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Books published by publisher The Dial Press

  • IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. A Novel.

    James Baldwin

    Hardcover (Dial Press, March 15, 1974)
    Overview In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope.
  • To Be a Slave

    Illustrated by Tom Feelings Julius Lester

    Hardcover (The Dial Press, Aug. 16, 1969)
    All aspects of slavery in America are described in vivid and often painful detail by black men and women who themselves had been slaves.
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  • Michael's Spear

    Hilton Pashley

    language (The Dome Press, Nov. 16, 2017)
    The Universe is coming apart at the seams. As Jonathan and his friends fight to save it, their every move is being watched from the shadows. Lilith, the last Archdemon has plans of her own, and with the legendary Michael's Spear under her control Jonathan has never faced a more lethal foe. With the odds stacked against him, Jonathan will need all the help he can get if he is to fulfil his destiny. It's time for Gabriel's grandson finally to spread his wings...
  • The Schumanns and Johannes Brahms: The Memoirs of Eugenie Schumann

    Eugenie Schumann

    Hardcover (The Dial Press, March 15, 1927)
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  • A Flood in Still River

    Bianca Bradbury

    Hardcover (The Dial Press, March 15, 1961)
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  • Cat's Cradle

    Kurt Vonnegut

    Paperback (Dial Press, March 15, 2006)
    Feels like a new unread copy. Dial Press trade paperback - 2006. No crease to spine. mild shelf and edge wear from normal handling. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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  • Alvin Steadfast on Vernacular Island

    Frank Jacobs, Edward Gorey

    Hardcover (Dial Press, Jan. 1, 1965)
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  • Giovanni's Room

    James Baldwin

    Paperback (The Dial Press, March 15, 1963)
    Giovanni's Room is James Baldwin's second novel, first published in 1956, which focuses on the events in the life of an American man living in Paris and his feelings and frustrations with his relationships with other men in his life, particularly an Italian bartender named Giovanni, whom he meets at a Parisian gay bar.
  • Cranes in My Corral

    Dayton O. Hyde

    Hardcover (Dial Press, March 15, 1971)
    Four sandhill cranes, raised by humans, dominate life on an Oregon ranch.
  • A special trick;

    Mercer Mayer

    Hardcover (Dial Press, Jan. 1, 1970)
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  • Ollie Forgot

    Tedd Arnold

    Hardcover (Dial Press, Sept. 30, 1988)
    Ollie's rather unreliable memory, which loses whatever he has in mind whenever he hears something new, gets him into all kinds of trouble on the way to the market.
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  • The Mysterious Tadpole

    Steven Kellogg

    Hardcover (Dial Press, Aug. 16, 1977)
    As Louis's classmates eagerly wait for his tadpole, Alphonse, to grow into a frog, it becomes clear that the pet is going to be no ordinary amphibian
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