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The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World

The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World

$40.00
A Wall Street Journal and Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year Long-listed for the Plutarch AwardA bold new biography of the legendary painter John Singer Sargent, stressing the unruly emotions and furtive desires...
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

$20.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"A deeply reported, deeply personal history of Zionism and Israel that does something few books even attempt: It...
Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

$40.00
THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from...
Flying Falling Catching: An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom

Flying Falling Catching: An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom

$25.99
Henri Nouwen's never-before-published story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze troupe. During the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close...