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Satan’s Lexicographer

Author: Leon Harris

“The world is my country, to hate rascals is my religion” he once said, and for more than forty years—before he mysteriously vanished—he blasted away at the delusions, pretentions, posturings, hopes, dreams, foibles, and institutions of all mankind. His name was Ambrose Bierce …

“certain … Complications”

Author: Luigi Barzini

The Destruction Of A Giant

Author: Barbara Piattelli Dempsey

How I Beat Jess Willard

The Social History Of A Singular Fruit

Author: T. H. Watkins

In southern California the orange found a home.

Historian And Publisher

Author: Alfred A. Knopf

One of America's most distinguished publishers writes of his personal and professional friendship with the famed historian, Samuel Eliot Morison.

The Way I See It

Author: Bruce Catton

Rewards For Service

Author: The Editors

Hells Canyon

Author: William Ashworth

Man, Land, and History in the Deepest Gorge on Earth

Recognizing Israel

Author: Clark M. Clifford

The behind-the-scenes struggle in 1948 between the President and the State Department