History in a Changing World
Basil Blackwell, 1957. Hardcover. More
Basil Blackwell, 1957. Hardcover. More
Oxford University Press, USA, May 2003. Trade Paperback. One of the glorious triumvirate of World War II and founder of the strong Anglo-American friendship that is still apparent today, Winston Churchill stands out in history as a man who led his country through one of its most difficult times, with..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 1988. Trade Paperback. The third edition of Geoffery Blainey's highly acclaimed study on the causes of war has been expanded and updated to include a complete discussion of World War II and the road towards nuclear war. Analyzing all international wars since 1700, Causes of War..... More
Scholars Press, June 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Richard Rodgers was one of America's most prolific and best-loved composers. A world without My Funny Valentine, The Lady is a Tramp, Blue Moon, and Bewitched, to name just a few of the songs he wrote with Lorenz Hart, is scarcely imaginable, and..... More
Easton Press, 1978. Leather. Brown full leather cover with gilt lettering and design on spine and front and back covers; gilt page edges; tan/peach silk endpages in front and back, fading lightly at page perimeter; tan/gold satin ribbon bookmark; Easton Press bookplate personalized and affixed on inside of 2nd front..... More
Penguin Classics, February 2003. Trade Paperback. Nevill Coghill's masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer's fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral..... More
Doubleday Anchor, 1966. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. A Doubleday Anchor original. Paperback first edition. Darkened spine and cover margins with mild edgewear and creased to corners. [482 pages]. More
L'Universite de Saint-Etienne, January 2007. Soft Cover. 3 library stamps inside in red ink. Else very good+ all around. More
Plume, November 1997. Trade Paperback. The first-ever biography of this controversial rock legend chronicles his amazing career, deadly addictions, and enduring presence as one of the world's greatest popular composers and performers. He was the brains behind the innovative and phenomenally popular band The Who. He invented the rock opera..... More
McSweeney's, April 2003. Hardcover. Some light scrapes on the front cover. More
Harvard Common Pr, August 1986. Trade Paperback. slight crease along front cover near spine from reading; shelf wear/rubbing along top front and bottom front of cover near spine; slight shelf wear along top and bottom of spine; notable page yellowing. More
Published for the British Council by Longmans, Green, January 1962. Reprint. Stapled Magazine. Revised edition. 5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'; stapled pamphlet. Wrapper has four-inch split along the fold, bottom half. Else toning, mild soiling, and shelf wear. Previous owner's name stamp verso of front panel and at..... More
Dufor Editions, Inc., 1969. Hardcover. light creasing and a very small tear along front top of dust jacket; some corner bumping, esp. on top and cottom of spine and top front corner; pages clean and bright; tight binding. More
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949. Hardcover. Blue boards, frayed at top front corner and spine extremities. Small crack starting at bottom of front gutter. Still, binding is tight, text is clean. Solid reading copy. More
Oxford University Press, January 1985. Paper Back. Octavo. [203 pages]. More
NFS Press, January 1976. Oversize Softcover. Covers very lightly toned and shelfworn. More
Routledge, March 1973. Paper Back. Seeks to demonstrate that the study of English poetry is enriched by the insights of modern linguistic analysis, and that linguistic and critical disciplines are not separate but complementary. Examining a wide range of poetry, Professor Leech considers many aspects of poetic style, including the..... More
Yale University Press, November 2023. Hardcover. A new history of the American Jewish relationship with Israel focused on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights American Jews began debating Palestinian rights issues even before Israel's founding in 1948. Geoffrey Levin recovers the voices of American Jews..... More
Bloomsbury Publishing, April 2024. Hardcover. "This book is a rare comfort, a companion . . . Makes you say: yes, that is exactly how it is."-Torrey Peters A ferocious inquiry into art and desire, style and politics, madness and salvation, and coming of age in our volatile, image-obsessed present. You..... More
No publisher listed, 1954. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2') Darkened at spine. Tanned margins of cover. No markings within. No underlining. 30 pages. More
Houghton Mifflin, October 2001. Trade Paperback. This engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America's best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and phrases. From our metaphors for the Internet ("Virtual Rialto") to the perils of electronic..... More
PublicAffairs, May 2009. Hardcover. "There has never been," Nunberg writes, "an age as wary as ours of the tricks words can play, obscuring distinctions and smoothing over the corrugations of the actual world.... Yet as advertisers and marketers know, our mistrust of words doesn't inoculate us against them." These are..... More
Freedom Press, January 1967. Stapled Pamphlet. Stapled pamphlet 32 pages. Octavo (Five & 1/2-inches x Eight & 1/2-inches). Yellow from sun. More
University of Wisconsin Press, November 1985. Paper Back. Moving beyond past histories of Viet Nam that have focused on nationalist struggle, this volume brings together work by scholars who are re-examining centuries of Vietnamese history. Crossing borders and exploring ambiguities, the essays in Viet Nam: Borderless Histories draw on international..... More
Doubleday Anchor Book, January 1954. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Edgeworn with darkened spine and margins. Darkened/dust stained textblock edges. [199 pages]. More