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Tom Wolfe
Sherman McCoy is a WASP, bond trader and self-appointed ‘Master of the Universe’. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx. This…
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Tom Wolfe’s genre-defining magical mystery tour through the 1960s published in Vintage Classics for the first time to mark its fiftieth anniversary.
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"Wolfe takes European architects and Bauhaus art school founder Walter Gropius to task for their glass-and-steel-box buildings, which have influenced American cities"--
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A dissection of greed-obsessed America a decade after The Bonfire of the Vanities and on the cusp of the millennium, from the master chronicler of American culture Tom Wolfe Charlie…
Reissued for today's reader with a redesigned cover by the renowned artist Seymour Chwast, Tom Wolfe trains his satirical eye on Modern Art in this "masterpiece" (The Washington Post).
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"In Our Time is a biting collection of Tom Wolfe's essays and illustrations cataloging and critiquing the state of 1980s American society"--
Reissued for today's reader with a cover by the renowned artist Seymour Chwast and an introduction by the critically acclaimed author Taffy Brodesser-Akner, The Bonfire of the Vanities is vintage…
The first Americans in space–Yeager, Conrad, Grissom, and Glenn–battle the Russians for control of the heavens and put their lives on the line to demonstrate a quality beyond courage, in…
"Originally published in 1976, these stories capture the full spectrum of the '70s ("the Me Decade"), from the hilarious to the hard-hitting"--
"Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review), The Right Stuff is the basis for the 1983 Oscar-winning film of the same name and the eight-part…
Tom Fletcher
Help defeat the Big Bad Wolf in this interactive story from bestselling children's author Tom Fletcher!
Help defeat the Big Bad Wolf in this interactive tale from Tom Fletcher -…
"Tom Wolfe's first book of essays, which collects stories from corners of 1960s America that few had described before, from the burgeoning glamor of Las Vega to a close-up look…
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A sprawling collection of essays about the subcultures of the 1960s by Tom Wolfe, the revolutionary journalist and novelist
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Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965.
Tom Wolfe’s genre-defining magical mystery tour through the 1960s published in Vintage Classics for the first time to mark its fiftieth anniversary. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JARVIS COCKER In the…
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"Tom Wolfe's seminal portrait of Ken Kesey, one of the most magnetic figures of the counterculture movement of the 1960s, and his band of Merry Pranksters"--
Now with an original introduction by David Brooks, Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers is a funny and irreverent study of class and status by the master of New…
Tom B Free
The greedy Wolf prowls alone. His schemes -- clever. The bored Shepherd Boy loves tricks. His lies -- sharp. When their worlds collide, a tangled mess of lies unfolds. Will…
Tom Holland
The magic of mythology meets the grit of history in a blazing blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from award-winning author Tom Holland, lavishly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.
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Literary journalist, lowly social historian , chronicler of his times , and champion of realism are among the many epithets heaped upon Tom Wolfe. In this collection of interviews spanning…
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Tom Velcovsky, Stepanka Sekaninova
Age range 9 to 12
This engaging book for young adventurers features 40 historical discoveries, from tiny artifacts to entire cities, including the people and circumstances behind their uncovering.
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To help carvers with the challenge of carving the head and face, Tom carves busts, about 8 inches tall. One figure is carved step-by-step, with clear color photographs illustrating each…
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Bottlestoppers offer a great opportunity for caricature carvers, and Tom Wolfe shows the process in his unique way. Preparing the wood block, carving, painting, and applying the hardware are covered…
Step-by-step instructions for carving an amusing golfing figure from wood, painting it, and displaying it. Full of original personality and a spark of wit, the design will delight all who…
Santimals capture all the charm of the season in a delightful way. Tom takes the reader step-by-step through the carving of the raccoon Santimal, from the pattern to the painting…
With his imagination running rampant, Tom Wolfe uses both traditional hand carving tools and rotary tools to bring his artistry to the dragon. The steps to carving a dragon are…
This book takes the carvers through the steps of carving a frisky colt. Using hand and power tools Tom creates the form, detail, and musculature that brings the horse to…
These fanciful figures let the imagination run wild. You can make them friendly or sinister, young or old, comic or deadly serious. Tom gives patterns and step-by-step instructions illustrated in…
The almost limitless medium of polymer clay and Toms eye for character and caricature combine to produce some endearing and delightful creatures. Fully illustrated with beautiful color photographs, it takes…
Clowns are the ideal subjects for caricature carvers. They give the carver a limitless variety of faces and situations to create. The only boundaries are the carver’s ability and imagination…
From a caricature Texas Troubadour Humidor to a simply elegant decoy humidor, Tom opens a new range of carving for both novice and experienced carvers. The results are useful objects…
In his own special way Tom Wolfe leads the carver through each step of the carving process. The result is a traditional Santa in stride, heading for the reindeer pen…
A roughout is the start of a carving that skips the first few steps to take you right into the good part. In his friendly, laid-back way, Tom Wolfe guides…
Tom Wolfe guides the reader through the carving of a particularly clever cane, a fancy bird that doubles as a nutcracker. He explains carving, painting, and finishing the piece, as…
Tom Wolfe’s cane carving books have been popular with readers. in this new one, Tom starts with a sapling straight from the hillside and takes the carver through each step…
Tom Wolfe’s Santa Claus carvings have enchanted carvers and collectors alike with their joviality and character. By popular demand, he revisits Old Saint Nick with a carving of the jolly…
Tom has been making signs and other flatcarvings for many years, bringing to them the same creativity and skill he brings to his three-dimensional work. The three projects include a…
Traditional Santas have a warm place in the imaginations of children and the memories of adults. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions accompanied by full color photos, this is a…
A dramatic period in American history comes to life in these carvings. Union and Confederate soldiers are featured with step-by-step illustrated instructions for carving. One figure is carved all the…
Alice and her friends are brought to life through Tom Wolfes carving. As usual, Tom leads the carver through the project with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, illustrated in full-color photographs. A…
Tom Wolfe takes his creative talent to the National Game: baseball. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, Tom helps the carver bring the classic ballplayer out of a block of…
The jointed Santas in this book are delightful, and they are easily carved. With step-by-step color photo illustrations you go from the carving to the joint construction to the painting…
Tom leads the carver through the process of creating a beautiful Santa ornament for the tree or to be displayed on a stand. A basic understanding of carving techniques is…
After the big Christmas flight, what does Santa do with his spare time? Tom Wolfe has come up with a number of ideas. Over 260 color photographs and easy to…
Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from Sparta, North Carolina, is on a full scholarship. She learns that for the upper-crust coeds of Dupont, sex, Cool, and kegs trump academic achievement…
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"Melodies of Identity" is a poignant and powerful memoir that explores the complexities of identity and belonging in a world that often seeks to define us by our differences. The…
A captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech, not evolution, is responsible for humanity’s complex societies and achievements. Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds…