Old Is Gold
Discover old books and books of old at our online bookstore. Shop old classic books, best-selling books, and timeless treasures—perfect for collectors and book lovers alike!
-
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in HistoryNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history--from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City "A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Crash of the Heavens: The Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and the Only Military Mission to Rescue Europe's Jews During World War IIThe awe-inspiring and largely untold story of Hannah Senesh, a female paratrooper in World War II whose courage and sacrifice during a daring mission to rescue Europe's Jews left an indelible mark on history. In the years before World War II, thousands of young...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit SystemThis dynamic visual history of the world's largest transit system -- in all its intriguing, colorful, and even seedy glory -- is packed with fascinating facts and hundreds of compelling photographs.When the first New York subway line opened in 1904, it was the most...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount RushmoreA comprehensive narrative history of Mt. Rushmore, written in light of recent political controversies, and a timely retrospective for the monument's 100th anniversary in 2025 "Well, most people want to come to a national park and leave with that warm, fuzzy feeling with an...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Jermain Wesley Loguen: Defiant FugitiveA gripping biography of a man who escaped slavery to become an influential abolitionist, famously known as the "King of the Underground Railroad" Jermain Wesley Loguen (1813-1872) was a fugitive from slavery, an abolitionist, and a minister, teacher, and political activist. He worked alongside...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Conscience before Conformity: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance in Nazi GermanyConscience before Conformity tells the story of German students who dared to speak out against Hitler and the Third Reich, and died for their beliefs. Operating under the name of the White Rose, they printed and distributed leaflets condemning Nazism and urging Germans to...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
A Farewell to ArmsA collectible hardcover edition of Hemingway's beloved novel of doomed love during wartime, with a new foreword by Abraham Verghese, the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Covenant of Water and Cutting for Stone One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Chasing the Dark: A 140-Year Investigation of Paranormal ActivityA gripping narrative that uses the case files of Tony Cornell and the Society for Physical Research to examine our interactions and obsessions with all things paranormal. Tony Cornell spent his life probing the very edges of reality. A member of the UK's Society...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
U.S.A.: The Complete Trilogy [The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and the Big Money]This gorgeous new paperback edition collects the three volumes of John Dos Passos's acclaimed U.S.A. trilogy, named one of the best books of the twentieth century by the Modern Library, and a "linguistically adventurous national portrait for a precarious age--his, and ours" (The New...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal WestThe #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that's "as resonant today as ever" (The Wall Street Journal)--the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Mapmaker: A Novel of World War IIResistance fighters Charlotte and Philippe, an American woman and a Frenchman, brave death or worse to evade the Gestapo and get critical information to the Allies. Resistance operative Charlotte Denneau has critical targeting information for the Allies, and the Gestapo knows it. On the...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Sun Also RisesThe only authorized edition of Ernest Hemingway's first novel. "The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost." --The Wall Street Journal The Sun Also Rises is a...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915A penetrating, character-filled history "in the manner of David McCullough" (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Inside the Reagan White House: A Front-Row Seat to Presidential Leadership with Lessons for TodayAn inside look at the most successful president of modern times. What makes a good White House memoir? The right mix of personal stories, insight on the president, discussion of policy and historical events, and crazy, colorful anecdotes that capture the reader's attention. Inside...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial EqualityThe New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country's most visible Black man, Booker...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Leadership: In Turbulent TimesFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, an invaluable guide to the development and exercise of leadership from Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The inspiration for the multipart HISTORY Channel series Abraham Lincoln and...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Silence and the RageFrom "a novelist at the height of his powers," a dramatic and jubilant dive into France in the "glorious years" of the 1950s, through the lens of one ambitious, troubled, and utterly compelling family (La Croix). It is 1952 and the grown children of...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History"Stellar . . . Spectacular . . . [A] heartfelt, painstaking account." --Nell Irvin Painter, The Washington Post "An extraordinary collaboration . . . A profound achievement . . . Downs is a superb, even lyrical writer." --David W. Blight, Los Angeles Times A...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
DiplomacyA brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with China. The seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy. Moving from a sweeping overview of history to...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per
-
Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in AmericaA powerful look at the changing cultural understanding of postpartum depression in America. New motherhood is often seen as a joyful moment in a woman's life; for some women, it is also their lowest moment. For much of the twentieth century, popular and medical...
- $47.37 USD
$89.99 USD- $47.37 USD
- Unit price
- per