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Beirut Fragments: A War Memoir
Jean Said Makdisi
Paperback
A new edition of the widely acclaimed account of the civilian experience of fifteen years of war in Beirut- "a profound, heartbreaking book" (Los...
Ulysses S. Grant: An Album
William S. McFeely
Hardback
A pictorial biography by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian that presents Ulysses S. Grant in new and fascinating ways.
Respect in a World of Inequality
Richard Sennett
Paperback
The powerful case for a society of mutual respect.
Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant
Lyall Watson
Paperback
A scientific safari and personal memoir celebrating the enigmatic dignity of the world's largest land animal.
Grant
William S. McFeely
Paperback
"Combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages....Biography at its best."—Marcus Cunliffe, The New York Times Book Review; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.