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Random House, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. In Very Good Condition , With Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - Brilliant Orator, Statesman & Writer, Abba Eban Reveals In Depth His Personal Life Story As Well As His Political Life Story & His Political Contribution Of The State Of Israel & Important Role On Contemporary Internat'l Affairs. He Frankly Describes Leading Statesman Of The Period, Gives Insight Into The Intricacies Of Diplomatic Manoeuvering, & Vividly Depicts The Ordeals & Achievements Of Modern Israel Since Its Establishment. Divided Childhood From Cambridge To Cairo 1934-40 The Road To Jerusalem 1941-45 The Break In The Clouds 1945-47 Present At The Birth 1947-48 The First Flush Of Statehood 1948-50 Story Of A Mission 1950-56 Explosion At Suez 1956-57 End Of A Mission: First Steps In Politics 1957-60 Seven Ministerial Years 1960-66 The Foreign Ministry 1966-67 Nasser Toward The… Read More

Marvel, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 23-15-4. New. 1St Edition Signed For More Information On Condition. Biography, Mothers And Sons

Penguin, 1984. Trade Paperback. As New. Like New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - This Highly Praised Book Uses Letters, Diaries, And Memoirs By Mongo Park, Richard Burton, David Livingstone, Henry Morton Stanley, And Others To Provide A Gripping Account Of The Search For The Source Of The Nile And Of The Colonialization Of Africa.

Cassel, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New - Unread - 1St Edition - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - Small In Stature, Red-Haired And Fiery Alan Was One Of The Most Easily Recognized Players Of His Generation. Fans On The Terraces And Teammates Immediately Took To His Whole-Hearted Enthusiasm And Never-Say-Die Attitude. Alan Is A Fighter-Whether Overcoming His Diminutive Size And Young Age To Become A Professional Soccer Player, To The Rejection He Repeatedly Faced As A Club Manager. Now Alan Faces The Toughest Battle Of Life. Both His Wife And Daughter Have Been Diagnosed With Cancer And He Is Being Challenged In Ways That The Public Can Only Imagine.

Ankeny, Iowa, Usa: Soil and Water Conservation Society, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Aldo Leopold: The Man And His Legacy

St Martins Pr, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New - Unread - 1St Edition - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. One Of The Most Important Literary Biographies Of Recent Times, This Is Not Only The Story Of One Of This Century's Greatest Writers, But The History Of Russia Itself. Already Featured In A Controversial New York Times Article, This Magisterial Biography Will Attract Attention Throughout The Literary World. 16-Page Photo Insert.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Like New, With Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. In This Brilliant, Groundbreaking Biography, Twenty Years In The Making, James H. Jones Presents A Moving And Even Shocking Portrait Of The Man Who Pierced The Veil Of Reticence Surrounding Human Sexuality. Jones Shows That The Public Image Alfred Kinsey Cultivated Of Disinterested Biologist Was In Fact A Carefully Crafted Public Persona. By Any Measure He Was An Extraordinary Man-And A Man With Secrets. Drawing Upon Never Before Disclosed Facts About Kinsey's Childhood, Jones Traces The Roots Of Kinsey's Scholarly Interest In Human Sexuality To His Tortured Upbringing. Between The Sexual Tensions Of The Culture And Kinsey's Devoutly Religious Family, Jones Depicts Kinsey Emerging From Childhood With Psychological Trauma But Determined To Rescue Humanity From The Emotional And Sexual Repression He Had… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton General Division, 1987. Paperback. New. 30-20-2. New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - Traces Bowie's Multifaceted Career, From His First Forays Into Commercial Music To His Status As A Respected Performer, And Provides Insight Into The Strange World Of Rock Music And Multimedia Entertaining

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Thomas Allen Publishers, 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. As New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ We All Have Memories Of Family Vacations: The Cross-Country Marathon Drive, The Camping Trip, A Couple Lazy Weeks At The Lake, A Helter-Skelter Month In Europe, Four Days In Disneyland. The Variations May Be Endless, But The Common Denominator Is That There Are Always Stories To Tell. The Family Vacation, With All Its Funny, Sad, Relaxing, Stressful, Frustrating, And Exhilarating Moments, Shapes Us, And Helps Us Create An Understanding Of Who We Are And Of Those We Travel With. In His Humourous New Book, Almost There, Award-Winning Writer Curtis Gillespie Explores The Meaning Of Our Family Vacations, The Memories Created By Them, And How We Use These Memories To Define Our Relationship With Our Families And Ourselves. Using His Own History Of Family Vacations As A Backdrop,… Read More

Dutton, 2017. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Like New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. The Explosive Memoir Of A Muslim American Fbi Agent Fighting Terror From The Inside It's No Secret That Federal Agencies Are Waging A Broad, Global War Against Terror. But For The First Time In This Memoir, An Active Muslim American Federal Agent Reveals His Experience Infiltrating And Bringing Down A Terror Cell In North America. A Longtime Undercover Agent, Tamer Elnoury Joined An Elite Counterterrorism Unit After September 11. Its Express Purpose Is To Gain The Trust Of Terrorists Whose Goals Are To Take Out As Many Americans In As Public And As Devastating A Way Possible. It's A Furious Race Against The Clock For Tamer And His Unit To Stop Them Before They Can Implement Their Plans. Yet As New As This War Still Is, The Techniques Are As Old As Time: Listen, Record, And Prove Terrorist Intent. Due To His Ongoing Work For… Read More

Crown, 2012. Soft cover. As New. In Very Good Used Condition For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - In 2008 Veteran Journalist Evan Wright, Acclaimed For His New York Times Bestselling Book Generation Kill And Co-Writer Of The Emmy-Winning Hbo Series It Spawned, Began A Series Of Conversations With Super-Criminal Jon Roberts, Star Of The Fabulously Successful Documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Those Conversations Would Last Three Years, During Which Time Wright Came To Realize That Roberts Was Much More Than The De-Facto "Transportation Chief" Of The Medellin Cartel During The 1980S, Much More Than A Facilitator Of A National Drug Epidemic. As Wright'S Tape Recorder Whirred And Roberts Unburdened Himself Of Hundreds Of Jaw-Dropping Tales, It Became Clear That Perhaps No One In History Had Broken So Many Laws With Such Willful Abandon. Roberts, In Fact, Seemed To Be A Prodigy Of Criminality - But One With A Remarkable Self-Awareness And A Fierce Desire To Protect… Read More

New York, New York, Usa: Pocket Books, 1983. Trade Paperback. As New. As New, An Unread Copy - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Canadian Edition Born in 1929 in Germany, Anne Frank spent two years of her life in astonishing circumstances: she was hidden with seven other people in a nest of rooms in Amsterdam. The Diary of a Young Girl Her diary tells of the life of a group of Jews waiting in fear of discovery by the Nazis. Yet within it, a tender love story slowly unfolds--from her shy avoidances of a young man named Peter to their incessant glances and fist kiss. Thus, her diary is not a lament but a song to life, no matter what the conditions, no matter what the threats.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Newest Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. Signed - As New, An Unread Copy. - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Another Country: Writings By And About Henry Kreisel (Litopys Ukrains'koi Povstans'koi Armii)

Boston, Massachusetts, Usa: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. Soft cover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. Pencil Notes Throughout. With Minor Wear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Riverside Editions) 1956 A spiritual autobiography by John Henry Cardinal Newman. The book explores the depths and nature of Christianity with flowing prose and a conversational style that has ensured its status as a classic. It is far more than a vigorous defense of religious adherence; it is an affirmation of faith and conviction, a projection of a magnetic and powerful personality, and a dynamic account of spiritual conversion. Written in response to criticisms of Newman's religious opinions, and it provides a history of his religious views. Newman was a recognized spiritual leader for over thirty years when he wrote the "Apologia" in 1864. It has been described as one of the most influential religious… Read More

Reed International Books, 1996. Soft cover. As New. As New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Australia's Greatest Storyteller Gives You His Most Powerful And Passionate Story Yet. April Fool's Day Is A Celebration Of The Love Bryce And Benita Courtenay Feel For Their Son Damon Who Died Tragically From Medically Acquired Aids On The First Of April 1991, At Age 24.

McGill Queens Univ, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Signed By Editor C. Stuart Houston And By Commentary By I.S. Maclaren. - New - Unread - 1St Edition - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To The Edges Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - Back's Journal Is Particularly Valuable Because It Is The Only One That Records The Entire Expedition; Franklin Himself Relied On It For His Own Published Account Of The Journey. Both The Journal And Back's Earlier Notes Have Been Edited By Houston, Who Provides An Introduction And Extensive Annotations, As Well As Synopses Of The Frank Comments Regarding The Expedition Recorded In The Various Journals Of The Hudson's Bay Fur Trade Posts. I.S. Maclaren's Commentary On Back's Paintings Reveals A Midshipman-Artist Of Exceptional Talent. Conversant With The Artistic Conventions And Aesthetic Temper Of His Age, Back Used His Sketch-Books Not Only To Depict The Expedition's Progress But Also To Capture… Read More

Holt Paperbacks, 1999. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. As New. Like New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - Nuala O'faolain Attracted A Huge Amount Of Critical Praise And A Wide Audience With The Literary Debut Of "Are You Somebody?" Her Midlife Exploration Of Life's Love, Pain, Loneliness, And Self- Discovery Won Her Fans Worldwide Who Write And Tell Her How Her Story Has Changed Their Lives. There Are Thousands Who Have Yet To Discover This Extraordinary Memoir Of An Irish Woman Who Has Stepped Away From The Traditional Roles To Define Herself And Find Contentment. They Will Make This Paperback A Long-Selling Classic.

New Directions, 1975. Soft cover. Fine. 23-16-3. In Very Good Condition Vintage Name Inside Front Cover For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos "The Moment Of Takeoff Was Ecstatic...Joy. We Left The Ground-I With Christian Mantras And A Great Sense Of Destiny, Of Being At Last On My True Way After Years Of Waiting And Wondering..." With These Words, Dated October 15. 1968, The Late Father Thomas Merton Recorded The Beginning Of His Fateful Journey To The Orient. His Travels Led Him From Bangkok, Through India To Ceylon, And Back Again To Bangkok For His Scheduled Talk At A Conference Of Asian Monastic Orders. There He Unequivocally Reaffirmed His Christian Vocation. His Last Journal Entry Was Made On December 8, 1968, Two Days Before His Untimely, Accidental Death. Amply Illustrated With Photographs He Himself Took Along The Way And Fully Indexed, The Book Also Contains A Glossary Of Asian Religious Terms, A Preface By The Indian Scholar Amiya Chakravarty, A Foreword And… Read More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Random House Canada, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ As Commander Of The International Space Station, Chris Hadfield Captivated The World With Stunning Photos And Commentary From Space. Now, In His First Book, Chris Offers Readers Extraordinary Stories From His Life As An Astronaut, And Shows How To Make The Impossible A Reality. Chris Hadfield Decided To Become An Astronaut After Watching The Apollo Moon Landing With His Family On Stag Island, Ontario, When He Was Nine Years Old, And It Was Impossible For Canadians To Be Astronauts. In 2013, He Served As Commander Of The International Space Station Orbiting The Earth During A Five-Month Mission. Fulfilling This Lifelong Dream Required Intense Focus, Natural Ability And A Singular Commitment To "Thinking Like An Astronaut." In An Astronaut'S Guide To Life On Earth, Chris… Read More

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Dempster + Craig Books, 2014. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. As New, An Unread Copy - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Authors Family Memoir, At Home In Old Strathcona