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U.S.A: Dover Publications, 1996. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright and clean green and yellow wrapper, designed by Teresa Delgado, slight wear to cover edges, soundly bound. Internals have notes and underlining, lots, in first half of book, still clear and quite readable. In addition to the title work, which many critics consider Kafka's most perfect work, this collection includes "The Judgment", "In the Penal Colony", " A Country Doctor", and A Report to an Academy. Stanley Applebaum provides an excellent new English translation of the stories and a brief Note placing them within Kafka's oeuvre. Kafka's works explore the anxiety, futility, and complexity of modern life. 88 pages. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. Dover Publications, USA, 1996.
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Unabridged)
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Tomorrow River
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U.S.A: Dutton/Penguin Group, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback 0First Printing. Hardcover Debut Novel and Jacket As New. Bound in black half cloth with gilt titles, blue-green boards, spotlessly clean, sound & tight, square with sharp corners. Internals immaculate. Jacket as new, not price-clipped. An eleven-year old girl, Shenny, tries to save her family as it falls apart when her mother disappears. Her father, who is a superior court judge, slips into drunkeness; her twin sister, Woody, stops speaking. All are rather isolated on their Virginia estate. When a remarriage is in the offing a year later and father is talking about sending Woody away, Shenny is desperate to find her mother before it's too late. Heartbreaking events continue to occur. Shenandoah (Shenny) is a spunky, brave, resourceful, heartbroken little girl you will love. 341 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Dutton/Penguin Group, USA 2010.
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KISSINGER
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USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Poor. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in FINE Condition with a Poor Jacket. Very clean and unmarked black cloth with red /gilt bold lettering on front and spine. Tight, solid sewn binding. Headbands intact. Photographic sections. Text block edges have faint spotting. Internals very clean and free from any markings, no creasing. White jacket with gold and red print is worn and ragged, but it has protected the book well. Now in clear archival protective cover. Henry Kissinger: A look at both the image and the reality, the free-wheeling global lion-tamer and the spotlight-shunning private individual. The authors trace the history of his early years in a hostile Germany; his emigration, family, education, and brilliant career at Harvard; and his progression, through four presidencies, from the fringes of governmental power to its very center. 6.5" x 9.5" tall. 577 pages with Sources and Index. 9.5 x 6.25 x 1.75 inches.…
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
by Kalish, Mildred Armstrong
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Bantam, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Bantam Dell, 2008. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover illustration by Ben Perini. Gently used book with light cover edge wear, clean and unmarked. Mildred Kalish's story of growing up on her grandparent's Iowa farm during the Great Depression (1929-1941). Not a tale of suffering but the story of a childhood that "built character, fed the intellect, and stirred the imagination. 8vo. 292 pages. 2008, Bantam Dell.
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New York: Bantam Books, 2007. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Edition Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Gently used book, clean and unmarked with slight wear around cover edges, tight & solid, square. Internlas as new. Mildred Kalish's story of growing uo on her grandparents' Iowa farm during the Great Depression. This is not a tale of suffering but the story of a childhood that "built character, fed the intellect, and stirred the imagination". Filled with stories of a family that gace its members a remarkable legacy of kinship, kindness, and remembered pleasures, and brimming with recipes and how-tos for everything from catching and skinning a rabbit to preparing homemade skin and hair beautifiers, apple cream pie and the world's best head cheese. 292 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 2007, Bantam Books, New York.
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Motiba's Tattoos: A Granddaughter's Journey Into Her Indian Family's Past
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New York, New York, USA: Public Affairs/Perseus Books Group, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in NEAR FINE Condition. Book has Rem Mk on top edge, else Fine. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid volume. Maps and Family Tree by Anita Karl and Jim Kemp. Photographic Illustrations. Endpaper maps of British India, 1900. Mira Kamdar's journey into her family's past. When Motiba-grandmother in Gujarati-died, a whole world disappeared with her. She had geometric tattoos all over her face and forearms, mysterious signs from a lost era. Mira wondered what these symbols meant and why were they on her grandmother? And she began her journey down her hazy past. This is her journey, beginning in Motiba's birthplace, the village of Gokhlana in Kathiawar, India. 289 pages with Glossary and Notes.8.5 x 5.75 inches. Public Affairs/Perseus Books Group, New York, 2000.
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A Fine Red Rain (An Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mystery)
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New York: Ivy Books/Ballantine Publishing, 1988. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Ballantine Book Edition. Paperback in Good Condition. Inspector Rostnikov of Moscow solves mysteries and murders in spite of his peculiar handicaps imposed by police bureaucracy and KGB interference. Clean, solid, used book, clean cover with light edgewear, creases to spine, pages with no marks, no creases, in VG condition. 194 pages. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 1988, Ivy Books/Ballantine Publishing, New York.
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People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization (Cornell Paperbacks)
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Ithica, New York: Cornell University Press, 1990. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Published Cornell Paperbacks, 1990 by Cornell Uinversity Press. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. b/w illustrations. Bright and clean two-toned brown cover with white and brown titles, trace wear to extremities, if any, tight and solid glued binding. Former owner name on inside of front cover. Introductory pages up through table of contents slightly wavy along fore-edge, otherwise internals in Fine Condition. Michael Kammen examines how the distinctive American culture is the result of the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous, showing how, during the years of colonization, some ideas and institutions were transferred virtually intact from Britain, while simultaneously others were being transformed in the New World. He helps the reader to see that unresolved contradictions in the American experience have created a national…
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American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change and the 20th Century
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New York: Basic Books, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean and unmarked pictorial wraps, tight & solid, bare whisper of wear to corners. An important commentary on the often conflicting way Americans understand and define the 20th century changing culture--the changing tastes, uses of leisure time, the emergence of mass cuture, commercialization, influence of advertising and standard products, separation of youth and adult cultures, commercialization of organized entertainment, television and its influence on mass culture and consumerism,.320 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. 1999, Basic Books, New York
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Growing Up In America: The Inside Story
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Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Enterprises, 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright, clean, glossy card cover; faint line on lower corner of illustration on front; slight corner wear. Tight glued binding. Interior is very clean and free from any markings, no creases. An accurate, poetic account of the author and his generation, the Baby Boomers--life, growing up in America. 404 pages. 6 x 9 inches. Lulu Enterprises, Morrisville, North Carolina, 2004.
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Growing Up in America: The Inside Story - An Autobiography and Mythic Adventure--Third Edition
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Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Enterprises, 2007. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Signed by Author. Signed by Author Signed by Author Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. 365 pages. Bright, clean, glossy card cover; very faint scratch line near spine; a bare touch of wear to front corners. Tight, solid glued binding, square. Internals are As New. This third edition of Growing Up in America, first published in 1985, provides an accurate, poetic account of the author and his generation, the Baby Boomers--life growing up in America. 365 pages. 6 x 9 inches. Lulu Enterprises, Morrisville, North Carolina, 2007.
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The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War
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Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, solid, unmarked volume with slight wear to corners, and a few pages at the end have wrinkled tips to the corners. An in-depth analysis of the Middle East's historical and political evolution. It traces the influence of such factors as religion, culture and economics and clarifies many current events. 497 pp with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 6 x 9 x 1.5 inches. 2005, University of California Press, Berkeley, California
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Thoughts of God: A Novel
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New York: Ace Books, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright, clean, unmarked wraps with slight wear to extremities; tight, solid and square glued binding. Internals spotless, no creases, pages lightly toned. An unusual novel depicting earthly justice and cosmic vengeance, in a story of two modern day hunters- one a killer of innocent children and the other the vigilante who vows to take him down. But it is more, delving into the future, the past, even into the galaxies of the universe to recount otherworldy struggles for life and death. A thriller of a different sort--a metaphysical novel of murder. . 311 pages. 6.75 x 4 inches. 1999, Ace Books, New York.
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Passage Through El Dorado: Travelling the World's Last Great Wilderness
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USA: Avon Books, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Jonathan Kandell explores South America's heartland and finds cruelty and heroism, beauty and menace, as he travels from the petroleum rich fields of Peru to the cattle and cocaine of Bolivia, through inhospitable climate and terrain, piranhna infested waters, and dangerously unstable government bolstered by greed and corruption. The cast of characters includes hired gunmen, camp followers, cattle barons, narcotics czars, explorers and presidents, oil executives and road builders-- a remarkable modern-day odyssey. Clean cover with jungle photograph on front, orange and greens, bottom edge and spine hinge rubbed, spine lightly creased; glued binding tight and sound. Page block edges clean. Internals spotless, no creasing, pages toned. 312 pages with bibliography and index. 5.25 x 8 inches. Avon Books, New York, 1991.
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Running the Amazon
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U.S.A: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Fourth Printing Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. A firsthand account of the only expedition ever to travel the entire 4,200 mile Amazon River from its source high in the Andes to its union with the Atlantic Ocean. Kane introduces the reader to each of the explorers on the expedition, from Poland, Britain, Costa Rica, South Africa and the United States and the difficulties and challenges of such treacherous, but exotically beautiful, landscape. Very clean and unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners, in black half-cloth with red titles, gray boards, no wear to extremities. Rough cut. Internals also very clean, completely free of any markings. Unclipped, clean and bright jacket with light ruffling along upper edge and a touch of wear to upper front corner. 278 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf, Inc., New York, 1989.
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The Good German
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Picador/Henry Holt and Company, 2006. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback As New. Bright, clean, unmarked book, tight and solid. Now a Major Motion Picture. A story of espionage, love, and murder in a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war. The story is about an American correspondent who spent time in Berlin before WW II and has returned to write about the Allied triumph, and also to search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. 482 pages plus an Author Interview and Discussion Questions. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 2006, Picador/Henry Holt and Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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The Obamas
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New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Little, Brown and Company, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in pristine condition--As New. Spotless, solid volume. Collectible. Judy Kantor brings us inside the making of a presidency and first ladyhood, as the first couple grappled, politically and psychologically, with the mission they had taken on. 359 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 2012, Little, Brown and Company. ISBN10: 0316098752, ISBN13: 9780316098755
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Notes from New Zealand: A Book of Travel and Natural History
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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Pages age-toned, else Fine. Edward Kanze was enthralled by New Zealand's unique natural history ever since his first three eventful trips, as is seen in his diary-like narrative recounting his experiences as he searched and explored for the elusive native species of these isolated islands--flightless birds, tail-wagging frogs, the homely tuatara, as welll as the striking land-forms. A unique exploration of New Zealand. 236 pages with index. 5 x 8 inches. 1993, Henry Holt Co., New York.
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The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
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USA: Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Fine red half cloth with gilt titles, black boards, spotless, tight & solid, square, internals as new. Eight pages of historic photos. A foremost military journalist, Fred Kaplan, tells of how a cadre of officers and civilians tried to rescue victory from defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan by using counterinsurgency into practice and revolutionize the army from within. It is an important addition to books about wars American has fought -continuing to fight - in the 20th -21st centuries. 418 pages with Notes and Index and List of People Interviewed. 2013, Simon & Schuster, USA
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Kinship Theory: A Novel
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U.S.A: Little Brown & Co, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket AS NEW. A moving story about surrogate pregnancy and motherhood, when a mother gives birth to her daughter's child. Kaplan portrays the emotional landscape of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances with sensitivity and depth. 277 pages. 9.75 x 6.25 inches. Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2001.
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