New York: St. Martin's Press, June 2009. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 268, [2] pages, Acknowledgments, Preface, Introduction, Bibliography, and Index. Inscribed on the title page by the author. Inscription reads: To Lindsey, Best Wishes! Bryon l. Dorgan, U.S.S. This book includes Acknowledgments, Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1: The Good Old Days: I Remember When...; Chapter 2: a Financial House of Cards; Chapter 3: Addicted to Debt; Chapter 4: Shining a Light on Dark Money; Chapter 5: Tax That Guy Behind the Tree!; Chapter 6: Incomes from Outer Space; Chapter 7: The Price of War; Chapter 8: The Profits of War; Chapter 9: Drill, Baby, Drill? Chapter 10: Health Care: A Leading Cause of Stress; Chapter 11: Cheap Labor; and Chapter 12: Hope. Also includes a Bibliography and an Index. Senator Dorgan has represented North Dakota in the U.S. Senate beginning in December 1992. In 1998, he was named the chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee. From 1995 to 1998, he served in the Democratic leadership as Assistant Floor Leader. More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2016. Signed Limited First Edition. Leather bound. [14], 369, [3] pages. Signed by the author on a special signature page. Includes a ribbon placemark, a Note about The Man Without A Shadow and the author Joyce Carol Oates by the Easton Press, and a certificate of authenticity from the Easton Press (signed by the author, and by Jeffrey Kornblum, the publisher of the Easton Press), attesting that this edition was strictly limited to a press run of 600 individually numbered copies. This copy is number 579 of 600. Decorated cover. Decorated cloth endpapers. This novel explores the mysteries of memory, identity, and personality in a vivid portrayal of a forbidden relationship never to be publicly revealed. Neuroscientist Margo Sharpe is studying the charismatic Elihu Hoopes--the man without a shadow, who suffers from a disease that clouds memories beyond the last 70 seconds. She inadvertently falls in love with this ultimate amnesiac, as she attempts to unlock his shuttered memories of a childhood trauma without losing her sense of self in the process. More

Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2012. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 258, [2] pages. Includes Full Page Map of Downtown New Orleans, Photographs, Sketches, Preface, Definition of Terms, Introduction, Conclusion, Epilogue, Acknowledgments, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by author sticker on front of DJ. Carolyn Morrow Long began visiting New Orleans in 1978, when she became fascinated by the city’s history and culture. She is the author of Spiritual Merchants: Religion, Magic, and Commerce, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau, Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House, and Famille Vve Paris née Laveau: The Tomb of Marie Laveau in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. Now retired from the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History, she writes articles and gives presentations about New Orleans Afro-Catholic spiritual practices and Creole families. Also an artist, Long created the cover illustrations for the Laveau and Lalaurie books. More

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2013. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, [2], 287, [5] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction, Notes, and Index. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: Best--Marvin Kalb. Marvin Leonard Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is an American journalist. Kalb was the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy from 1987 to 1999. The Shorenstein Center and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University. He is currently a James Clark Welling Fellow at George Washington University and a member of the Atlantic Community Advisory Board. Kalb hosts The Kalb Report, a discussion of media ethics and responsibility at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. sponsored by George Washington University. He is currently a senior adviser at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The Road to War was a 2013 Foreword Reviews honorable mention in the subject of War & Military. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 618, [4] pages. Endpaper maps, illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Small clip on the top corner of the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Bruce Hoffman (born 1954) is a political analyst specializing in terrorism and counterterrorism, insurgency and counter-insurgency. He is a tenured professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where between 2010 and 2017 he was the director of the Center for Security Studies. This landmark history, based on newly available documents, covers the battles between Jews, Arabs, and the British that led to the creation of Israel. Contains previously unknown detail of how Britain struggled and ultimately failed to reconcile competing Arab and Jewish demands and uprisings. The author, a leading expert on terrorism, shines new light on the bombing of the King David Hotel, the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo, the leadership of Menachem Begin, the life and death of Abraham Stern, and much else. More

New York, N.Y. Basic Books, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 296 pages. Includes Introduction, Acknowledgments, Notes, Appendix A, Appendix B, and Index. Inscribed by the author on fep. Inscription reads: For Shibly, May the truth make us free. Deborah Nelson. Deborah Nelson is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and the Associate Professor of Investigative Reporting at the University of Maryland. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, she was the Washington investigations editor for the Los Angeles Times, a reporter for The Washington Post and a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1997, Nelson won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for her work, exposing “widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired reforms.” She received acclaim for her book, The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes, which investigates declassified Army papers on Vietnam-era war crimes and uncovers the lives of soldiers who were witness to the crimes. More

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1986. Limited Edition also stated First Edition. Hardcover. 24 cm. xiii, [1], 273, [1] pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Chapter notes. Index. Map of the Goldwaters' Southwestern Odyssey. Rear DJ somewhat scuffed. Small tear on top of of front DJ. Foreword by Barry Goldwater. Copy #2 of a Limited Edition of 500 copies, published on the occasion of Barry Goldwater's retirement from the U.S. Senate. Smith was an Arizonan for more than seven decades, a frequent contributor to Arizona Highways magazine, and a book editor for the University of Arizona Press. Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement. More

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1996. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xvi, 170 pages. Illustrations. References. Index. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page. Inscription reads: August 12, 1996, To Cokie and Steve--Old friends who have been steadfast in their help and encouragement. With admiration and affection--Susan Tolchin. More

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004. First Carroll & Graf Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xviii, 302 pages. Notes. Index. Signed by the author, Rosemary Dew, on the half title page. Signature reads: Best wishes, Rosemary Dew. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front dust jacket. This is a memoir of a female special agent's 13 years with the FBI, an exposé of the Bureau's sexist practices, and a warning about how failings that affect our nation's security are passed from generation to generation of FBI agents. Special Agent Dew views the FBI as a dysfunctional family where those who don’t fit the Hoover mold are not welcome. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. First edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. ix, 176 pages. Contains In Conclusion, Acknowledgments, Index. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page. The inscription reads: "For Dear Cokie and Steve--the best always--G McGovern." More

New York: Random House, c1990. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm, 800 pages, illustrations, maps, some wear to DJ edges, rear DJ scratched, some soiling to edges. Over 50 photographs and 30 maps. Signed by the author on the half title page. More

New York: Doubleday, May 1989. First Edition. Oversized Volume. 256 oversized pages. Includes Foreword, acknowledgments, many pictorial works. Includes Foreword and Acknowledgments. Discusses The Making of a Marine (Recruiting, Boot Camp, The Naval Academy, and Officers); In the Fleet (Norway; The Philippines; 29 Palms California; Camp Lemuel North Carolina; Okinawa, Japan; and Beauport, South Carolina); The Barracks (Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.; The Royal Marine Connection, England; Marine Security Guard, Paris; The Navy Cross, Iwo Jima, Coda: The State of the Marine Corps; Uniforms of the Marine Corps; and Historical Chronology. Inscribed opposite the frontis illustration by G. E. Mandy Jr., Commandant to Dr. Ken Coffey. Inscription reads: To Dr. Ken Coffey: With my appreciation for your contributions to the Corps. G. E. Mandy Jr., Commandant. More

1993. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. 461 pages. Oversized volume, measuring 7 x 10.5 inches long, 7 x 1/4 inches wide, and 2 inches thick. Envelope containing an IRA Green Insignia Locator (which helps match the descriptions in the text with the illustrations on the color plates) has been laid into the book. This book catalogs more than 3,000 distinctive unit insignia, each reflecting the history of individual U.S. Army units from the days of the colonial militia through the Revolutionary, Civil, First World, Second World, Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars. The unique symbolism and heraldic origin of each crest is described. More