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  • My American Revolution

    A Modern Expedition Through History's Forgotten Battlegrounds

    Americans tend to think of the Revolution as a Massachusetts-based event orchestrated by Virginians, but in fact the war took place mostly in the Middle Colonies—in New York and New Jersey and the parts of Pennsylvania that on a clear day you can almost see from the Empire State Building. In My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan delves into this first Middle America, digging for a glorious, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rats

    Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants

    New York Public Library Book for the TeenagerNew York Public Library Book to RememberPSLA Young Adult Top 40 Nonfiction Titles of the Year"Engaging...a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings."-Michiko Kakutani, New York TimesBehold the rat, dirty and disgusting! Robert Sullivan turns the lowly rat into the star of this most perversely intriguing, remark... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Gumshoe

    It's 1953. Springtime. Eisenhower's in The White House. Jo Stafford's riding high on Billboard. Audie Murphy and Jimmy Stewart are stars. The Korean War is finally grinding down. It's a good time to be an American. It's a good time to be an ex Gyrene. And it's a good time to be in the Big Apple. So Renny Mack and Buford Messner, long time army buddies out of Brooklyn, set up as private ... Read more

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  • Star Waka

    Poems by Robert Sullivan

    Published on the cusp of the new millennium, Maori poet Robert Sullivan's third book of poems, Star Waka, explores themes of journeying and navigation, moving back and forth in time and focus to confront colonisation, contemporary political issues and personal questions of family and identity. It came with some strings attached: each poem had to feature either a star, a waka (canoe) or the ocean. ... Read more

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  • Hopurangi—Songcatcher

    Poems from the Maramataka

    After rejoining social media, Robert Sullivan wrote and posted a poem a day over two and a half months – the poems collected in Hopurangi— Songcatcher. Inspired by the cyclical energies of the Maramataka, these poems see the poet re-finding himself and his world – in the matauranga of his kuia from the Ngati Hau and Ngati Kaharau hapu of Ngapuhi; in his mother' s stories from his Ngati Manu hapu ... Read more

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  • How Not to Get Rich

    Or Why Being Bad Off Isn't So Bad

    Some people are just naturally good at not getting rich. They didn't buy Microsoft when a friend mentioned that he was helping start up a new software company. They sold their apartment in Manhattan for a song in the seventies, instinctively believing the real estate market would never, ever come back. These people have built-in wealth prevention systems that steer them safely away from big money ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Double Exposure

    Resurveying the West with Timothy O'Sullivan, America's Most Mysterious War Photographer

    One of The New Yorker's best books of the year so far | A Kirkus Reviews Best Nature Book of 2024“Singular . . . Virtuosic . . . Double Exposure is the best book I’ve read about America . . . in many, many years.” —Corey Seymour, Vogue (a best book of 2024)**“Extraordinary . . . A transformative experience for the reader.” —Lucy Sante“A large-hearted, wide-angled book . . . I couldn't put it down. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Mystery of the Scarlet Stiletto

    Teddy Roosevelt and the Tomkins Tap team are on full alert. Their casebook is full - someone has made off with the Kongs and Greenies from the Petsville Store in Union Square - Oh no, not the Kongs! - Anna's stiletto has been eaten. Yes! Eaten! And Teddy stands accused. It's a sacrilege! - Jorge and Juan's food truck on 8th is being trashed. Por Favor! - The Williamsburg FoodFest has been robbed ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Flight of the Reindeer

    The True Story of Santa Claus and His Christmas Mission

    Narrated by John Ritter ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 27 min

    Children the world over have believed in the legend of Santa Claus forever—until told differently. Now, there is no reason to think otherwise! Robert Sullivan, a senior editor at Life magazine, has diligently compiled documentation to prove that Santa and flying reindeer are anything but myths and that Santa Claus does, in fact, make his trek around the globe each Christmas Eve. With the expertise ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tunui | Comet

    Tunui | Comet is the first collection in more than a decade by one of our most important living Maori poets. Rolling easily between korero Maori and the canonical traditions of English-language poetry, through karakia and powhiri, treaty training and decolonisation wikis, Robert Sullivan takes readers on a marvellous poetic hikoi. Guided by Maui and Tawhirimatea, Moana Jackson and Freddie Mercury, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Terror of Moreton Island

    Charlie Mularczyk liked his job. He liked living on the island. And he liked working for the Parks Service. Life on the island had a little bit of everything: indoors, outdoors, water, sun, sand. In a one-man office, he was his own boss – at least when the suits and pencil-necks weren't on the prowl – he set his own timetable, and the weather was terrific. It was all upside. Or was it?For years ... Read more

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  • Captain Cook in the Underworld

    Originally commissioned as the libretto for a work by composer John Psathas for the 50th birthday celebration of the Orpheus Choir, this book-length poem offers fresh perspectives on the familiar story of Cook's Pacific explorations. Employing a broad bicultural approach to reinterpret the Orpheus myth for the South Pacific, Sullivan uses a wide range of styles—from 18th-century dialogue to 21st ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus