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Alaska by James A Michener
Category: Fiction
Now for the first time in trade paperback, Michener's magnificent journey through the history of Alaska and his epic tale of the men and women who tried to claim the land and its spirit.
Caravans : A Novel of Afghanistan by James A. Michener
Category: History
First published in 1963, James A. Michener's gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a dangerous assignment: ...Show more
Caribbean by James A. Michener
Category: Fiction
In this acclaimed classic novel, James A. Michener sweeps readers off to the Caribbean, bringing to life the eternal allure and tumultuous history of this glittering string of islands. From the 1310 conquest of the Arawaks by cannibals to the decline of the Mayan empire, from Columbus's arrival to bucca ...Show more
Centennial by James A. Michener
Category: Fiction
Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener's magnificent saga of the West""is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America's past, the story of Colorado--the Centennial State--is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain a ...Show more
Chesapeake by James A. Michener
Category: Fiction
A panoramic narrative of human and animal life on Maryland's Eastern Shore focuses on a ten-square-mile area at the mouth of the Choptank River and the families that settle there, from the early seventeenth century to the present day. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Hawaii by James A Michener
Category: Fiction
"[A] mammoth epic of the islands, [a] vast panorama, wonderful." THE BALTIMORE SUN America's preeminent storyteller, James Michener, introduced an entire generation of readers to a lush, exotic world in the Pacific with this classic novel. But it is also a novel about people, people of strength and char ...Show more
Hawaii by MICHENER James
Category: Fiction
Previously a bestselling hardcover and a perennial favourite in mass market paperback, HAWAII i is now available for the first time in a handsome readable trade paperback edition. The story of Hawaii, and of this book, is that of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity and yet living with on ...Show more
Iberia by James A Michener
Category: Fiction
Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and celebrated citizen of the world, came to love as his own. "Iberia "is Michener's enduring nonfiction tribute to his cherished second home. In the fresh and vivid prose that is his trademark, he n ...Show more
Mexico by James A. Michener
Category: Fiction
Michener's newest #1 bestselling saga tells of several centuries in one of the world's most tumultuous lands. Mexico is the magnificent story of an American journalist who travels to report on two great matadors . . . and is swept up in the story of his Mexican ancestors.
Poland by James A Michener
Category: Fiction
In this sweeping novel, James A. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies. The Counts Lubonski, the petty nobles Bukowksi, and the peasants Buk are at some times fiercely united, at others tragically divided. With an inspiring tradition of resistan ...Show more
Presidential Lottery - The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System by James A. Michener; Steve Berry (Introduction by)
Category: Non-Fiction
In this eye-opening nonfiction account, world-renowned author James A. Michener details the reckless gamble U.S. voters make every four years: trusting the electoral college. In 1968, Michener served as a presidential elector in Pennsylvania. What he witnessed that fall disturbed him so much that he fel ...Show more