Sand George;Hirko Holly Erskine translation
The Castle of Pictures and Other Stories: A Grandmother's Tales
New York New York U.S.A.: Feminist Pr 1994. Book. Illus. by Warshaw Mary. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated. Tight spine clean pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name and address in book front June H. Knepler - Jacksonville Illinois. NO tears inside book. 146 pages. Feminist Pr Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 046237 ISBN : 1558610928 9781558610927
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Solzhenitsyn Aleksander; Glenny Michael translation
Stories and Prose Poems
Farrar Straus & Giroux 1971. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. Stated Third American printing. Price inside dustcover: $7.95 - NO remainder marks or price clippings . 267 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering clean and bright - Dustcover shows mild wear NO tears. 6 pages show minor writing in blank area. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO tears inside book. Tight spine cllean pages. Short stories and other short pieces including some lovely prose poems by the late Nobel Prize laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Farrar Straus & Giroux Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 046266 ISBN : 0374270333 9780374270339
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Pasternak Boris; Kayden Eugene M. translation from the Russian
The Poems of Doctor Zhivago
Hallmark Editions 1967. Book. Illus. by Greer Bill. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Nice clean condition. NO remainder marks. Inside-top-front dustcover flap has been clipped. Tight spine clean pages. Illustrated NO writing marks or tears inside book. Hallmark Editions Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 045888
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Green Julien;Heinegg Peter translation
God's Fool: The Life and Times of Francis of Assisi
New York New York U.S.A.: Harper San Francisco 1987. Book. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Nice clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine clean pages. Covers are clean show light wear NO tears. Pages show tanning. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 274 pages. This warm richly detailed biography brings the beloved saint alive in all his human and profoundly spiritual dimensions. Harper San Francisco Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 045691 ISBN : 0060634642 9780060634643
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Kung Hans; Quinn Edward translation
Eternal Life Life After Death As a Medical Philosophical and Theological Problem
New York New York U.S.A.: Doubleday 1984. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine clean pages. NO writing or tears inside book. 272 pages. Doubleday Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 045008 ISBN : 0385182074 9780385182072
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John Paul II;Ziemba Walter translation
Rise Let Us Be On Our Way
Warner Books 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. Stated First Printing. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine clean pages. 230 pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Dustcover is clane and bright shows slight wear NO tears. From Publishers Weekly Pope John Paul II leads over one billion Catholics worldwide but he thinks of himself as a loving father figure. In this meditative book he invokes the titular phrase words that Jesus Christ used in the Garden of Gethsemane to call his disciples to him to urge readers to "go forth full of trust in Christ." The Pope describes how he himself has done so and starts this book where Gift and Mystery 1996 left off with his ordination as a bishop in Poland in 1958. The first chapters are the most strictly autobiographical but he quickly turns to matters of faith discussing everything from the spiritual meaning of a bishop's miter and crosier to the need for clergy to talk with scientists and other intellectuals. Naturally since he has served as a bishop of Krakow of Rome for almost 50 years the Pope devotes a lot of space to a bishop's duties. His discussion of these duties provides openings for him to remember important occasions in his past such as his pastoral visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. Later chapters deal with the Second Vatican Council which he participated in as a young bishop. The prose style is that of a many-faceted sermon with Biblical quotations woven throughout and themes such as the importance of telling the truth staying celibate and giving to charity heavily reinforced. Although the book occasionally feels like a guide to the Episcopal ministry it's sure to gratify those hungry for his instruction and inspiring faith as well as non-Catholics interested in his philosophy. Copyright Reed Business Information a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Warner Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 045213 ISBN : 0446577812 9780446577816
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Tin Louis Georges; Redburn Marek translation; Michaud Alice; Mathers Kyle
The Dictionary Of Homophobia: A Global History Of Gay & Lesbian Experience
Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Arsenal Pulp Press 2008. Book. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. Over-sized & heavy book. Covers are clean and bright shows light wear NO tears. 496 pages. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Arsenal Pulp Press Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 044599
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Molinari Cesare; Hamer Colin translation
Theatre Through The Ages
McGraw-Hill Book Company 1975. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Very-good ex-library hardback. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Over-sized abd heavy hardback. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Tight spine clean pages. 324 pages. McGraw-Hill Book Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 043945 ISBN : 0070426651 9780070426658
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Pope Paul VI; Guitton Jean; Fremantle Anne and Christopher translation
The Pope Speaks: Dialogues of Paul VI
Meredith Press 1968. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Very--good ex-libris copy of this 1958 hardback. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Tight spine clean pages. 306 pages. Meredith Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 041353
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Tournier Paul; Hudson Edwin translation
A Doctor's Casebook In the Light of the Bible
London: SCM Press LTD 1954. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Very-good clean copy of this 1954 hardback. NO remainder marks or clippings Dark-blue boards with gilt lettering clean and bright show light wear. Tight spine clean pages. Pages show tanning. NO tears inside book. 14 pages show light writing/underlining. Does NOT interfere with reading. 256 pages. SCM Press LTD Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 041380
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Sijie Dai; Rilke Ina translation from the French
Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch
Alfred A Knopf 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $22.00. Stated First American Edition. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 291 pages. Synopsis: Having enchanted readers on two continents with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie now produces a rapturous and uproarious collision of East and West a novel about the dream of love and the love of dreams. Fresh from 11 years in Paris studying Freud bookish Mr. Muo returns to China to spread the gospel of psychoanalysis. His secret purpose is to free his college sweetheart from prison. To do so he has to get on the good side of the bloodthirsty Judge Di and to accomplish that he must provide the judge with a virgin maiden. This may prove difficult in a China that has embraced western sexual mores along with capitalism especially since Muo while indisputably a romantic is no ladies' man. Tender laugh-out-loud funny and unexpectedly wise Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch introduces a hero as endearingly inept as Inspector Clouseau and as valiant as Don Quixote. Alfred A Knopf Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 041137 ISBN : 1400042593 9781400042593
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Navarro Julia: Hurley Andrew translation from the Spanish
The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud
Bantam Books 2006. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 399 pages. Dustcover is clean and bright shows light wear shows 1 tiny closed tear along back-bottom edge. A fire at the Cathedral of Turin and the discovery of a strangely mutilated body attract the attention of Italy's special Art Crimes Department. For the fire is only the latest in a troubling series of arsons and break-ins at the cathedral which houses what millions believe to be the authentic burial shroud of Jesus Christ. A cop as well as an art historian department chief Marco Valoni leads a crack team of investigators in a race to solve a crime he's certain is about to shock the world. Someone is planning to steal the Holy Shroud and Valoni's only suspect-a mystery man who bears the same scars as the unidentified corpse-is currently serving out a sentence in a Turin prison. Following a trail that stretches from the humble meeting places of the earliest Christian communities to the highest councils of the Vatican and the boardrooms that rule the world Valoni and his associates will find themselves in the cross fire of an ancient conflict forged by mortal sacrifice assassination and secret societies with ties to the shadowy legend of the Knights Templars. Spanning centuries and continents from the storm-rent skies over Calvary through the glories of Byzantium and the intrigue and treachery of the Crusades to the modern-day citadels of Istanbul New York London Paris and Rome The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud is a provocative page-turner of the highest order-one that will challenge you to believe. Bantam Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 040756 ISBN : 0385339623 9780385339629
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Su Tong; Goldblatt Howard translation
My Life As Emperor
Hyperion East 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Like-new condition. Appears unread. Stated First Edition. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears. 290 pages. From Publishers Weekly It takes mere days for a shy wistful 14-year-old prince to turn into a full-fledged terror as emperor when rule over the fictional Xie Empire is unexpectedly bequeathed to him in this gorgeous bloodbath of a novel the latest from the author of Rice and the Raise the Red Lantern series of novellas filmed by Zhang Yimou. Told in the first person the book chronicles the boy-emperor Duanbai's matter-of-fact demands appetites and diversions which involve everything from settling paltry old scores with lethal force to removing the tongues of discarded concubines. Only a young court eunuch named Swallow manages to elicit something resembling true affection from the young emperor over the course of their peculiar and at times heartbreaking eight-year relationship. Tong's lush prose style "The corpses looked like wooden logs lying in the snow-covered wheat fields though the rank smell of blood hovered above them" provides the perfect counterpoint as well as startling detail and texture to the perilous court life it recounts. Threaded in are the moral lessons of the monk Juekong heeded by Duanbai only after it is far too late. Tong claims in his preface that this "scary dream on a rainy night" is set "in no particular time"; applied to today's world it becomes powerful allegory. Copyright Reed Business Information a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist The latest offering from the author of Raise the Red Lantern 1993 and Rice 1995 is a nightmarish tale that borrows from classical Chinese history but is set in no particular time. When his father dies Duanbai the 14-year-old prince becomes the emperor of the Xie Empire. A palace madman's ominous refrain that "calamity will soon befall the Xie Empire" foreshadows the harsh childish young ruler's demise and beginning with his surprising inauguration Duanbai describes his brief time on the throne and the events that depose him. As in Su Tong's previous work dark currents of inhumanity violence and opulent shimmering detail flow through the story. Duanbai is an unapologetically repugnant narrator capable of inconceivable cruelty exercised on childish whims. But the crushing repercussions of his dim-witted self-indulgence naivete and brutality as well as Su Tong's mesmerizing cinematic detail create a powerful terrifying dreamlike story that questions the fateful influences that shape and sustain leaders. Gillian Engberg Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved. Hyperion East Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 040354 ISBN : 140136666X 9781401366667
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Keller Werner; Neil William translation
The Bible As History: A Confirmation of the Book of Books
William Morrow and Company 1957. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Very-good clean copy of this 1957 hardback. Stated Fifth printing September 1957. NO remainder marks or clippings. Black boards with gilt lettering clean shows light wear. 452 pages. Nicely illustrated. Previous owner's signature in book front on blank page Lois Thomas. On same page is previous owner's card & holder. This is NOT an ex-libris book. Pages show only slight tanning. NO other writing or marks inside book. NO tears. William Morrow and Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 039910
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Meier Christian; McLintock David translation from the German
Caesar: A Biography
New York New York U.S.A.: Basic Books 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $30.00. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Nicely illustrated. 513 pages. Product Description As politician and diplomat writer and lover but above all as a military genius Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history Boswell called him the greatest man of any age. Christian Meier's authoritative and accessible biography is the definitive modern account of Caesar's life and career setting Caesar's life story against the rich political and social background of the Late Roman Republic. Basic Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 038782 ISBN : 0465008941 9780465008940
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Granzotto Gianni; Sartarelli Stephen translation
Christopher Columbus
Norman Oklahoma U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr 1987. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright pages. 300 pages. Illustrated with maps. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Previous owner's name label small in book front on blank page T.C. Rammelkamp - Jacksonville Illinois. Publishers Weekly: The late Italian historian offers a lucid absorbing account of Columbus's life from his early years as a sailor-merchant through each of his voyages to the New World. PW characterized this as ``a penetrating biography of an elusive figure.''. Univ of Oklahoma Pr Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 038795 ISBN : 0806121009 9780806121000
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Sagan Francoise; Destree Sabine translation from the French
Dear Sarah Bernhardt
New York New York U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Stated First American Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Illustrated. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 232 pages. Library Journal: In this charming imaginary correspondence Sagan interviews the legendary actress 1844-1923. Since Sagan distrusts the published biographies especially Bernhardt's coy Ma double vie 1907 she leads her subject to make candid comments on her upbringing as a cocotte's daughter her roles on- and off-stage her intertwined workaholism and spendthrift lifeall illuminated by Bernhardt's captivating megalomania. Despite Bernhardt's sexual appetite and self-indulgence the correspondence is discreet almost chaste. The charm lies in Sagan's convincing recreation of Bernhardt's conversational voice which the translator conveys admirably. Marilyn Gaddis Rose SUNY at Binghamton. Henry Holt & Co Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 038575 ISBN : 0805008454 9780805008456
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Photiades Constantin; Price Arthur translation from the French
George Meredith:His Life Genius & Teaching: His Life Genius & Teaching
Port Washington N.Y.: Kennikat Press 1970. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. This is the 1970 reprint of the book which was originally published in 1913. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright pages. Dark-gray boards with gilt lettering clean and bright. 253 pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Kennikat Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 038219 ISBN : 0804610290 9780804610292
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Ters Didier; Faith Nicholas Foreword; Meredith John translation
Moulis Listrac Bernard Ginestet's Guide to the Vineyards of France
Jacques Legrand 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 191 pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Red boards with gilt lettering clean and bright. Jacques Legrand Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 038359 ISBN : 2905969407 9782905969408
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Zoll Maz Alfred translation Violetta Castillo
Animal Babies: A Terra Magica Children's Book
Hill and Wang. Good. 1971. Hardcover. 0809020017 Hardcover no jacket in Good condition retired library book with usual markings a good reading copy . Hill and Wang hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 38265 ISBN : 0809020017 9780809020010
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Wander Fred; Hofman Michael translation
The Seventh Well
W W Norton & Co Inc 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine clean pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Synopsis "Shockingly brutal profoundly transcendent." Seattle Times The New York Times - Jascha Hoffman The Seventh Well is a novel narrated by a young man who attempts to maintain his own sanity in the death camps by immersing himself in the lives of his fellow prisoners. Originally published in 1971 it is now available in a superb new translation by Michael Hofmann. Wander does not guide the reader on his own journey from boxcar to barbed wire as Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi have done. Rather his anonymous narrator undergoes a sort of spiritual education as he studies the doomed men and boys around him. The result is an indirect portrait of a man trying to grasp an unthinkable trauma. Biography: Liberated at Buchenwald in 1945 Fred Wander was born in Vienna in 1916 where he died in 2006. For his translations acclaimed poet Michael Hofmann has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize the Dublin International IMPAC Award the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize and The SchlAngel-Tieck Prize four times. He is the highly acclaimed translator of among others Kafka Brecht and Joseph Roth. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037653 ISBN : 0393065383 9780393065381
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Dupanloup Felix; Eales Samuel J. translation
The Ministry of Preaching: An Essay On Pastoral and Popular Oratory
London: Griffith Farran & Co. 1895. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. A photo of this book is available. NO copyright date indicated - circa 1895 stated New Edition Revised and Enlarged. Dark-blue boards with gilt lettering clean and bright. Boards show light speckling and discoloration. Rubbing at top of spine. Tight spine clean pages. Pages show light tanning. 10 pages show light foxing. ONLY writing inside book is previous owner's signature and date in book front on blank page. Decorative endpapers. 206 pages. Author was Bishop of Orleans - Member of the French Academy. Griffith Farran & Co. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037005
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Piaget Jean; Gabain Marjorie translation
The Moral Judgment of the Child
The Free Press 1965. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Covers show light wear NO tears. NO remainder marks or clippings. 410 pages. Tight spine pages show light tanning. NO tears inside book. 26 pages show light writing/highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading. Previous owner's last name on outside page edge Bradley. The Free Press Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 037163
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Scliar Moacyr; Giacomelli Eloah F. translation
The Strange Nation of Rafael Mendes
New York New York U.S.A.: Harmony Books 1988. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-nice clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $19.95. 309 pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine clean pages. Harmony Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 036377 ISBN : 0517567768 9780517567760
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Grass Gunter; Manheim Ralph translation
The Rat
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. Remainder mark on bottom. NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $17.95. No writing marks or tears inside book. 371 pages. Black boards with silver lettering clean and bright. Includes clean mylar protective book cover. Synopsis A female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues-convincingly demonstrating to him that the rats will inherit a devastated earth. Dreams alternate with reality in this story within a story within a story. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 036590 ISBN : 0151759200 9780151759200
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Merejkowski Dmitri; Trench Herbert translation from Russian
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci: Volume II
G.P Putnam's Sons 1930. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Very-good clean condition. NO copyright date indicated but circa 1930. This is VOLUME II. Light-gray boards with black lettering clean and bright - shows slight wear. 368 pages. Tight spine clean pages. Pages show only slight tanning. Illustrated. NO tears inside book. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name stamp in book front. Previous owner's name label small in book front: Willis J. Potthoff - Valley Park Missouri. G.P Putnam's Sons Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 036706
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Ferro Marc; Pearce Brian translation
Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars
Oxford Univ Pr 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 305 pages. Tight spine bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Synopsis One of the world's preeminent historians Marc Ferro is a leading member of the Annales School of France and a recognized authority on early twentieth-century European history. For well over two decades in volumes such as The February Revolution of 1917 and October 1917 he has demonstrated an unsurpassed skill in capturing the social and political forces that led to the Russian Revolution. Now Ferro turns his considerable talents to the biography of one of the pivotal figures of that era Nicholas II the last Tsar of Russia. For this important new biography Ferro has searched extensively in Russian archives to illuminate Nicholas's character. What emerges is a vivid portrait of a reluctant leader a young man forced by the death of his father into a role for which he was ill-equipped. A conformist and traditionalist Nicholas admired the order ritual and ceremony identified with the intangible grandeur of autocracy and he hated everything that might shake that autocracy--the intelligentsia the Jews the religious sects. His reign as Ferro documents was one of continual trouble: a humiliating war with Japan; the 1905 revolution that forced Nicholas to accept a constitutional assembly the Duma; the international crisis of 1914 leading to World War I; and finally the Revolution of 1917 forcing his abdication. Throughout we see a Tsar who was utterly opposed to change and to the ferment of ideas that stirred his country who felt it was his duty to preserve intact the powers God had entrusted in him. Ferro also provides an intimate portrait of Nicholas's personal life: his wife Alexandra; his four daughters Olga Tatiana Maria and Anastasia sisters so closethey signed letters "OTMA" the initials of their Christian names; his son and heir Alexis who suffered from hemophilia; and the various figures in the court most notably Rasputin whose ability to revive the frequently ailing Alexis made him indispensable to the Tsaritsa. Ferro recounts that when Alexandra heard of Rasputin's murder she collapsed in anguish certain her son was lost; but when Nicholas heard the news while with the army he simply walked off whistling cheerfully. Perhaps most intriguing is Ferro's chapter on the fate of the Tsar and his family examining all the rumors and contradictory testimony that swirl around this still cloudy event. Ferro concludes that Alexandra and her daughters may have survived the revolution and the woman who later surfaced in Europe claiming to be Anastasia may well have been so. This authoritative biography by one of the world's great historians shines a bright light on an ordinary man raised to an extraordinary station who carried an unwanted burden which crushed him. Oxford Univ Pr Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 034742 ISBN : 0195081927 9780195081923
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Kossak Zofia; Langer Rulka translation
Blessed Are The Meek: A Novel About St. Francis of Assisi
Roy Publishers 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Red boards with black lettering clean front boards shows light discoloration. NO writing inside book. Pages show light tanning. Tight spine clean pages. 375 pages. Very-last page in book shows 3 very-small closed tears along top page edge blank area. NO remainder marks or clippings. Nice clean copy of this 1944 hardback. Roy Publishers Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 033423
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Lamera Rev. Stephen; Daughters of St. Paul translation by
James Alberione: A Marvel Of Our Times
St. Paul Editions 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A photo of this book is available. Fine condition. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Illustrated with photos. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. 187 pages. St. Paul Editions Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 033700
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Signoret Simone; Hochman Stanley translation from French
Adieu Volodya
Random House Inc 1986. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good clean copy of this 1986 hardback. Stated First U.S. Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover:$18.95. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front on blank page Grace Harold Sinclair 1989. 421 pages. Dustcover shows slight wear NO tears. NO tears inside book. Tight spine bright pages. Random House Inc Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 032965 ISBN : 0394549279 9780394549279
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Freud Sigmund; Riviere Joan Authorized Translation Under Supervision Of
Collected Papers: Volume 2
Basic Books 1959. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. Fine condition. Stated First American Edition. NO remainder marks or clippings. The International Psycho-Analytical Library No. 8. Tan boards with brown lettering clean and bright. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 404 pages. Tight spine bright pages. Basic Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 032990
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Eco Umberto; Weaver William translation from the Italian
The Island of the Day Before
Penguin USA 1996. Book. As New. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. New / Unread condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine bright pages. 514 pages. Synopsis After a violent storm in the South Pacific in the year 1643 Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked-on a ship. Swept from the Amaryllis he has managed to pull himself aboard the Daphne anchored in the bay of a beautiful island. The ship is fully provisioned he discovers but the crew is missing. As Roberto explores the different cabinets in the hold he remembers chapters from his youth: Ferrante his imaginary evil brother; the siege of Casale that meaningless chess move in the Thirty Years' War in which he lost his father and his illusions; and the lessons given him on Reasons of State fencing the writing of love letters and blasphemy. In this fascinating lyrical tale Umberto Eco tells of a young dreamer searching for love and meaning; and of a most amazing old Jesuit who with his clocks and maps has plumbed the secrets of longitudes the four moons of Jupiter and the Flood. Annotation In 1643 in still-uncharted Antipodean waters Roberto a young nobleman in exile survives the wreck of his ship and lands on another ship the mysterious and deserted Daphne which is anchored just across the Date Line from an island surrounded by treacherous reef. If Roberto can reach the island when time is always yesterday can he correct his past. Penguin USA Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 033039 ISBN : 0140259198 9780140259193
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Maurois Andre; Fraser Vera translation from the French
Chateaubriand: Poet Statesman Lover
Harper & Brothers 1938. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good clean copy of this 1938 hardback. Stated First Edition. Blue boards with gilt lettering clean - shows light wear. ONLY writing inside book is previous owner's signature in book front on blank page"Thornton Matthews - January 1939". NO tears inside book. Tight spine clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show tanning. 352 pages. Nicely illustrated. CONTENTS: Introduction; Childhood and Youth; Soldier and Voyager; Exile; Le Genie du Christianisme; Journey From Paris to Andalusia; The Valley of Wolves; The Partisan; The Upward Climb The Dizzy Heights The Fall; The Monarchist against the Monarchy; Old Age and Second Flowering. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 033207
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Tournier Paul; Hudson Edwin translation
The Person Reborn
Harper & Row 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good copy of this 1966 hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $4.95. Dustcover is clean - shows 1 closed tear on front. Blue boards with gilt lettering clean 248 pages. NO tears inside book. Quite a few pages show writing/underlining. Does NOT interfere with reading. Harper & Row Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 032013
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Hostie Raymond; Barth Gilbert translation
Pastoral Counseling
Sheed And Ward 1966. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Good copy of this 1966 hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $5.00. Boards show discoloration. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 243 pages. Tight spine clean pages. Using a non-technical vocabulary the author shows how a priest professionally untrained as psychologist can counsel the troubled and confused precisely as a priest the book is a practical clear and reliable guide to one of the priest's most valuable but little understood responsibilities. From book cover. Sheed And Ward Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031352
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Provoost Anne; Nieuwenhuizen John translation
In the Shadow of the Ark
New York New York U.S.A.: Arthur A Levine 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $17.95. Tight spine bright pages. 371 pages. Decorative purple boards are clean and bright. - NO writing marks or tears. Anne Provoost presents a "beautiful solemn heavy retelling of the story of Noah's ark" from the point of view of a stowaway. Re Jana and her family are driven from the marshes that were their homeland by rising waters and follow other fleeing refugees towards the desert. There a boat of unprecedented proportions is being constructed to save a select few from the coming flood that will drown out the rest of humanity. And as the rain shows no sign of subsiding Re Jana falls in love with the builder's son presenting her with an opportunity to save her family-but in the end she will have to act to save herself. intimate. A powerful story. New York Times Book Review Author Biography: Anne Provoost lives with her husband and three children in Antwerp Belgium. Her four novels have been translated into ten languages have won numerous major awards in Europe and have been selected for the International Board on Books for Young People honor list. Her novel Falling was made into a feature film. She is a member of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature. John Nieuwenhuizen was born in the Netherlands and later emigrated to Australia where he now lives outside Melbourne. Arthur A Levine Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031770 ISBN : 0439442346 9780439442343
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Nudel Ida; Hoffman Stefani translation
A Hand in the Darkness: The Autobiography of a Refusenik
Warner Books Inc 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - 314 pages - NO writing marks or tears inside book. Price inside dustcover: $22.95 - Stated First Edition - Illustrated with photographs - Dustcover shows slight wear NO tears. Nudel's 16-year struggle to leave the Soviet Union is a moving personal story. A human rights activist she publicized conditions in psychiatric hospitals and the plight of political prisoners coordinated strategy with Andrei Sakharov and organized a protest against Anatoly Sharansky's arrest. A leader of the Jewish emigration movement she was exiled to Siberia for four years after she hung a banner from her apartment balcony proclaiming ``KGB give me my visa to Israel.'' She endured strip-searches imprisonment in a cell full of rats temperatures 60 below zero. Transferred to a one-room hut she raised chickens and grew her own vegetables. Deliverance came in 1986 when Armand Hammer flew her in his private plane to Israel where she rejoined her family who had escaped in 1972. Her courage and indomitable spirit shine through in this memoir. Warner Books Inc Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 030079 ISBN : 0446514454 9780446514453
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Fargues Marie; Nicholson Jennifer translation
The God of Christians
London: Geoffrey Chapman 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good clean copy of this 1968 hardback. NO remainder marks. Inside front-bottom dustcover flap has been price-clipped. 276 pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine. Light page-tanning. Geoffrey Chapman Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 029033
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Nechiporenko Oleg M.; Bludeau Todd P. translation from the Russian
Passport to Assassination: The Never-Before-Told Story of Lee Harvey Oswald by the KGB Colonel Who Knew Him
Birch Lane Press 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $22.50. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - 339 pages. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Birch Lane Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 029696 ISBN : 155972210X 9781559722100
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Japrisot Sebastien; Coverdale Linda translation
A Very Long Engagement
New York New York U.S.A.: Picador USA 2004. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine clean pages. NO writing or tears. 327 pages - Now a major motion picture from Amelie's director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and featuring Audrey Tautou and Jodie Foster comes a very different love story: A Very Long Engagement based on the acclaimed novel by S�bastien Japrisot A runaway bestseller in France and winner of the 1991 Prix Interalli� S�bastien Japrisot's novel about World War I was acclaimed as a latter-day War and Peace by The New York Times. Set during and after the First World War A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is the tale of a young woman's search for her fianc� who she believes might still be alive despite having officially been reported as killed in the line of duty. Unable to walk since childhood fearless Mathilde Donnay is undeterred in her quest as she scours the country for information about five wounded French soldiers who were brutally abandoned by their own troops. A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENTis a mystery a love story and an extraordinary portrait of life in France before and after the War. Annotation A runaway bestseller in France this stunning novel about love and war has been compared to War and Peace by the Los Angeles Times. Cinematic in sweep and emotional impact the novel is both an absorbing mystery and a playful study of the different ways one story can be told. Picador USA Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 027788 ISBN : 0312424582 9780312424589
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Navarro Julia: Hurley Andrew translation from the Spanish
The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud
Bantam Books 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Tight spine bright pages. NO writing marks or tears. - 399 pages. - A fire at the Cathedral of Turin and the discovery of a strangely mutilated body attract the attention of Italy's special Art Crimes Department. For the fire is only the latest in a troubling series of arsons and break-ins at the cathedral which houses what millions believe to be the authentic burial shroud of Jesus Christ. A cop as well as an art historian department chief Marco Valoni leads a crack team of investigators in a race to solve a crime he's certain is about to shock the world. Someone is planning to steal the Holy Shroud and Valoni's only suspect-a mystery man who bears the same scars as the unidentified corpse-is currently serving out a sentence in a Turin prison. Following a trail that stretches from the humble meeting places of the earliest Christian communities to the highest councils of the Vatican and the boardrooms that rule the world Valoni and his associates will find themselves in the cross fire of an ancient conflict forged by mortal sacrifice assassination and secret societies with ties to the shadowy legend of the Knights Templars. Spanning centuries and continents from the storm-rent skies over Calvary through the glories of Byzantium and the intrigue and treachery of the Crusades to the modern-day citadels of Istanbul New York London Paris and Rome The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud is a provocative page-turner of the highest order-one that will challenge you to believe. Bantam Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 026452 ISBN : 0385339623 9780385339629
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Provoost Anne; Nieuwenhuizen John translation
In the Shadow of the Ark
New York New York U.S.A.: Arthur a Levine 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $17.95. Dustcover shows slight wear and 2 small closed tears. Tight spine bright pages. 371 pages. Decorative purple boards are clean and bright. - Anne Provoost presents a "beautiful solemn heavy retelling of the story of Noah's ark" from the point of view of a stowaway. Re Jana and her family are driven from the marshes that were their homeland by rising waters and follow other fleeing refugees towards the desert. There a boat of unprecedented proportions is being constructed to save a select few from the coming flood that will drown out the rest of humanity. And as the rain shows no sign of subsiding Re Jana falls in love with the builder's son presenting her with an opportunity to save her family-but in the end she will have to act to save herself. intimate. A powerful story. New York Times Book Review Author Biography: Anne Provoost lives with her husband and three children in Antwerp Belgium. Her four novels have been translated into ten languages have won numerous major awards in Europe and have been selected for the International Board on Books for Young People honor list. Her novel Falling was made into a feature film. She is a member of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature. John Nieuwenhuizen was born in the Netherlands and later emigrated to Australia where he now lives outside Melbourne. Arthur a Levine Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 026610 ISBN : 0439442346 9780439442343
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Krotkov Yuri; Aldwinckle Linda translation from the Russian
The Nobel Prize
Riverside New Jersey U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster 1980. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine copy. NO price clippings - Remainder mark on bottom. Price inside dustcover: $12.95 - Number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - NO writing marks or tears inside book. 348 pages - Tight spine - Bright pages. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 024058 ISBN : 0671242555 9780671242558
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Krotkov Yuri; Aldwinckle Linda translation from the Russian
The Nobel Prize
Riverside New Jersey U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster 1980. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-fine copy. NO price clippings - Remainder mark on bottom. Price inside dustcover: $12.95 - Number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - NO writing marks or tears inside book. 348 pages - Tight spine - Bright pages. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 024059 ISBN : 0671242555 9780671242558
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Maeterlinck Maurice; De Mattos Alexander Teixeira translation
Mountain Paths
Dodd Mead And Company 1919. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Very-good clean ex-libris Monticello Seminary copy of this 1919 hardback. Usual library markings - - Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Tight spine - Beautiful green decorative embossed boards with gilt lettering. Boards are bright and clean and show only slight wear - Apparent First Edition - 309 pages - NO foxing - Very-light page-tanning. Contents: The Power of the Dead; Messages From Beyond The Grave; Bad News; The Soul Of Nations; The Mothers; Three Unknown Heroes; Wasted Beauties; The Insect World; Evil-Speaking; Of Gambling; The Riddle Of Progress; The Two Lobes; Hope and Despair; Macrocosm and Microcosm; Heredity and Preexistence; The Great Revelation; The Necessary Silence; Karma. Dodd, Mead And Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 024583
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Majocchi Andrea; Brockway Wallace translation
Life & Death: The Autobiography Of A Surgeon
Knight Publications 1937. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good clean copy of this 1937 hardback. Stated Fifth Printing. Frontispiece photo of Majocchi. 300 pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Clean pages. Light page-tanning from age. Previous owner's bookplate in book front - on blank page "Helen Hartwig" NO writing or tears inside book. Knight Publications Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021518
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Christians F. Wilhelm; Schmidt Helmut; Neugroschel Joachim translation from the German
Paths to Russia: From War to Peace
New York New York U.S.A.: Macmillan Pub Co 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Price inside dustcover: $24.95 - Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - Tight spine - Bright pages - 236 pages - NO writing marks or tears inside book. - From The Critics Publishers Weekly As the representative of Deutsche Bank Christians in 1969 helped engineer Germany's first postwar economic deal with the Soviet Union a country he had invaded 25 years earlier as a lieutenant in Hitler's Wehrmacht. Later as chairman of Deutsche Bank's board of directors he loaned billions to the Soviets to construct the Siberian gas line and the Yamal pipeline. These multilateral projects were criticized by the Reagan administration which the author attributes to parochial shortsightedness charging that America grossly overestimated the volume of Germany's trade with the U.S.S.R. Christians's lively opinionated memoir provokes the reader whether he is discussing an encounter with ``the Russian Henry Moore'' sculptor Vadim Sidur admiring Gorbachev as a radical reformer or offering astute commentary on the ``tunnel vision'' of Soviet bureaucrats. In a foreword Schmidt former West German chancellor defends Christians's fiscal and diplomatic maneuvers. Jan. Library Journal Christians the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank has been a highly visible and influential factor in the forging of a new economic relationship between Germany and the Soviet Union. This book is a candid account of his attempts to work with Soviet officials and his difficulties with existing German--and American--policies. Christians writes movingly about his personal role in World War II and conveys a genuine appreciation for the lingering animosity between the two nations. Through his personal encounters he also provides an intimate look at the Soviet people and their culture. While not a work of major importance this offers valuable insight for students of international business and foreign policy. Academic libraries should consider.-- Thomas A. Karel Franklin & Marshall Coll. Lib. Lancaster Pa. Macmillan Pub Co Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021601 ISBN : 0025252410 9780025252417
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Baum Vicki; Goldsmith Margaret translation
And Life Goes on
Doubleday Doran & Co. 1932. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Extra-nice clean copy. Decorative orange-red boards are clean and bright. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 320 pages. NPO foxing. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020136
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Giraudoux Jean; Fry Christopher translation
Duel of Angels Pour Lucrece
London: Methuen & Co. 1958. Book. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Near-fine copy of this 1958 hardback. Maroon boards with gold lettering clean - Apparent First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine. NO tears. This is from the library/estate of a former Professor of Speech and Theatre Arts Ray E. Holcombe at MacMurray College Jacksonville Illinois. His personal library envelope and card is in back of book on blank page. This is NOT an ex-libris copy. Methuen & Co. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020197
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Tzu Sun; Cleary Thomas F. translation
The Art of War: Shambhala Dragon Editions
Shambhala 1988. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Near-new condition. Shambhala Dragon Edition. NO writing marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages. Decorative purple-and-gold endpapers. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 174 pages. Shambhala Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 019632 ISBN : 0877734526 9780877734529
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