2013, ISBN: 9780316011778

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New York: PublicAffairs, 2013. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially … Mehr…

New York: PublicAffairs, 2013. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; viii, 274 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Includes discography (pages 219-226), bibliographical references (pages 227-236), and index. Contents; God blessed America -- Jews without money -- From sea to shining sea -- Come on and hear! -- Oklahoma hills -- Rockets' red glare -- An atmosphere that simply reeks with class -- If you ain't got the do re mi -- Storm clouds gather -- The faith that the dark past has taught us -- My pastures of plenty must always be free -- Freedom's road -- These songs were made for you and me. Summary; February, 1940: After a decade of worldwide depression, World War II had begun in Europe and Asia. With Germany on the march, and Japan at war with China, the global crisis was in a crescendo. America's top songwriter, Irving Berlin, had captured the nation's mood a little more than a year before with his patriotic hymn, ""God Bless America."" Woody Guthrie was having none of it. Near-starving and penniless, he was traveling from Texas to New York to make a new start. As he eked his way across the country by bus and by thumb, he couldn't avoid Berlin's song. Some people say that it was when he was freezing by the side of the road in a Pennsylvania snowstorm that he conceived of a rebuttal. It would encompass the dark realities of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, and it would begin with the lines: ""This land is your land, this land is my land..."" In This Land That I Love, John Shaw writes the dual biography of these beloved American songs. Examining the lives of their authors, he finds that Guthrie and Berlin had more in common than either could have guessed. Though Guthrie's image was defined by train-hopping, Irving Berlin had also risen from homelessness, having worked his way up from the streets of New York. At the same time, This Land That I Love sheds new light on our patriotic musical heritage, from ""Yankee Doodle"" and ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" to Martin Luther King's recitation from ""My Country 'Tis of Thee"" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963. Delving into the deeper history of war songs, minstrelsy, ragtime, country music, folk music, and African American spirituals, Shaw unearths a rich vein of half-forgotten musical traditions. With the aid of archival research, he uncovers new details about the songs, including a never-before-printed verse for ""This Land Is Your Land."" The result is a fascinating narrative that refracts and re-envisions America's tumultuous history through the prism of two unforgettable anthems. Subjects; Berlin, Irving 1888-1989. - God bless America. Guthrie, Woody 1912-1967. - This land is your land. Patriotic music - United States - History and criticism. Popular music - United States - History and criticism. Composers & musicians. MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional. MUSIC / History & Criticism. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century., New York: PublicAffairs, 2013, 0, London: Little Brown, 2007. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-374) and index. Summary: India is poised to become one of the world's three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2032. Well before then India's incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range and air, sea and land capabilities. India's volatile relationship with its nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, may prove to be the source of the world's next major conflict. And if you call anyone -- from your bank to rail enquiries - - your query may well be dealt with by a graduate in Gujarat. Any way one looks at it, India's fate matters. In ""In spite of the Gods"", Edward Luce, one of the most incisive and talented journalists of his generation, will assess the forces that are forging the new nation. Cutting through the miasma that still clouds thinking about India, this extraordinarily accomplished book takes the measure of a society that is struggling to come to grips with modernity. Drawing on historical research, existing literature and his own unparalleled access as the New Delhi-based, South Asia correspondent of the FT, this is a book that will enthral as well as educate and will remain the definitive book on the country for many years. Review: 'IN SPITE OF THE GODS is without question the best book yet written on New India: witty, clear and accessible yet minutely researched and confidently authoritative. Edward Luce has proved himself an affectionate and unusually perceptive observer of the Indian scene' William Dalrymple. Biography: Edward Luce is a graduate from Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He worked as a speech writer for the treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, was the FT's South Asia bureau chief and is now based in Washington DC as the FT's Washington Commentator. Subjects: Economic history. Economic policy. Civilization. India. Politics and government Social conditions 20th Century. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated text., London: Little Brown, 2007, 0, New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated 'For Janet-happy B'con' by author on the title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has faint sun-fading to the spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 241 p. Deborah Knott Mysteries (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. Book has mild softening to the base of the spine and light toning to the edges of the pageblock. Remainder dot. A Judge Deborah Knott mystery by the Agatha Award-, Anthony Award-, Macavity Award-, and Edgar Award-winning author of the Sigrid Harald series and 'Long Upon the Land'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box., Mysterious Press, 2008, 4, New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature and date only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has slight edgewear. Book has softening to the cap and base of the spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Cree Black Thrillers (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. A Black Cree novel by the author of The Babel Effect and Puppets. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box., Bloomsbury USA, 2004, 3, Washington, DC: Counterpoint LLC, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated 'For Lauren with thanks' by the author on title page. Stated 1st printing. As new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon' and 'Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box., Counterpoint LLC, 1996, 5, Vancouver, B. C.: Mitchell Press Limited , 1974. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Edge and corner wear to the dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; former owner's name and a date are in ink on the ffep; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 296 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "At a lonely channel-end on the deeply-cut mountainous North Pacific Coast of North America the Indians had a settlement of ancient descent they called Bella Coola. In the summer of 1793 they were much in doubt as to what to make of two fascinating yet disturbing white strangers. These were Captain George Vancouver, R. N. and Alexander Mackenzie, explorers. They were encountered separately, one having come in a huge 'canoe' and other arduously by land. They unwittingly made of Bella Coola that year a memorable near meeting place. Two generations later the white men who followed the first explorers were surveying at Bella Coola to see if the pass and harbour would make a terminus of Canada's first Atlantic-to-Pacific railway. Norwegian colonists came to settle and stay in what looked so like their own familiar fjord country...., Mitchell Press Limited, 1974, 2.5, NY: Little, Brown & Co.. As New with no dust jacket. 2005. Stated First Edition. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. 0316011770 . FIRST EDITION (stated), FIFTH PRINTING. Hardcover without dust jacket. 8vo (approx 6.25 x 9.5"). 642, (4) pp. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over black boards, gilt lettering and borders on spine, Little, Brown medallion blind-stamped on cover, maps on endpapers.This is a new, unopened copy in perfect condition. AS NEW. A lyrical and literate novel of superb style, a tale of Dracula, his story from history and also in the 20th Century. It is detective work in historical research, travel and pursuit in exotic lands, and expert knowledge of book collecting, that leads to an ancient legend found to be all too real. Late one night, in 1972 Amsterdam, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor, " and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known - and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself - to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed - and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions - and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers - one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 642, (4) pp ., Little, Brown & Co., 2005, 5<

2005, ISBN: 9780316011778

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

Ann arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Clean, uncracked softcover in very good condition; light shelf wear, light foxing at end papers. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1988.,… Mehr…

Ann arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Clean, uncracked softcover in very good condition; light shelf wear, light foxing at end papers. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1988., University of Michigan Press, 1988, 3, Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. F/F, used, hc, charcoal colored end papers, 168 pages. Interior clean and bright, binding tight. Slightest of edge wear to dj, no chips or tears and dj enclosed in plastic sleeve.., Time-Life Books, 1997, 5, New York, NY: Little Brown and Company, 2005. First edition. . Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. hardcover condition good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 656 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor, " and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages. Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers-one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful-and utterly unforgettable., Little Brown and Company, 2005, 2.25<

2012, ISBN: 9780316011778

Gebundene Ausgabe

Parse. 1st. 2012. fine. Paperback. ISBN:9781479268153 52 pages. 9" tall; flat spine with no title ., Parse, 2012, 5, NY: Little, Brown & Co.. As New with no dust jacket. 2005. S… Mehr…

Parse. 1st. 2012. fine. Paperback. ISBN:9781479268153 52 pages. 9" tall; flat spine with no title ., Parse, 2012, 5, NY: Little, Brown & Co.. As New with no dust jacket. 2005. Stated First Edition. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. 0316011770 . FIRST EDITION (stated), FIFTH PRINTING. Hardcover without dust jacket. 8vo (approx 6.25 x 9.5"). 642, (4) pp. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over black boards, gilt lettering and borders on spine, Little, Brown medallion blind-stamped on cover, maps on endpapers.This is a new, unopened copy in perfect condition. AS NEW. A lyrical and literate novel of superb style, a tale of Dracula, his story from history and also in the 20th Century. It is detective work in historical research, travel and pursuit in exotic lands, and expert knowledge of book collecting, that leads to an ancient legend found to be all too real. Late one night, in 1972 Amsterdam, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor, " and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known - and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself - to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed - and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions - and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers - one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 642, (4) pp ., Little, Brown & Co., 2005, 5<

2005, ISBN: 9780316011778

NY: Little, Brown & Co.. As New with no dust jacket. 2005. Stated First Edition. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. 0316011770 . FIRST EDITION (stated), FIFTH PRINTING. Hardcover without du… Mehr…

NY: Little, Brown & Co.. As New with no dust jacket. 2005. Stated First Edition. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. 0316011770 . FIRST EDITION (stated), FIFTH PRINTING. Hardcover without dust jacket. 8vo (approx 6.25 x 9.5"). 642, (4) pp. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over black boards, gilt lettering and borders on spine, Little, Brown medallion blind-stamped on cover, maps on endpapers.This is a new, unopened copy in perfect condition. AS NEW. A lyrical and literate novel of superb style, a tale of Dracula, his story from history and also in the 20th Century. It is detective work in historical research, travel and pursuit in exotic lands, and expert knowledge of book collecting, that leads to an ancient legend found to be all too real. Late one night, in 1972 Amsterdam, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor, " and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known - and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself - to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed - and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions - and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers - one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 642, (4) pp ., Little, Brown & Co., 2005, 5<

2005, ISBN: 9780316011778

New York, NY: Little Brown and Company, 2005. First edition. . Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. hardcover condition good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 656 p. Contains: Unspecif… Mehr…

New York, NY: Little Brown and Company, 2005. First edition. . Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. hardcover condition good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 656 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor, " and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages. Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers-one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful-and utterly unforgettable., Little Brown and Company, 2005, 2.25<