Search Results: Authors starting with C from The Brooklyn Bookman

CAHALAN, Susannah: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness. New York, Simon and Schuster, 2013. Originally published in hardcover in 2012. Trade Paperback, 266 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Memoir / Autobiography / Mental Health / Mental Illness. Condition: Very Good. Light wear, creasing to corners evident. Pages unmarked and clean. "An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman's struggle to recapture her identity...[this book] is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity, faith and love, and a profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance that is destined to become a classic." ISBN: 9781451621389

CAMBOR, Kate: Gilded Youth: Three Lives in France's Belle Epoque. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 323 pp. Subject: Non-Fiction / History & Biography / France 1870-1940. Book and jacket condition: Good Plus. Light wear and tear to the jacket corners. Top two corners of the book are lightly bumped with light edgewear to the foot of the spine. All pages are clean and unmarked. "In Gilded Youth Kate Cambor paints a generation lost in upheaval. While France weathered social unrest, violent crime, the birth of modern psychology, and the dawn of World War I...young adults experienced the disorientation of a generation forced to discover that the faith in science and progress that had sustained their fathers had failed them." Masterful storytelling and a history like no other. ISBN: 9780374162306

CAMPBELL, Bruce: If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor – An Autobiography. New York, LA Weekly Books, 2002. First Paperback Edition, 344 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Memoir & Autobiography-Actors, American / Bruce Campbell, 1958-Present. Condition: Very Good/Fine. Very light bumps to the book cover corners. Small remainder mark at the book's topside. Otherwise the book is in near-fine condition with all pages clean with clear readable text. A frank, outrageous, hilarious and entertaining memoir by one of the great pillars of Hollywood B-moviedom. Campbell is well-known for his appearances in cult horror flicks like The Evil Dead and The Army of Darkness. He also starred in many hit television shows such as Hercules, Zena: Warrior Princess and The X-Files. ISBN: 0312291450

CAPE, Tony: The Cambridge Theorem. New York, Felony & Mayhem Press, 2005. (Originally published: 1989). Paperback, 431 pp. Subject: Novel / Mystery and Crime Fiction. Condition: Like New. Some traces of wear to the corners of the front cover. Otherwise, book is in excellent condition. Pages clean and unmarked. First-rate suspenseful mystery fiction by one of Britain's rising stars of the genre. Don't miss this one! ISBN: 9781933397030

WILLIAMS, William Carlos: Selected Poems. New York, New Directions, 1985. Fifth Printing. Paperback, 302 pp. Subject: Poetry / Literature / Poetry Collections. Condition: Good Plus. Evident creasing along the book-spine. Light marking / underlining of pages, but a copy in near first-rate condition. A selection of poems by one of the twentieth century's preeminent men of American literature. ISBN: 081120958X

CARROLL, Jonathan: The Ghost In Love. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. ADVANCED READER'S COPY FIRST EDITION. Softcover, 311 pp. Subject: Novel / Fantasy / Ghosts. Book condition: Very Good. Corners bumped with slight wear to the extremities. Light toning to the pages. Still a very nice, decent copy. "The Ghost in Love is about what happens to us when we discover that we have become the masters of our own fate. No excuses, no outside forces of gods to blame – the responsibility is all our own. It's also about love, ghosts that happen to be gourmet cooks, talking dogs, and picnicking in the rain with yourself at twenty different ages." A literary feast of delight. ISBN: 0374917140

MELMAN, Peter Charles: Landsman – A Novel. New York, Counterpoint Press, 2007. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover with dust jacket, 323 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) / Jews and the Confederacy. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Some evidence of light edgewear to extremities of jacket and book copy (particularly at the bottom of the spine). Otherwise a copy in more than decent and near-fine condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Riveting debut novel of the Civil War "is the page-turning story of Elias Abrams – orphaned bastard of an indentured Jewish immigrant – who flees his sordid New Orleans gangland home to enlist in the Third Louisiana Infantry, leaving behind a murder that threatens to unravel his world..." ISBN: 9781582433677

CHAUCER, Geoffrey: Troilus and Criseyde. Oxford & New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. New translation by Barry Windeatt. Paperback, 196 pp. Subject: Literature / Poetry. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light evidence of wear/creasing to the book corners. Some light pencil markings on a couple of pages (duly erased). Still a nice copy in near-fine condition. A veritable classic of medieval English literature – by the author of the beloved Canterbury Tales. ISBN: 0192832905

CHILTON, Bruce: Rabbi Jesus, An Intimate Biography. New York, Doubleday, 2002. Paperback, 330 pp. Subject: Non-Fiction / Biography – Jesus / History of Religions – Christianity. Condition: Very Good Plus. Some corner pages a bit ruffled – near the book's fore-edge. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition. "Seamlessly merging history and biography, this penetrating, hight readable book uncovers truths lost to the passage of time and reveals a new Jesus for the new millennium." An important contribution to the history and origins of Christianity. ISBN: 0385497938

CHOPIN, Kate: The Awakening: An Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism. New York, W.W. Norton and Company, 1976. A Norton Critical Edition. Edited by Margaret Culley. Softcover, 229 pp. EX-LIBRARY COPY. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Book condition: Very Good. Ex-Library copy with the typical markings (Lilly Library, Florence, MA.). Very light bumping to the lower corners. Crease to lower extremity of front cover. Otherwise a copy in above-average condition (pages clean and unmarked). The controversial but pioneering feminist classic of American literature first published in 1899. ISBN: 0393091724

CHRISTMAN, Henry M. (Editor): Walt Whitman's New York: A Collection of Walt Whitman's Journalism Celebrating New York from Manhattan to Montauk. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 188 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays, Journalism & Reportage – New York City and Long Island, 19th Century / Walt Whitman, 1819-1892. Book & jacket condition: Very Good / Good Minus. Book copy encompassed by reddish-brown boards with gold lettering on the spine. Light sunning to the pages but all readable, unmarked and clean. Jacket itself has corners price-clipped with a damp-stain at the upper interior front flap. Some chipping to the central extremities of the spine. Otherwise a dust wrapper in decent condition. A collection of the famed American poet's essays and reportage concerning his beloved New York in the early 19th century.

GUIDI, Chen & CHUNTAO, Wu: Will The Boat Sink The Water? The Life of China's Peasants. New York, PublicAffairs, 2006. Translated from the Chinese by Zhu Hong. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 229 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Peasantry-China / China-Rural Conditions / Rural Development-China. Book and jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Light edgewear to the top extremity of dust wrapper. Otherwise a copy in first-rate condition will all pages clean. An important work of reportage regarding rural conditions in today's China – and banned by the Chinese government as the work was critical of its policies. The book challenges the notion of China's so-called "economic miracle" and how it has left behind the country's impovrished peasantry. ISBN: 1586483587

CIOLETTI, Jeff: Beer FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Most Celebrated Adult Beverage. Milwaukee, WI., Backbeat Books, 2016. Foreward by John Holl. Softcover, 389 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Cooking / Beverages-Beer. Condition: Very Good Minus. Former owner's inscription found on the reverse of the front endpaper. All pages very clean and unmarked. This book is a well-written and authoritative guide to one of human civilization's most enduring and popular beverages. Bottoms up! ISBN: 9781617136115

COHEN, Richard M.: Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir. New York, HarperCollins, 2004. First Edition (later printing). Subject: Nonfiction / Autobiography and Memoir. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Tilt to the book-spine. Light bumping to lower book corners. No other physical imperfections evident; book pages clean and unmarked. Inspirational and moving account of one man's struggle – noted television journalist and producer Richard M. Cohen – with the ravages of illness and his eventual triumph and resilience in adversity. ISBN: 0060014091

COLES, Robert: The Secular Mind. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 189 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Secularism-United States / Philosophy and Psychology / Religion. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Light wear to the jacket but in near-fine appearance. Book boards are sturdy with clean and unmarked pages. "This book is a sweeping essay on the shift from religious control over Western society to the scientific dominance of the mind." A profound, end-of-the-century meditation on the role and impact of secular culture on American life. Good food for thought! ISBN: 0691058059

COLLINS, Suzanne : Mockingjay. New York, Scholastic Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 398 pp. Subject: SF / Novel / Dystopias / Book 3 of the Hunger Games Trilogy. Condition: Very Good Plus. Tiny bit of edgewear at the extremities of the book-spine and jacket. Otherwise book is in near fine condition with a near-fine dust wrapper - all pages clean, complete and unmarked. This book is the exciting and concluding volume to the world-famous,
dystopian trilogy which also inspired the recent SF film starring Donald Sutherland. ISBN: 9780439023511

COLLINS, Suzanne: The Hunger Games. New York, Scholastic Books, 2009. Originally published in 2008. Trade Paperback, 374 pp. Subject: SF / Novel / Dystopias / Book 1 of the Hunger Games Trilogy. Book condition: Used, Good Plus. Slight spine creasing evident with other signs of wear. Light markings to interior extremities. Otherwise book is in very decent condition – all pages intact with readable text. Wonderful cover art by Tim O'Brien. Classic, best-selling work of dystopian SF which inspired the motion picture starring Donald Sutherland. A must for all SF and young adult fiction fans. ISBN: 0439023521

COLUM, Padraic: The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles. New York, Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Paperbacks, 2004. Originally published in 1921. Paperback, 316 pp. Subject: Fiction / Greek Mythology / Children and Young Adult Fiction. Condition: Very Good. Two-inch corner crease – at the upper right hand corner of the front cover. Light edgewear to the book spine's extremities. Otherwise book is in nice, decent shape. With classic illustrations by Willy Pogany. A wonderful collection of classical Greek myths - retold for children by the celebrated Irish author. Recommended. ISBN: 0689868847

SUPERMAN ACTION COMICS 1000: JUNE 2018 1950s Variant Cover Dave Gibbons & Angus McKie. Burbank, CA., DC Comics, June 2018. Softcover, 80 pp. Subject: Comics / Superman Comics. Condition: Very Good Plus. A crease or two on the comic book's spine, but no other visible defects. A clean and beautifully illustrated copy. The continuing adventures of the Man of Steel, featuring "Attack of the Tiny Terrors"! Additional illustrations by John Romita, Jr., John Cassady and others.

CONGREVE, William: The Comedies of William Congreve. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 392 pp. Subject: Literature / Drama /17th Century British Restoration Comedy / 17th Century British Playwrights-William Congreve, 1670-1729. Condition: Very Good. Former owner's name inscribed on the title page. Normal age toning to the pages, but all clean and unmarked. Some sunning to the book-spine. Overall a copy in first-rate condition. A collection of classic 17th Century British Restoration comedies by the celebrated playwright. Edited with an introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.