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Countryman Press. PAPERBACK. 0881509124 *LIKE NEW* Ships Same Day or Next! . Fine., Countryman Press, Countryman Press. PAPERBACK. 0881509124 *BRAND NEW* Ships Same Day or Next! . New., Countryman Press, Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 642 pages. Minor creasing to covers. Lightly tanned pages. It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of "The Machine Crusade." Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, after years of victory, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets . . . and once again, the tide of the titanic struggle shifts against the warriors of the human race. At last, the war that has lasted many lifetimes will be decided in the apocalyptic Battle of Corrin. In the greatest battle in science fiction history, human and machine face off one last time. . . . And on the desert planet of Arrakis, the legendary Fremen of Dune become the feared fighting force to be discovered by Paul Muad'Dib in Frank Herbert's classic, "Dune." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0340823372. ISBN/EAN: 9780340823378. Inventory No: 11110474.. 9780340823378, Hodder & Stoughton, 2004, Pegasus Books. PAPERBACK. 1605986232 . New., Pegasus Books, University of Nevada Press, 1996-09-01. Paperback. Good., University of Nevada Press, 1996-09-01, Brookfield, Ct.: Three Spires Pub. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780967600857 . Faint rubbing to dustjacket; 1st edition, signed by the author with personal inscription. A story of war, love and the victory that turned the tide of WWII. ; 8.80 X 6.10 X 1.30 inches; 316 pages; Signed by Author ., Three Spires Pub, 2008, New York, NY: The American Tract Society, 1870. 38 x 59. Americans eagerly awaited this monthly religious paper. National news, religious commentary. Missionary news. The Deserter--from the Army, or from Christ. Report on the decade, 1860-1870. Who abolished slavery? Newspaper, good. . Catalogs: Religious/History., The American Tract Society, 1870, Pegasus Books. PAPERBACK. 1605986232 *LIKE NEW* Ships Same Day or Next! . Fine., Pegasus Books, Pegasus Books. PAPERBACK. 1605986232 *BRAND NEW* Ships Same Day or Next! . New., Pegasus Books, Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385507771 . HC/DJ - near fine. Excellent condition. Book is clean and unmarked. Jacket has two tiny tears to spine top which also affect spine top of hardcover, otherwise only slight wear to corners, not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 480 pages; In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people’s chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true—if an army of blue-suited soldiers had swept in from the East and utterly defeated his ancestral enemies. As Narbona gazed down on the battlements and cannons of a mighty fort the invaders had built, he realized his foes had been vanquished—but what did the arrival of these “New Men” portend for the Navajo? Narbona could not have known that “The Army of the West, ” in the midst of the longest march in American military history, was merely the vanguard of an inexorable tide fueled by a self-righteous ideology now known as “Manifest Destiny. ” For twenty years the Navajo, elusive lords of a huge swath of mountainous desert and pasturelands, would ferociously resist the flood of soldiers and settlers who wished to change their ancient way of life or destroy them. [870] ., Doubleday, 2006, Pegasus Books. Paperback. 1605986232 . New. 2014-09-15. 1., Pegasus Books, 2014-09-15, Pegasus Books. PAPERBACK. 1605986232 . New., Pegasus Books, Paperback. New. August, 1942. North Africa. The desert war hangs in the balance. When the commander of the Eighth Army, General Gott, is killed, it's clear that foul play is at work. An impenetrable Axis spy circuit is compromising any hope the Allies have of stemming the Nazi tide. Jack Tanner, recovering from wou, Good. Used book in good condition. Has wear to the cover and pages. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing. Ex-library with the usual stamps. 100% guaranteed. 111418, Countryman Press. PAPERBACK. 0881509124 . New., Countryman Press, Osprey Military Books. New with no dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 1841768677 . New Copy! ., Osprey Military Books, 2005, Central News Agency, 1943. Good condition in hardcover, foxing in prelims mainly, unrelated inscr on endpapers. The author has written about his experiences during the desert war with the South African Division of the 8th Army between 1941-3 144 pp, Central News Agency, 1943, New York: Pegasus, 2013. First edition. Paperback. Very good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp. xxii 532.paperback edition.""It was the Allied victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill’s most famous aphorisms: “This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” In this thrilling historical account, Jonathan Dimbleby&hellip, Pegasus, 2013, New York: W.w. Norton & Co., 2009. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. xiv, 199 pages. Condition is Near Fine; Lokks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good+; Very light surface wear. Maine RGR, W.w. Norton & Co., 2009, (Subject: World War II - General) The sixth slim volume by Strategicus on the course of the war. Covers the period from Stalingrad and Alamein to the Axis surrender at Tunisia. Examines the counter offensive after Stalingrad and Kursk, Rzhev, Alamein, the long desert march and Tripoli, Mareth, The Tunisian Campaign and the secret negotiations that led to French co-operation, and the ambiguous Darlan episode. (Published: 1944) (Publisher: Faber & Faber) (Pagination: 244pp, 9 maps, index) (Condition: vg in remnants of dw) UL-XXXXXX, W. W. Norton, New York: 2000. Softcover. Brand new book. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South AmericaÑwhere Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from SpainÑthe delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own. "The old master has us again in the palm of his hand."ÑLos Angeles Times (a Best Book of 1999) "I haven't read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O'Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn't stop." Ñ E. O. Wilson, Boston Globe "Filled with exuberance and humor, and a writer's palpable delight at exercising his finest muscles. . . . At sea with a master." Ñ San Francisco Chronicle "O'Brian has presented his readers with a shining jewel...an intricate, multifaceted work." Ñ The New York Times Book Review "The best historical novels ever written... On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives." Ñ Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review "It has been something of a shock to find myselfÑan inveterate reader of girl booksÑobsessed with Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic-era historical novels... What keeps me hooked are the evolving relationships between Jack and Stephen and the women they love." Ñ Tamar Lewin, New York Times "I devoured Patrick O'Brian's 20-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog." Ñ Christopher Hitchens, Slate "I fell in love with his writing straightaway, at first with Master and Commander. It wasn't primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships... And of course having characters isolated in the middle of the goddamn sea gives more scope... It's about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me." Ñ Keith Richards "[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." Ñ David Mamet, New York Times "The Aubrey-Maturin series...far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart." Ñ Ken Ringle, Washington Post "O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century." Ñ George Will "Gripping and vivid... a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit." Ñ A. S. Byatt "There is not a writer alive whose work I value over his." Ñ Stephen Becker, Chicago Sun-Times "Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars." Ñ James Hamilton-Paterson, New Republic, W. W. Norton, New York: 2000, iUniverse. Paperback. New. Paperback. 196 pages. Dimensions: 9.0in. x 6.2in. x 0.6in.As a sixteenth century Himalayan mountain girl, Tara knew a husband would be chosen for her. One day, Mughals riding sleek Arabian horses arrived seeking a woman prophesized to be one of the sultans wives. Fear and excitement mingle in Taras heart as she realizes she is the chosen one. Tara is taken to live in sultan Ibrahims desert fortress. Since assuming power at eighteen, Ibrahim had established a vast empire where the arts flourished and religious tolerance meant peace. There, Tara joins Ibrahims wives, each representing a region and religion, and quickly grows to love the exotic people and their rituals. Ibrahim is consumed by Taras beauty and passion, and she quickly becomes his exclusive nightly companion. Taras intelligence bonds her to Ibrahims very first wife, Kiren. Together, Tara and Kiren serve Ibrahim, Tara as his lover and Kiren as his political advisor. As jealousy simmers among Ibrahims wives, a southern governor, Bhaji, builds power by encouraging Hindu nationalism against Ibrahims empire. Working against both time and karma, Tara, Kiren, and Ibrahim must devise a strategy to confront the tide of unrest. The task seems insurmountable as culture, religion, and ethnic politics collide in this riveting story of love, faith, and karmic tragedy. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., iUniverse, London: Profile Books, 2012. original cloth hardcover,illustrated,532 pages,fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper.Shelf N12.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Profile Books, 2012, New York. 1999. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. ISBN:0679456597. 530 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Gabrielle Bordwin. Jacket photography by Andrew Bordwin. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In his remarkable new memoir, at once frank, audacious, canny, and revealing, Michael Korda, the author of Charmed Lives and Queenie, does for the world of books what Moss Hart did for the theater in Act One, and succeeds triumphantly in making publishing seem as exciting (and as full of great characters) as the stage. Here is a memoir that reads like a novel, sweeping the reader into another life on a tide of energy, wit, and a seemingly inexhaustible flow of marvelous anecdotes. Another Life is not just an adventure--the engaging and often hilarious story of a young man making his career--but the insider's story of how a cottage industry metamorphosed into a big business, with sometimes alarming results for all concerned. Korda writes with grace, humor, and a shrewd eye, not only about himself and his rise from a lowly (but not humble) assistant editor reading the ‘slush pile’ of manuscripts to a famous editor in chief of a major publishing house, but also about the celebrities and writers with whom he worked over four decades. Here are portraits--rare, intimate, always keenly observed--of such larger-than-life figures as Ronald Reagan, affable and good-natured but the most reluctant of authors, struggling with his ‘ghosted’ presidential autobiography; Richard Nixon, seen here as a genial, if bizarrely detached, host; superagent Irving Lazar, pursuing his endless deals and dreams of ‘class’; retired Mafia boss Joseph Bonanno, the last of the old-time dons, laboring over his own version of his life in his desert retreat; Joan Crawford, giving Korda her rules for successful living; and countless other greats, near greats, and would-be greats. Here too are famous writers, sometimes eccentric, sometimes infuriating, sometimes lost souls, captured memorably by someone who was close to them for years: Graham Greene, in pursuit of his FBI file and a Nobel Prize; Tennessee Williams, wrestling unsuccessfully with his demons; Jacqueline Susann, facing and conquering the dreaded ‘second-novel syndrome’ after the stunning success of Valley of the Dolls; Harold Robbins (who had to be guarded under lock and key and made to finish his novels), struggling to keep the IRS at bay from the deck of his yacht; Carlos Castaneda, at his most sorcerously charming, described--at last--in detail, as he really was, by one of the few people who knew him well; not to mention Richard Adams, Will and Ariel Durant, Susan Howatch, S. J. Perelman, Fannie Hurst, Larry McMurtry, and many, many more. And here as well is a rich cast of major publishing figures, beginning with the marvelously peculiar M. Lincoln Schuster and his partner, Richard L. Simon--father of Carly--and including just about everybody who is or was anybody in the world of book publishing: For Another Life is also a business story, tracing the rise and fall of great names and explaining just what happened when ‘Publishers' Row’ collided with Wall Street, transforming modest (if world-famous) businesses into multibillion-dollar book conglomerates. Parts of this book that have appeared in The New Yorker over the years have brought Korda great acclaim--the chapter about Jacqueline Susann has been made into a major motion picture. Here at last, entertaining and provocative and always hugely readable, is the whole story--a book as engaging and full of life as Korda's highly acclaimed memoir of his family, Charmed Lives, about which Irwin Shaw wrote: ‘I don't know when I have enjoyed a book more.’. inventory #26613 ISBN: 0679456597., Cincinnati: Jennings & Pye, 1901. Octavo, green cloth, pp. 353. With essays on Robert Browning, Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ebb Tide, The Deserted Village, George Eliot as a novelist, and the Jew in fiction. Spine dull and frayed at ends, corners lightly worn, else about a very good copy.., Cincinnati: Jennings & Pye, 1901., Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Size=7.5"x10. B/W Photos, COLOR Illus,Maps. (full book description) Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2005. Military BCE Fine, Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket. Size=7.5"x10", 96pgs(Index). B/W Photos, COLOR Illus,Maps. Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 1846030862 99% OF OUR BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN CUSTOM BOXES, WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!, Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2005, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Size=7.5"x10. B/W Photos, COLOR Illus,Maps. (full book description) Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2005. Military BCE Fine, Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket. Size=7.5"x10", 96pgs(Index). B/W Photos, COLOR Illus,Maps. Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 1846030862 99% OF OUR BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN CUSTOM BOXES, WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!, Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2005, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Size=7.5"x10. B/W Photos, COLOR Illus,Maps. (full book description) Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2005. Military BCE Fine, Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket. Size=7.5"x10", 96pgs(Index). B/W Photos, COLOR Illus,Maps. Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 1846030862 99% OF OUR BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN CUSTOM BOXES, WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!, Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2005, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2008. First Edition . Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good purple color pictorial trade paperback. Some wear, light tide marked top corner. (2008), 8vo, [4], 1-214pp. "24 Hours in Hell tells of the experiences of a U.S. Soldier wounded and alone in the Iraqi desert. His trauma is concentrated into 24 hours giving no let up of the tension. Within the work are 31 other stories of the occult, murderous revenge, and tongue in cheek humour.", Trafford Publishing, 2008, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. Nobody who has not taken one can imagine the beauty of a walk through Rome by full moon," wrote Goethe in 1787. Sadly, the imagination is all we have today: in Rome, as in every other modern city, moonlight has been banished, replaced by the twenty-four-hour glow of streetlights in a world that never sleeps. Moonlight, for most of us, is no more. So James Attlee set out to find it. Nocturne is the record of that journey, a traveler's tale that takes readers on a dazzling nighttime trek that ranges across continents, from prehistory to the present, and through both the physical world and the realms of art and literature. Attlee attends a Buddhist full-moon ceremony in Japan, meets a moon jellyfish on a beach in Northern France, takes a moonlit hike in the Arizona desert, and experiences a lunar eclipse on New Year's Eve atop the snowbound Welsh hills. Each locale is illuminated not just by the moonlight he seeks, but by the culture and history that define it. We learn about Mussolini's pathological fear of moonlight; trace the connections between Caspar David Friedrich, Rudolf Hess, and the Apollospace mission; and meet the inventors of the Moonlight Collector in the American desert, who aim to cure all kinds of ailments with concentrated lunar rays. Svevo and Blake, Whistler and Hokusai, Li Po and Marinetti are all enlisted, as foils, friends, or fellow travelers, on Attlee's journey. �P�u�l�l�e�d� �b�y� �t�h�e� �m�o�o�n� �l�i�k�e� �t�h�e� �t�i�d�e�,� �A�t�t�l�e�e� �i�s� �f�i�r�m�l�y� �i�n� �a� �t�r�a�d�i�t�i�o�n� �o�f� �w�a�n�d�e�r�i�n�g� �p�i�l�g�r�i�m�s� �t�h�a�t� �s�t�r�e�t�c�h�e�s� �f�r�o�m� �B�a�s�h
M� �t�o� �S�e�b�a�l�d�;� �l�i�k�e� �t�h�e�m�,� �h�e� �p�r�e�s�e�n�t�s� �o�u�r� �f�a�m�i�l�i�a�r� �w�o�r�l�d� �a�n�e�w�., University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2012, El Cajon, California, U.S.A.: Sunbelt Pubns, 1987. Hint of edge and corner wear to the dj, tiny chip at the top of the spine, overall a very crisp and clean used copy, almost new and unread condition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 128 very fine, unmarked and uncreased pages wonderfully illustrated with ful-color photographs! "Everyone has their own favorite image of the San Diego region. To some it's a sandy beach, to some the zoo, to others a mission, a skyline, or a distant vista, This is as it should be, for San Diego County is one of the most diverse areas of it size in the world. Pine forests, verdant valleys, Victorian mansions, tide pools, Spanish missions, desert washes, Mexican ranchos, coastal marshes, snow-covered peaks, and urban panoramas all give their own distinctive expression to the San Diego landscape. Such diversity and beauty is often hard to convey to others with just words, but for those skilled in photography, capturing the essence of the San Diego region presents an irresistible challenge.". Second Edition . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover., Sunbelt Pubns, 1987, Pegasus Books. PAPERBACK. 1605986232 Minor shelf wear . Very Good., Pegasus Books, New York: Clarkson Potter, 1993. ----- The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover (roughly) 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" (inches), tight clean and square, flat spine, 689 pages, Very Good Plus condition with two small spots to front of cover left middle edge (check out the scans), spine creases. Contents include: Intro / Wicked Girl by Isabel Allende; Just Above My Head by James Baldwin; A Passion in the Desert by Honor De Balzac; The Dead Man by Georges Bataille; How Ishmael & Isaac Came to Be Born by Anne Billat; Innocence by Harold Brodkey; You Must Remember This by Robert Coover; Milk Is Very Good for You by Stephen Dixon; What Do You Do While I'm Gone? by Doris Dorrie; Jocasta by Liliana Heker; Dreams Involving Water by Gary Indiana; The Student & the Woman by Lazlo Kamondy; Kassandra & the Wolf by Margarita Karapanou; One Arm by Yasunari Kawabata; The Hitchhiking Game by Milan Kundera; Once--! by D. H. Lawrence; Drought by Wendy Law-Yone; Each Other by Doris Lessing; Curvaceous Dolls by Li Ang; The Last Trace of Spinoza by Yuri Mamleyev; The Tide by Andre Pieyre De Mandiargues; Sea Lovers by Valerie Martin; Arousal by Richard Matheson; Birthday Present by Eric McCormack; Homemade by Ian McEwan; Eugenia by Sarah Sheard; The Day I Sat With Jesus on the Sun Deck & a Wind Came Up & Blew My Kimono Open & He Saw My Breasts by Glorai Sawai; Park Cinema by Elena Poniatowska; Eros & Cupid by Stan Persky; Mandra by Anais Nin; Grandfather's Little Pleasure by Adolf Muschg; Love in the Chinese Restaurant by Alberto Moravia; Lust by Susan Minot. Check out the scans. . 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. Illus. by George Tooker "Window IX" 1968;. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Clarkson Potter, 1993, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1947. Second Printing. H Hard Cover. Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good to Very Good +. xii, 388 (xiv) pp, preface, list of b&w illustrations and maps, 1. Voyages and Discoveries; 2. Long Interlude; 3. Revival of the Plan of Settlement; 4. Portola and Serra: 5. Conquest of the Desert; 6. Impact of the Foreigner; 7. Government by Revolution; 8. Missions and Ranchos; 9. Jedediah Smith: Pathfinder of the Pioneers; 10.The Era of the Mountain Men; 11. Propaganda and Emigration; 12. Washington, Mexico, and California; 13. Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt; 14. Conquest and Statehood; 15. Gold; 16. Society in Ferment; 17. California of the Ranges; 18. The End of Isolation; 19. Speculation, Monopolies, and Discontent; 20. The Flood Tide of Immigration; Appendix, index. Second Printing, September 1947. 3/4"x1/2" chip to top edge spine dj, and, minor edge wear to same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Gray cloth with blue blind-stamped oval seal of California bear & vegetation, author's initials above, blue top text block edge, and illustrated maps on end papers., Alfred A. Knopf, 1947, Central News Agency, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1944. 143 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Firm binding to clean, lightly tanned pages and plates with bright copy throughout. Light foxing to endpapers and occasional page edges. Infrequent crease to corners. Moderate shelf wear and markings to boards with tanning to spine. Large stains to rear. Moderate rub wear to edges with fraying to top spine end and bumped corners., Central News Agency, 1944, Las Vegas, Nevada: Huntington Press. Hardcover. 0929712919 No Marks Or Damage From Past Owners, Not A Former Library Book, Not A Remainder Or Book Club, Not Clipped, Hardcover. The World's Largest Gamblers, Known As Whales, Can Have Wins And Losses That Top Out At $30 Million During A Typical Vegas Weekend. Of Course, Whales Don't Just Swim Up To The Casino With The Tide. With Only A Handful Of Them In The World, They're Actively Hunted By Casino Marketing Executives. Whale Hunt In The Desert Is The Story Of One Such Host, Steve Cyr. The Book Delves Deeply Into The Whale Hunt, Mostly Through The Saga Of This Superhost: Where He Came From; How He Employs Casino Perks Such As Limos, Penthouses, Shopping Sprees, Trips Abroad, Show-Up Money, Discounts On Losses, And Sex To Hook The Big Fish; And What It's Like To Be A Part Of The Lifestyles Of The Richest Gamblers On The Planet. All Books Shipped Within 24 Hours With U.S. Postal Service Delivery Confirmation, Each Order Is Packaged In A New Box With Bubble Wrap, And Always Your Satisfaction Is Guaranteed. . Fine. 2004. 1st Edition., Huntington Press, 2004, Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 80 pages, DUE38. Although the P-40 and the Bf 109 both joined the air war over North Africa at nearly the same time in early 1941, the venerable German fighter was already fully sorted with a combat career dating back to 1937 in Spain, while the American fighter was making its combat debut in the hands of the RAF's Desert Air Force. Both aircraft were low-wing designs powered by a single liquid-cooled engine of roughly the same output, but there the similarities ended. The Bf 109 was small and agile, capable of operating at high altitudes. The P-40's weight and engine limited it to middle-altitude operations, but it was more manoeuvrable than the Bf 109 and extremely capable in the fighter-bomber role. In typical encounters, Bf 109 pilots would climb above a formation of P-40s and then dive into battle, seeking to maintain the initiative and a speed advantage. The P-40 pilots would respond by trying to turn into the attack. The tide turned in the autumn of 1942, by which time USAAF P-40 squadrons had joined the fight in time for the final Allied push from El Alamein and the Operation Torch landings in Morocco.. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Laurier, Jim; Hector, Gareth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Osprey Pub Co, 2011, Pegasus Books. PAPERBACK. 1605986232 Special order direct from the distributor . New., Pegasus Books, South Africa: Central News Agency, 1944. 144 pages. Maps on endpapers. Frontispiece and many b/w photos. No dustwrapper. Original brown cloth (lightly worn at extremities) with black titling on upper board and spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good., Central News Agency, 1944, Publisher: Atlantic Books. Utg. 2013. Mass Market Paperback. 311 p. This book is brand new. Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert, through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at her feet. Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. "Wild" is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide. It is suitable for readers of "Touching the Void" by Joe Simpson, Jim Perrin's "West", Rhoda Janzen's "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress" and Christopher Hitchens' "Mortality". We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., Pegasus, 2013-09-23. 1. Hardcover. Good., Pegasus, 2013-09-23, Countryman Press, 2010-06-14. 1. Paperback. Used:Good., Countryman Press, 2010-06-14, London, England: Profile Books, 2013. 532 pages, b&w photos, notes, sources, index. This is a unique single-volume history of the road to El Alamein - 'the end of the beginning' - and the bloody battle that followed...It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: 'it is not the end nor is it the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning'. And yet the true significance of this iconic episode remains unrecognised. In this thrilling historical account, Jonathan Dimbleby describes the political and strategic realities that lay behind the battle, charting the nail-biting months that led to the victory at El Alamein in November 1942. It is a story of high drama, played out both in the war capitals of London, Washington, Berlin, Rome and Moscow, and at the front, in the command posts and foxholes in the desert. "El Alamein" is about politicians and generals, diplomats, civil servants and soldiers. It is about forceful characters and the tensions and rivalries between them. Drawing on official records and the personal insights of those involved at every level, Dimbleby creates a vivid portrait of a struggle which for Churchill marked the turn of the tide - and which for the soldiers on the ground involved fighting and dying in a foreign land.. First Edition. Paperback. New/No Jacket., Profile Books, 2013, New Holland 9781921517938. NEW large hardback in slightly shelf-marked dust jacket . New Holland, 2016. 288 pages. Colour photography throughout. From the blurb: "Wilderness is fast disappearing or has disappeared altogether as the high tide of the human-induced effect on the environment washes over the continent, reaching into even the most isolated gorges and distant deserts. But while there are many wild creatures and plants that sadly are adversely affected, there are myriads of others that exist and flourish despite the despoliation: it is these that Sally Elmer, Peter and Raoul Slater regard as epitomising their concept of wildness." There are sections on birds, invertebrates, mammals, wildscapes and urban wildlife. A beautiful book, with images of Australian wildlife, from the Striated Pardalote and the Birdwing to the echidna and the Bennet's Wallaby., New Holland 9781921517938, South Africa: Central News Agency, 1944. A very good first edition in brown cloth binding with black writing to front cover & spine, internal binding is tight & strong, previous owners signature on front fly leaf, cover boards are clean & bright. Photos supplied upon request.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket., Central News Agency, 1944, BALLANTINE BOOKS, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Type: MilITARY HISTORY this collection of 5 boos are all in clean tight unmarked condition with just a touch of edgewear to their edges..all are in nice condition, BALLANTINE BOOKS, 1971, Wild Ginger Press. Paperback. New. Paperback. 332 pages. Dimensions: 9.0in. x 6.0in. x 0.8in.In 2011, propelled by a growing sense of dread, Brian Heron embarked on an epic 4, 000 mile bicycle adventure through some of Americas most challenging terrain. A series of personal and professional losses left him feeling that his world was crumbling at an alarming rate. His wife of twenty five years had suddenly left one night. Eighteen months later his mother-in-law, with whom we was especially close, died after a four year struggle with dementia. A year after that his stepmother died unexpectedly during a routine, but risky open heart surgery. If that wasnt enough, he was leading a church through a process of closing and putting in place their legacy in the community. He was working himself out of a job. In a short period of four years both his personal and professional life were disintegrating like a sand castle facing high tide. Replacing Forrest Gumps running shoes for a bike he felt compelled to set off. Searching for a feeling of belonging he decided to return to the towns, to the people and the places that had shaped him. He would return to the town of his birth, Bozeman, Montana, where his parents had divorced and his mother disappeared from his life. He would spend a few days in the town of his childhood, Loveland, Colorado, that was the source of his most formative years and painful memories. He would ride through his old college campus where his life most made sense, if only for a few years. And he would return to Northern California where most of his adult life took shape with family, theological education, friends, and serving the community in various capacities. Along the way he would pedal across the rugged Rocky Mountains of Colorado, survive the lonely and desolate desert of Nevada in the heat of August, and negotiate his way through the jungle of California freeways. He would find himself in the belly of the whale in a drug-infested, paint peeling, shitty motel feeling completely alone and abandoned by the world and God. He would battle thunder and lightning storms, 100 degree heat, cars and semis, an especially bold buffalo, and his own personal demons. He would face the truth of his life, the reality of his dissolving profession, and the losses that life had thrown onto his path. New York Times bestselling author of the William Shakespeares Star Wars Series, Ian Doescher, writes of Brians book, Alone is a compelling journey of personal discovery, religious questioning and spiritual awakening. At times deep, at times sad, at times funny, Heron invites the reader to ride along each day of this remarkable adventure. When its over, youll feel each of the 4, 000 miles in your own soul. Join Brian as he follows the pilgrim path on an adventure of personal healing, the renewal of strength and hope, and the rediscovery of his unique place in the world. Take the journey with Brian, look into the pages of your own life, and learn to honor the wounds and the delights of your own yearning soul. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Wild Ginger Press, Desert Tide Publishing Co., 2011., Desert Tide Publishing Co., 2011, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels+spine/backstrip,with silver gilt, orange and brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate monochrome facsimile reproduction of contemporary newspaper+adverts illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xpp+5-438pp[paginated] includes illustrations list/table,23 chapters and an epilogue,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7,pp150/1,pp278/9 and pp342/3 respectively,acknowledgements,notes on sources,a biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,2 b/w war theatre maps (The Western Desert). 'In 1940,the first full year of the Second World War,Britain was on the verge of being occupied.The Germans forces had swept west,pushing the British and French to Dunkirk,and invasion by Germany seemed inevitable.The Battle of Britain turned the tide.This book . . . tells the story of that year in the words of the ordinary people caught up in the war - pilots,soldiers,sailors,drivers,secretaries,nurses and civilians.Using interviews,diaries,letters and memoirs,the story is told with an immediacy that fiction could not achieve.' - The Guardian.                                    Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,and in 2016 too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances, dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2002., London, UK: Penguin Books, 2005. 918 Pages. The Hinge of Fate is the dramatic account of the Allies' changing fortunes.In the first half of the book, Churchill describes the fearful period in which the Germans threaten to overwhelm the Red Army, Rommel dominates the war in the desert, and Singapore falls to the Japanese. In the span of just a few months, the Allies begin to turn the tide, achieving decisive victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, and repulsing the Germans at Stalingrad. As confidence builds, the Allies begin to gain ground against the Axis powers.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket., Penguin Books, 2005, University of Nevada Press, 1996-09-01. Paperback . New. Winner of the Western Heritage Wrangler Award. 1st printing. This is an unused book from the warehouse of a former new-book distributor., University of Nevada Press, 1996-09-01, London, UK: Faber and Faber, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. h/b 244 pages, condition is very good, minor edge wear to the DJ. The Tide Turns - The battles of Stalingrad, Alamein and Tunisia (23 August 1942 - 14 May 1943) - This the sixth volume by Strategicus on the war, opens with the German attack upon Stalingrad and ends with the allied victory in Tunisia. It provides the first considered account of the battle of Stalingrad and the counter attack and the offensive which recaptured Kursk, Rzhev, Gzhatsk and Vyazma, raised the siege of Leningrad and carried the Russian front towards Smolensk. The battle of Alamein is described with the long desert march which followed as well as the battle for Tripoli, the battles of Mareth and the Wadi Akarit and teh Tunisian campaign from the landings, through the first abortive attempt to seize Bizerta, to the great victory in May. The Tunisian campaign is for the first time placed in its proper setting against the background of the secret negotiations that led to French co-operation; and an attempt is made to assess the ambiguous Darlan episode., Faber and Faber, 1944, W. W. Norton, New York: 1999. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South AmericaÑwhere Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from SpainÑthe delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own. "The old master has us again in the palm of his hand."ÑLos Angeles Times (a Best Book of 1999) "I haven't read novels [in the past ten years] except for all of the Patrick O'Brian series. It was, unfortunately, like tripping on heroin. I started on those books and couldn't stop." Ñ E. O. Wilson, Boston Globe "Filled with exuberance and humor, and a writer's palpable delight at exercising his finest muscles. . . . At sea with a master." Ñ San Francisco Chronicle "O'Brian has presented his readers with a shining jewel...an intricate, multifaceted work." Ñ The New York Times Book Review "The best historical novels ever written... On every page Mr. O'Brian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change but people don't, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives." Ñ Richard Snow, New York Times Book Review "It has been something of a shock to find myselfÑan inveterate reader of girl booksÑobsessed with Patrick O'Brian's Napoleonic-era historical novels... What keeps me hooked are the evolving relationships between Jack and Stephen and the women they love." Ñ Tamar Lewin, New York Times "I devoured Patrick O'Brian's 20-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog." Ñ Christopher Hitchens, Slate "I fell in love with his writing straightaway, at first with Master and Commander. It wasn't primarily the Nelson and Napoleonic period, more the human relationships... And of course having characters isolated in the middle of the goddamn sea gives more scope... It's about friendship, camaraderie. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin always remind me a bit of Mick and me." Ñ Keith Richards "[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a masterpiece. It will outlive most of today's putative literary gems as Sherlock Holmes has outlived Bulwer-Lytton, as Mark Twain has outlived Charles Reade." Ñ David Mamet, New York Times "The Aubrey-Maturin series...far beyond any episodic chronicle, ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart." Ñ Ken Ringle, Washington Post "O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should have been on those lists of the greatest novels of the 20th century." Ñ George Will "Gripping and vivid... a whole, solidly living world for the imagination to inhabit." Ñ A. S. Byatt "There is not a writer alive whose work I value over his." Ñ Stephen Becker, Chicago Sun-Times "Patrick O'Brian is unquestionably the Homer of the Napoleonic wars." Ñ James Hamilton-Paterson, New Republic, W. W. Norton, New York: 1999, Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, Limited, 2005. 96 pages, prof ill b/w photos, colour artworks, maps. One of the turning points of World War II was the British defeat of the Axis forces at the battle of El Alamein in October 1942.. First Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Illus. by Gerrard, Howard., Osprey Publishing, Limited, 2005, London England: The China Inland Mission, 1927. Hardback. Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slightly rolled spine. Green cloth with black lettering. Contents: Foreword. Part I: The Backside of the Desert. 1860-1866, AET 28-34. Part II: Launching Out Into the Deep 1866-1868, AET 34-36. Part III: Treasurwes of Darkness 1868-1879, AET 36-38. Part IV: The God of the Impossible 1871-1877, AET 39-45. Part V:Buried Lives: Much Fruit 1878-1881, AET 46-49. Part VI: The Rising Tide 1881-1887, AET 49-55. Part VII: Wider Ministry 1888-1895, AET 56-63. Part VIII: 'Worn Out With Loving' 1895-1905, AET 63-73. Index. With Portraits. 640 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback., The China Inland Mission, 1927, (Government Printing Office, Washington, DC: )., 1862. 26 p. 8vo. 225 mm. Disbound. Removed. Very Good. In 1861, Crisfield was elected as a Unionist from the 1st Congressional district of Maryland, serving one term from March 4, 1861 until March 3, 1863. Although Maryland remained loyal to the Union at the outbreak of the American Civil War, the state was divided on the question of slavery and the emancipation of Maryland slaves. On December 16, 1861 a bill was presented to Congress to emancipate slaves in Washington DC, and in March 1862 Lincoln held talks with Crisfield on the subject of emancipation. Crisfield however argued that freedom would be worse for the slaves than slavery, especially in time of war, but such arguments could no longer hold back the abolitionist tide. By summer, Congress passed the Confiscation Act of 1862, which permitted the Union army to enlist African-American soldiers, and barred the army from recapturing runaway slaves. In July 1862 Lincoln offered to buy out Maryland slaveholders, offering $300 for each emancipated slave, but Crisfield rejected the offer. In 1862 Congress passed the Emancipation Proclamation which declared all slaves in Southern states to be free, but Maryland, like other border states, was exempted since she had remained loyal to the Union at the outbreak of war. In 1863 Crisfield was defeated in local elections by the abolitionist candidate John Creswell, amid allegations of vote-rigging by the army. After being defeated at the polls, Crisfield resumed the practice of law. It is interesting here that he distracted immersed himself with the early disputes over waters from the Colorado River, and the rich (but dry) lands in Southern California. GEOLOGY 2., (Government Printing Office, Washington, DC: )., 1862, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. 369 Pages Indexed. Yellow cloth boards and endpapers. Owner's name on front endpaper. Blue-inked underlining and margin marks on pages 5, 7, 32, 43-45, 57, 61, 66, 79, 84, 85, 91, 92, 99, 150, 152, and 153. Most underlining marks are light single instances. No other defects noted. Illustrated with more than 150 illustrrations with the majority being black and white photogrphs. This is the first comprehensive history of a unique corner of America, a city with its roots in Indian and Spanish colonial history The author, dean of southwestern historians, details the growth over two centuries of one of the region's most colorful communities. Today's metropolitan Tucson is a city of half a million people, set along the Santa Cruz River in the Lower Sonoran Desert in a great basin surrounded by soaring mountain ranges. It is different in many ways from any other city in the United States. Like all other Sun- belt centers, however, it is growing by great leaps and bounds. It is a popular winter resort, and the site of the University of Arizona. Tucson has always been the center of a separate world, with a history, population, and character of its own. It was an oasis far from other Indian cultural centers a thousand years ago. It was a remote outpost in 1776, when the Spaniards founded a presidio there. It was not far from the edge of the world when Anglos began settling along the Santa Cruz not long before the Civil War. Even with the coming of the railroad, the airplane, and television, Tucson has remained insulated from the rest of the country by distance. Much of Tucson's charm derives from this insulation. Beyond the separateness is a fact too often overlooked: Deserts Were Not Made for People. Technological skills make survival possible for most of the population; only the long-resident Papago Indians are truly at home there. In such a difficult environment early-day white settlers had to make do with little, undergo much, and be prepared for the worst. Contents in 17 Chapters: Post Farthest Out, The Presidio and the Pueblito, The Yanqui Invasion, The Great Transition, The Tides of War, Roads to Civilization, Chariot of Fire, Renegades and Desperadoes, Growing Pains, Great Events, Tucson at War, The Gold-plated Decade, Hard Times in Tucson, War Again, The Price of Progress: Tucson as Metropolis, But On the Other Hand, and Back to Bowl and Pitcher. A large heavy book. . First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Bufkin, Donald H. - Maps. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4"., University of Oklahoma Press, 1982<