James A. Michener

• 1947
• / General Fiction
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Tales of the South Pacific is the iconic, Pulitzer Prize�"winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A. Michener, one of America’s most beloved storytellers. This thrilling work invites the reader to ente...

• Apr-1951
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James A. Michener, the master of historical fiction, revisits the scenes of his first great work, Tales of the South Pacific, the Pulitzer Prize winner that brought him international acclaim. In this sequel collection, Michener once again evokes the ...

• 1953
• / General Fiction
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From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with deep sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. Army man who, against all odds, falls for a fascinating Japanese woman. ...

• Jul-1953
• / General Fiction
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In one of his beloved early bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize�"winning author James A. Michener crafts a tale of the American men who fought the Korean War, detailing their exploits in the air as well as their lives on the ground. Young and innocent, they...

• Mar-1957
• / General Fiction
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The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian...

• Jun-1957
• / General Fiction
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In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific. Co-written with A. Grove Day, Rascals in Paradise offers portraits of ten ...

• Nov-1959
• / General Fiction
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Pulitzer Prize�"winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the la...

• Jul-1963
• / Action Adventure
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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...

• Apr-1965
• / General Fiction
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In his signature style of grand storytelling, James A. Michener transports us back thousands of years to the Holy Land. Through the discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, Michener vividly re-creates life in an ancient...

• Jun-1966
• / General Fiction
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An intimate early novel from James A. Michener, now remembered as the beloved master of the historical epic, The Fires of Spring unfolds with the bittersweet drama of a boy’s perilous journey into manhood. David Harper is an orphan, seemingly doome...

• 1968
• / General Fiction
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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. ...

• Mar-1969
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-1971
• / General Fiction
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“Rings with authentic detail and clearly descriptive sights and smells . . . The Drifters is to the generation gap what The Source was to Israel.” -- Publishers WeeklyIn this triumphant bestseller, renowned novelist James A. M...

• Jul-1974
• / General Fiction
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERWritten 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...

• Jun-1975
• / Literary
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• 1978
• / General Fiction
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The ship of the title is an over-age U.S. destroyer in the far Pacific. Its crew ranges from the most upright and spotless of officers to the lowest and most brutish of stokers. By the time you finish the chronicle of deep, and its encounters with th...

• Jun-1978
• / General Fiction
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In this classic novel, James A. Michener brings his grand epic tradition to bear on the four-hundred-year saga of America’s Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to esca...

• Jun-1979
• / General Fiction
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Showcasing the evocative artwork created by John Moll for this special edition, James A. Michener’s The Watermen is a unique tribute to the adventurous seafarers of the Chesapeake Bay. Excerpted from the Pulitzer Prize�"winning author’s classic ...

• 1980
• / General Fiction
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Adventurers, scoundrels and missionaries. The best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become South Africa. For hundreds of years, their rivalries and passions spill across the land. From the Java-born...

• Aug-1982
• / General Fiction
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“A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon. Space is one of his best books.” -- The Wall Street JournalAlready a renowned chronicler of the epic events of world history, James A. Michener tackles the most ambitious su...

• Aug-1983
• / General Fiction
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“A Michener epic is far more than a bedtime reader, it’s an experience. Poland is a monumental effort, a magnificent guide to a better understanding of the country’s tribulations.” -- Chicago TribuneIn this sweeping novel, James A. ...

• Sep-1985
• / General Fiction
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Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provoca...

• Jun-1988
• / General Fiction
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To the north lies Alaska, the vast untamed land that master storyteller James Michener now reveals in all of its awesome, sweeping majesty. The native peoples of Alaska have spent millions of lifetimes confronting the most fearsome elements of des...

• Jul-1988
• / General Fiction
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In this sweeping novel inspired by the Iran-Contra affair, master storyteller James A. Michener conjures the triumphs and tragedies of one family and their dynamic role in the history of the United States and its founding document. Over a tense weeke...

• Jul-1989
• / General Fiction
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One of the premier novelists of the twentieth century, James A. Michener captures a frenzied time when sane men and women risked their very lives in a forbidding Arctic land to win a dazzling and elusive prize: Yukon gold. In 1897, gold fever sweeps ...

• Nov-1989
• / General Fiction
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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...

• Apr-1991
• / General Fiction
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In a story set against the backdrop of one of the most exciting periods of Texas history, a fireband renegade from Tennessee, Sam Houston, emigrates to the Mexican state of Tejas and helps lead the revolution of 1836, which resulted in the free sover...

• Apr-1991
• / General Fiction
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In this riveting, ambitious novel from James A. Michener, the renowned chronicler of epic history turns his extraordinary imagination to a world he knew better than anyone: the world of books. Lukas Yoder, a novelist who has enjoyed a long, successfu...

• Oct-1992
• / General Fiction
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Pulitzer Prize�"winning author James A. Michener, whose novels hurtle from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world, paints an intoxicating portrait of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as a...

• Oct-1993
• / General Fiction
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In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize�"winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature’s most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime sha...

• Dec-1993
• / General Fiction
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The best-selling novelist recounts the genesis, development, abandonment, and resurrection thirty years later of his novel, Mexico, in a book that includes a previously unpublished novella, The Texas Girls. Reissue....

• Nov-1994
• / General Fiction
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener has been writing for over seven decades. This book presents Michener's analysis of his own writing and that of his peers--his reflections, remembrances, and stories of his youthful encounters with the e...

• Nov-1994
• / General Fiction
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In this remarkable novel, Pulitzer Prize�"winning author James A. Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life experiences to illuminate the challenges of aging and the folly ...

• Nov-1995
• / General Fiction
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James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize�"winning master of the historical saga, returns to his beloved Spain with this magical novel of Seville at Easter time, a season of splendid pageantry, thrilling bullfights, deep piety -- and the possibility of ...

• Sep-2007
• / Romance
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener was in his sixties when he began traveling frequently to the Florida Keys. One result of those visits was the novel Matecumbe, named after two of the islands that comprise the town of Islamorada, locate...

• Sep-2015
• / Action Adventure
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Literary legend James A. Michener was “a Renaissance man, adventurous, inquisitive, unpretentious and unassuming, with an encyclopedic mind and a generous heart” (The New York Times Book Review). In this exceptional memoir, the man himself tells ...

• / General Fiction
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With his genius for research and his mastery of many cultures, James A. Michener cuts to the heart of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine America today: racial conflict, the widening gulf between rich and poor, the decline of education...