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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Chris Burns (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Chris Burns (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. The remarkable true story of a turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued-a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was served-from bestselling author of the Edgar finalist, Murder of the Century. In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic.Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were two political parties: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached, their animosity reached a crescendo. But everything changed when a young Quaker woman, Elma Sands, was found dead in Burr's newly constructed Manhattan Well. The horrific crime quickly gripped the nation, and before long accusations settled on one of Elma's suitors: a handsome young carpenter named Levi Weeks. As the enraged city demanded a noose be draped around his neck, Week's only hope was to hire a legal dream team.And thus it was that New York's most bitter political rivals and greatest attorneys did the unthinkable-they teamed up. Our nation's longest running cold case, Duel with the Devil delivers the first substantial break in the case in over 200 years. At once an absorbing legal thriller and an expertly crafted portrait of the United States in the time of the Founding Fathers, Duel with the Devil is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The remarkable true story of a turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued-a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was served-from bestselling author of the Edgar finalist, Murder of the Century. In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic.Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were two political parties: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached, their animosity reached a crescendo. But everything changed when a young Quaker woman, Elma Sands, was found dead in Burr's newly constructed Manhattan Well. The horrific crime quickly gripped the nation, and before long accusations settled on one of Elma's suitors: a handsome young carpenter named Levi Weeks. As the enraged city demanded a noose be draped around his neck, Week's only hope was to hire a legal dream team.And thus it was that New York's most bitter political rivals and greatest attorneys did the unthinkable-they teamed up. Our nation's longest running cold case, Duel with the Devil delivers the first substantial break in the case in over 200 years. At once an absorbing legal thriller and an expertly crafted portrait of the United States in the time of the Founding Fathers, Duel with the Devil is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A fresh, enlightening reinterpretation of how European civilization as we know it arose in the wake of utter chaos in Rome, France and Germany- not in the 11th or 12th century, as is commonly thought, but during the 10th.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Paul Bacon (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Paul Bacon (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paul Bacon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paul Bacon (illustrator).

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service. Paul Bacon (illustrator).…

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service. Paul Bacon (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Drawing from his experiences as a therapist, counsellor and teacher the author composed this collection of inspirational proverbs for meditation and renewal. The aphorisms contained in this book offer challenging insights for anyone undergoing the process of personal growth and change. Each of the sayings is accompanied by an abstract painting by Gary Max Collins which attempt to serve as a focus for individual contemplation varying from the pale and subdued to an increased vividness and expansiveness. Gary Max Collins (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Drawing from his experiences as a therapist, counsellor and teacher the author composed this collection of inspirational proverbs for meditation and renewal. The aphorisms contained in this book offer challenging insights for anyone undergoing the process of personal growth and change. Each of the sayings is accompanied by an abstract painting by Gary Max Collins which attempt to serve as a focus for individual contemplation varying from the pale and subdued to an increased vividness and expansiveness. Gary Max Collins (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Drawing from his experiences as a therapist, counsellor and teacher the author composed this collection of inspirational proverbs for meditation and renewal. The aphorisms contained in this book offer challenging insights for anyone undergoing the process of personal growth and change. Each of the sayings is accompanied by an abstract painting by Gary Max Collins which attempt to serve as a focus for individual contemplation varying from the pale and subdued to an increased vividness and expansiveness. Gary Max Collins (illustrator).…

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service. Gary Max Collins (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean with no markings. Very little, if any, shelf wear. Collins, Sally (illustrator).

Condition: good. This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists, and Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets are classic celebrations of the greatest, the brightest, the eternally constellated. Paul Collins' Banvard's Folly is a different kind of book. Here are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck-or perhaps some combination of them all-leapt straight from life into thankless obscurity. Among their number are scientists, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and adventurers, from across the centuries and around the world. They hold in common the silenced aftermath of failure, the name that rings no bells. Collins brings them back to glorious life. John Banvard was an artist whose colossal panoramic canvasses (one behemoth depiction of the entire eastern shore of the Mississippi River was simply known as "The Three Mile Painting") made him the richest and most famous artist of his day. . . before he decided to go head to head with P. T. Barnum. René Blondot was a distinguished French physicist whose celebrated discovery of a new form of radiation, called the N-Ray, went terribly awry. At the tender age of seventeen, William Henry Ireland signed "William Shakespeare" to a book and launched a short but meteoric career as a forger of undiscovered works by the Bard -- until he pushed his luck too far. John Symmes, a hero of the War of 1812, nearly succeeded in convincing Congress to fund an expedition to the North Pole, where he intended to prove his theory that the earth was hollow and ripe for exploitation; his quixotic quest counted Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe among its greatest admirers. Collins' love for what he calls the "forgotten ephemera of genius" give his portraits of these figures and the other nine men and women in Banvard's Folly sympathetic depth and poignant relevance. Their effect is not to make us sneer or revel in schadenfreude; here are no cautionary tales. Rather, here are brief introductions-acts of excavation and reclamation-to people whom history may have forgotten, but whom now we cannot.…