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Chipman, Donald E.; Joseph, Harriet Denise
Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas
Austin: University of Texas Press. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. SIGNED on title page by both AUTHORS . 359 pages. Signed by All Authors . University of Texas Press paperback
Référence libraire : 607163 ISBN : 0292712189 9780292712188
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Rilke, Rainer Maria
Letters to Benvenuta
London: The Hogarth Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. The book is as new but for darkening of top edge of text block. Lacking DJ ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 87 pages . The Hogarth Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 15775
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Lott, Trent
Herding Cats: A Life in Politics
New York: Regan Books / HarperCollins Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny amount of wear at head of spine and corners. Lightly bumped corner . Protected in a removable archival cover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . . 320 pages. For more than thirty years Trent Lott of Mississippi has been one of the dominant figures in American political life. From the moment he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1972 he has been a leader in the conservative movement that has changed the course of the nation. From his years in Congress to his ascent to majority leader of the Senate -- and his decision to leave that post in the heat of controversy -- Herding Cats is the frank and revealing chronicle of a unique political life.Lott's story bridges an extraordinary time in American history. As a fraternity leader during the integration of the University of Mississippi he helped contain the violence that accompanied James Meredith's enrollment as the university's first African American student. As a congressman during Watergate he mounted a fierce defense of Richard Nixon -- until Gerald Ford quietly counseled him to think twice. A passionate advocate of smaller government Lott describes his painful choice to support Gerald Ford over his challenger Ronald Reagan in the 1976 election -- and his delight in helping lead the revolution that followed Reagan's win in 1980.Yet it was in his dramatic engagements with the Clinton administration that Lott found his greatest victories -- and challenges. Working in secret through political adviser Dick Morris Lott reveals he persuaded Clinton to accept health insurance and welfare reform laws along with spending cuts that balanced the national budget. But he was aghast when years of work on a tobacco settlement were scuttled by the White House in 1997 -- possibly because of Al Gore's desire to exploit tobacco as a political issue. With surprising candor Lott portrays his fruitful working partnership with Democratic leader Tom Daschle during the Clinton impeachment and again in the hours after the attacks of September 11 2001. And he describes in painful detail his decision to resign as majority leader after his remarks at Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday party -- a move he made when it became clear that the Bush White House had circled the wagons against him.Marked by the same straight-talking style and good humor he has shown throughout his career in public service Trent Lott's Herding Cats is the memoir of a true master of American political life. . Regan Books / HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
Référence libraire : 602322 ISBN : 0060599316 9780060599317
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Berg, A. Scott
Kate Remembered
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Deckle-edged pages. 1.3 x 8.4 x 6.2 Inches. 384 pages. For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century - reigning as an admired actress a beloved movie star and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private of all the public figures of her time. <P>In 1983 - at the age of seventy-five her career cresting - the four-time Academy Award winner opened the door to biographer A. Scott Berg - then thirty-three - and began a special friendship one that endured to the end of her illustrious life. <P>From the start Scott Berg felt that Katharine Hepburn intended his role to be not just that of a friend but also of a chronicler a confidant who might record for posterity her thoughts and feelings. Over the next twenty years Kate used their many hours together to reveal all that came to mind often reflecting on the people and episodes of her past occasionally on the meaning of life. <P>Here are the stories from those countless intimate conversations and much more. In addition to recording heretofore untold biographical details of her entire phenomenal career and her famous relationships with such men as Spencer Tracy and Howard Hughes <i>Kate Remembered</i> also tells the amusing often emotional story of one of the most touching friendships in her final years. Scott Berg provides his own memories of Katharine Hepburn offstage - quiet dinners in her town house in New York City winter swims she swam he watched in the Long Island Sound at Fenwick her home in Connecticut weekend visits with family members and dear friends.even some unusual appearances by the likes of Michael Jackson and Warren Beatty. Finally <i>Kate Remembered</i> discusses the legendary actress's moving farewell during which her mighty personality surrendered at last to her failing body - all the while remaining true to her courageous character. <P><i>Kate Remembered</i> is a book about love and friendship family and career Hollywood and Broadway - all punctuated by unforgettable lessons from an extraordinary life. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 602376 ISBN : 0399151648 9780399151644
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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 boards and spine with title and author in gold. Stated First Edition Deckle-edged pages. 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
Référence libraire : 606366 ISBN : 1400040310 9781400040315
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Donaldson, Maureen ; Royce, William
An Affair to Remember
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Grey boards with dark gray spine imprinted in silver with title and author. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 . 1.4 x 9.1 x 5.9 Inches. 288 pages. A sensitive deeply intimate portrait of the greatest matinee idol of them all -- by the passionate woman who lived with and loved him. 32 pages of black and white photographs. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 602738 ISBN : 0399134506 9780399134500
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McCullough, David
John Adams
New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine. 2002. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Genealogical table. 752 pages. In this powerful epic biography David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams the brilliant fiercely independent often irascible always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. This is history on a grand scale -- a book about politics and war and social issues but also about human nature love religious faith virtue ambition friendship and betrayal and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all <I>John Adams</I> is an enthralling often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived. . Simon & Schuster paperback
Référence libraire : 604547 ISBN : 0743223136 9780743223133
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Oppenheimer, Paul
Rubens: A Portrait
Cooper Square Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 432 pages. In this relevatory biography Paul Oppenheimer asserts that Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens' impact and view of beauty resonate today and that his groundbreaking techniques actually foreshadowed 20th century cinema and Einsteinian physics. . Cooper Square Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 605242 ISBN : 0815412096 9780815412090
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O'Connor, Carroll
I Think I'm Outta Here: A Memoir
New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1.2 x 9.5 x 6.4 Inches. 288 pages. It is the genius of actor Carroll O'Connor that millions of fans will forever confuse him with his most unforgettable creation Archie Bunker. But O'Connor has lived the kind of rich momentous life that Archie could never have imagined. Now emerging from behind the actor's mask for the first time O'Connor writes eloquently and intimately about his great triumphs and terrible tragedies - and a career that has been immortalized in television history. Growing up in Depression-era New York Carrol O'Connor made his way armed with the quick wit mischievous bent of mind and engaging Irish charm that flow through these pages. From his rough and tumbel days in the merchant marine during World War ll - marked by big dreams bar brawls and bloody noses he moved on to salad days in Dublin. There he received an education in literature and in life found his true calling in the theatre and married his wife Nancy.a fifty year success story that's still going strong. O'Connor was soon invited to Hollywood the scene of his greatest achievements. His unique persective on the creation of <I>All in the Family</I> - and his certainty at the start that is was destined for ratings disaster - reveals television history in the making. And O'Connor vividly recalls scores of classic moments with Noman Lear Rob Reiner and Jean Stapleton as well a numberous other colleagues including Howard Rollins <I>In the Heat of the Night</I> Clint Eastwood <I>Kelly's Heroes</I> and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor <I>Cleopatra</I>.But Hollywood was also the source of O'Connor's most painful memory: the cocaine addition and suicide of his son Hugh. As a grieving father O'Connor was forced to asssume the most poignant and powerful role of his life and he speaks honestly here about both his loss and his efforts to educate others about the horror of drug abuse. Candid and insightful spirited and funny this is the story of all the families Carroll O'Connor has been able to call his own. And in a career graced with landmark achievements <I>I Think I'm Outta Here</I> stands as on of the most moving and memorable of all. . Pocket Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 601411 ISBN : 0671017586 9780671017583
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Walker, Morris W.
Steve Martin: The Magic Years
New York: Spi Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Black boards and spine with spine imprinted with author and title. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Stated First Edition with full number line. Fresh clean copy that is unread. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 273 pages. Signed by Author. This book details the magic decade that Martin still calls "The best years of my life " and then proceeds to retell an accurate and epoch story of this living legacy right to the present day. It's all here from childhood memories to the present . An adventure story spanning 40 years of personal memories that has never before been told. . Spi Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 500138 ISBN : 1561719803 9781561719808
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Copland, Aaron; Perlis, Vivian
Copland: Since 1943
New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine. 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 463 pages. Hailed as important entertaining and revealing <I>Copland: Since 1943</I> is composer Aaron Copland's irresistible account of the latter half of his career--a career that brought us such pioneering works as <I>Appalachian Spring</I> and <I>Lincoln Portrait</I> the movie scores for <I>Of Mice and Men</I> and <I>Our Town</I> and numerous other orchestral and chamber works. It tells the story of how a self-described "brash young man from Brooklyn" went on to become one of the founding fathers of "serious" American music. Featuring cameos by luminaries such as Leonard Bernstein Martha Graham Agnes de Mille Benny Goodman and other peers of Aaron Copland during this explosively creative period <I>Copland: Since 1943</I> is an invaluable memoir that charts the crescendo of one of the most accomplished careers in the modern canon. . St. Martin's Press paperback
Référence libraire : 604641 ISBN : 0312050666 9780312050665
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Bush, Barbara
Reflections: Life after the White House
New York: Scribner. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Color photos index. 8 pages of photographs. Unread book. Dust jacket protected in a removable Brodart cover. White boards with blue spine imprinted in silver with the title and author. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 420 pages. This inspiring follow-up to Barbara Bush's number one bestselling memoir covers the momentous eight years between President George H. W. Bush's leaving office and President George W. Bush's inauguration. Not since Abigail Adams has one woman been both the wife and mother to a president. . Scribner hardcover
Référence libraire : 600103 ISBN : 0743223594 9780743223591
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Morton, Andrew
Madonna
New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First American Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected with a removable Brodart cover. First Edition with full number line. 48 pages of black and white or color photographs. Bright tight clean book that appears to be unread. Discography index. . 256 pages. Chronicles the life and career of the internationally known singer. . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 601882 ISBN : 0312287860 9780312287863
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Smith, Liz
Natural Blonde: A Memoir
New York: Hyperion. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. B/w photos index. Dust jacket protected in a removable Brodart cover. Dark gray boards and black spine imprinted in gold with title and author's name. Photograph collage on end papers. Stated First Edition with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Thirty-two pages of black and white photographs. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 460 pages. Liz Smith the "Grande Dame of Dish" has been covering the comings and goings of the rich and infamous for more than four decades from her privileged front-row perch on the front lines of celebrity journalism. Now -- in her own words -- comes the sensationally candid and down-to-earth memoir of a starstruck little tomboy from Fort Worth Texas named Mary Elizabeth Smith who grew up to becom the highest-paid print journalist in the world. . Hyperion hardcover
Référence libraire : 600105 ISBN : 0786863250 9780786863259
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Marshall Garry
Wake Me When It's Funny: How to Break into Show Business and Stay There
Holbrook MA: Adams Media Corp. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight edgewear and a lightly bumped corner. 40 b/w photos. . 304 pages. This memoir and show-business primer from one of film and TV's most successful writer-producer-director-actors <I>Pretty Woman Happy Days Laverne & Shirley Mork & Mindy Murphy Brown</I> gives sound advice on how to create comedy break into TV shoot movies and deal with Hollywood. . Adams Media Corp hardcover
Référence libraire : 601403 ISBN : 1558505261 9781558505261
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Kahn Roger
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. . 416 pages. Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I Dempsey with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance that nearly burned them to ash. Hobo roughneck fighter lover millionaire movie star and finally a gentleman of rare generosity and sincerity Dempsey embodied an America grappling with the confusing demands of preeminence. Dempsey lived a life that touched every part of the American experience in the first half of the twentieth century. Roger Kahn one of our preeminent writers about the human side of sport has found in Dempsey a subject that matches his own manifold talents. A friend of Dempsey's and an insightful observer of the ways in which sport can measure a society's evolution Kahn reaches a new and exciting stage in his acclaimed career with this book. In the story of a man John Lardner called "a flame of pure fire at last a hero" Roger Kahn finds the heart of America. . Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 604307 ISBN : 0151002967 9780151002962
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Palin, Sarah
Going Rogue: An American Life
New York: HarperCollins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 432 pages. On September 3 2008 Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave a speech at the Republican National Convention that electrified the nation and instantly made her one of the most recognizable women in the world. As chief executive of America's largest state she had built a record as a reformer who cast aside politics-as-usual and pushed through changes other politicians only talked about: Energy independence. Ethics reform. And the biggest private sector infrastructure project in U.S. history. While revitalizing public school funding and ensuring the state met its responsibilities to seniors and Alaska Native populations Palin also beat the political "good ol' boys club" at their own game and brought Big Oil to heel. Like her GOP running mate John McCain Palin wasn't a packaged and over-produced "candidate." She was a Main Street American woman: a working mom wife of a blue collar union man and mother of five children the eldest of whom was serving his country in a yearlong deployment in Iraq and the youngest an infant with special needs. Palin's hometown story touched a populist nerve rallying hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans to the GOP ticket.</P> <P> But as the campaign unfolded Palin became a lightning rod for both praise and criticism. Supporters called her "refreshing" "honest" a kitchen-table public servant they felt would fight for their interests. Opponents derided her as a wide-eyed Pollyanna unprepared for national leadership. But none of them knew the real Sarah Palin. In this eagerly anticipated memoir Palin paints an intimate portrait of growing up in the wilds of Alaska; meeting her lifelong love; her decision to enter politics; the importance of faith and family; and the unique joys and trials of life as a high-profile working mother. She also opens up for the first time about the 2008 presidential race providing a rare mom's-eye view of high-stakes national politics - from patriots dedicated to "Country First" to slick politicos bent on winning at any cost. Going Rogue traces one ordinary citizen's extraordinary journey and imparts Palin's vision of a way forward for America and her unfailing hope in the greatest nation on earth. . HarperCollins hardcover
Référence libraire : 604510 ISBN : 0061939897 9780061939891
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Butler, Brett
Knee Deep in Paradise
New York: Hyperion Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 295 pages . Hyperion Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 600301 ISBN : 0786861363 9780786861361
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Gruver, Edward
Koufax
Dallas: Taylor Publishing. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 288 pages. In Koufax the first book in more than 30 years on the legendary baseball player Edward Gruver tells the life story of the man many consider to be the greatest left-handed pitcher of all time. For five seasons from 1962-1966 Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers wowed fans with his hard-throwing talent and dominated the game as no pitcher had before or since. In the 1963 season alone he went 25-5 with a 1.88 ERA struck out a major league record 15 Yankees in a game one win over New York in the World Series and was named the Most Valuable Player of the series. Also an observant Jew Koufax inspired a generation of youths to embrace their religious identity. He refused to pitch the opening game of the 1965 World Series since it fell on Yom Kippur the most solemn of Jewish holidays and he gained lasting admiration among Jewish people for observing other religious occasions. For all his athletic brilliance however Koufax held the national spotlight for a relatively short time. His dazzling career was marred by severe arthritis in his throwing arm. A shy and private man he retired in 1966 at the young age of 30 while still at the height of his game. After a brief stint as a national broadcaster he went into self-imposed exile from the media and lived in relative seclusion. Koufax includes extensive interviews with childhood friends; Dodger teammates opponents and front office personnel; and sports journalists who covered his career. Koufax will reacquaint fans with a legendary player from their youth and introduce a new generation to one of baseball's greatest pitchers. . Taylor Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 603978 ISBN : 0878331573 9780878331574
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Hughes, Karen
Ten Minutes From Normal
New York: Viking Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected with a removable Brodart cover. Black boards and spine with author and title in gold. First printing with full number line . 16 pages of black and white photographs index. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 346 pages. Counselor to the President. Wife and Mother. The woman who left the White House to put family first and moved back home to Texas. . Viking Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 600139 ISBN : 0670033057 9780670033058
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Ortiz, Alicia Dujovne & Fields, Shawn
Eva Peron
New York: St Martins Pr. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 1.25 x 10 x 7 Inches. 325 pages. What fed Eva Peron's desire to be the savior Argentina's working class. Comprehensive and dramatic biography. . St Martins Pr hardcover
Référence libraire : 601397 ISBN : 0312145993 9780312145996
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Drudge, Matt; Phillips, Julia
Drudge Manifesto
New York: NAL Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line. Protected in a removable archival cover. . . 256 pages. In <I>Drudge Manifesto</I> Drudge reveals how he discovered and broke the stories that threatened the Clinton presidency how his bombshells sparked one of the most intense media frenzies in history and how he envisions the future of journalism. With searing wit and unflinching honesty Drudge gives his fans and his enemies what they've come to expect from his website: the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - unedited uncensored unspun. Drudge takes readers behind the scenes of the scandals -- from the pressrooms to the green rooms to his "newsroom" -- that made him famous and tells all for the first time. . NAL Hardcover hardcover
Référence libraire : 601899 ISBN : 0451201507 9780451201508
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Robbins (Ed.), Keith
Churchill
London: Longman. Near Fine. 1992. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. 186 pages. Profiles in Power. Churchill's lifetime 1874--1965 spans the climax and disintegration of the British Empire and his triumphs and tragedies as a statesman are inseparable from those of the nation as a whole. Brilliant flawed and distrusted in his early career he became in the dark days of 1940 a national hero whose indomitable self-confidence was a powerful force for survival. Yet out of victory came defeat: by 1955 eclipsed by the USA and the USSR Britain seemed to be losing everything he had worked to preserve. For all Churchill's immense achievements therefore Keith Robbin's brilliant and succinct analysis is ultimately a study in failure: but it shows this awkward genius in defeat as well as victory to have been truly the symbol and mirror of his age. . Longman paperback
Référence libraire : 606834 ISBN : 0582031362 9780582031364
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Coomes, David
Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life
Oxford ENG: Lion Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages . Lion Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 606842 ISBN : 0745919227 9780745919225
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Buckley Jr., William F.
Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography
Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing Inc. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Bumped corner; small scrape on surface of dj . Deckle-edge pages; includes a CD-Rom; pictorial endpapers; Protected in a removable archival cover. . 256 pages. with CD . Regnery Publishing, Inc. hardcover
Référence libraire : 604142 ISBN : 0895260891 9780895260895
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Thomas, Emory M.; [maps by Jean Paul Tremblay]
Bold Dragoon: The Life of J. E. B. Stuart
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Fine. 1986 1999. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 384 pages. Jeb Stuart leader of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia earned the admiration of his enemies during the first three years of the Civil War. Famed for his daring ride around McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign and his raid behind Union lines in Virginia and into Maryland and Pennsylvania he was a legend long before he was killed at Yellow Tavern in 1864. . University of Oklahoma Press paperback
Référence libraire : 606706 ISBN : 0806131934 9780806131931
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Beckham, Patti
The Orla Flash
New York: Blooming Twig Books. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 159 pages. Signed by Author. RAISED IN the West Texas town of Orla Texas single mother Patti Beckham's career moved her to the busy streets of highly populated cities to make a living for herself and her young son. But work eventually brought her back to the countryside of Texas driving from one rural town to another touching again the deep roots of the American people's dreams. We all have a story to tell and one of Patti's dreams has been fulfilled. "The Orla Flash" is now in print. Her folksy charm and honest story-telling highlight the life love business family and Christian lessons she speaks about on these pages. . Blooming Twig Books paperback
Référence libraire : 606660 ISBN : 1933918543 9781933918549
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Hawn, Goldie
Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. . 1.6 x 8.9 x 6 Inches. 446 pages. An inspiring and unconventional memoir from one of the world's most beloved actresses. <br><br> Goldie Hawn's life is an ongoing tableau of stories and she has a born knack for telling them. In this candid and insightful book Goldie invites us to join her in a look back at the people places and events that have touched her. It is the spiritual journey of a heart in search of enlightenment. <br><br> With her trademark effervescent humor Goldie tells us about the lessons she's learned and the wisdom she feels she's been given in the hope of giving something back. Not a Hollywood "tell-all" <i>A Lotus Grows in the Mud</i> is a very personal look at moments private and powerful: her delight in her father's spirited spontaneity; the confidence instilled in her by her mother; the unexpected gifts of comfort from strangers many miles from home; and the joy of being a daughter a sister a lover and a parent. This memoir is Goldie's chance to talk about everything from anger and fear to love compassion integrity and friendship to the importance of family and the challenges of show business. <br><br> Goldie writes about her younger self-the little girl who felt like an ugly duckling-and growing up in suburbia dreaming of becoming a ballerina. She takes us on a tour of her go-go dancing years in New York in the sixties her phenomenal success on TV's <i>Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</i> and then on to the world of Hollywood stardom and such memorable films as the Oscar-winning <i>Cactus Flower Swing Shift</i> and <i>Private Benjamin</i>. <br><br> <i>A Lotus Grows in the Mud</i> speaks of her relationship with her family-her partner Kurt Russell; her children Kate Hudson Oliver Hudson Wyatt Russell and her stepson Boston Russell-her growing faith her curiosity for that which she doesn't yet know and her unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding. Most of all it is a trip back through a life well lived by a woman well loved. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 602799 ISBN : 0399152857 9780399152856
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Gerber, Albert B.
Bashful Billionaire: An Unauthorized Biography of Howard Hughes
New York: Lyle Stuart. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Price-clipped. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. 384 pages. This is the biography of an enigmatic fascinating mysterious contradictory multifaceted man who is so elusive that his photograph purportedly has sold at $1000 a print. It is a strange saga of a diligent inventive ambitious lad who parlayed a million dollars into a billion and a half - and lost money every step of the way. It is the story of a daredevil industrial magnate innovator promotional wizard and lover of women. Howard Hughes. . Lyle Stuart hardcover
Référence libraire : 604740
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Myron, Vicki And Witter, Bret; Witter, Bret
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
New York: Grand Central Publishing. As New in As New dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 288 pages. Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old on the coldest night of the year he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director Vicki Myron a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm a breast cancer scare and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart and the hearts of the staff by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm warmth humility for a cat and above all his sixth sense about who needed him most. As his fame grew from town to town then state to state and finally amazingly worldwide Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history. . Grand Central Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 603878 ISBN : 0446407410 9780446407410
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Doug Smith
Memoirs of an Old Sweat
<p>Self published Vancouver 1961 Very Good Softcover 154 pages 6"x 9" owner inscription on ffep otherwise a tight and clean copy. Collected stories of time spent in the Canadian Forces in WW II.</p> Self Published, Vancouver paperback
Référence libraire : 603
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Hayman, Ronald
A Life of Jung
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line. 522 pages. Carl Jung was one of the world's most influential psychoanalysts. He initiated groundbreaking ideas yet trusted only his impulses. In this book the author asks such questions as: what actually went on during Jung's sessions with patients; was his mother insane; and did he believe in ghosts . Bloomsbury Pub Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 605238 ISBN : 0747545758 9780747545750
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de Madariaga, Professor Isabel
Catherine the Great: A Short History
New Haven CT: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1993. Trade Paperback. Minor wear at corners. Genealogical table . 248 pages. This brief account of Catherine's reign incorporates the research findings of the last twenty years 1970-1990. Isabel de Madariaga has written an account of Catherine's life which disentangles myth from the verifiable reality and focusses on her 34 year reign. De Madariaga places the changes and reforms of Catherine's reign in the context of the prevailing trends and political climate of Europe and examines Russia's military activity to demonstrate Catherine's part in building Russia into a formidable European power. The book also points to the problems Catherine faced the resources upon which she could draw and the intellectual climate in which she operated. . Yale University Press paperback
Référence libraire : 606275 ISBN : 0300054270 9780300054279
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Black, Robert W.
A Ranger Born: A Memoir of Combat and Valor from Korea to Vietnam
New York: Ballantine Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Dark gray board with black spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 336 pages. Even as a boy growing up amid the green hills of rural Pennsylvania Robert W. Black knew he was destined to become a Ranger. With their three-hundred-year history of peerless courage and independence of spirit Rangers are a uniquely American brand of soldier one foot in the military one in the wildernessand that is what fired Blacks imagination. In this searing inspiring memoir Black recounts how he devoted himself body and soul to his proud service as an elite U. S. Army Ranger in Korea and Vietnamand what those years have taught him about himself his country and our future.<br><br>Born at the start of the Great Depression Black grew up on a farm at a time of great hardship but also tremendous national determination. He was a kid who toughened up fast who learned the hard way to rely on his strength and his wits who saw the country go to war with Germany and Japan and wept because he was too young to serve. As soon as the army would take him Black enlisted. And as soon as he could muscle his way in he became a Ranger.<br><br>As a private first class in the 82d Airborne Division headquarters Black withstood the humiliations of enlisted service in the peacetime brown-shoe army. When the Korean War began he volunteered and trained to be an Airborne Ranger. In Korea this young warrior his mind and body bursting with the lusts of adolescence grew up fast literally in the line of fire. In clean vivid prose Black describes the hell of giving his all for a country that lacked the political resolve to give its all to a war against the North Koreans and the Chinese.<br><br>If Korea was frustrating Vietnam was maddening. The heart of this book is devoted to the years of action that Black saw in Long An Province starting in 1967. Black writes of the perplexity of collaborating with South Vietnamese officers whose culture and motives he never fully understood; he conjures up the sudden shock of the Tet Offensive and the daily horror of seeing fellow soldiers and innocent civilians slaughteredsometimes by stray bullets often by carelessness or treachery. Vietnam challenged everything Black had come to believe in and left him totally unprepared for the hostility he would face when he returned to a war-weary America. <br><br>Written with extraordinary candor and passion <i>A Ranger Born </i>is the memoir of a man who dedicated the best of his life to everything that is great and enduring about America. At once intimate in its revelations and universal in its themes it is a book with profound relevance to our own troubled time in history. . Ballantine Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 606282 ISBN : 0345452410 9780345452412
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Beck, Janice Sanford
No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schäffer Warren
Calgary ALB: Rocky Mountain Books. Near Fine. 2006. Trade Paperback. 224 pages. Artistphotographerwriter world traveller and adove all explorer Mary Schaffer Warren overcame the limited expectations of women at the turn of the nineteenth century in order to follow her dreams. . Rocky Mountain Books paperback
Référence libraire : 606157 ISBN : 0921102828 9780921102823
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Krystyna (Zdzislawa Krystyna Kawecka)
Journey Without a Ticket - To England Through Siberia
U.K.: Self-Published. Fair. 1989. Second Edition. Paperback. 0951588303 . 196 pages. Reproductions of dozens of black and white photos. Author documents the dramatic trip which saw her ripped her from her comfortable Polish home on her sixteenth birthday in 1940 and took her thousands of miles eventually settling in England. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact with some lean to spine. Small address labels inside each cover. A worthy copy of this important and unforgettable true story.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Krystyna Zdzislawa Krystyna Kawecka journey Without a Ticket England Siberia Russia Poles Emigration 6th Lwow Brigade Poland WWII World War 2 Kazachstan England Trip Escape Communism . Self-Published paperback
Référence libraire : 111G0084 ISBN : 0951588303 9780951588307
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Breen, Michael
Kim Jong-Il: North Korea's Dear Leader
Singapor: Wiley Pte Ltd. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 200 pages. Kim Jong-il has been the subject of intense interest and fear in recent months. He has been demonised as 'Dr Evil' for his nuclear programme which puts Korea on a collision course with the US. For this reason the world has a stake in understanding this man and his little-known country. This account aims to tell the compelling story of Kim Jong-il and the country he leads exploring the pressing question of how he manages to hold onto power in a country that is ravaged by famine and poverty. Unravelling the myths mysteries and fallacies that surround this small desperate country this fascinating story includes rare photos of Kim Jong-il and his brutal regime. . Wiley Pte Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 606226 ISBN : 0470821310 9780470821312
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Conroy, Scott; Walshe, Shushannah
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
New York: PublicAffairs. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages. A year after a vice presidential campaign that remains as consequential as it was controversial Sarah Palin is still the most dynamic yet polarizing Republican in America. Now Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe draw on their experiences as embedded reporters on Palins campaign exclusive on-scene coverage of Palins post-election struggles in Alaska and revealing interviews with former McCain/Palin staffers top political minds and Palins family friends and foes in Alaska to tell the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of her improbable riseand its complicated aftermath. The result is a fair and fascinating portrait of Sarah Palin and of the American political process.<BR><br> <i>Sarah from Alaska</i> illuminates both the talents that helped make Palin a superstar and the traits that became liabilities under the intense pressures of a divisive national campaign. It reveals in riveting detail how Palins vice presidential campaign became as dysfunctional as it was secretive explores the circumstances behind her triumphs and baffling missteps and provides new context for understanding her values her political successes in Alaska and her abrupt resignation from the governorship. Its easy to turn Sarah Palin into a caricature of either a heroic everywoman or ridiculous dolt the authors say but the truth is that she is more complex than either her most passionate defenders or harshest critics give her credit for. Palin remains ambitious and enormously popular among social conservatives and her future will be intrinsically interwoven with that of the Republican Party as it struggles to redefine itself and recapture the necessary margin for national political victory in the next decade. That makes <I>Sarah from Alaska</I> essential reading for anyone interested in American politics. . PublicAffairs hardcover
Référence libraire : 606246 ISBN : 1586487884 9781586487881
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Wasdin, Howard E.; Templin, Stephen
SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 352 pages. A Navy SEAL Team Six sniper traces the story of how he became an elite soldier while recounting the dramatic mission that nearly cost him his life offering insider perspectives on his team's extensive training process at the Marine's Scout Sniper School . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 605963 ISBN : 031269945X 9780312699451
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Nardecchia, Helen
Sophie and Ben
Georgetown TX: Word Wright International. Very Good. 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Reading crease on front cover . Inscribed dated and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 107 pages. Signed by Author . Word Wright International paperback
Référence libraire : 606126 ISBN : 0970061560 9780970061560
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Nardecchia, Helen
Remembering the Early Years
Georgetown TX: Word Wright International. Very Good. 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Mild reading crease on front cover . Inscribed dated and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 236 pages. Signed by Author. Remembering the Early Years chronicles actual events and challenges of a family struggling to build a life. Augustine Eiler born in a southern family and the youngest of five sisters and one brother meets tragedies and triumphs head on. The unhurried atmosphere of New Orleans and the rapid action of Chicago depict a story readers will enjoy and remember for years to come. Austine's love for a man strong in dignity religion and morals is tested beyond reason causing her to find avenues of change that bring her to a healing offering by a new acquaintance. Children are raised families are formed and lives blended as a result of this new acquaintance. . Word Wright International paperback
Référence libraire : 606119 ISBN : 1932196587 9781932196580
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Martin Charles L.
A Sketch of Sam Bass the Bandit
Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine. 1997. Trade Paperback. 192 pages. Western Frontier Library. <DIV><p>Sam Bass is perhaps the most notorious Texas outlaw of the 1870s. Within four years he and his band robbed trains stages and stores from the Dakota Territory to the Mexican border. He was not a killer and because the railroads and their high freight rates were unpopular Bass quickly became a legendary hero. Nevertheless Wells Fargo agents railroad detectives Texas Rangers and posses of private citizens chased Bass from his hideout in Denton County Texas throughout the old Southwest until he was shot by Texas Rangers in an attempted bank robbery at Round Rock Texas in 1878.</p></DIV> . University of Oklahoma Press paperback
Référence libraire : 606156 ISBN : 0806129158 9780806129150
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Hattersley Roy
Blood and Fire: The Story of William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army
New York: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Christian Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 480 pages. <I>Blood and Fire</I> is a brilliant biography of two great social and religious figures whose inheritance lives on to this day. William Booth 1829-1912 was one of the most extraordinary men of his age a pawnbroker's clerk who would found the most successful religious movement of the nineteenth century--the Salvation Army. As a twenty-year-old he developed the unshakable belief that God had ordained him to convert the world to Christianity. Convinced that both churches of Victorian England were ignoring the needs of the poor he founded the East London Christian Mission. As the mission became the Salvation Army it recruited thousands of members in battalions around the globe. Its membership is now in the hundreds of thousands in virtually every country. Catherine his wife was in many ways even more exceptional. A chronic invalid and mother of eight children within ten years she inspired the social policy that was and remains an essential part of the Salvation Army's success. Catherine held ideas on social equality that were ahead of her time and she encouraged the Army to accept "women's ministry" and give female officers authority over men. Her campaign against child prostitution resulted in the age of consent being raised from thirteen to sixteen. And it was Catherine who even while dying of cancer urged William to develop his plans for clearing the Victorian slums. <I>Blood and Fire</I> is a brilliant account of a fascinating period of social history. . Doubleday hardcover
Référence libraire : 605962 ISBN : 0385494394 9780385494397
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Weir Alison
Henry VIII: King and Court
London: Vintage Books. Very Good. 2008. Trade Paperback. Slight spine crease. Genealogical tables. 656 pages. This magnificent new book is Alison Weir's greatest achievement: a detailed biography of Henry VIII set against the cultural social and political background of his court - the most magnificent court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. Seen from this new perspective Henry VIII emerges as a fully-rounded and realistic personality not the two-dimensional caricature of popular misconception. This book is not just an entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence but a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history. As well as challenging some recent theories it offers controversial new conclusions based on contemporary evidence that has until now been overlooked. This is a triumph of historical writing which will appeal equally to the general reader and the serious historian. . Vintage Books paperback
Référence libraire : 605966 ISBN : 0099532425 9780099532422
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Bush, George W.
Decision Points
New York: Crown. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on free front end page . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards with black spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 512 pages. .In this candid and gripping account President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life.George W. Bush served as president of the United States during eight of the most consequential years in American history. The decisions that reached his desk impacted people around the world and defined the times in which we live.Decision Points brings readers inside the Texas governor's mansion on the night of the 2000 election aboard Air Force One during the harrowing hours after the attacks of September 11 2001 into the Situation Room moments before the start of the war in Iraq and behind the scenes at the White House for many other historic presidential decisions.For the first time we learn President Bush's perspective and insights on:His decision to quit drinking and the journey that led him to his Christian faithThe selection of the vice president secretary of defense secretary of state Supreme Court justices and other key officialsHis relationships with his wife daughters and parents including heartfelt letters between the president and his father on the eve of the Iraq WarHis administration's counterterrorism programs including the CIA's enhanced interrogations and the Terrorist Surveillance ProgramWhy the worst moment of the presidency was hearing accusations that race played a role in the federal governments response to Hurricane Katrina and a critical assessment of what he would have done differently during the crisisHis deep concern that Iraq could turn into a defeat costlier than Vietnam and how he decided to defy public opinion by ordering the troop surgeHis legislative achievements including tax cuts and reforming education and Medicare as well as his setbacks including Social Security and immigration reformThe relationships he forged with other world leaders including an honest assessment of those he did and didnt trustWhy the failure to bring Osama bin Laden to justice ranks as his biggest disappointment and why his success in denying the terrorists their fondest wishattacking America againis among his proudest achievements A groundbreaking new brand of presidential memoir Decision Points will captivate supporters surprise critics and change perspectives on eight remarkable years in American historyand on the man at the center of events.Since leaving office President George W. Bush has led the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas Texas. The center includes an active policy institute working to advance initiatives in the fields of education reform global health economic growth and human freedom with a special emphasis on promoting social entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for women around the world. It will also house an official government archive and a state-of-the-art museum that will open in 2013 . Crown hardcover
Référence libraire : 605997 ISBN : 0307590615 9780307590619
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MacLeod, Charlotte
Had She but Known: A Biography of Mary Roberts Rinehart
New York: Mysterious Pr. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Closed tear at back flap . 335 pages. The life of America's first best-selling suspense novelist and playwright is presented in full detail from Rinehart's role as a World War I trench reporter to her fascination with native American culture. National ad/promo. . Mysterious Pr hardcover
Référence libraire : 605865 ISBN : 0892964448 9780892964444
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Carpenter, Novella
Farm City
New York: Penguin. Fine. 2009. Trade Paperback. 276 pages. An unforgettably charming memoir Farm City is full of hilarious moments fascinating farmer's tips and a great deal of heart. When Novella Carpenter-captivated by the idea of backyard self-sufficiency- moved to inner city Oakland and discovered a weed-choked garbage- strewn abandoned lot next door to her house she closed her eyes and pictured heirloom tomatoes and a chicken coop. The story of how her urban farm grew from a few chickens to one populated with turkeys geese rabbits ducks and two three-hundred-pound pigs will capture the imagination of anyone who has ever considered leaving the city behind for a more natural lifestyle. . Penguin paperback
Référence libraire : 605563 ISBN : 1616641800 9781616641801
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Favre Brett; Havel Chris
Favre: For the Record
New York: Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 288 pages. Superstar Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre has the arm of Dan Marino the agility of Steve Young the field presence of Joe Montana and the brashness of Jim McMahon. Born the son of an indomitable high school football coach in hardscrabble Kiln Mississippi Favre has gone on to become the NFL's most valuable player two years running a feat equaled only by the legendary Joe Montana and after twenty-nine years has brought the Lombardi Trophy back to Green Bay Wisconsin. <br><br><br><br>Favre has also paid dearly for his devotion to the brutal game of professional football. Priding himself on his ability to withstand incredible levels of physical pain and to continue playing when most players would head to the sidelines Favre admitted last year to a dependency on Vicodin pain killers. But he faced his problem like he faces opposing defensive linemen head-on and voluntarily admitted himself into the Menninger Clinic in Topeka Kansas for drug counseling. In <i>Favre</i> Brett shares portions of his daily journal written during treatment and will reveal just what it took to break a debilitating habit. In the end readers will be inspired by this small town son's sacrifice and struggle to make it to the NFL his unwavering commitment to honor his profession and his perseverance to realize his dream on his own terms. . Doubleday hardcover
Référence libraire : 605560 ISBN : 038549050X 9780385490504
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O'Brien, Harriet
Queen Emma and the Vikings: Power Love and Greed in 11th Century England
New York: Bloomsbury USA. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First US Edition. Hardcover. Genealogical table . 288 pages. A lively portrait of a tumultuous period replete with conflict and strife political intrigue and shifting alliances assassinations and coronations. Emma one of England's most remarkable queens made her mark on a nation beset by Viking raiders at the end of the Dark Ages a period often neglected by conventional history. At the center of a triangle of Anglo-Saxons Vikings and Normans all jostling for control of England Emma was a political pawn who became a power broker and an unscrupulous manipulator. By birth a Norman Emma spent the majority of her life on English soil. She was married to two kings of England and outlived both; she was twice driven into exile; while mourning the untimely loss of one son she was devastated by the murder of another; she saw two of her sons crowned; she was stripped of her powers when her eldest son became king; and she eventually retired from public life as a dowager queen whose land and wealth had been restored. Regarded by her contemporaries as a generous Christian patron a regent admired by her subjects and a Machiavellian mother Emma was above all a survivor: hers was a life marked by dramatic reversals of fortune. . Bloomsbury USA hardcover
Référence libraire : 605637 ISBN : 1582345961 9781582345963
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Lord, Graham
John Mortimer: The Secret Lives of Rumpole's Creator
New York: Thomas Dunne Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First US Edition. Hardcover. 1/8 inch closed tear at top of back d j cover. 336 pages. In Britain every generation produces a national treasure a lovable figure so English that he could not possibly be of any other nationality and Sir John Mortimer is just such a figure. Mortimer has delighted millions all over the world with seven television series about the gloriously larger-than-life fictional barrister Horace Rumpole --- Rumpole of the Bailey --- as well as novels autobiographies stage plays film scripts short stories television and radio plays newspaper articles and even an opera and a ballet. Laurence Olivier John Gielgud and Alec Guinness appeared in his plays and among his greatest theatrical triumphs is his stage and television play <i>A Voyage Round My Father</i>. He won a British Book Awards trophy for Lifetime Achievement in 2005. Mortimer actually practiced as a barrister for thirty-six years defending husbands wives pornographers and murderers in court and starring as the real-life "Devil's Advocate" in several legendary obscenity and blasphemy cases in the 1970s quickly becoming a liberal hero. Yet despite huge success fame and knighthood there lurks beneath that genial "champagne socialist" mask an unusually complex man who has been plagued by depression doubt insecurity and an irresistible urge to commit adultery. Biographer Graham Lord whose discovery that Mortimer had a secret son by the British actress Wendy Craig forced Sir John to admit it publicly in 2004 has interviewed scores of Mortmer's family friends mistresses and enemies to write a frank and vital biography that reveals the startling reality behind the beloved public figure. . Thomas Dunne Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 605346 ISBN : 0312330820 9780312330828
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