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1791: Mozart's Last Yearby Robbins H. C. LandonISBN 002871315X (0-02-871315-X)
Softcover, Music Sales Corp
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Adieu Audrey: Memories Of Audrey Hepburnby Klaus-Jurgen SembachISBN 3823854496 (3-8238-5449-6)
Hardcover, teNeues Publishing Company
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Agatha Christieby Gillian GillISBN 1861052529 (1-86105-252-9)
Softcover, Anova Books
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Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life My Bondage and My Freedom Life and Timesby Frederick DouglassISBN 1883011302 (1-883011-30-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Ball Fourby Jim Bouton, Leonard ShecterISBN 0020306652 (0-02-030665-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ball Four'Book summary:As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. In the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's unique baseball voice can still bring the heat. [via]
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Betsy Rossby Ann WeilISBN 0020421206 (0-02-042120-6)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Blood And Roses: One Family's Struggle And Triumph During England's Tumultuous War of the Rosesby Helen CastorISBN 0007148089 (0-00-714808-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviewsby Jonathan CottISBN 1932958622 (1-932958-62-2)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews'Book summary:Direct from the mouth of America's most celebrated street poet comes a rare and diverse collection of intimate interviews
Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews features 31 of the most significant and revealing conversations with the singer, gathered in one definitive collection. Among the highlights are the seminal Rolling Stone interviews -- anthologized here for the first time -- by Jann Wenner, Jonathan Cott, Kurt Loder, and Mikal Gilmore, as well as Nat Hentoff's legendary 1966 Playboy interview. Surprises include Studs Terkel's radio interview in 1963 on WFMT in Chicago, the interview Dylan gave to screenwriter Jay Cocks when he was a student at Kenyon College in 1964, a 1965 interview with director Nora Ephron, and an interview Sam Shepard turned into a one-act play for Esquire in 1987. Dylan expert Jonathan Cott writes an introduction to this must-have collection of the artist in his own words. [via]
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Born On The Fourth Of Julyby Ron KovicISBN 1888451785 (1-888451-78-5)
Softcover, Akashic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Born On The Fourth Of July'Book summary:[via]A great, courageous fellow, a man of deep moral convictions and an uncompromising disposition. John Kerry on Ron Kovic
As relevant as ever, this book is an education. Ron is a true American, and his great heart and hard-won wisdom shine through these pages. Oliver Stone, filmmaker
Born on the Fourth of July brings back the era of the Vietnam War at a time when the Establishment is trying to make the nation forget what they call the Vietnam syndrome. Ron Kovics memoir is written with poetic passion and grips your attention from the very first page to the last. It is a classic of antiwar literature and I hope it will be read by large numbers of young people, who will be both sobered and inspired by his story. Howard Zinn
If you want to understand the everlasting reverberations of our war in Vietnam and how it impacts our current events, you must read this book. LARRY HEINEMANN
There is no book more relevant in the 21st century to healing the wound of Vietnam, which continues to bring so much pain to our country, as reflected in the last presidential election . . . It remains to Kovic to remind us that history matters, and that the cost of our high follies persists. ROBERT SCHEER, Los Angeles Times columnist
This New York Times bestseller (more than one million copies sold) details the author's life story (portrayed by Tom Cruise in the Oliver Stone film version)--from a patriotic soldier in Vietnam, to his severe battlefield injury, to his role as the country's most outspoken anti-Vietnam War advocate, spreading his message from his wheelchair.
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Catch Me a Colobusby Gerald Malcolm DurrellISBN 0002111489 (0-00-211148-9)
Hardcover, Collins
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Chanelby Edmonde Charles-RouxISBN 1860460569 (1-86046-056-9)
Hardcover, Random House
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Civilising Global Capital: New Thinking for Australian Laborby Mark LathamISBN 1864486686 (1-86448-668-6)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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David Livingstone: The Truth Behind the Legendby Rob MackenzieISBN 1857926153 (1-85792-615-3)
Hardcover, Appalachian Bible Co & Christian
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Davy Crockettby Aileen Wells Parks, Justin PearsonISBN 002041840X (0-02-041840-X)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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The Days Grow Short: The Life and Music of Kurt Weillby Ronald SandersISBN 1879505061 (1-879505-06-1)
Softcover, Silman-James Pr
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Dead Man Walkingby Helen PrejeanISBN 000628003X (0-00-628003-X)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Dirt & Deity: Life of Robert Burnsby Ian McIntyreISBN 0006387594 (0-00-638759-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Duveenby Saul Steinberg, S. N. BehrmanISBN 1892145170 (1-892145-17-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Edward Lear: The Life of a Wandererby Vivien NoakesISBN 0006356087 (0-00-635608-7)
Softcover, Fontana
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El Puente Hacia El Infinito / The Bridge Across Forever: A Lovestoryby Richard BachISBN 8466621261 (84-666-2126-1)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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Famous Men of Greeceby A.B. Poland, John HaarenISBN 1882514017 (1-882514-01-7)
Softcover, Greenleaf Pr
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edited and updated by Rob and Cyndy Shearer
The history of Greece is taught chronologically, as students read short biographical sketches outlining the lives of important figures.
The selections begin with the Greek creation and flood stories, then continue with legendary figures like Perseus, Hercules, and Jason. Then come the leaders of the Trojan War: Agamemnon, Achilles, & Odysseus. The lawgivers of the Greek cities (Lycurgus, Draco, & Solon) are profiled and the leaders who led the defense of Greece against the Persian invasion are covered (Miltiades, Leonidas, & Themistocles).
The second half of the book covers the Greek classical period (Pericles, Alcibiades, & Socrates) and finally, the age of Alexander the Great (Demosthenes, Aristotle, & Ptolemy).
Your fourth or fifth graders should be able to enjoy it independently,older students can read it as well and not feel like they have been given something that is babyish.
The text includes a new preface by Rob & Cyndy Shearer, as well as an essay for Christian parents titled, "What to do about Mythology?"
Note: The Greenleaf Press edition is NOT identical to the 1904 edition, or to the editions reprinted by other publishers. It has been edited, updated, and supplemented with additional material. [via]More editions of Famous Men of Greece:
Famous Men of Greeceby John HaarenISBN 1930953771 (1-930953-77-1)
Softcover, Memoria Pr
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Fillets of Plaiceby Gerald Malcolm DurrellISBN 0002112485 (0-00-211248-5)
Hardcover, Collins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fillets of Plaice'Book summary:Durrell's hilarious and warm My Family and Other Animals (1957) began a trio of reminiscences of his life growing up with a slightly dotty family the overbearing and omniscient Larry; the affectionate and loving siblings, Margot and Leslie; and, of course, the overburdened and patient Mother on the island of Corfu in the 1930s, when a pound could buy a villa and life was conducted as a series of riotously high (and sometimes low) adventures. But what shines through these five vignettes is the author's engagement with and immense affection for animals in all their forms. From fish to fowl, from lizards to little water fleas (daphnia), Durrell's eye is acute and his prose is tart. You can read this book for the humor alone (for he did perceive his family as some rare and rarefied species), but between the lines you can discern the makings of a world-class naturalist and a cultivated and engaging writer. [via]
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Frank Sinatra: An American Legendby Nancy Sinatra, Peter HoffmanISBN 1881649687 (1-881649-68-7)
Hardcover, General Publishing Group, Incorporated
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Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954by Andrea KettenmannISBN 9707180935 (970-718-093-5)
Hardcover, Numen
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Frida Kahlo : 1907-1954: Pain and Passionby Andrea KettenmannISBN 3822859834 (3-8228-5983-4)
Hardcover, Taschen America, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frida Kahlo : 1907-1954: Pain and Passion'Book summary:The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters, and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In 1983 her work was declared the property of the Mexican state. Kahlo was one of the daughters of an immigrant German photographer and a Mexican woman of Indian origin. Her life and work were more inextricably interwoven than in almost any other artist's case. Two events in her life were of crucial importance. When she was 18, a bus accident put her in hospital for a year with a smashed spinal column and fractured pelvis. It was from her sick bed that she first started to paint. Then, aged 21, she married the world-famous Mexican mural artist Diego Rivera. She was to suffer the effects of the accident her whole life long, and was particularly pained by her inability to have children. Her arresting pictures, most of them small format self-portraits, express the burdens that weighed upon her soul: her unbearable physical pain, the grief that Rivera's occasional affairs prompted, the sorrow about her childlessness caused her, her homesickness when living abroad and her longing to feel that she had put down roots, profound loneliness. However, they also declare her passionate love for her husband, her pronounced sensuousness, and her unwavering survival instinct. [via]
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Frida Kahlo 1907-1954: Pain and Passionby Frida Kahlo, Andrea KettenmannISBN 3822896365 (3-8228-9636-5)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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Frida Kahlo And Diego Riveraby Isabel Alcantara, Sandra EgnolffISBN 3791332759 (3-7913-3275-9)
Hardcover, Prestel Publishing
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From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yiby W.J.F. Jenner, PuyiISBN 7119007726 (7-119-00772-6)
Hardcover, Foreign Languages Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi'Book summary:From Emperor to Citizen is the autobiography of Pu Yi, the man who was the last emperor of China. A unique memoir of the first half of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of one born to be an absolute monarch, the book begins with the author's vivid account of the last, decadent days of the Ching Dynasty, and closes with an introspective self-portrait of the last Ching emperor transformed into a retiring scholar and citizen of the People's Republic of China.
In detailing the events of the fifty years between his ascension to the throne and the final period of his life as a quiet-living resident of Beijing. Pu Yi reveals himself to be first and foremost a survivor, caught up in the torrent of global power struggles and world conflict that played itself out on the Asian continent through many decades of violence and upheaval.
This firsthand description of the dramatic events of Pu Yi's life was the basis for the internationally acclaimed 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci film The Last Emperor which was named Best Picture of the Year by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. From Emperor to Citizen readily lends itself to cinematic adaptation as a personal narrative of continuously significant and revealing episodes.
Becoming emperor and then forced to abdicate with the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, all before he is seven continues to live in Forbidden City for another decade still treated as the Son of Heaven by the moribund Ching court, but in reality a virtual prisoner, with little genuine human contact apart from his beloved nurse Mrs. Wang, his teacher Chen Pao-shen and his English tutor Reginald Johnston.
When at the age of nineteen Pu Yi is finally forced to vacate his isolated existence within the Forbidden City, he begins his long odyssey as the dependent of the occupying imperial Japanese regime, first in Tientsin, and eventually installed as "emperor" of the Japanese puppet state styled Manchukuo in China's northeast provinces. With the defeat of Japan and the end of the Second World War, Pu Yi faces a very uncertain future as he is shunted off to Russia for five years before returning to a new China transformed by revolution, where he is confined in the Fushun War Criminal Prison. Here he undergoes several years of rehabilitation, "learning how to become a human being," as he calls it, before receiving an official pardon and being allowed to finally live as an ordinary citizen of Beijing.
This autobiography is the culmination of a unique and remarkable life, told simply, directly and frankly by a man whose circumstances and experiences were like no other. [via]
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From My Lifeby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Thomas P. Saine, Jeffrey L. Sammons, Robert R. HeitnerISBN 3518029673 (3-518-02967-3)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Georges Bataille: An Intellectual Biographyby Michel Surya, Michael Richardson, Krzysztof KijalkowskiISBN 1859848222 (1-85984-822-2)
Hardcover, Verso Books
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Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desertby Georgia O'Keeffe, Britta BenkeISBN 3822888869 (3-8228-8886-9)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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Goliath: The Life of Robert Schullerby James PennerISBN 1879989069 (1-879989-06-9)
Hardcover, New Hope Pub
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Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hateby Neil BaldwinISBN 1891620525 (1-891620-52-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate'Book summary:Henry Ford was not only one of America's great industrialists, he was also one of America's great haters. With "his rambling mouth" and his "volatile passions and budgetless financial resources," Ford became famous around the country and the world for his rabid anti-Semitism. "He did not like the Jews because he believed they were warmongering, manipulative, and alien," writes Neil Baldwin. A pacifist, Ford blamed the First World War on "German-Jewish bankers." In the 1920s, he published The Dearborn Independent, which featured notorious articles such as "The International Jew: The World's Problem." In 1938, he became the first American recipient of a Nazi award bestowed upon non-Germans. Baldwin details Ford's views and activities and also describes the phenomenon of anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Henry Ford once declared, infamously, "History is more or less the bunk." His descendents seem to disagree. "Beginning with Henry Ford II," writes Baldwin, "succeeding generations of Fords have sought to put an end to Henry Ford's dark legacy" by supporting Israel and Jewish charities. Their actions bear out what one Jewish newspaper said in response to Ford in 1920: "We are firm in our belief that stupidity cannot triumph." --John Miller [via]
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Hope Against Hopeby Nadezhda MandelshtamISBN 1860466354 (1-86046-635-4)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Lettersby Richard HackISBN 1893224643 (1-893224-64-3)
Softcover, New Millennium Entertainment
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Joan of Arc: In Her Own Wordsby Joan, Willard R. TraskISBN 1885983085 (1-885983-08-5)
Softcover, Turtle Point Pr
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Kundun: A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lamaby Mary CraigISBN 1887178910 (1-887178-91-0)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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The Last Leopardby David GilmourISBN 1860462219 (1-86046-221-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Lenten Landsby Douglas H. GreshamISBN 0002159562 (0-00-215956-2)
Hardcover, Collins
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Lenten Lands: My Childhood With Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewisby Douglas H. GreshamISBN 0025455702 (0-02-545570-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Letter from New York: Bbc Woman's Hour Broadcastsby Helene HanffISBN 1856950069 (1-85695-006-9)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Louis XIVby Vincent CroninISBN 1860460925 (1-86046-092-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Mahlerby Michael KennedyISBN 0028713672 (0-02-871367-2)
Softcover, Music Sales Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mahler'Book summary:Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses. Unlike other composer biographies that focus narrowly on the music, this series explores the personal history of each composer and the social context surrounding the music. In a precise, engaging, and authoritative manner, each volume combines a vivid portrait of the master musicians' inspirations, influences, life experiences, even their weaknesses, with an accessible discussion of their work--all in roughly 300 pages. Further, each volume offers superb reference material, including a detailed life-and-times chronology, a complete list of works, a glossary highlighting the important people in the composer's life, and a select bibliography. Under the supervision of music expert and series general editor Stanley Sadie , Master Musicians will certainly proceed to delight music scholars, serious musicians, and all music lovers for another hundred years.
In this revised edition, Michael Kennedy has drawn on new documentary evidence which has enabled him to give a much fuller account of Mahler's childhood and youth, and of his years as an opera conductor in Cassel, Prague, Leipzig, Budapest, Hamburg, and Vienna. All Mahler's works are discussed, and the latest research on the Eighth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde has been incorporated. [via]More editions of Mahler:
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practiceby Christopher HitchensISBN 185984054X (1-85984-054-X)
Softcover, Verso Books
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Mister God, This Is Annaby FynnISBN 0002155192 (0-00-215519-2)
Hardcover, Collins
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Anna was only four years old when Fynn found her on London's fog-shrouded docks. He took her back to his mother's home, and from that first moment, their times together were filled with delight and discovery. Anna had an astonishing ability to ask--and to answer--life's largest questions. Her total openness and honesty amazed all who knew her. She seemed to understand with uncanny certainty the purpose of being, the essence of feeling, the beauty of love. You see, Anna had a very special friendship with Mister God. . . . [via]More editions of Mister God, This Is Anna:
Molly Pitcher Young Patriotby Augusta StevensonISBN 0020420404 (0-02-042040-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Morrissey: Scandal & Passionby David BretISBN 1861057873 (1-86105-787-3)
Softcover, Anova Books
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Mozart's Last Year/1791by Landon H.C. RobbinsISBN 0028725921 (0-02-872592-1)
Hardcover, Gale / Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mozart's Last Year/1791'Book summary:When Haydn left on a concert tour to London in December 1790, Mozart said farewell forever, and most people assumed it was Haydn's health that he was worried about. As we know now, the elder composer was to live for almost two decades more; Mozart, a single year. It was to be a year in which he wrote The Magic Flute, La Clemenza di Tito, and the Clarinet Concerto, as well as most of the Requiem; it was also a year of mounting disappointment in his career as part of the Viennese musical establishment, and a year of growing debt. Robbins Landon is keen to debunk the myths: Mozart was not poisoned ,but died of progressive kidney failure, and Salieri was innocent of his death, though not of promoting his own career at Mozart's expense. Landon defends Mozart's wife, Constanze, against the libels of biographers, though at times his portrait of comfortable bourgeois monogamy sounds like special pleading and overlaps with hints of conscientious bohemian racketiness. This is a wonderful portrait of a great artist and the city where he lived; in passing, Landon tells us everything we need to know about musical life, Masonry, and the truth about that pauper's grave. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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Nancy:the Life of Lady Astor: The Life of Lady Astorby Christopher SykesISBN 0002114852 (0-00-211485-2)
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Ngaio Marsh: A Lifeby Margaret LewisISBN 1890208051 (1-890208-05-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ngaio Marsh: A Life'Book summary:Ngaio Marsh, a died-in-the-wool New Zealander, wrote more than thirty polished, quintessentially English detective novels between 1934 and 1982, the year of her death. How did she, in some senses an outsider, do it? To say would give away the story of her life, better read in these pages than told. But those who have already met her elegant sleuth Roderick Alleyn know he, too, kept his footing in diverse plots, managing the local idiom whether crime cracking in Britain, on the continent, or in New Zealand.
Marsh's talent was as varied as her heritage. A gifted artist, a spirited dramatist, actress, and producer, her crime fiction embraces her triple interests. Scotland Yard's Alleyn is named for famous Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn.
His wife, Agatha Troy, is a talented artist. Nearly all Marsh's novels reference one of Shakespeare's plays. Many are set in the worlds of art and theater. Most are conceived with the dramatist's eye, a keen one, as her high honors for mystery and her work in the theater attest.
Biographer Margaret Lewis explores these diverse worlds and the rich harvest of Marsh's long life. Lively, acute, sympathetic, she paints a well balanced portrait of a woman leading a single life who was never alone nor lonely, an Edwardian who followed her muses in a thoroughly modern manner, and a writer who, while invincibly Colonial, celebrated England's Golden Age of mystery as royally as its other Queens of Crime.
Our publication is timely given St. Martin's Press' commitment to republish all of the Ngaio Marsh mystery books in Dead Letter paperbacks. [via]More editions of Ngaio Marsh: A Life:
Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a Man to Match His Mountainsby Eknath EaswaranISBN 1888314001 (1-888314-00-1)
Softcover, Nilgiri Pr
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The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newtonby Joyce McPherson, Tad CrispISBN 1882514505 (1-882514-50-5)
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A Piece of the Mountain: The Story of Blaise Pascalby Joyce McPhersonISBN 1882514173 (1-882514-17-3)
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Puppermaster: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hooverby Richard HackISBN 1893224872 (1-893224-87-2)
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Pushkin: A Biographyby T.J. BinyonISBN 0002150840 (0-00-215084-0)
Hardcover, HarperCollinsPublishers
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Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate Historyby Robert E. SherwoodISBN 1929631049 (1-929631-04-9)
Softcover, Enigma Books
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Siddhartaby Hermann HesseISBN 9872074828 (987-20748-2-8)
Softcover, LA Marca Editura
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddharta'Book summary:Spanish Edition SIDDHARTA by Herman Hesse 2002 Softcover 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches 94 pages Arenal publishers [via]
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Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 9706660739 (970-666-073-9)
Softcover, Grupo Editorial Tomo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddhartha'Book summary:Novela de aprendizaje espiritual del hijo de un brahman. Se trata mas de una novela de evolucion interior que de una novela de accion. A traves del encuentro con diferentes personajes, asistimos al desarrollo personal del protagonista hacia la pureza espiritual y la paz interior. [via]
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Siegfried Sassoon: (1886-1967)by John Stuarts RobertsISBN 1860661769 (1-86066-176-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Soul of the Lion: A Biography of General Josua L. Chamberlainby Willard M. WallaceISBN 1879664011 (1-879664-01-1)
Softcover, Stan Clark Military Books
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The Spirit of St. Louisby Charles Augustus LindberghISBN 188528313X (1-885283-13-X)
Hardcover, Adventure Library
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The Starship and the Canoeby Kenneth BrowerISBN 0030391962 (0-03-039196-2)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the Worldby Justin MarozziISBN 000711611X (0-00-711611-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World'Book summary:A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405), the last master nomadic power, one of history's most extreme tyrants ever, and subject of Marlowe's play. Marozzi travelled in the footsteps of the great Mogul Emperor of Samarkland to write this wonderful book which is part history, part travelogue. The name of the last great warlord immediately conjures up images of mystery and romance: medieval wafare on desert plains; the clash of swords on snow-clad mountain; the charge of elephants across the steppes of Asia; the legendary opulence and cruelty of the illiterate, chess-playing nemesis of Asia. He ranks alongside Alexander as one of the world's great conquerors, yet the details of his life are scarcely known in the West. He was not born to a distinguished family, nor did he find his apprenticeship easy -- at one point his mobile army consisted only of himself, his wife, seven companions and four horses -- but his dominion grew with astonishing rapidity. In the last two decades of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the fifteenth, he blazed through Asia. Cities were razed to the ground, inhabitants tortured without mercy, sometimes enemies were buried alive -- more commonly they were decapitated. On the ruins of Baghdad, Tamerlane had his princes erect a pyramid of 90,000 heads. During his lifetime he sought to foster a personal myth, exaggerating the difficulties of his youth, laying claim to supernatural powers and a connection to Genghis Khan. This myth was maintained after his death in legend, folklore, poetry, drama and even opera, nowhere more powerfully than in Marlowe's play -- he is now as much a literary construct as a historical figure. Tamerlane and his armies swept through country after country, sacking great cities and imposing his order on the vast steppes of Asia. Justin Marozzi follows in his path and evokes his legacy in telling the tale of this fabulously cruel, magnificent and romantic warrior. [via]
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Tito: And the Rise and Fall of Yugoslaviaby Richard WestISBN 185619437X (1-85619-437-X)
Hardcover, Sinclair-Stevenson
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Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church Historyby Richard M. HannulaISBN 1885767544 (1-885767-54-4)
Softcover, Canon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History'Book summary:"Thus says the LORD: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls"(Jer. 6:16). Christianity is a faith in love with history. God took on human flesh and dwelt among us. The Spirit carried that divine work over the centuries, providing courage and maturity even amid our imperfections.
Christians find their true family line not through tribes and ethnic blood but in the bond of faithfulness and shed blood that has united our family for millennia. We too often view Church history as the story of obscure aliens instead of the lives of brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers.
In this collection of forty-six brief biographies for children, Hannula sketches the stirring trials and triumphs of many famous and some lesser known figures in our family of faithincluding Augustine, Charlemagne, Anselm, Luther, Bunyan, and C.S. Lewis. Through them we can begin to enjoy the old paths and find rest for our souls. [via]More editions of Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History:
We Die Aloneby David HowarthISBN 1885283067 (1-885283-06-7)
Hardcover, Adventure Library
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White Stains - Anais Nin & Friendsby C.J. ScheinerISBN 1897767110 (1-897767-11-0)
Hardcover, Delectus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Stains - Anais Nin & Friends'Book summary:This collection of six sensual, yet explicit short stories is thought to have been written for an Oklahoma oil millionaire, Roy M. Johnson. Anais Nin is said to have paid a dollar per page to produce typescripts of explicit erotica for his own private amusement. In 'Alice' a couple spying on another couple screwing in a public park become involved in a steamy group sex scene. In 'Florence', a New York office girl enjoys sex for the first time sleeping with two men in quick succession! In 'Memories' a man recounts his youth and his teenage initiation into sex by a variety of older women.
This facsimile reproduction also contains an explicit sex manual, Love's Cyclopaedia, originally published with the stories. The intorduction by Dr. C.J. Schiener tells the story of the book's first clandestine edition by New York publisher Samuel Roth during the 1940s and all the evidence for attributing this anonymous work to Anais Nin. [via]
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Las Claves De Egipto/ The Keys of Egyptby Lesley Adkins, Roy AdkinISBN 8483063638 (84-8306-363-8)
Hardcover, Debate Editorial
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Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Dolor Y Pasionby Andrea KettenmannISBN 3822865486 (3-8228-6548-6)
Softcover, Oceano De Mexico
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La Invencion De La Soledad / the Invention of Solitudeby Paul AusterISBN 8433920979 (84-339-2097-9)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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Matar a Pablo Escobarby Mark Bowden, Claudio MolinariISBN 8479017651 (84-7901-765-1)
Hardcover, RBA Libros, S.A.
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Patti Smithby Victor Bockris, Jesus Llorente SanjuanISBN 8439703759 (84-397-0375-9)
Softcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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Siddhartaby Hermann Hesse, Carmen GrossiISBN 9681501225 (968-15-0122-5)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex
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Stan & Ollie. Las raices de la comedia/ Stan & Ollie. The Roots of Comedy: La doble vida de Laurel y Hardy/ The Double Life of Laurel and Hardyby Simon LouvishISBN 8495602563 (84-95602-56-3)
Softcover, T & B Editores
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Georgia O'Keeffe : 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desertby Britta BenkeISBN 3822858617 (3-8228-5861-7)
Hardcover, Taschen America, LLC
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Geschichte Eines Deutschen: Die Erinnerungen 1914-1933by Sebastian HaffnerISBN 3421054096 (3-421-05409-6)
Hardcover, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt
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Geschichte eines Deutschen. Kultur und Geschichte: Band 30848by Sebastian HaffnerISBN 3423308486 (3-423-30848-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Geschichte eines Deutschen. Kultur und Geschichte: Band 30848'Book summary:"Der Ausbruch des vorigen Weltkrieges, mit dem mein bewusstes Leben wie mit einem Paukenschlag einsetzt, traf mich, wie er die meisten Europäer traf: In den Sommerferien. Um es gleich zu sagen, die Zerstörung dieser Ferien war das ärgste, was mir der ganze Krieg persönlich antat."
1939: Sebastian Haffner blickt zurück auf den ersten Weltkrieg, während der Zweite kurz bevorsteht. Die Zerstörung seiner geliebten Ferien auf dem Gut in Hinterpommern kommt ihm in den Kopf. Rigoros und mit feinster Ironie auf diese kleinen, individuellen Widrigkeiten verweisend, macht Haffner umso genauer das rücksichtslose Vorgehen eines Staates deutlich, der ihn schon wieder -- unter furchtbaren Drohungen -- zwingen will, seine Freunde abzulegen, eine vorgeschriebene Gesinnung anzunehmen, anders zu grüßen, als er es gewohnt ist und seine Person zu lebensgefährlichen Aktionen zur Verfügung zu stellen, die er vehement ablehnt. Haffners Geschichte eines Deutschen, ein Überraschungserfolg, schildert den Kampf eines "Nichtkämpfers" um die Bewahrung seiner Persönlichkeit und seiner privaten Ehre.
Diese Geschichtsstunde über Moralität und Integrität, die zum Pflichtprogramm werden sollte, ist nun auf vier CDs erschienen, von Schauspieler Walter Kreye mit seltener Einfühlsamkeit vorgetragen. In den beiden Booklets findet sich, der Lesung vorangestellt, zusätzlich ein Prolog. Den Abschluss des 300-minütigen Erinnerungswerkes bildet ein fast einstündiges Interview, das der Hessische Rundfunk im Jahr 1993 ausstrahlte. Danach haben Sie einen wirklich großen Deutschen kennen gelernt! Lesung, Spieldauer ca. 300 Minuten, 4 CDs. --Ravi Unger [via]
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Heller Als Tausend Sonnen: D. Schicksal D. Atomforscherby Robert JungkISBN 3499166291 (3-499-16629-1)
Hardcover, Rowohlt
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Hermann Hesse RomaneISBN 3150088127 (3-15-008812-7)
Hardcover, P. Reclam
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Speer: Eine Biographieby Joachim C. FestISBN 3828600638 (3-8286-0063-8)
Hardcover, Alexander Fest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Speer: Eine Biographie'Book summary:Biographien zu Nazi-Größen gibt es viele, warum also diese hier besonders hervorheben? Zunächst, weil ihr Gegenstand Albert Speer eine Ausnahme innerhalb der Hitler-Gefolgsleute darstellt, denn Speer war kein reiner Opportunist wie viele andere Nazi-Oberen und hatte zudem eine tiefgehende persönliche Beziehung zu Hitler. Zum anderen, weil das Buch selbst in hervorragender Form Speers Lebensrätsel auf den Grund geht.
Speers Laufbahn begann als Architekt für die NSDAP, wo er rasch zum Liebling des baubegeisterten Hitler wurde. Bis heute ist Speer vor allem durch seine in nazi-typischer "Despotenarchitektur" entworfenen Gebäude bekannt, weswegen ihn die Nachkriegs-Öffentlichkeit eher selten mit nationalsozialistischen Terrortaten verband.
Doch bereits als "Generalbauinspektor" war Speer in Verbrechen verwickelt. Belegt ist die Beteiligung von Speers Behörde an der Umsiedlung von Juden und die Kenntnis des Amtschefs hierüber. Ein krasser Gegensatz zu früheren Äußerungen Speers, in denen er von den Verbrechen der Nazis nichts gewußt zu haben vorgab. Ab 1942 brachte Speer als Rüstungsminister dann die deutsche Wirtschaft unter Ausbeutung von Zwangsarbeitern auf Kriegskurs.
Zu den Unerklärlichkeiten in Speers Leben gehört seine Verweigerung des "Nero-Befehls" 1945, mit dem Hitler den Alliierten nur zerstörtes Land hinterlassen wollte. Dies und seine Übernahme einer "Gesamtverantwortung" ersparten Speer vermutlich das Todesurteil im Nürnberger Kriegsverbrecherprozeß und brachten ihm statt dessen 20 Jahre Inhaftierung ein.
Fest gelingt es, Speers "merkwürdig ungereimten Charakter" zu erfassen und diese "ambivalente Figur" nachzuzeichnen. Er offenbart eine Persönlichkeit, die gleichermaßen intelligent und realitätsnah wie schwärmerisch war. Sein Realitätsbezug war es wohl auch, der Speer 1966 in den Gesprächen mit Joachim Fest gewisse Dinge schlicht "vergessen" ließ und der die so entstandenen "Erinnerungen" in ein trübes Licht rückte. Fest kann mit diesem Band nun eine wirklich tiefgehende Biographie Speers nachreichen. --Joachim Hohwieler [via]
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Francois Truffautby Antoine De Baecque, Serge ToubianaISBN 2070736296 (2-07-073629-6)
Hardcover, Gallimard
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Bonifacio VIII, I Caetani E La Storia Del Lazio: Atti Del Convegno Di Studi Storici Roma, Palazzo Caetani, 30 Novembre 2000, Latina, Palazzo M, 1 Dicembre 2000, Sermoneta, Castello Caetani, 2 Dicembre 2000by Fondazione Camillo Caetani, Richard Gilly NixonISBN 0000000000 (0-00-000000-0)
Hardcover, L'Erma Di Bretschneider
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