Product Description: Her palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first and poisoned the second; incest and assassination were family specialties...read more

Product Description: [MP3CD format in vinyl case][Read by Anna Fields] Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Hailed by critics as both ''monumental'' (Boston Globe) and ''utterly romantic'' (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff's Vera, the story of Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov, brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time...read more

Product Description: Her palace shimmered with gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Cleopatra, the wealthiest ruler of her time and one of the most powerful women in history, was a canny political strategist, a brilliant manager, a tough negotiator, and the most manipulative of lovers...read more

The definitive biography of an impoverished aristocrat from one of France's oldest families, Saint-Exupéry, best known for a career of daring flights over the Sahara, the Pyrenees, and Patagonia and for his creation of the classic story The Little Prince, traces his contributions to the science of aviation, including tales of his life of isolation in a plank shack while he managed the way station for the French mail service. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Reveals how Benjamin Franklin outmaneuvered hostile colleagues, British spies, French informers, and other challenges to convince France to underwrite America's experiment in democracy.

Product Description: [Audio Cassette Library Edition in vinyl case][Read by Anna Fields]Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Hailed by critics as both ''monumental'' (Boston Globe) and ''utterly romantic'' (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff's Vera, the story of Mrs...read more

The American statesman, philosopher, and scientist records his life, career, and philosophy, and offers satirical letters about Boston society in 1722 and an account of his return to Philadelphia from London in 1726. (view table of contents)

Explores the remarkable literary partnership of the Russian author and his wife of fifty-two years (view table of contents)

Product Description: When he vanished in 1944—disappearing into thin air as the Little Prince does in his best-loved work—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was already a legend. His name is synonymous with the golden age of aviation, when pilots flew through desert sandstorms in open cockpits and without instruments, fired at by rebellious tribes...read more