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Louis Fischer was a Jewish-American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-Communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), a Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography Harper & Row, 06/1964. First Edition. … Read more about this item

Mining historical novel, five men who brave the frozen Canadian wilderness during the Klondike gold rush of 1897, risking everything to fulfill their dreams. A highly readable drama filled with the blend of fact and fiction that is Michener's trademark.((Random House--Fiction-Historical) Stated First American Edition, Random House,07/08/1989. Book in NearFine condition, no visibledefects, tight and bright, no bumped corners,… Read more about this item

As Major Norman Starr is about to appear before a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert actions, he recalls the heritage of his ancestors and the role they played in the true glory of America. Bestselling author James Michener has painted a timeless family portrait and an eloquent lesson in American history. "Michener is a master storyteller."… Read more about this item

Pasternak is best known as the author of Doctor Zhivago (1957), a novel which takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the First World War. Due to the novel's independent-minded stance on the socialist state, Doctor Zhivago was rejected for publication in the USSR. At the instigation of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Doctor Zhivago was smuggled to Milan and published… Read more about this item

Le Rouge et le Noir, French for The Red and the Black is a historical psychological novel. It is a fictional depiction of French society in the 1820's, two decades after the French Revolution and its ensuing Terror. The plot was based on Stendhal's personal experiences, on legal documents, and on historical accounts. It chronicles the attempts of… Read more about this item

Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada's struggle to revive her father's farm, with… Read more about this item

First edition, good condition. Good dust jacket, very little wear on tob and botton. A thousand British and American POWs learn to hate the American colonel who singlehandedly shapes them up. His strict discipline brings order to the camp; it also earns him a derisive "von." When Italy surrenders, German guards herd the men into boxcars for shipment to the… Read more about this item

One of the more political novels from the pen of Pearl Buck, DRAGON SEED brings to light the tragedy of the Japanese invasion and occupation of mainland China during WWII. Centering her story around the fictional family of Ling Tan, Buck recreates the heart wrenching devastation that war inflicted on these gentle innocent people. Dragon Seed is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in… Read more about this item