Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Zeno's

New York. 1982. Atheneum. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0689112602. 334 pages. hardcover. The portrait on the front of the jacket, by Nicholas Hilliard, is of the third Earl of Southampton, and is reproduced by Permission of the Fitzwilliam Museum. keywords: Shakespeare Literary Criticism . FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘When Shakespeare wrote, Two loves I have,' reader, he was not kidding.' This shrewd critical observation of John Berryman's serves as a rubric for The Book Known as Q, Robert Giroux's new study of the 1609 quarto volume which he calls ‘one of the most famous, and mysterious, books in the history of publishing.' Why did its publication meet with almost total silence? Why was there no second edition? Why did it go underground for one hundred years? Was Shakespeare horrified by its publication, as W. H. Auden was convinced? Robert Giroux approaches these questions as a book publisher himself, a publisher of poets, and a longtime student of Shakespeare. The… Read More

New York. 1976. Seabury Press. 1st American Edition. Trace Of Remains Of A Price Sticker On Front Free Endpaper, Otherwise Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0816493049. Translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger & Wilfrido Corral. 149 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Tim McKeen . keywords: Literature Translated Mexico Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Sr. Lopez Portillo has written two richly mythic, imaginative works- Don Q and Quetzalcoatl. DON Q is a fictional ‘memoir' narrated by a young lawyer named Pepe Seco of things told to him by the mysterious philosopher Don Q. But the reader soon discovers that Don 0's memoirs are actually a series of meditations on the human condition and the fate of man. Don Q is variously identified as the cousin of Antoine de Saint-ExupEry, later as a nephew of either Antonio Machado or Miguel de Unamuno. It is also possible that he is Don Quixote, or the god-man Quetzalcoatl. Lopez Portillo's work blends such varied moods as those… Read More

Berkeley . 2006. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0520249747. Copublished with Saqi Books. 256 pages. hardcover. keywords: History Middle East al Queda Politics Terrorism. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Drawing on unparalleled access to Osama bin Laden and his key associates, journalist Abdel Bari Atwan gives an incisive and timely account, the clearest we have so far, of the rise of the notorious terrorist organization, al Qaeda. In this lively narrative, the author establishes what al Qaeda is or has become, what it wants, what its capabilities are, and how the West can answer its complaints and challenges. The only Western-based journalist to have spent time with Osama bin Laden, Atwan begins with an engrossing personal record of his 1996 trip to visit al Qaeda's founder and guide at his Tora Bora hideout. He takes an in-depth look at bin-Laden, presenting a nuanced portrait of the man and a description of his development as the prime exponent of jihad today.… Read More

Brownsville. 1990. Story Line Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0934257434. 244 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Only surviving novel by poet, painter and composer, written in late 1930s and never before published. A satire of academia that finds a young professor struggling to find his place in a small Midwestern university. inventory #25223 ISBN: 0934257434.

Columbia. 1989. Readers International. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0930523695. Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. 192 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated Argentina Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A sequel to Soriano's acclaimed novel A FUNNY DIRTY LITTLE WAR. Two performers past their prime come to a provincial town to open a local festival. Strangers to each other, this punch-drunk boxer and off-the-charts tango singer become loyal friends, even unto death. inventory #13431 ISBN: 0930523695.

New York. 1977. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With A Little Water-Staining on the Interior Near the Bottom Spine . 0374125236. 335 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. keywords: Literature America Vietnam War. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is the war Walter Cronkite never told us about. Philip Dosier's narrative begins in 1967 on a hillside ground to dust, overlooking the Michelin Rubber Plantation near Tayninh City. It is a tale of grueling, backbreaking work, sensitive camaraderie and loss, as seen from the tops of armored personnel carriers, from olive-drab base camps and muddy ambushes. It teems with noisy machinery, easy obscenities, and abundant marijuana. nosier meets the winners, the losers, and every notch in between the John Waynes, the sly gallows' humorists, the suicidal ‘I-don't-cares,' the dumb guys that never seem to last (all of them armed to the teeth) , and the camp followers on Hondas. He is caught up in… Read More

New York. 1970. May 1970. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket That Shows Some Internal Water-staining. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. 561 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by S. Neil Fujita . keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - QUARUP is the most important work to date of the distinguished and courageously outspoken Brazilian novelist-playwright-journalist whose reportage, especially his writing for one of the hemisphere's great newspapers, 0 Jornal do Brasil, ‘bears witness' in the words of the TLS ‘to qualities of intelligence and integrity and to exceptionally high standards in the gathering of information'-an integrity and authority that make his rich, crowded portrayal of a nation in turmoil as trustworthy as it is novelistically, poetically, and humanly brilliant. QUARUP is set in the recent past: from the Vargas years through the military coup of March 31, 1964. The protagonist is a… Read More

New York. 1986. Penguin Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140079580. Paperback Original. 203 pages. paperback. Cover: Jacque Tremblay. keywords: Literature Canada Anthology Quebec Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - INTIMATE STRANGERS opens a timely window on the literature of Quebec. For this anthology, Matt Cohen and Wayne Grady have selected works by the new generation of Quebec writers and have amassed an impressive record of the diverse riches of the contemporary Quebecois short story. Through these stories, which are laced with humour, elements of the supernatural urban paranoia, and the vagries of 'liberated love', the reader is introduced to the unexpected kaleidoscope of themes and styles. From Louise Maheux-Forcier's elegantly experimental gems, to Victor-Levy Beaulieu's hilarious modern send-up of a traditional folktale and Francois Barcelo's witty satire about the collision of the male unconscious with the new feminism, these highly imaginative and… Read More

New York. 1999. March 1999. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670869988. 232 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Jae W. Song. keywords: Egypt Women History. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In the tradition of her intriguing Hatchepsut, Joyce Tyldesley rescues another female ruler from the shadows of history c. 1350 b.c.: Queen Nefertiti (literally 'a beautiful woman has come'). We know her from the exquisite painted bust in the Berlin Museum, discovered in 1912, which has made her ancient Egypt's most recognizable queen and a symbol of her country's history. Until now, however, she has remained largely unknown and unrecognized for her contributions to Egyptian society. Wife of Akhenaten, the monotheistic pharaoh, adored by her family, blessed by the sun god, and worshiped by her people, Nefertiti suddenly and completely vanished from the record. Was she banished by her husband or raised to rule as his equal? Did she reign, under another name, in her own right? Could she… Read More

New York. 2004. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0375814671. 470 pages. hardcover. keywords: Children's Books YA. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Aly's adventure continues. No longer a slave, Alanna's daughter is now spying as part of an underground rebellion against the colonial rulers of the Copper Isles. The people in the rebellion believe that a prophecy in which a new queen will rise up to take the throne is about to be realized. Aly is busy keeping the potential teenage queen and her younger siblings safe, while also keeping her in the dark about her future. But Aly, who is usually adept at anticipating danger and changes, is in for a few nasty surprises. inventory #46172 ISBN: 0375814671.

New York. 2003. May 2003. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1400060494. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. 245 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Brad Foltz. keywords: Literature Mystery Russia Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Moscow, May 1876: What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police thinks, but still he finds it curious enough to send the newest member of the division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible charm, to the Alexander Gardens precinct for more information. Fandorin is not satisfied with the conclusion that this is an open-and-shut case, nor with the preliminary detective work the precinct has done -- and for good reason: The bizarre and tragic suicide is soon connected to a clear case of murder, witnessed firsthand by Fandorin.… Read More

New York. 2000. Simon & Schuster. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 068484558x. 317 pages. hardcover. keywords: Pink Dolphins Amazon Nature Animals Science. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Sy Montgomery ventured into the Amazon to unlock the mysteries of the littleknown pink dolphins, she found ancient whales that plied the Amazon River at dawn and dusk, swam through treetops in flooded forests, and performed underwater ballets with their flexible bodies. But she soon found out that to know the botos, as the dolphins are locally called, you must also know the people who live among them. And so in Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Montgomery-part naturalist, part poet, part Indiana Jones-winds her way through watery tributaries and riverside villages, searching for botos and hearing the tales of locals who believe these ethereal dolphins are shape-shifters-creatures that emerge from the water as splendidly dressed men or women only to enchant their human onlookers, capture their souls, and then… Read More

New York. 2000. February 2000. Simon & Schuster. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684855151. 207 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Robert Kester. keywords: Biography America History Lincoln. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Brash and skeptical when she first came to the Unites States in the 1950s, Jan Morris cast a decidedly dubious eye on the saintly image of Abraham Lincoln and the log-cabin-to-the-White-House legend that surrounded him. Renowned on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the finest writers on history and travel in this century, Morris is part of the long tradition of foreigner observers who are able to illuminate America for Americans. In Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest, she looks at Lincoln with her singular perspective, and the result is a historical journey free of sentiment and nostalgia. Morris has not only traveled wherever Lincoln traveled, from his alleged log cabin birthplace to the box in Ford's Theater where he was assassinated, but she has willed herself into… Read More

New York. 1964. November 1964. Signet/New American Library. 1st Signet Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Worn Wrappers. 0451502736. Translated From The Spanish & With An Introduction By Walter Starkie. 1052 pages. paperback. CY273. keywords: Signet Classic Paperback Spain Translated Literature 16th Century 17th Century. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Here presented complete and unabridged, in the memorable Walter Starkie translation, is the epic tale of the most illustrious Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful, long - suffering squire, Sancho Panza. Their adventures in the picaresque world of sixteenth - century Spain form the basis of one of the great treasures of Western literature, both an immortal satire on an outdated chivalric code and a biting portrayal of an age in which nobility can be only a form of madness. Imbued with irrepressible comedy and superbly balanced irony, Don Quixote stands as the reflection of a vision ever rich in meaning and as the product of an artistry inexhaustible… Read More

Essex. 1985. Longman. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0582555752. 668 pages. hardcover. keywords: Shakespeare Reference Quotations. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Longman Guide to Shakespeare Quotations is an authoritative and reliable companion which leads the reader through Shakespeare's works through his own words. Over 2000 of the most memorable quotations from Shakespeare. Quotations are accompanied by brief commentaries which set the context. Each section forms a guide to the play. Quotations are in the order in which they appear, and the accompanying text takes the reader through the plot. inventory #207 ISBN: 0582555752.