2001, ISBN: 9780375401763

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New York. 1983. McGraw Hill. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0070089655. 388 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Robert Mitchell. Jacket photo by Arthur Tress. FROM THE PUBLISHER - &… Mehr…

New York. 1983. McGraw Hill. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0070089655. 388 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Robert Mitchell. Jacket photo by Arthur Tress. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘The term ‘blurb’ was invented by the American Frank Gelett Burgess, a very distant relative of your present, or actual, author, and the composition of a book-blurb - or, brief, tantalizing, puffy gobbet of sales talk—is traditionally a task of the publisher On this occasion the author himself, who is past all shame, is acting as his own puffer. What is this new novel, if novel it can be called? It is the new way of reading, derived from the new way of watching television. To view one channel at a time is no longer enough we need three distinct yet simultaneous imaginative stimuli: the family of the middle and late l980s will have to be a three-screen family. Here you have three fascinating stories bound together. You have the novelized, or very nearly televisualized, life of Sigmund Freud. You have a Broadway musical about the visit of Leon Trotsky to New York in 1917. And, some way into the future, you have the crushing of the planet Earth by a heavyweight intruder from a distant galaxy - the dread Lynx. These three stories are all the same story: they are all about the end of history as man has known it. Love, sex, the ultimate violence - all are here. But there are more things than those. The three greatest events of our century are Freud’s discovery of the unconscious, Trotsky’s vision of the universal socialist state, and man’s proven ability to build new homes in outer space. And when we migrate into that boundless empyrean, what fragments of our abandoned civilizations will we take with us? Perhaps the question is answered in this book. It is a kind of bargain. Never before was so much offered at so little a price. This book is very deep, and its counterpoint of themes will long ring in your inner ear. This book is entertainment, and as entertainment it is primarily offered. It will slip down as easily as a dozen oysters - well-sharpened with lemon juice and tabasco—and surely it will not be found as costly as a dish of those doubtfully nutritious gobs of marine protein. Do you desire lead in your pencil and flowers in your vase? Buy, read, enjoy. End of blurb.’ - Anthony Burgess. inventory #1874 ISBN: 0070089655., 0, New York: Pantheon Books, 2001 xv, 256 pages; 22 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Clark Blaise on the title page, no dedication. Top edge lightly soiled, small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. "Standard Time was one of the crowning achievements of Victorian progressiveness - and one of the few Victorian innovations to have survived practically unchanged into our era. Few technological inventions have proven to be both as invisible and as important. Today we take it for granted that the world is divided into twenty-four time zones, but before Standard Time was established in 1884, time was an arbitrary measure decided by individual localities. With the advent of continent-spanning railroads and transatlantic steamers, the myriad local times became a mind-boggling obstacle and the rational ordering of time became an urgent priority." "After laboring for years to create a scientific consensus, Sandford Fleming gathered scientific and political representatives from the world's twenty-five independent nations in Washington, D.C., for the Prime Meridian Conference. There, after considerable rancor, delegates agreed to the Greenwich Prime Meridian, the International Date Line, and a single system by which the entire world would measure its longitudes and tell the same time. In Time Lord, Clark Blaise introduces us to an almost-forgotten figure, who saw the world as a whole and overcame traditional and national objections to the rational accounting of time. / Clark Blaise, former head of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, lives in San Francisco with his wife, Bharati Mukherjee. Time Lord is his sixteenth book." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible., Pantheon Books, 2001, 4<

2006, ISBN: 9780375401763

Gebundene Ausgabe

Zebra Books, 2006. Good. PULL A FAST ONE? NOT ON THE SISTERHOOD'S WATCH. . . There are some things that a group of gracious ladies just can't overlook-- and doing one of their friends d… Mehr…

Zebra Books, 2006. Good. PULL A FAST ONE? NOT ON THE SISTERHOOD'S WATCH. . . There are some things that a group of gracious ladies just can't overlook-- and doing one of their friends dirty is at the top of the list. That's the mission of the Sisterhood, seven women who would do anything to help out on e of their clan, especially when it means righting a wrong. And Isabelle Fl anders has definitely been done wrong. Her former colleague, the conniving Rosemary, did everything in her power t o ruin Isabelle, from framing her for a terrible drunk driving accident to stealing her husband and her architecture firm. Now, Isabelle's formerly lo vely life is in tatters while Rosemary scoops up the spoils. It's enough to make any friend's blood boil. Rosemary may think she's flying high, but sh e's about to tangle with the Sisterhood. And when the Sisterhood is on the case, revenge is swift, delicious, and oh-so-sweet. . . PRAISE FOR PAYBACK "Revenge is a dish best served with cloth napkins and floral centerpieces. . .fast-paced. . .puts poetic justice first."--Publishers Weekly PRAISE FOR WEEKEND WARRIORS "Readers who grow weary of seeing the bad guys get away with their crimes w ill enjoy seeing what happens when well-funded, very angry women take the l aw into their own hands." Booklist "An unforgettable story." --Rendezvous Editorial Reviews From Booklist Phenomenally prolific and inventive, Michaels writes traditional romances and romantic suspense, and hit it big with her Revenge of the Sisterhood series about a secret group of women vigilantes. Led by Myra Rutledge, who founded the group after her daughter was murdered and justice was not served, Zebra Books, 2006, 2.5, New York: Pantheon Books, 2001 xv, 256 pages; 22 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Clark Blaise on the title page, no dedication. Top edge lightly soiled, small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. "Standard Time was one of the crowning achievements of Victorian progressiveness - and one of the few Victorian innovations to have survived practically unchanged into our era. Few technological inventions have proven to be both as invisible and as important. Today we take it for granted that the world is divided into twenty-four time zones, but before Standard Time was established in 1884, time was an arbitrary measure decided by individual localities. With the advent of continent-spanning railroads and transatlantic steamers, the myriad local times became a mind-boggling obstacle and the rational ordering of time became an urgent priority." "After laboring for years to create a scientific consensus, Sandford Fleming gathered scientific and political representatives from the world's twenty-five independent nations in Washington, D.C., for the Prime Meridian Conference. There, after considerable rancor, delegates agreed to the Greenwich Prime Meridian, the International Date Line, and a single system by which the entire world would measure its longitudes and tell the same time. In Time Lord, Clark Blaise introduces us to an almost-forgotten figure, who saw the world as a whole and overcame traditional and national objections to the rational accounting of time. / Clark Blaise, former head of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, lives in San Francisco with his wife, Bharati Mukherjee. Time Lord is his sixteenth book." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible., Pantheon Books, 2001, 4<

2001, ISBN: 9780375401763

Gebundene Ausgabe

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Used - Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc..., Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2.5, New York: Pan… Mehr…

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Used - Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc..., Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2.5, New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. xv, 256 pages; 22 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Clark Blaise on the title page, no dedication. Top edge lightly soiled, small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. "Standard Time was one of the crowning achievements of Victorian progressiveness - and one of the few Victorian innovations to have survived practically unchanged into our era. Few technological inventions have proven to be both as invisible and as important. Today we take it for granted that the world is divided into twenty-four time zones, but before Standard Time was established in 1884, time was an arbitrary measure decided by individual localities. With the advent of continent-spanning railroads and transatlantic steamers, the myriad local times became a mind-boggling obstacle and the rational ordering of time became an urgent priority." "After laboring for years to create a scientific consensus, Sandford Fleming gathered scientific and political representatives from the world's twenty-five independent nations in Washington, D.C., for the Prime Meridian Conference. There, after considerable rancor, delegates agreed to the Greenwich Prime Meridian, the International Date Line, and a single system by which the entire world would measure its longitudes and tell the same time. In Time Lord, Clark Blaise introduces us to an almost-forgotten figure, who saw the world as a whole and overcame traditional and national objections to the rational accounting of time. / Clark Blaise, former head of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, lives in San Francisco with his wife, Bharati Mukherjee. Time Lord is his sixteenth book." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible., Pantheon Books, 2001, 4<

2001, ISBN: 9780375401763

Gebundene Ausgabe

New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. xv, 256 pages; 22 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Clark Blaise on the title page, no dedication. Top edge lightly soiled, small remainder mark (ink… Mehr…

New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. xv, 256 pages; 22 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Clark Blaise on the title page, no dedication. Top edge lightly soiled, small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. "Standard Time was one of the crowning achievements of Victorian progressiveness - and one of the few Victorian innovations to have survived practically unchanged into our era. Few technological inventions have proven to be both as invisible and as important. Today we take it for granted that the world is divided into twenty-four time zones, but before Standard Time was established in 1884, time was an arbitrary measure decided by individual localities. With the advent of continent-spanning railroads and transatlantic steamers, the myriad local times became a mind-boggling obstacle and the rational ordering of time became an urgent priority." "After laboring for years to create a scientific consensus, Sandford Fleming gathered scientific and political representatives from the world's twenty-five independent nations in Washington, D.C., for the Prime Meridian Conference. There, after considerable rancor, delegates agreed to the Greenwich Prime Meridian, the International Date Line, and a single system by which the entire world would measure its longitudes and tell the same time. In Time Lord, Clark Blaise introduces us to an almost-forgotten figure, who saw the world as a whole and overcame traditional and national objections to the rational accounting of time. / Clark Blaise, former head of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, lives in San Francisco with his wife, Bharati Mukherjee. Time Lord is his sixteenth book." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Pantheon Books, 2001, 4<