National Book Awards 2009 Winners
Let The Great World Spin
$32.95$14.95 – Trade paperback / Bloomsbury
Winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction.
In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterio... Buy or find out more →
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
$56.95 – Hardcover book / Alfred A Knopf
2010 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Biography
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism.
Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, cr... Buy or find out more →
Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
$35.95 – Paperback book / Univ California Pr
This compelling selection of recent work by internationally celebrated poet Keith Waldrop presents three related poem sequences--"Shipwreck in Haven," "Falling in Love through a Description," and "The Plummet of Vitruviu... Buy or find out more →
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
$33.95 – Hardcover book / Farrar Straus & Giro
“When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can’t sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’” – Claudette Colvin
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up ... Buy or find out more →