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Brookhiser, Richard
Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris the Rake who Wrote the Constitution
New York: Free Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 251 pages . Free Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 606911 ISBN : 0743223799 9780743223799
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Daugherty, Wilma Morton
She Did What She Could: History of a Pioneer Woman
Waco TX: Texian Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Two small closed tears to dust jacket; Previous owner's name and address plus purchase data inked on front paste-down endpaper under dust jacket flap . Inscribed "Best Wishes" and SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the free front endpage. 107 pages. Signed by Author . Texian Press hardcover
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Brauen, Yangzom
Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom
New York: St. Martin's Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First US Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with title on spine in silver; Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; color photographs; map of Tibet. 306 pages . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607113 ISBN : 0312600135 9780312600136
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Donald, Aida D.
Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt
New York: Basic Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover; Medium gray boards quarterbound in burgundy with title in gold on spine; Burgundy endpapers; Deckle-edged pages; Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; photos; index . 287 pages. New York State Assemblyman Assistant Secretary of the Navy New York City Police Commissioner Governor of New York Vice President and at forty-two the youngest President ever-in his own words Theodore Roosevelt rose like a rocket. He was also a cowboy a soldier a historian an intrepid explorer and an unsurpassed environmentalist-all in all perhaps the most accomplished Chief Executive in our nations history. In Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt historian Aida Donald masterfully chronicles the life of this first modern president. TRs accomplishments in office were immense. As President Roosevelt redesigned the office of Chief Executive and the workings of the Republican Party to meet the challenges of the new industrial economy. Believing that the emerging aristocracy of wealth represented a genuine threat to democracy TR broke trusts to curb the rapacity of big business. He improved economic and social conditions for the average American. Roosevelt built the Panama Canal and engaged the country in world affairs putting a temporary end to American isolationism. And he won the Nobel Peace Prize-the only sitting president ever so honored. Throughout his public career TR fought valiantly to steer the GOP back to its noblest ideals as embodied by Abraham Lincoln. Alas his hopes for his party were quashed by the GOPs strong rightward turn in the years after he left office. But his vision for America lives on. In lapidary prose this concise biography recounts the courageous life of one of the greatest leaders our nation has ever known. . Basic Books hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 608291 ISBN : 0465002137 9780465002139
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Paulissen. May Nelson ; McQueary, Carl
Miriam: The Southern Belle Who Became the First Woman Governor of Texas Miriam Amanda Ferguson 1875-1961
Austin TX: Eakin Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. Dark red binding with title imprinted on spine in gold ; dated Inscribed "To Sara So you'll know something extra about Texas politics " SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 347 pages. Signed by Author . Eakin Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 608292 ISBN : 0890159718 9780890159712
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Van Natta Jr., Don
Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
New York: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 403 pages . Little, Brown and Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 608254 ISBN : 0316056995 9780316056991
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Addams, Jane; illustrated by Norah Hamilton; with an introduction and notes by James Hurt
Twenty Years at Hull-House with Autobiographical Notes
Urbana IL: Prairie State Books / University of Illinois Press. Fine. 1990. Reissue. Trade Paperback. 283 pages. Twenty Years at Hull House" is the story of the Hull House settlement by its founder Jane Addams. The settlement movement which gained popularity first in London at the end of the 19th century soon spread to the United States and was principally involved in improving the lives of the urban poor by providing opportunities for higher education and essential social services. Hull House one of the most famous of the "settlement houses" was located in the Near West Side community area of Chicago and was run by Jane Addams until her death in 1935. "Twenty Years at Hull House" is an important narrative of the settlement movement in the United States which contributed significantly to the advancement of poor and working class peoples. . Prairie State Books / University of Illinois Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 608267 ISBN : 0252061071 9780252061073
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Newton, Willis; Newton, Joe; Stanush, Claude; Middleton, David
The Newton Boys: Portrait of an Outlaw Gang
Austin TX: State House Press. Fine. 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. 332 pages. Portrays the misdeeds of the notorious early twentieth-century bank and train robbers. The Newtons' story was made into a movie starring Matthew McConaughey Ethan Hawke and Julianna Margulies. "Bonnie and Clyde was just silly kids bound to get themselves killed. We wasn't at all like them. We wasn't thugs. All we wanted was the money just like doctors lawyers and other businessmen. Robbing banks and trains was our way of getting it. That was our business." Willis Newton from the book . State House Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 608116 ISBN : 1880510162 9781880510162
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Freud, Ernst and Lucie and Ilse Grubrich-Simitis (eds.); Eissler, K. R. (biography)
Sigmund Freud: His Life in Pictures and Words
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1978. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1978 First American edition. Hardcover. 350 pp. Illustrated. A Near Fine sharp clean copy in a Very Good dust jacket that has shallow chipping at the spine ends; light fading as well. DJ now in mylar. Includes 3 laid-in items from K. R. Eissler the author of the biographical sketch of Freud in this book: 2 Christmas cards and a typed letter all 3 are signed by Eissler. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 0083832 ISBN : 0151825467 9780151825462
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Baker, Lewis
The Percys of Mississippi: Politics and Literature in the New South
Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Grey cloth boards and spine with title and author in dark blue. Dark blue end papers. Notes; bibliography. 237 pages . Louisiana State University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 608177 ISBN : 0807111023 9780807111024
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Isaacson Walter
Benjamin Franklin : An American Life
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 2004. 1st Simon & Schuster Edition. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 586 pages . Simon & Schuster paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 608180 ISBN : 074325807X 9780743258074
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Quaife (Historical introduction), Milo Milton; Hedren (introduction to th Bison Book Editoon), Paul L.
Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur 1833-1872
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good. 1989. 1st Bison Book Edition. Trade Paperback. Cover laminate is beginning to loosen at edges . 388 pages . University of Nebraska Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 608039 ISBN : 0803279302 9780803279308
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Dolden, A. Stuart
Cannon Fodder: An Infantryman's Life on the Western Front 1914-18
Poole Dorset: Blandford Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 185 pages . Blandford Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607989 ISBN : 0713711086 9780713711080
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Faulk, Odie B.; Faulk, Laurie E.; Gray, Sally M.
Imagination and Ability: The Life of Lloyd Noble
Oklahoma City OK: Western Heritage Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 313 pages. Oklahoma Trackmaster Series . Western Heritage Books hardcover
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Dudgeon, Piers
Maeve Binchy: The Biography
New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Minotaur. As New in As New dust jacket. 2014. First US Edition. Hardcover. 335 pages . Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 608004 ISBN : 1250047145 9781250047144
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Nafisi, Azar
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks. Very Good. 2004. Trade Paperback. Reading crease on front cover . 356 pages. Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran fundamentalists seized hold of the universities and a blind censor stifled artistic expression the girls in Azar Nafisis living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen F. Scott Fitzgerald Henry James and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature. . Random House Trade Paperbacks paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 606971 ISBN : 081297106X 9780812971064
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Zmirak, John
Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist Global Economist
Wilmington DE: ISI Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Crease on back dj flap . 229 pages. Wilhelm Ropke is probably the most unjustly neglected economist and social critic of the twentieth century. Exiled by Hitler's regime Ropke was a passionate critic of socialism and the welfare state who was nonetheless keenly attuned to the limits of capitalism. John Zmirak's Wilhelm Ropke written with the touch of an accomplished writer and journalist ably demonstrates that Ropke's humane yet sophisticated Third Way economics can play a vital role in shaping appropriate policies to reflect the growing communitarian consensus . ISI Books hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607103 ISBN : 1882926560 9781882926565
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Strong, Susan
Greatness Of Girls
Kansas City MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 272 pages. Forty-two extraordinary women talk about it all - the ups and downs of growing up and how overcoming their own obstacles helped them achieve greatness. Discover your own strengths while you find encouragement from those who have been there. . Andrews McMeel Publishing hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 603759 ISBN : 0740718800 9780740718809
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Wallis, Michael
Oil Man: The Story Of Frank Phillips & The Birth Of Phillips Petroleum
New York: St. Martin's Griffin. Fine. 1995. 1st Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. 1.4 x 9.1 x 5.9 Inches. 480 pages. A rich rousing gusher of a biography that captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created.<br><br>Frank Phillips founder of Phillips Petroleum was one of the greatest self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. Here in <i>Oil Man</i> Michael Wallis the best-selling historian of the West present Phillips against a pageant of luminaries and outlaws that includes Will Rogers Harry Truman Edna Ferber J.Paul Getty and Pretty Boy Floyd. Spanning the finals days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world warn <i>Oil Man</i> is a bold colorful biography of the original American entrepreneur. A classic work that continues to gather accolades since its original publication in 1988.<br> . St. Martin's Griffin paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607827 ISBN : 0312131356 9780312131357
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Carson, Candy
A Doctor in the House: My Life with Ben Carson
New York: Sentinel. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 212 pages. Like most Americans you might think of Ben Carson as a trailblazing brain surgeon and in the last few years as an outspoken commentator on national issues. But his wife of more than forty years knows him as so much more: a loving husband a devoted father a devout Christian a committed philanthropist and a fierce patriot. Now Candy Carson introduces us to the private side of a very public figure as she shares the inspiring story of their marriage and their family. Like her husband Candy grew up in Detroit one of five children of a teacher and a factory worker. Also like Ben she overcame her humble background through determination hard work and perseverance earning a scholarship to attend Yale University. In that strange new world she focused on her studies her music and her deepening spiritual life. She attended church with a handsome older student who liked to tease her but never assumed he would be anything more than a friend to her. But Ben and Candy quickly became inseparable and they married soon after she graduated with Ben still in medical school preparing for his career as a soon-to-be world-famous pediatric neurosurgeon. In A Doctor in the House Candy reveals many stories that have never been told before despite the media spotlight on Dr. Carson in recent years. She shows us what it was like when they moved to Baltimore to join the community centered around Johns Hopkins Hospital. She describes how their family evolved with the births of their three sons and the tragic miscarriage of their twins. She talks about the challenges of Bens twelve- to twenty-hour workdays saving thousands of lives every year while Candy ran the household. She also addresses the prejudice they sometimes faced as African Americans and how Bens calm levelheaded approach made him a great problem solver at home and in their travels just as he was in the operating room. Above all she reveals her husbands consistency as a believer: in God in family and in America. Having lived the American Dream Ben believes every child from every background is capable of achieving it. Thats why he and Candy have been committed to educating and inspiring young people and over the past twenty years have awarded more than 6700 students with scholarships through their Carson Scholars Fund. . Sentinel hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607883 ISBN : 1595231242 9781595231246
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Utley, Robert M.
The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
New York: Ballantine Books. Fine. 1994. Trade Paperback. Inscribed dated and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 413 pages. Signed by Author . Ballantine Books paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607733 ISBN : 0345389387 9780345389381
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Stern, Madeline B.; Rostenberg, Leona
Old Books Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
New York: Main Street Books. Fine. 1998. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Full number line. 292 pages. Louisa May Alcott once wrote that she had taken her pen for a bridegroom. Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern friends and business partners for fifty years have in many ways taken up their pens and passion for literature much in the same way. The "Holmes & Watson" of the rare book business Rostenberg and Stern are renowned for unlocking the hidden secret of Louisa May Alcott's life when they discovered her pseudonym A.M. Barnard along with her anonymously published "blood and thunder" stories on subjects like transvestitism hashish smoking and feminism. <i>Old Books Rare Friends</i> describes their mutual passion for books and literary sleuthing as they take us on their earliest European book buying jaunts. Using what they call Finger-spitzengefühl the art of evaluating antiquarian books by handling experience and instinct we are treated to some of their greatest discoveries amid the mildewed basements of London's booksellers after the Blitz. We experience the thrill of finding one of the earliest known books printed in America between 1617-1619 by the Pilgrim Press and learn about the influential role of publisher-printers from the fifteenth century. Like a precious gem <i>Old Books Rare Friends</i> is a book to treasure about the companionship of two rare friends and their shared passion for old books. . Main Street Books paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 605155 ISBN : 0385485158 9780385485159
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Mezrich, Ben
Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil from Wall Street to Dubai
New York: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected with a removable Brodart cover. $25.95 original publisher's price on inside front flap of dust jacket. Blue gray boards with black spine imprinted in silver with title and author. Stated First Edition with full number line. . 304 pages . William Morrow hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 603335 ISBN : 0061252727 9780061252723
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Sebba, Anne
The Exiled Collector: William Bankes and the Making of an English Country House
London: John Murray. Fine. 2005. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 308 pages. On August 30th 1841 William John Bankes former Tory MP pioneer Egyptologist and renowned traveller was caught in compromising circumstances with a guardsman in London's Green Park. Faced with the death penalty he fled to exile in Venice leaving forever his beloved house Kingston Lacy in Dorset. It was the vicarious embellishment of this house that was to be his only enduring passion. Brilliantly written and highly readable The Exiled Collector is the first ever biography of William Bankes recounting his dramatic life story. It examines the psychology of collecting the pain and creativity of exile and affords a revealing insight into the minds of a hypocritical ruling elite in early Victorian Britain . John Murray paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607673 ISBN : 0719565715 9780719565717
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Maraniss, David
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 18 pages of black & white photographs. . 1.7 x 9.1 x 6.2 Inches. 544 pages. <I>When Pride Still Mattered</I> is the quintessential story of the American family: how Vince Lombardi the son of an immigrant Italian butcher rose to the top and how his character and will to prevail transformed him his wife his children his players his sport and ultimately the entire country. It is also a vibrant football story abundant with accounts of Lombardi's thrilling life in that world from his playing days with the Seven Blocks of Granite at Fordham in the 1930s to the glory of coaching the Green Bay Packers of Starr Hornung Taylor McGee Davis and Wood in the 1960s. It is also a study of national myths tracing what Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Maraniss calls the fallacy of the innocent past and an absorbing account of the mythmakers from Grantland Rice to Howard Cosell who shaped Lombardi's image. <P>Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn on June 11 1913. His early life was shaped by the trinity of family religion and sports; they seemed intertwined as inseparable to him as Father Son and Holy Ghost. He was deeply influenced by the Jesuits who taught him the philosophy he later used with his players subordinating individual desires to a larger cause. The geography of his rise was the opposite of the small-town boy who makes it in the big city. This son of New York did not achieve fame until he took a job in remote Green Bay Wisconsin. Before that he had toiled anonymously for twenty years first as a high school coach in New Jersey then as an assistant at Fordham at West Point under the influential Colonel "Red" Blaik and finally with the New York Giants. He was already forty-six when he was finally hired to coach the hapless Packers in 1959 leading them in the most storied period in NFL history winning five world championships in nine seasons. <P>By the time he died of cancer in 1970 after one season in Washington during which he transformed the Redskins into winners Lombardi had become a mythic character who transcended sport and his legend has only grown in the decades since. Many now turn to Lombardi in search of characteristics that they fear have been irretrievably lost the old-fashioned virtues of discipline obedience loyalty character and teamwork. To others he symbolizes something less romantic: modern society's obsession with winning and superficial success. In <I>When Pride Still Mattered </I> Maraniss renders Lombardi as flawed and driven yet ultimately misunderstood a heroic figure who was more complex and authentic than the stereotypical images of him propounded by admirers and critics. Using the same meticulous reporting and sweeping narrative style that he employed in <I>First in His Class </I> his classic biography of Bill Clinton Maraniss separates myth from reality and wondrously recaptures Vince Lombardi's life and times. . Simon & Schuster hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607654 ISBN : 0684844184 9780684844183
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Greene, Neil
The Badgertots
Bloomington IN: Authorhouse. Fine. 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Dated inscribed and SIGNED bythe AUTHOR . 309 pages. Signed by Author . Authorhouse paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607651 ISBN : 1418490547 9781418490546
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Stocken H. W. Gibbon; Barrass introduction Georgeen
Among the Blackfoot and Sarcee
Calgary ALB CAN: Glenbow Alberta Institute. Near Fine. 1976 1987. Reprint. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. 76 pages. Reference Notes Index. . Glenbow Alberta Institute paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607730 ISBN : 0919224741 9780919224742
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Bush, George W.
41: A Portrait of My Father
New York: Crown Publishers. As New in As New dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 294 pages . Crown Publishers hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607739 ISBN : 0553447785 9780553447781
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McCullough, David
John Adams
New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 751 pages . Simon & Schuster hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607728 ISBN : 0684813637 9780684813639
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Fenoglio, Mary Elizabeth
Eggs In My Pocket
Florence TX: Synergy Solutions Inc. Near Fine. 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 240 pages. A collection of essays selected from a long-running column in The Williamson County Sun Newspaper in GeorgetownTexas Eggs In My Pocket paints a series of vivid often touching pictures of everyday life on a three-generation family farm. Readers who have experienced or longed to experience life in a rural setting with animals will enjoy the tales told here from the saga of Miss Kitty the hen to adventures in the goat barn with a little "pasture wisdom" thrown in for good measure. Parents and grandparents will recognize themselves and their children in the family oriented essays. Altogether Eggs In My Pocket is an easy entertaining read. . Synergy Solutions, Inc. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607585 ISBN : 061517082X 9780615170824
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De Bruhl, Marshall
Sword of San Jacinto: A Life of Sam Houston
New York: Random House. Very Good. c1993. Trade Paperback. 446 pages . Random House paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607596 ISBN : 0679753028 9780679753025
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Fraser, Antonia
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
New York: Anchor. Near Fine. 2001. Trade Paperback. Scratch on front cover. Genealogical table . 512 pages . Anchor paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607523 ISBN : 0307277747 9780307277749
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Martinez, Domingo
The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir
Guilford CT: Lyons Press. Very Good. 2012. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Two holes staple on front cover date written inside back cover; copyright date circled on copyright page small closed tear on acknowledgement page p. 443 . 443 pages . Lyons Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607526 ISBN : 0762779195 9780762779192
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Von Hassell. Fey
A Mother's War
New York: Berkley Books. Near Fine. 1992. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Ink stamp on bottom of text block . Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 269 pages . Berkley Books paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607451 ISBN : 042513475X 9780425134757
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Johnson Diane
Flyover Lives: A Memoir
New York: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 263 pages. Growing up in the small river town of Moline Illinois Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later at home in France a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans indifferent to history Her own family seemed always to have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got there from somewhere In digging around she discovers letters and memoirs written by generations of stalwart pioneer ancestors that testify to more complex times than the derisive nickname 'The Flyover' gives the region credit for. With the acuity and sympathy that her novels are known for she captures the magnetic pull of home against our lust for escape and self-invention . Viking hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607272 ISBN : 0670016403 9780670016402
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Prather, Patricia Smith; Monday, Jane Clements; Rather (Introduction), Dan
From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston Servant to Sam Houston
Denton TX: University of North Texas Press. Very Good. 1995. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. 276 pages . University of North Texas Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607480 ISBN : 0929398874 9780929398877
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Carnarvon, The Countess of
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
New York: Broadway. Near Fine. 2011. Trade Paperback. 32 pages of b/w photos. Bibliography index. 310 pages. The real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants Lady Almina the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle including diaries letters and photographs the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war. Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart Lady Cora Crawley Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist Alfred de Rothschild who married his daughter off at a young age her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman. This rich tale contrasts the splendor of Edwardian life in a great house against the backdrop of the First World War and offers an inspiring and revealing picture of the woman at the center of the history of Highclere Castle . Broadway paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607493 ISBN : 0770435629 9780770435622
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Auker Amy Hale
Rightful Place
Lubbock TX: Texas Tech University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 122 pages . Texas Tech University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607491 ISBN : 0896726797 9780896726796
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Kranish Michael
Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War
New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 388 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 606910 ISBN : 0195374622 9780195374629
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Wolf, S. E.
A Girl from Texas: The Life Loves and Battles of Ruth Conerly America's Extraordinary Artist
Antigua Odisea Publishing. Very Good. 2006. Trade Paperback. Inscribed and SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page; bent corner on front cover. 350 pages. Signed by Author. A Girl From Texas is the true story of a small town Texas girl who from poverty became one of Americas most successful commercial artists. Illustrated with a treasure house of Conerly art memorabilia WWII high fashion Christmas Death of Alamo Commander William B. Travis it traces epic moments of advertising history interwoven with Conerlys heart-stirring struggle to the top echelons of commercial art. An epic tale for people torn between a dream and the struggle to make a living today set against the nostalgia of a romantic yesterday and a bone-chilling genetic mystery. . Antigua Odisea Publishing paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607392 ISBN : 0977022536 9780977022533
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Farris, Frances Bramlette; Sonnichsen, edited with an introduction by C. L.
From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents: Rough Times on the Frio
Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press. Fine. 1985. Trade Paperback. 137 pages. Chisholm Trail Series Number Three . Texas Christian University Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607395 ISBN : 0875650058 9780875650050
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Weisman Alan
Prince of Darkness: Richard Perle: The Kingdom the Power & the End of Empire in America
New York: Union Square Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Black and white photographs bibliog. index. . . 289 pages. At nearly every pivotal moment in international politics over the past twenty-five years -- from the Reagan-Gorbachev summits to the Iran-Contra scandal to the collapse of the Soviet Union to the decision to go to war in Iraq -- if you dug deeply you would find a figure just behind the scenes influencing the action: that of Richard Perle. Largely eschewing senior cabinet appointments and other high-profile roles the passionate zealous Perle has been content to operate quietly -- behavior which earned him the moniker of The Prince of Darkness. Nevertheless his influence in Washington has helped to fuel an international disaster in Iraq and the growth of anti-Americanism worldwide. Alan Weisman a former producer for 60 Minutes CBS Sunday Morning and the CBS Evening News is now shining a light on this major political figure. While Perle has not authorized this biography he has submitted to interviews with Weisman encouraged his friends to do so and provided non-classified material. Such access has granted Weisman a deep and critical insight into Perle's methods and mindset. Weisman explores how Perle derailed a nuclear arms agreement between the U.S. and the then Soviet Union; his controversial business dealings; Perle's tenure as Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board during the present Bush Administration; and his role leading up to the Iraqi War including his dealings with Iraqi exiles like Ahmed Chalabi. From the collapse of the Soviet Union to the current saber-rattling over Iran Syria and North Korea Perle has put his stamp on almost every decisive event in international politics. This is an insightful and incisive study of the highest quality and one that everyone -- not just policy experts -- should read. . Union Square Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 602904 ISBN : 140275230X 9781402752308
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Schwartz, Joseph
Einstein for Beginners
New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good. 1979. Paperback. Edgewear to head and tail of spine. Pages are tanned . No spine crease. Heavily illustrated . . 173 pages . Pantheon Books paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 602103 ISBN : 0394738012 9780394738017
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Church, Charlotte
Voice of an Angel My Life
Grand Central Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0.93 x 8.57 x 5.69 Inches. So Far. How did a schoolgirl from Wales become an international sensation And how can she possibly cope with staggering worldwide fame In this fascinating account the young singer shares her amazing true story. From humble beginnings in Wales singing on local radio to singing for Prince Charles President Clinton and the Pope to her quick rise to the top of the music charts Charlotte Churchs unique story is an inspiring tale of a phenomenal young talent and will touch the hearts of millions of music lovers worldwide. Charlotte Churchs first album Voice of an Angel reached #1 on Britains classical music chart #10 on its pop music chart went to #28 on North American music charts and went double platinum in five weeks. Her second album sold 2.5 million copies. She was the youngest artist ever to appear on the Billboard 100. Sony Classical has signed Church to a five-album deal signifying their strong commitment to the long-term success of the young singer. Charlotte Church has been featured in numerous publications including People Newsweek USA Today Billboard and the Washington Post. She has appeared on Dateline The Rosie ODonnell Show Good Morning America the Today show the Tonight show the 1999 MTV Music Awards and Touched by an Angel. . Grand Central Publishing hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 602760 ISBN : 0446527106 9780446527101
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North, Oliver L.
Under Fire: An American Story
New York: Harpercollins Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 Inches. 446 pages. Addressing for the first time the events that led to his trial Oliver North explains his role in the Iran-Contra affair and discusses the involvement of other powerful politicos. . Harpercollins Publishers hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 602356 ISBN : 0060183349 9780060183349
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Rieckhoff, Paul
Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington
New York: New American Library. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. . 336 pages . New American Library hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 603207 ISBN : 0451218418 9780451218414
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Austen Leigh William
Jane Austen A Family Record
New York: Barnes & Noble. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Pale green boaards and spine imprinted with title and author. Full number line. Genealogical tables . 326 pages. All the documented facts concerning the novelist are collected in this detailed account of Jane Austen's life background and literary career. Her role within an affectionate and talented family group is described in the Austens' own words showing how Jane was valued as daughter sister aunt and friend. The book demonstrates how Jane transformed the details of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside along with the wartime careers of her brothers into six novels that are among the most popular in the English language. . Barnes & Noble hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 605737 ISBN : 0760702497 9780760702499
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Duke Betty Dorsett
Jesse James Lived and Died in Texas
Austin TX: Eakin Press. As New in As New dust jacket. c1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 pages . Eakin Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 606786 ISBN : 1571682872 9781571682871
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Webb Introduction Walter Prescott; Anderson Foreword Gary Clayton
Three Years among the Comanches: The Narrative of Nelson Lee the Texas Ranger
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine. 1991. Trade Paperback. One turned-down page. 179 pages. Nelson Lee recounts his adventures and his narrow escape from the Comanches in tales nearly too tall to be true. From South America to Texas he finds adventure everywhere. Lee emerges from one hairy situation only to ride into another daring adventure with the coolness of a Hollywood hero. For three years he is held captive among the Comanches. Tortured by his captors this Texas Ranger survives to tell others about what he observes and learns about the Comanche tribe and publishes one of the best descriptions of the life of the Texas Rangers . University of Oklahoma Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 607098 ISBN : 0806123397 9780806123394
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Margaret Thatcher
The Downing Street Years
New York NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 914 pages . HarperCollins hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 607158 ISBN : 0060170565 9780060170561
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