Shashi Despande:
If i Die Today - Taschenbuch
2017, ISBN: 9788129120496
Gebundene Ausgabe
Thames & Hudson Ltd, New York, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fifty years before the birth of Christ, in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, there reigned a yo… Mehr…
Thames & Hudson Ltd, New York, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fifty years before the birth of Christ, in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, there reigned a young queen renowned for her beauty, guile and charm: Cleopatra. Politically astute and talented, she sought to protect her nation against the threat of Rome through her love affairs - first with the Roman ruler Julius Caesar and then with the rebel general Mark Antony, until the day in 30 BC when the Roman legions of Octavion stood at the gates of the city. Antony committed suicide; Cleopatra died by her own hand; Egypt fell to Rome. This work explores the history and the myth of this legendary woman who has magnetically captured the imagination of writers and artists from Plutarch to Shakespeare and Cecil B. DeMille. the book is complete with a chronology, further reading list, list of illustrations, family tree and index. Lavish illustration. the book is clean, and has no damage. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Egypt; Ancient (BC); History. ISBN: 0500300739. ISBN/EAN: 9780500300732. Inventory No: 0252984. . 9780500300732, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1997, 3, Karl Schwarzer1967. gut leicht staubig. Seiten: 160 Bindung: Taschenbuch Bilder:, Karl Schwarzer1967, 2.5, Yearling. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Paperback. 0440413249 . 0.5 x 7.5 x 5 Inches; 160 pages; Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. <i>The Incredible Journey</i> is one of the great children's stories of all time--and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961. ., Yearling, 1997, 3, US: Harper, 2017. New. Echoing the fiction of Joseph Kanon, Alan Furst, and Daniel Silva, this deeply intelligent debut literary thriller--set within a world still reeling from World War II--explores how the actions of a few can change the course of history. British-occupied Palestine, 1946: Elderly writer Elias Lind isn't convinced by reports that his scientist brother, Raphael, died in a concentration camp. Too frail to search for Raphael himself, Elias persuades a contact in the Jewish resistance to send someone in his place.Lilya joined the resistance movement to help form a new state, not to waste her time on a fruitless chase across a war-ravaged continent at the request of a frail, most likely delusional, old man. As her comrades make their final preparations for a major operation, a bitter Lilya must accept her orders and embark on her journey to Europe. She is traveling as a member of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, one of the largest aid organizations for Jewish survivors--many of whom survived the Nazis only to find themselves with no family or home to return to. If Raphael is alive, odds are she will find him among the refugees trapped in displaced persons camps and prevented from immigrating to Palestine by the British. Lilya's search leads her from the hushed corridors of London's Whitehall, home to the British Secret Intelligence Service, to the haunted, rubble-strewn strasses of Munich and Berlin. Visiting Föhrenwald, an overcrowded and underfunded DP camp, she makes a breakthrough. But Lilya isn't the only person pursuing the missing man. Someone has been mirroring her every move--a dangerous adversary who will go to drastic lengths to find Raphael first. A13.. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 160 x 234 x 28mm., Harper, 2017, 5.5, UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject's colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain pale cream cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped fluorescent purple/mauve ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xivpp+1-162pp [paginated] includes authorforeword,intro, genealogy of Timothy's keepers (1844-2004),Timothy's timeline,12 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,a world timeline,a Devon timeline, acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,a subject's b/w portraitphotograph vignetted title page,prose extract (Joseph Conrad,Victory),and separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables. When Timothy the Tortoise died in April 2004 at more than 160,he was Britain's oldest living resident.For more than acentury he belonged to the Courtenay family,Earls of Devon,living in the Rose Garden at Powderham Castle,which has been their home for 600 years.Timothy,a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise,survived six monarchs,two world wars,and the frozen winters of 1947 and 1963.He hibernated under a giant purple wisteria and never came indoors.His diet was dandelions,lettuce and strawberries.His early life was spent as a ship's mascot before entering the family,fully grown,at fifty.But had he really been at the first bombardment of Sebastopol aboard the HMS Queen? Did he jump ship on hearing the next voyage was to Antarctica? In 1926,he endured the discovery that he was a she,and never mated.This is the story of his life,waking and sleeping.It is also the story of an estate and a family to whom he was a much-loved friend.It is their evolution and longevity,as much as his.'Where have I fallen,what have I done?' is the Courtenay family motto.In Timothy's case,it was into very good hands and really quite a lot.When the author's father took him to Powderham,just aged four,he wandered out into the Rose garden and met Timothy.It was a meeting he never forgot.In 1998,he returned to undertake the only interview Timothy ever gave,and was allowed to pick him up.When Timothy died,the family asked him to break the news,which then appeared on television,radio and in newspapers all over the world The author is a writer and journalist living on his familyfarm near Exeter, Devon.He writes for many publications,including the 'Daily Telegraph'. 'Country Life' and 'Horse & Hound'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE orderingthrough the order page!, LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2004., 5, UK,slim landscape 8vo wraps,1st edn.FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,sharp-cornered, colour pictorial cartoon illustrated upper cover; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Inevitable traces of minimal light scoring/indentations - barely discernible.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/ normal - but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine -no dog-ear reading crease to any pages' corners. Appears unread,as no reading creases to spine/backstrip,nor any to the front gutter edge of same.UK,slim landscape 8vo wraps,1st edn,160pp [unpaginated],an introduction by Billy Connolly (Scottish comedian) with his colour portrait photograph and his facsimile signature. Another unique collection of some of the best Giles cartoons from 1950 to 1988 inclusive,arranged in sections diverse as Season to be Jolly,Messing about in boats,Country Life,Grandma,Family Values: In Trouble and Strife,The Little Darlings etc.,each with an introduction before each section. Carl 'GILES' - known just by his surname worldwide,had been the regular cartoonist for the 'Daily Express' (a UK tabloid newspaper) in London,from about the middle of WW2.Since 1946 (the first annual comprising several years works up to issue No.6,this being the first to feature a single year),collections of his much detailed and imaginative cartoons,in book form, have appeared both annually and regularly,with compilations even appearing after his death.The cartoons are based on a 'family unit' - from babies to Grandma and the many relatives in between.The humorous punchlines to the cartoons were usually topical and reflected British humour,but it's the plethora of visual jokes and puns within the cartoon,thereby ensuring an enduring appeal to collectors of his works.Within each annual there's an extra attraction of the celebrity introductions to each annual.A collection of witty and humorous,detailed and imaginative cartoons by one of Britain's best-known and loved cartoonists.Other earlier and later GILES annuals are available,please enquire.GILES died 07/08/1995. Since April,2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, UK.EXTER,DEVON.PEDIGREE BOOKS,1997., 5, Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2012. Hardcover. New. If I Die Today is an incisive and compelling picture of murder and what it does to a community. Guru, an end-stage cancer patient, comes to a quiet medical campus and quickly befriends his hosts friends and neighbours, his warmth and sympathetic manner encouraging them to confide in him. Out of these conversations emerges a name Prabhakar Tambe which spreads a pall of uneasiness over the doctors and triggers a chain of events that leads to catastrophic results. Rumours start to fly, old tensions and rivalries between colleagues and friends re- surface, and every family on the campus is caught in a web of suspicion. Within weeks, two people die in mysterious circumstances and it seems that life will never be the same again for the doctors and their families. Printed Pages: 160. NA, Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2012, 6<