Dalkey Archive Press/ Illinois State University, March 1995. First Thus. Hardcover. In this widely acclaimed translation, Dominic DiBernardi expertly captures C?line's trademark style of prose which has served as inspiration to such American writers as Philip Roth, Kurt Vonnegut, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Norman Mailer and Joseph Heller..... More
Collins Reference, October 2006. Paper Back. Did you know that school originally meant "free time"? Or that a gymnasium was originally a "nude practice area"? Or that nachos are named after Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya, who created them? The fascinating stories of these words and over three hundred more are told..... More
Vintage Classics, October 2007. Paper Back. INCLUDES RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIAL In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. Then comes Garibaldi's landing in Sicily and the..... More
Fontana Book, September 1978. Mass Market PaperBack. UK edition. 14th printing. Stained top textblock edge at spine edge. Otherwise clean, sound, without internal markings. More
Duke University Press Books, March 2006. Paper Back. Conjuring Bearden, a richly illustrated exhibition catalog, explores the theme of the "conjur woman" in the work of artist Romare Bearden (1911-1988). Throughout his career, Bearden represented the female figure of the conjurer, or her Caribbean equivalent, the Obeah woman, in his..... More
Last Gasp of San Francisco, July 1988. Trade Paperback. More
