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Brassey's US, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Fine red half cloth, black titles with navy boards; tight, solid and square, sharp corners; internals pristine. "In Embassies Under Siege, eyewitnesses present nine representative crises in vivid detail, examining the recurring challenges posed to diplomatic missions. The authors, all career Foreign Service officers, provide more than just… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Books, 2008. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Rear corner tips slightly wrinkled, else Fine. Clean, unmarked solid volume. A look at how the super-rich consistently rely on public handouts while preaching about free markets and wasteful entitlement programs--all the way to the bank.… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Regnery Publishing First Printing of First Paperback Edition, 2006. Paperbnack AS New. 222 pages. Bibliography. Notes. Index. 8vo. 2006, Regnery Publishing, Inc. ISBN10: 1596980214, ISBN13: 9781596980211

NBM Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Publisher: NBM Publishing, 2006. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Introduction by Ahmed Rashid. Graphic Novel. B/w illustrations. Red cloth back boards with yellow lettering on front and spine. Very clean and unmarked book, inside and out. Corner tips and spine… Read more about this item

New York & London: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2009. Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Fareed Zakaria describes the "rise of the rest"--the political and economic ascendance of countries such as China, India, Brarzil, Russia, South Africa, and Kenya.… Read more about this item

Oxford Univ Press, 2002. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library Hardcover Former Library Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Clean, tight, unmarked--only markings are library stamp on endpaper and text block, no cards or pockets---otherwise in fine condition. Jacket with painting of 'The quay of the Dolmabahce Place, Kaiser Wilhelm II, on a visit to Sultan… Read more about this item

USA: Penguin, 2008. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Seventh Revised and Updated Edition, 2008, with a new Introduction, for the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of Israel. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps, with a whisper of wear. Soundly bound, square. Pages toned, quite clean, ompletely unmarked. This… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. b/w illustrations and maps. An account of the forces--historical, religious, ethnic, and political--that produced Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. b/w illustrations and maps. He was president of Iraq from July 1979 to April 2003. The author says that… Read more about this item

Mechanicsburg, PA, USA: Stackpole Books, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. . Black paper-wrapped boards with copper titles to spine, clean with some darkened areas like from fingerprints; tight, solid and square binding, sharp corners. Red-orange endpapers have two small whitish spots… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Vintage Books/Random House, Inc, 1987. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A firsthand account of the Afghan Resitance to the Russian occupation of Afghanistan from 1979 into the 1980s. Clean and unmarked wraps in gold and burgundy, corners ruffled, slight wear to spine head,… Read more about this item

USA: Ivy Books/Ballantine Publishing, 1989. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Fulghum writes about life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow--the very "stuff of life" and the significance found in the smallest details. 196 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. Ivy House, USA, 1989.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Princeton Univ Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. This study reveals how much race-sensitive admissions increase the likelihood that African Americans will be admitted to selective universities and demonstrates what effect the termination of these policies would have… Read more about this item

USA: Penguin, 1995. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. First Printing of this Fifth Revised and Updated Edition. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked blue and gold cover, with slight edgewear, Soundly bound, square. Pages clean and unmarked, toned, a few are slightly creased on top edge. Prev… Read more about this item