more information

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Wolfeboro, New Hampshire: Bowers & Merena Galleries, 1987. First printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Memoir. The San Francisco Mint. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy except for a small crease on the back wrap at the bottom left-hand side. 136 pp. ... more information

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New York: Harpercollins, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Social Science. Reconstruction chronicles how Americans, black and white, responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery. In near fine condition. 690 pp. ... more information

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St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Pr, 1980. Second printing. Oversized softcover. Very Good. American History. Many black and white photographs and illustrations. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 105 pp. ... more information

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Boulder, Colorado: Stonehenge Books, 1980. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Western American History. Pages are clean and bound tightly except wraps are slightly soiled and few pinprick indentations on the back, otherwise very good. 123 pp. ... more information

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Lanham, Maryland: Taylor Pub, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. A Biography. Bill, Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the inspirational hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in racially charged Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971. Book is very clean and the pages are tight. Signed by the author. 192 pp. ... more information

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New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004. First printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Classics. One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Plato's Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of years and remains as relevant today as when it was written during the fourth century B. C. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 464 pp. ... more information

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New York: Perennial Pr, 2009. First Harper Perennial Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A Novel. Part love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Banks's sharp-witted and deeply engaging new novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness---and explores what happens when two powerful personalities, trapped at opposite ends of a social divide, begin to break the rules. . . A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 287 pp. ... more information

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New York: Harpercollins, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. A Novel. Part love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Bank's sharp-witted and deeply engaging new novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness--and explores what happens when two powerful personalities, trapped at opposite ends of a social divide, begin to break the rules. Pages are tightly bound and clean. 287 pp. ... more information

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New York: North Point Pr, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Conservation. Scott Weidensaul ranks among an elite group of writer-naturalists---Bruce Chatwin, John McPhee and David Quammen come to mind---whose straightforward eloquence elevates ecology to the level of philosophy. Pages are clean and bound tightly. 394 pp. ... more information

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New York: Grove Pr, 2007. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A Novel. In Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison has delivered a masterpiece---a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about life, death, and finding redemption in unlikely places. Donald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease. . . A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 280 pp. ... more information

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Lake Bluff, Illinois: Regnery Books, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/good. They marched off to war, only to realize that their ideals were not shared by their country's leaders. Their joy of living was quickly quenched by the discovery of how little of life meant in the ugly crucible of an unpopular war. . . A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. DJ has a very small tear on the backside at the top left-hand side. 356 pp. ... more information

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Civil War. In the only book published on the important but strangely neglected subject, the author addresses these questions through a vivid detailed account of the fall segment of the siege at Petersburg, continually assessing the strategy and tactics of the operation. He analyzes its significance, not only in the context of the Civil War, but in the still-larger picture of world military history and tactics. A very nice, c... more information

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New York: Vintage Books, 1994. First Vintage Departures Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A Memoir. In 1887 Teresa Jordan's great-grandfather bought a ranch in the Iron Mountain country of southeast Wyoming. Four generations later her father sold it, under the economic pressures that have made ranching a dying way of life. This superbly evocative book is at once Teresa Jordan's family chronicle and a eulogy for the West her people helped shape. A very nice, clean and unmarked and signed copy. 2... more information

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New York: Anchor Books, 2007. First Anchor Books Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. A Novel. In this enticing new chapter of Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling series, everyone's favorite moral philosopher Isabel Dalhousie ponders the meaning of happiness and wrestles once again with matters of the heart. A good clean and unmarked copy except for front wrap curling at top and bottom of book. 276 pp. ... more information

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New York: Viking Penguin, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. A Novel. With The Right Madness, Crumley has produced and electrifying tale, a narrative bender through the small towns, dark bars, and dank motel rooms that Sughrue, his beloved and celebrated PI, know all too well. Fast paced, gruesome, and funny. A very nice Ex-Library copy. Clean and unmarked. 289 pp. ... more information

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New York: Signet Book, 1961 . First printing. Paperback. Good. World War II. The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany examines in frank detail the entire history of the Third Reich---from the foundation of the Nazi party in 1919 through Germany's devastating defeat in 1945 to the infamous disclosures of the Nuremberg trials. Cover price 75 cents. #T2003. A good and unmarked copy. 368 pp. ... more information

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New York: Collier Books, 1962. First Collier Books Edition. Paperback. Very Good. American History. A Vintage Collector's Edition. Number AS287V. Original price 95 cents. This brilliant study of the economic and social forces that shaped the emerging nation is a classic which changed the interpretation of early American history. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. Protected by a clear plastic sleeve. 252 pp. ... more information

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