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Ayer, A. J.
Thomas Paine
University Of Chicago Press 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:9780226033396 University Of Chicago Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2928847 ISBN : 0226033392 9780226033396
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Douglass, Frederick
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Original 1845 Edition The Autobiography Classics of Frederick Douglass
Independently Published 2021. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & highlighter markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Water damage. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item250grams ISBN:9798749503234 Independently Published paperback
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Simon Callow
My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Autobiography
Nick Hern Books 2011. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:9781848421714 Nick Hern Books paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 4325043 ISBN : 1848421710 9781848421714
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Coe, Richard N.
When the Grass Was Taller: Autobiography and the Experience of Childhood
Yale University Press 1985. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:0300032102 Yale University Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2927918 ISBN : 0300032102 9780300032109
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Dalton, Dennis
Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action
Columbia University Press 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:0231081189 Columbia University Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2928773 ISBN : 0231081189 9780231081184
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Upton, A. F.
Sir Arthur Ingram c. 1565-1642: A Study of the Origins of an English Landed Family
Oxford University Press 1961. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: Oxford University Press hardcover
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Hirsch, H. N.
Enigma of Felix Frankfurter
Basic Books 1981. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:046501979X Basic Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 3712304 ISBN : 046501979X 9780465019793
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Edward, John with Natasha Stoynoff
AFTER LIFE Answers from the Other Side
New York: Princess Books. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 1932128077 . Ist Australian printing August 2003." The psychic television host discusses his life work and experiences; answers questions about the mediumship process; and offers messages of healing and hope." Includes sessions from his Australian tour. 350gms weight ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages . Princess Books paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40202 ISBN : 1932128077 9781932128079
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Robbins, Royal
TO BE BRAVE My Life Volume One
Pink Moment Press. As New. 2009. Softcover. Signed by author on title page no inscription. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 221 pages; Signed by Author . Pink Moment Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 81627 ISBN : 0982500017 9780982500019
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Sir Leslie Stephen 1832 1904 first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography author and literary critic father of Virgin
Sir Leslie Stephen first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography father of Virginia Woolf. Autograph Letter Signed as ‘The Editor of the Cornhill’ to an unnamed lady declining the offer of an article.
24 December 1874; on letterhead of the Cornhill Magazine Smith Elder & Co London. For information regarding Sir Leslie Stephen consult Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1p 12mo. In fair condition though somewhat aged and worn with strip of brown paper stub adhering to one edge. Folded for postage. Reads: ‘Madam / I am obliged by your offer of an article but though I agree with you that it has some merit I regret that my engagements make it quite impossible for me to accept it. / Your truly / The Editor of the Cornhill’ ‘Cornhill’ little more than a series of scratches. See Image. 24 December 1874; on letterhead of the Cornhill Magazine, Smith, Elder & Co [London]. unknown
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de Waal, Edmund
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
New York: Picador / Farrar Straus and Giroux. Very Good. 2010. Trade Paperback. Mild spine crease. Genealogical Chart . 354 pages. Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots-which are then sold collected and handed on-he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings called netsuke he wanted to know who had touched and held them and how the collection had managed to survive.And so begins The Hare with Amber Eyes this extraordinarily moving memoir and detective story as de Waal discovers both the story of the netsuke and of his family the Ephrussis over five generations. A nineteenth-century banking dynasty in Paris and Vienna the Ephrussis were as rich and respected as the Rothchilds. Yet by the end of the World War II when the netsuke were hidden from the Nazis in Vienna this collection of very small carvings was all that remained of their vast empire. . Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609721 ISBN : 0312569378 9780312569372
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Jacobs, John Swanson Swanson & Jonathan D. S. Schroeder
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNED BY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DESPOTS A True Story of Slavery; a Rediscovered Narrative with a Full Biography
University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 2024. Reprint. Paperback. 022668430X . 6 X 0.7 X 9 inches; 327 pages . University of Chicago Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 67797 ISBN : 022668430X 9780226684307
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Thompson Benjamin F.; Biography by Charles J. Werner
History of Long Island: From Its Discovery and Settlement to the Present Time--Volume III This volume only!
New York: Robert H. Dodd 1918. Hardcover. Very good. Volume three only! Maroon cloth boards octavo frontispiece in b&w otherwise not illustrated. Book has rubbing and mild wear to spine ends and corners title band on spine worn and has faint stamp at bottom binding just tender same previous owner's stamp to front pastedown text clean and unmarked with faint toning throughout. Robert H. Dodd hardcover
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Poe, Edgar Allan; Biography and Introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Ten volume complete set!
Boston MA: Desmond Publishing Company 1908. Centennial Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Ten volume complete set! Blue cloth boards with paper spine labels octavos illustrated in b&w. Books have rubbing and shelfwear to boards and spines spine ends and corners worn a few spine labels are chipped at edges and toned bindings tight texts clean and unmarked but pages are toned throughout some are unopened at bottom dusty gilt to top edges. THIS SET WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES. Desmond Publishing Company hardcover
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Westover, Tara
Educated: A Memoir
New York: Random House. As New in As New dust jacket. 2018. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Cream boards and white spine with title and author in gold. . 334 pages . Random House hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609527 ISBN : 0399590501 9780399590504
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Wariner Ruth
The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir
New York: Flatiron Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Cream boards and spine with title and author in gold. . 342 pages . Flatiron Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609528 ISBN : 1250077699 9781250077691
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Thomas, Benjamin P.
Abraham Lincoln: A Biography
Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois University Press. As New. 2008. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 4 3 2 1. . 584 pages . Southern Illinois University Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609395 ISBN : 0809328879 9780809328871
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Hilliam, David
Kings Queens Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the Eglish Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II
Gloucestershire ENG: Sutton Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Medium blue boards and spine imprinted in gold with title and author. 147 pages . Sutton Publishing hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609269 ISBN : 0750917415 9780750917414
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Winchester, Simon
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
New York: Harper Perennial. Near Fine. 2009. 1st Harper Perennial Edition. Trade Paperback. Remainder mark on bottom of text block. 316 pages . Harper Perennial paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609271 ISBN : 0060884614 9780060884611
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Lrllenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel; Foley, Charles
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
New York: The Penguin Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Blue boards with dark blue spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . The Penguin Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609279 ISBN : 1594201358 9781594201356
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Tan, Amy
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings
New York: G. P Putnam's Sons. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Red boards with red spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Light blue endpapers. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 398 pages . G. P Putnam's Sons hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609268 ISBN : 0399150749 9780399150746
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McDonald, Archie P.
William Barret Travis: A Biography
Austin TX: Eakin Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Dark blue cover and spine with title and author in gold. Bright blue endpapers. . 214 pages. Meet the twenty-six year old lawyer who commanded Texas' most famous garrison for thirteen incredible days. Travis is the first scholarly biography of the legendary commander William Barret Travis. Historian Archie P. McDonald treats his subject not merely as a god-like hero but as the complete human being that he was. The result is an in-depth study which searches for an understanding of Travis' character and multifaceted personality. The result is an exciting entertaining but above all contemplative analysis of Travis and the Texas War of Independence . Eakin Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609286 ISBN : 0890156565 9780890156568
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Ellis, Joseph J.
His Excellency: George Washington
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black cover and spine with title and author in gold. Stated First Edition . 352 pages. The author of seven highly acclaimed books Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose Ellis has set a new standard for biography. Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia Joseph Ellis paints a full portrait of George Washingtons life and careerfrom his military years through his two terms as president. Ellis illuminates the difficulties the first executive confronted as he worked to keep the emerging country united in the face of adversarial factions. He richly details Washingtons private life and illustrates the ways in which it influenced his public persona. Through Elliss artful narration we look inside Washingtons marriage and his subsequent entrance into the upper echelons of Virginias plantation society. We come to understand that it was by managing his own large debts to British merchants that he experienced firsthand the imperiousness of the British Empire. And we watch the evolution of his attitude toward slavery which led to his emancipating his own slaves in his will. Throughout Ellis peels back the layers of myth and uncovers for us Washington in the context of eighteenth-century America allowing us to comprehend the magnitude of his accomplishments and the character of his spirit and mind. When Washington died in 1799 Ellis tells us he was eulogized as first in the hearts of his countrymen. Since then however his image has been chisled onto Mount Rushmore and printed on the dollar bill. He is on our landscape and in our wallets but not Ellis argues in our hearts. Ellis strips away the ivy and legend that have grown up over the Washington statue and recovers the flesh-and-blood man in all his passionate and fully human prowess. In the pantheon of our republics founders there were many outstanding individuals. And yet each of themFranklin Hamilton Adams Jefferson and Madison acknowledged Washington to be his superior the only indispensable figure the one and only His Excellency. Both physically and politically Washington towered over his peers for reasons this book elucidates. <i>His Excellency</i> is a full glorious and multifaceted portrait of the man behind our countrys genesis sure to become the authoritative biography of George Washington for many decades. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609241 ISBN : 1400040310 9781400040315
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McCullough, David
The Wright Brothers
New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2015. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Pale gray boards and dark blue spine with title and author in silver. Photographs on endpapers. 320 pages. Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright.On a winter day in 1903 in the Outer Banks of North Carolina two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun with the first heavier-than-air powered machine carrying a pilot.Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they didDavid McCullough two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells the surprising profoundly American story of Wilbur and Orville Wright.Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success they were men of exceptional courage and determination and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity much of which they attributed to their upbringing. The house they lived in had no electricity or indoor plumbing but there were books aplenty supplied mainly by their preacher father and they never stopped reading.When they worked together no problem seemed to be insurmountable. Wilbur was unquestionably a genius. Orville had such mechanical ingenuity as few had ever seen. That they had no more than a public high school education little money and no contacts in high places never stopped them in their mission to take to the air. Nothing did not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off in one of their contrivances they risked being killed.In this thrilling book master historian David McCullough draws on the immense riches of the Wright Papers including private diaries notebooks scrapbooks and more than a thousand letters from private family correspondence to tell the human side of the Wright Brothers story including the little-known contributions of their sister Katharine without whom things might well have gone differently for them. . Simon & Schuster hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609242 ISBN : 1476728747 9781476728742
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McGaha, Jennifer
Flat Broke with Two Goats A Memoir
Naperville IL: Sourcebooks Inc. 2018. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 356 pages. Living on the land in the Appalachians. . 1st thus. Softcover. Sourcebooks Inc. paperback
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Hamilton, Dennis
Beyond Tallulah: How Sam Wyly Became America's Boldest Big-Time Entrpreneur
New York: Melcher Media. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards and spine with spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Tan endpapers. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 335 pages. Beyond Tallulah the illustrated biography of Sam Wyly the most versatile big-company entrepreneur in American history tells one of the most compelling untold business stories of our time. Wyly has built 10 companies in nine different industries with 500 million- or billion-dollar valuations. He's the reason that Bonanza Steakhouse Michaels Arts & Crafts and Green Mountain Energy are household names today. And his achievements serve as a valuable point of reference for today's generation of recession-fighting Start-up Whiz Kids. After a mercurial rise through the early computer industry in Texas Wyly founded a data transmission company DATRAN with the dream of building a network of microwave towers that would enable computers to talk to each other wirelessly--20 years before the World Wide Web existed. What happened next is a case study of high-wire business dealings that speaks to the core values of American enterprise. Wyly's dealings with entrenched interests foreshadow the tough questions faced by today's readership about the proper roles of government and business in rebuilding the country. As Wyly struggled to recover from disastrous setbacks he never stopped asking "What's next" With exclusive access to Wyly and original interviews of more than one hundred of his colleagues and family members biographer Dennis Hamilton draws an energetic and fast-paced portrait of a business career that soared high courted disaster and carved a memorable path through five decades. In the end this story of an American titan of industry is made distinctive--and memorable--through the details readers learn about Wyly's deft sure-handed approach to deal making and a seeming sixth sense for the ebbs and flows of the financial market. In Beyond Tallulah we watch Wyly journey from small-town high school football in the South to IBM in its Information Age heyday from the takeover wars of the 1980s to adventures in big-scale national retailing from the Alaska pipeline to a new generation of clean energy. Wyly's life promises to fascinate and inspire readers while also serving as a blueprint for aspiring entrepreneurs. Illustrated with more than two hundred color and black-and-white photos Beyond Tallulah preserves Wyly's wholly original American journey--from his dirt poor Great Depression childhood in rural Louisiana to his triumph as a self-made billionaire .six times. Born in 1934 Sam Wyly was raised in rural Louisiana. In 1957 he received his MBA from the University of Michigan's Business School and began his career as a salesman for IBM and then for Honeywell. Six years later at the age of 28 Wyly was out on his own creating his first company University Computing which offered computer services to local businesses. Over the course of the next 50 years he founded or grew successful companies in computing computer software products oil refining insurance steakhouse franchising arts-and-crafts retailing hedge fund investing environmentally friendly electricity and carbon offsets. In addition to being an entrepreneur Wyly invests his time in educational institutions and has served as a trustee of Southern Methodist University as vice chairman of the Princeton Parents Association and on the board of PBS. One of Wyly's proudest endeavors was providing the start-up capital for the Dallas PBS station to create a high-quality news program in 1968. The show was called Newsroom which evolved into what's known today as NewsHour with Jim Lehrer one of the most trusted news sources for millions nationwide. Over his storied career Wyly has received many accolades and awards. Forbes named him one of its 10 greenest billionaires in 2010. In 2003 Wyly received the Murphy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship from the University of North Texas Murphy Enterprise Center; in 1997 the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship and the David D. Alger Award from the University of Michigan Business School; and in 1970 the Horatio Alger Award and Entrepreneur of the Year honor from Southern Methodist University. In 1968 he was named "One of Ten Outstanding Young Men in America" by U.S. Jaycees and in 1967 "One of Five Outstanding Young Texans" by Texas Jaycees. In 2002 Wyly was interviewed by David Allison from The Smithsonian Museum as part of an oral history project about the origins of the computing industry. . Melcher Media hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609120 ISBN : 1595910697 9781595910691
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Janzen, Rhoda
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
New York: Holt. Very Good. 2010. Trade Paperback. 241 pages. A hilarious and moving memoirin the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephronabout a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisisNot long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty her world turned upside down. It was bad enough that her brilliant husband of fifteen years left her for Bob a guy he met on the web but that same week a car accident left her with serious injuries. What was a gal to do Rhoda packed her bags and went home. This wasn't just any home though. This was a Mennonite home. While Rhoda had long ventured out on her own spiritual path the conservative community welcomed her back with open arms and offbeat advice. Rhoda's good-natured mother suggested she date her first cousinhe owned a tractor see. It is in this safe place that Rhoda can come to terms with her failed marriage; her desire as a young woman to leave her sheltered world behind; and the choices that both freed and entrapped her.Written with wry humor and huge personalityand tackling faith love family and agingMennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead. . Holt paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609117 ISBN : 0805092250 9780805092257
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Weir, Alison
"April Queen" Eleanor of Aquitaine
Stroud Gloucestershire: The History Press. Fine. 2011. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. 360 pages. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only person ever to sit on the thrones of both France and England. In this account of the turbulent adventures of the extraordinary mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John author Douglas Boyd takes us into the heart and mind of the woman who changed the shape of Europe for 300 years by marrying Henry of Anjou to make him England's Henry II. Brought up in the comfort- and culture-loving Mediterranean civilisation of southern France she was a European with a continent-wide vision and a peculiarly 'modern' woman who rejected the subordinate female role decreed by the Church. In this biography using French Old French Latin and Occitan sources Douglas Boyd lays bare Eleanor's relationship and vividly brings her world to life . The History Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609118 ISBN : 0752459120 9780752459127
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Connally, John; Herskowitz, Mickey
In History's Shadow
New York: Hyperion. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Price-clipped. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Beige boards quarter bound in tan with title and author imprinted on spine in gold. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 386 pages. The late John Connally learned the ropes of rural Texas politics under Lyndon Johnson and worked his way up getting wounded along the way allegedly by the same bullet that killed JFK. Connally's story is an essential contribution to our understanding of recent American history. Photographs. . Hyperion hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609106 ISBN : 156282791X 9781562827915
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Mackay, James
William Wallace: Braveheart
Edinburgh SCT: Mainstream Publishing Company Ltd. Near Fine. 1996. Reprint. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Genealogical table . 288 pages. Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes but also one of its greatest enigmas a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend. James MacKay uses all his skills as a historical detective to produce this definitive biography telling the incredible story of a man who without wealth or noble birth rose to become Guardian of Scotland. William Wallace with superb generalship and tactical genius led a country with no previous warlike tradition to triumph gloriously over the much larger better-armed and better-trained English forces. 700 years later the heroism and betrayal the valiant deeds and the dark atrocities and the struggle of a small nation against a brutal and powerful empire still create a compelling tale. . Mainstream Publishing Company Ltd paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 609112 ISBN : 185158823X 9781851588237
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Towle, Alexandra (Edited by)
Fathers. A Collection of Tributes Insults Observations and Asides.
Artarmon NSW: Harper & Row. 2000. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Remainder mark to bottom-edge. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 256 pages. This memorable collection provides unique perspectives on the joys and sorrows of fathers and fatherhood. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Harper & Row hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : BIB305433 ISBN : 0063120798 9780063120792
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Fitzgerald, Ross and Spillman, Ken [Edited by]
Fathers in Writing
Nedlands: Tuart House University of Western Australia. 1997. Very Good condition. 288 pages. Australian writers on their fathers and fatherhood. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. 1st thus. Trade Paperback. Tuart House, University of Western Australia paperback
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Teachout Terrry
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
New York: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Personal inscription "From Brian & Kelly Christmas 2009" on the page between the half-title and the title page. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards and spine with title and author imprinted in gold. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 475 pages. Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century and a giant of modern American culture. He knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts wrote the finest of all jazz autobiographies - without a collaborator - and created collages that have been compared to the art of Romare Bearden. The ranks of his admirers included Johnny Cash Jackson Pollock and Orson Welles. Offstage he was witty introspective and unexpectedly complex a beloved colleague with an explosive temper whose larger-than-life personality was tougher and more sharp-edged than his worshipping fans ever knew. "Wall Street Journal" arts columnist Terry Teachout has drawn on a cache of important new sources unavailable to previous Armstrong biographers including hundreds of private recordings of backstage and after-hours conversations that Armstrong made throughout the second half of his life to craft a sweeping new narrative biography of this towering figure that shares full accurate versions of such storied events as Armstrong's decision to break up his big band and his quarrel with President Eisenhower for the first time. Certain to be the definitive word on Armstrong for our generation POPS paints a gripping portrait of the man his world and his music . Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608715 ISBN : 0151010897 9780151010899
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Nagel, Susan
Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet Countess of Elgin
New York: William Morrow. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor edgewear at corners of dust jacket. Closed 1/2" tear at top of dust jacket . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Cream boards with black spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Map on endpapers. Deckle-edged pages Genealogical table . 294 pages. Filled with romance danger and scandal Mistress of the Elgin Marbles is the intriguing story of Mary Nisbet the Countess of Elgin -- one of the most influential women of the Romantic era whose exploits enriched world culture immeasurably. The richest heiress in Scotland and the wife of accomplished diplomat Thomas Bruce the 7th Earl of Elgin she traveled to Turkey when Elgin was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinaire to the Ottoman Empire -- a journey that would change history.Interweaving extensive details gleaned from primary sources and excerpts from the countess's own letters Susan Nagel draws a vivid portrait of this formidable woman who helped bring the smallpox vaccine to the Middle East financed the removal and safe passage to England of classical marbles from the Parthenon and struck a deal with Napoleon that no politician could have accomplished. Yet as Nagel shows those achievements were overshadowed by scandal when Mary's passionate affair with her husband's best friend flamed into the most lurid and salacious divorce trial in London's history. Lively and informative this is an engrossing story of an astonishing woman who both defined and shaped an era. . William Morrow hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608745 ISBN : 0060545542 9780060545543
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Ashdown-Hill, John
The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of His DNA
Stroud Gloucestershire: The History Press. Fine. 2013. Revised and Updated. Trade Paperback. 222 pages. The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field we discover a new Richard: no passive victim awaiting defeat and death but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why and how Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found alive and well in Canada. Now with the discovery of Richard's skeleton at the Greyfrairs Priory in Leicester England John Ashdown-Hill explains how his book inspired the dig and completes Richard III's fascinating story giving details of how Richard died and how the DNA link to a living relative of the king allowed the royal body to be identified . The History Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608765 ISBN : 0752492055 9780752492056
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Marino, Frank; Marks, Cathy; Marks, Steve
His Majesty the Queen: Frank Marino
Las Vegas: Frank Marino Enterprises. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is protected in a removable Brodart cover. Pictoral hardcover. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photographs. . 271 pages. Signed by Inscribed by author. Part autobiography part how-to manual superstar female impersonator Frank Marino talks about performing in the neon city of Las Vegas for the past ten years along with all the trials and tribulations that he's encountered along the way. Don't miss his many make-up and beauty secrets fashion advice and exercise tips on how to keep that "girlish figure." He keeps his audience in stitches while his surgeon keeps him in stitches with over nine plastic surgeries. Plus many hysterical face-to-face encounters with superstars like Joan Rivers Whitney Houston Dolly Parton and Diana Ross. . Frank Marino Enterprises hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 600340 ISBN : 0964090341 9780964090347
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Kennedy, Edward M.
True Compass: A Memoir
New York: Twelve. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Large Print. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. Full number line. . 752 pages. Large Print. Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography five years in the making Senator Kennedy speaks with unprecedented candor about his extraordinary life.The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother John F. Kennedy. In 1962 he was elected to the U.S. Senate where he learned how to become an effective legislator. His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance a love for family and an abiding faith. He writes movingly of his brothers and their influence on him; his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths; his marriage to the woman who changed his life Victoria Reggie Kennedy; his role in the major events of our time from the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama; and how his recent diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor has given even greater urgency to his long crusade for improved health care for all Americans. Written with warmth wit and grace <I>True Compass</I> is Edward M. Kennedy's inspiring legacy to readers and to history. . Twelve hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 604841 ISBN : 0446557994 9780446557993
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Rodriguez, Deborah And Ohlson, Kristin
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
New York: Random House. As New. 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 320 pages. Soon after the fall of the Taliban in 2001 Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skillsas doctors nurses and therapistsseemed eminently more practical than her own Rodriguez a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending Afghans and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus an idea was born. <br><br>With the help of corporate and international sponsors the Kabul Beauty School welcomed its first class in 2003. Well meaning but sometimes brazen Rodriguez stumbled through language barriers overstepped cultural customs and constantly juggled the challenges of a postwar nation even as she learned how to empower her students to become their families breadwinners by learning the fundamentals of coloring techniques haircutting and makeup. Yet within the small haven of the beauty school the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her familys debts the Taliban members wife who pursued her training despite her husbands constant beatings. Through these and other stories Rodriguez found the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again Afghan style. With warmth and humor Rodriguez details the lushness of a seemingly desolate region and reveals the magnificence behind the burqa. <i>Kabul Beauty School </i>is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms friendship and freedom. . Random House paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 604045 ISBN : 0812976738 9780812976731
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Baird, Julia
Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
New York: Random House. New. 2017. Trade Paperback. Genealogical table . 696 pages. When Victoria was born in 1819 the world was a very different place. Revolution would threaten many of Europes monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the publics expense and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape and the British Empire was commanding ever larger tracts of the globe. In a world where women were often powerless during a century roiling with change Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand.Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl she defied her mothers meddling and an advisers bullying forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha eventually giving birth to nine children. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers overstepping conventional boundaries and asserting her opinions. After the death of her adored Albert she began a controversial intimate relationship with her servant John Brown. She survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science technology and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and securityqueen of a quarter of the worlds population at the height of the British Empires reach.Drawing on sources that include fresh revelations about Victorias relationship with John Brown Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family raising children navigating marital strife losing parents combating anxiety and self-doubt finding an identity searching for meaning. . Random House paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608675 ISBN : 0812982282 9780812982282
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Santiago, Esmeralda
Almost a Woman
Reading MA: Perseus Publishing. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Tan boards quarterbound in darker brown cloth with spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Mustard endpapers. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 313 pages. From a three-room apartment in Brooklyn occupied by ten family members Esmeralda Santiago begins a journey that is both a triumphant struggle for identity and independence and a mother's worst nightmare. Challenged by language barriers cultural stereotypes and the fiercely protective Mami Santiago continues the rollicking ascent she began in When I Was Puerto Rican. By day she perfects the role of Cleopatra at Performing Arts High School and interprets for the family at city welfare offices. At night she accompanies her mother and sisters to Latin dance halls but on such a strict leash that she has her first date at the age of twenty. Undaunted she makes up for lost time in a romantic apprenticeship at once hilarious and heartbreaking . Perseus Publishing hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608687 ISBN : 0738200433 9780738200439
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Millard Candice
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War A Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill
New York: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Burgundy boards with burgundy spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Map on endpapers. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 381 pages. At age twenty-four Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan and as a journalistcovering a Cuban uprising against the Spanish glory and fame had eluded him. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899 valet and crates of vintage wine in tow there to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels. But just two weeks after his arrival the soldiers he was accompanying on an armored train were ambushed and Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably he pulled off a daring escape--but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory alone with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash four slabs of chocolate and his wits to guide him. The story of his escape is incredible enough but then Churchill enlisted returned to South Africa fought in several battles and ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been imprisoned. Churchill would later remark that this period "could I have seen my future was to lay the foundations of my later life." Millard spins an epic story of bravery savagery and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters including Rudyard Kipling Lord Kitchener and Mohandas Gandhi with whom he would later share the world stage. But Hero of the Empire is more than an adventure story for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect 20th century history."-- . Doubleday hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608651 ISBN : 0385535732 9780385535731
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Hillerman Tony
Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir
New York: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Medium blue boards with red spine imprinted with title and author in gold. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 341 pages. One of America's best-loved authors pens a stunning memoir that is a loving tribute to family a country at war and in depression and the writing profession. 16 pages of photographs. . HarperCollins hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608204 ISBN : 0060194456 9780060194451
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Enss, Chris
The Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians of the Old West
Guilford CT: TwoDot. Near Fine. 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 144 pages. "No women need apply." Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply they did. And in small towns all over the West highly trained women from medical colleges in the East took on the post of local doctor to great acclaim. In this new book author Chris Enss offers a glimpse into the fascinating lives of ten of these amazing women. . TwoDot paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 606192 ISBN : 076273566X 9780762735662
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Cotton, Eddy Joe
Hobo: A Young Man's Thoughts on Trains and Tramping in America
New York: Harmony Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Map on endpapers. Full number line. 285 pages. With an arresting mix of homespun wisdom gritty realism and poignant self-examination and set against the backdrop of a young mans coming of age <I>Hobo</I> is a modern examination of one of Americas oldest and most revered folk heroes. A free spirit Zebu Recchias mother set out on her own when her son was only two years old. Left behind the tight family unit of father and son grew up to be more like brothers than parent and child. Such an intense relationship created struggles and painbut also a form of independence that gave both men the mettle to face life alone when necessary. When Zebu was nineteen he left behind his hippie on a Harley father in a brickyard on a cold winter day in Denver Colorado and set out with three things he knew he could rely on: strong boots a warm coat and a will to roam. He took off down the road at sunset with his thumb out and a keen desire to see the world on his own terms. His goal was to end up in Mexico. It had always been his fathers mecca of personal freedom and absolute beauty and so it became his too. When Zebu jumped his first train he was forever changed. His passion for the rails and the hobo way of life transformed him into Eddy Joe Cotton a young hobo-in-training. Crisscrossing the countryside with a motley band of companions and mentors Eddy Joe learns both the dark and the beautiful sides of life on the road. Always headed vaguely toward Mexico Eddy Joe slowly realizes that the experience of the journey is far more important than the thrill of reaching the destination. <I>Hobo</I> is a celebration of the cultural and historical significance of the hobo in American society. Its also the story of what Eddy Joe learned on the rails and of the fascinating worldly-wise men who became his teachers. Eddy Joe Cotton paints a multilayered portrait of this strangely enduring lifestyleof the men who ride the trains the tricks of the trade the vocabulary they use the places they camp the train yards they avoid the gear they are sure to carry and the stories and lessons each one imparts. Told in Eddy Joes infectious and original voice <I>Hobo</I> is a heartfelt exploration of a fascinating subculture and of one mans place in a world that has all but been forgotten. . Harmony Books hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 605705 ISBN : 0609607383 9780609607381
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McCracken, Karen Harden; foreword by Roger Tory Peterson
Connie Hagar: The Lfe History of a Texas Birdwatcher
College Station: Texas A&M University Press. Fine. 1988. Trade Paperback. 296 pages . Texas A&M University Press paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608427 ISBN : 0890964068 9780890964064
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Aldrich Alexandra
The Astor Orphan: A Memoir
New York: Ecco / HarperCollins Publishersn. New. 2014. 1st Ecco paperback. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Debut novel. Genealogical table . 257 pages . Ecco / HarperCollins Publishersn paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608351 ISBN : 0062207954 9780062207951
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Deaver, Michael K.; with a foreword by Nancy Reagan
A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years with Ronald Reagan
New York: HarperCollins. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Coffee stain to top of pages 197-228 not visible on pages endpage and back pastedown does not affect readability . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover; Dark gray boards with darker gray spine imprinted in silver with title and author; Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 228 pages . HarperCollins hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608318 ISBN : 0060197846 9780060197841
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Goldstone, Nancy
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I Queen of Naples Jerusalem and Sicily
New York: Walker & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First US Edition. Hardcover. Black boards with title and author in gilt on spine; Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2; Genealogical tables and maps; color illustrations. 365 pages . Walker & Company hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 608272 ISBN : 0802716709 9780802716705
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Davis, Cullom; Strozier, Charles B.; Veach, Rebecca Monroe; Ward, Geoffrey C.
The Public and the Private Lincoln: Contemporary Perspectives
Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 marks on page after free front end page . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Ecru cloth boards and spine imprinted with title and author on spine in black. Black endpapers. 192 pages. The contributions to this collection reassess the man and the myth from contemporary perspectives widening the dimensions of Lincoln scholarship by confronting such issues as Lincolns sexual identity crisis his views on blacks and his strengthening of executive power. The contributors are Roy P. Basler Library of Congress; G. S. Boritt Memphis State University; Christopher N. Breiseth Sangamon State University; Richard N. Current University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Don E. Fehrenbacher Stanford University; George M. Fredrickson Northwestern University; Norman Graebner University of Virginia; Kathryn Kisk Sklar University of California at Los Angeles; and Charles B. Strozier Sangamon State University. . Southern Illinois University Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 605675 ISBN : 0809309211 9780809309214
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Means, Preston
Ridin' Down Guadalupe Trail with An "Ol Dumb Rancher"
Very Good. 2004. Trade Paperback. Several ballpoint pen indentions and a light red pen mark on front cover; edgewear to spine tail and corners; surface scratches to front and back cover . Inscribed and SIGNED by the AUTHOR . 312 pages. Signed by Author . paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 606690 ISBN : 0976481200 9780976481201
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