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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Staff Pick Despite a long and varied literate life, I somehow made it to 2010 without having ever read Hemingway, even compulsory high-school Hemingway. Intimidated by his bravado and bullfighting, I steered clear of ol' Papa. It only hit me a few months ago, after... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Staff Pick If your only experience with Catch-22 was reading it for a class in high school — or if you haven't even read it at all — you owe it to yourself to revisit this book. It's a comic masterpiece, yes, but more than that: Catch-22 is a blast of anarchic... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Publisher Comments The Sun Also Rises was Ernest Hemingway's first big novel, and immediately established Hemingway as one of the great prose stylists, and one of the preeminent writers of his time. It is also the book that encapsulates the angst of the post-World War I... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books) by David McCullough Publisher Comments This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nations history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Being and Nothingness by Jean-paul Sartre Publisher Comments The often criticized philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre encompasses the dilemmas and aspirations of the individual in contemporary society. This work of power and epic scope provides a vivid analysis for all who would understand one of the most influential... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Draw Comic Book Heroes and Villains (Christopher Hart Titles) by Christopher Hart Publisher Comments Today comic book heroes and villains are more popular than ever, appearing not only in print but in video games and movies as well. Now fans can learn how to create their own heroes and villains from such successful comic book artists as Gray Morrow of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Publisher Comments In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Staff Pick "Manuscripts don't burn" — that's what the man said. It's impossible to destroy the last thing that one has loved, as memory trumps death. This holds true for Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita: he burned his own copy down to nothing,... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher Comments This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $2.25 Used - Trade Paper
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood by Vicki Iovine Staff Pick Tired of all the parenting books with simplistic solutions and misleading information about how demanding the first year really is? Then this book is for you. The author is not a doctor or an expert — instead, she writes from her own experience as a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Publisher Comments The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs Publisher Comments Naked Lunch is the unnerving tale of a monumental descent into the hellish world of a narcotics addict as he travels from New York to Tangiers, then into Interzone, a nightmarish modern urban wasteland in which the forces of good and evil vie for control... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Brave Companions by David McCullough Publisher Comments The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker by Robert Mankoff and David Remnick Publisher Comments More than a book, this is a bona fide publishing event. The largest-ever collection of New Yorker cartoons features the best of every decade in book form, plus two easy-to-browse CDs--Windows and Macintosh compatible--with every cartoon ever published in... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Robota by Orson Scott Card and Doug Chiang Publisher Comments An illustrated science fiction book from award-winning artist Doug Chiang and the popular fantasy writer Orson Scott. Review coverage in men's magazines and national newspapers. 75 colour illus.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Alexander Hamilton: A Life by Willard Ste Randall Publisher Comments Chapter One The Wish of My Heart Alexander Hamilton realized instantly that he would die. Before he even heard the shot, the oversize lead ball had torn into his right side just above the hip, crashed through a rib, sliced through his liver, shattering a... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Good Earth: Oprah Book Club #6 by Pearl S. Buck Publisher Comments ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country¹s last emperor. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Power and the New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments Long out of print, this collection of seminal essays helped to establish Chomsky as a leading critic of United States foreign policy. With a new Foreword by the author of "A People's History of the United States, " this book is a renewed call for... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick Blue Latitudes is an enjoyable and often hilarious journey into the amazing life and adventures of Captain James Cook and his crew. There is no better way to learn nautical history than to bring an Aussie, and a bottle of grog, along.... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Book Club Paperback
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Introducing Relativity by Bruce Bassett Publisher Comments Plots an accessible and visual course through ideas and concepts that revolutionised modern physics.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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