Hilliard T. Goldfarb

Beautifully illustrated guide purchased at the Museum. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

A Companion Guide and History

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is home to one of the pre-eminent collections of art in the United States, with more than 2,500 treasures ranging from Chinese bronzes to Titian's Europa.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Robert Jones, Jr.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Finalist for the National Book Award Instant New York Times Bestseller "May this book cast its spell on all of us, restore to us some memory of our most warrior and softest selves." —The New York Times Book Review “A new kind of epic...A grand achievement...While The Prophets' dreamy realism recalls the work of Toni Morrison...its penetrating focus on social dynamics stands out more singularly.” —Entertainment Weekly A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man—a fellow slave—seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries—of ancestors and future generations to come—culminates in a climactic reckoning, The Prophets fearlessly reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love.

The Prophets

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Pete Townshend

Rare signed first edition in very fine condition. Highly collectible. 

A Memoir

The legendary lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the Who, one of the most influential rock-and-roll bands of all time, pens his own story.

Who I Am—Signed

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Gregory Berns

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain

A neuroscientist recounts his efforts to overcome administrative and behavioral hurdles to train his dogs to sit still during an MRI scan, an effort that produced evidence about canine empathy and the human-dog bond.

How Dogs Love Us

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David Grimm

Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs

A pet-lover and award-winning journalist traces the history of cats and dogs and the changing social attitudes that transformed these furry creatures from pests and hunting tools in the middle ages to their current status as beloved family members. 30,000 first printing.

Citizen Canine

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John Homans

The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend

Describes the author's loving relationship with a rescued dog and his observations about how today's pet dogs are treated with considerably more care than in past generations, exploring the dog's complex and prominent place in the world while assessing related issues about animal rights and ethics. 40,000 first printing.

What's a Dog For?

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Beautiful, highly illustrated guide purchased at the Uffizi. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Uffizi

Brian Hare

Vanessa Woods

How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

A Duke University anthropologist and his wife, the award-winning author of Bonobo Handshake, reveal how canine pets have significantly higher levels of intelligence than previously believed, demonstrating how domestication has rendered dogs friendlier and better able to communicate and problem-solve.

The Genius of Dogs

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Beautiful, highly illustrated mini volume in near fine condition. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

500 Self-Portraits

Judith Stonehill

Francis Morrone

A Journey Through the City of Dreams

"Brooklyn: A Journey Through the City of Dreams" explores the streets, neighborhoods, and legends of the most beguilingly diverse urban area in America. The icons of Brooklyn are celebrated-the indomitable Dodgers, legendary Coney Island, and the majestic Brooklyn Bridge-along with other treasures of Brooklyn, in an engaging and unexpected journey through Brooklyn past and present, real and imagined. Brooklyn is where Walt Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass, Al Capone acquired his famous moniker "Scarface," and Barbra Streisand worked as an usher at the Loews' Kings movie palace. From Coney Island to Flatbush Avenue and from Brooklyn Heights to Prospect Park, "Brooklyn: A Journey Through the City of Dreams" celebrates the spirit, people, and places that have made Brooklyn a cultural icon.

Brooklyn

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Christopher Bram

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Surprising Myself

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Louise Penny

A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of Canada's Sãuretâe du Quebec is called to Three Pines, a tiny hamlet south of Montreal, to investigate the suspicious hunting "accident" that claimed the life of Jane Neal, a local fixture in the village.

Still Life

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Mary Renault

A slave-boy in the household of Alexander the Great tells about the adventures of the Macedonian king during the last seven years of his life

The Persian Boy

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Basil and Josephine Stories

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The new novel by the bestselling author of Hold Tight, this brilliant comedy of manners set among a group of Manhattan sophisticates depicts the friends of a dead filmmaker trying to put their lives back together--a task made more arduous by the young boyfriend he left behind.

In Memory of Angel Clare

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The Family of Max Desir

A Novel

Hold Tight confirms Christopher Bram's status as one of the outstanding gay novelists of our time. Erotic, romantic, and suspenseful, this wholly original story is a thriller set in a homosexual brothel in 1942 New York City.

Hold Tight

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Susan Mackervoy

Anthony Roberts

Simon Dalgleish

Highly illustrated guide to the museum and its history. 

A quick tour of the art and architecture of one of the world's most famous museums with richly colored plates and even a general guide to the city of Paris.

The Louvre

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Bill Bryson

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Special Illustrated Edition 

In this book Bill Bryson attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization.

A Short History of Nearly Everything

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Hanya Yanagihara

Moving to New York to pursue creative ambitions, four former classmates share decades marked by love, loss, addiction and haunting elements from a brutal childhood. By the author of The People in the Trees.

A Little Life

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Thomas Cahill

The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe

After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages,Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. By placing the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of their churches and their lives, medieval people exalted womanhood to a level unknown in any previous society. For the first time, men began to treat women with dignity and women took up professions that had always been closed to them. The communion bread, believed to be the body of Jesus, encouraged the formulation of new questions in philosophy: Could reality be so fluid that one substance could be transformed into another? Could ordinary bread become a holy article? Could mud become gold, as the alchemists believed? These new questions pushed the minds of medieval thinkers toward what would become modern science. Artists began to ask themselves similar questions. How can we depict human anatomy so that it looks real to the viewer? How can we depict motion in a composition that never moves? How can two dimensions appear to be three? Medieval artists (and writers, too) invented the Western tradition of realism. On visits to the great cities of Europe—monumental Rome; the intellectually explosive Paris of Peter Abelard and Thomas Aquinas; the hotbed of scientific study that was Oxford; and the incomparable Florence of Dante and Giotto—Cahill brilliantly captures the spirit of experimentation, the colorful pageantry, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge that built the foundations for the modern world. Bursting with stunning four-color art, MYSTERIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES is the ultimate Christmas gift book.

Mysteries of the Middle Ages

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Anton Gill

Michelangelo, Florence, and the David 1492-1504

This is the story of 12 years in one of the most creative and volatile periods in Italian history, when a young, erratic genius, Michelangelo Buonarroti, made the David. It was to become a symbol not only of the independence and defiance of the city of Florence but also of the tortured soul who created it.

Il Gigante

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Ross King

Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies

From bestselling author Ross King, a brilliant portrait of the legendary artist and the story of his most memorable achievement.

Mad Enchantment

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The story of the creation of one of history's most influential artworks describes the political and religious turmoil that influenced the painting's evolution and the personal beliefs that shaped da Vinci's symbolic choices.

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In Memory of Angel Clare

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