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A rich variety of authors, artists and photographers visit Strand throughout the year, presenting and discussing their work, answering questions, and signing their books. Now when you can't make an event, you can order signed copies from nearly every author that comes to visit!

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The Post-American World

Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria

Economic growth trends in countries such as China, Russia, South Africa, Kenya, among others, ares generating a new global landscape ("the rise of the rest") where power is shifting & wealth and innovation... (Save 25%) more...

The Age of Reagan

Age of Reagan: 1974-2008 by Sean Wilentz

Sean Wilentz offers up this powerful reappraisal of America's political history since the fall of Nixon. Marking the past forty years as an era of conservatism, Ronald Reagan stands as the the most signficant... (Save 25%) more...

Be Near Me

Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan

Long-listed for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Writing about a man distanced from everyone, most especially himself, author Andrew O'Hagan asks readers implicitly to look at our own lives, ask... (Save 25%) more...

A Voyage Long and Strange

Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz

An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs - these and many others roamed... (Save 25%) more...

The Plague of Doves

Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich has not published a novel in almost three years. "The Plague of Doves" is well worth the wait. Centered on the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota, Erdrich's novel... (Save 25%) more...

A Writer's People

Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling: Essays by V.S. Naipaul

In his first book of non-fiction since 2003, Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul discusses the writers to whom he was exposed early on: Derek Walcott, Flaubert, and his own father, among them; how Anthony Powell... (Save 25%) more...

America and Other Work

America and Other Work by Andres Serrano

A monumental series of over a hundred color-photographic portraits of Americans. Shot against luminous painted backdrops devoid of any other imagery, each figure is presented alone and calmly posed (except... (Save 70%) more...

What Moves at the Margin

What Moves At the Margin by Toni Morrison; (Editor & Introduction) Carolyn C. Denard

This timely volume collects three decades of the Nobel Prize-winning author's writings about her work, her life, literature, and American society. The works included here range from 1971, when Morrison... (Save 25%) more...

A People's History of the World

People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium by Chris Harman

Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of... (Save 25%) more...

Heads in the Sand

Heads In the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats by Matthew Yglesias

In "Heads in the Sand," author Matthew Yglesias reveals that the conservative foreign policy stance of the Republican Party is really just aggressive nationalism or old-fashioned imperialism. He also discusses... (Save 50%) more...

Reappraisals

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century by Tony Judt

Judt, author of the acclaimed, massively detailed account of Europe's recovery from the wreckage of World War II, "Postwar," draws provocative connections between a dazzling range of subjects, from the... (Save 25%) more...

Bad Money

Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips has been a political and economic commentator for more than three decades and in his new book "Bad Money" he warns us about our debt and financial recklessness. Phillips does not whitewash... (Save 25%) more...

Maps and Legends

Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon is best known to and best loved by readers for his novels, most recently The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and The Yiddish Policeman's Union. His first book of nonfiction is a galvanizing... (Save 25%) more...

Shakespeare's Wife

Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer

Ann Hathaway was the wife of the most famous playwright in English history, yet very little has been written about her. Her name was ommitted from Shakespeare's will and the scholars who have written about... (Save 25%) more...

Havanas In Camelot

Havanas In Camelot: Personal Essays by William Styron

One of the most respected and celebrated authors of recent times, William Styron's work became more personal and reflective after the success of his memoir of depression and recovery, "Darkness Visible,"... (Save 25%) more...

The Stone Gods

Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

In this interplanetary love story - of Billie and Spike, of the past and the future; a traveler's tale...what begins as a witty, satirical futurist adventure deepens into a dazzling exploration of our... (Save 25%) more...

Our Story Begins

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories by Tobias Wolff

Producing his first collection in over a decade, Tobias Wolff offers ten new potent stories that, along with twenty-one classics, display his genius in the medium. Here, then, are fresh revelations - about... (Save 25%) more...

Armageddon in Retrospect

Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut

The passing of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. in 2007 marked the end of a truly unique life in American letters. The author of fourteen novels, four plays, and three short story collections, Vonnegut also wrote numerous... (Save 25%) more...

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YOUR Favorite Books

In celebration of Strand's 80th Anniversary, we are proud to present the top 80 books, as chosen by you, our customers.

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Gary Panter and Jonathan Lethem

May 13
7:00PM - 8:30PMGraphic artist Gary Panter has drawn inspiration from diverse vernacular and traditional art arenas over the course of the past four decades. Best-selling author Jonathan Lethem will discuss Panter's work with the artist. Discussion and signing.

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Jamestown Antique Brown Toile Tote Bag

As seen in Lucky Magazine!The subtle brown and cream pattern will add a touch of class to any ensemble, while declaring your love of reading (and the Strand) at the same time.

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Moleskines at the Strand!

Check out the convenient size and slick design. The legendary notebook of Hemingway, Picasso, and Chatwin.

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