2007, ISBN: 9781921203282

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New York: Bantam Books, 1987. 13th printing. MM paperback in glossy white wraps.. Fine unmarked, no spine creases.. Exposes the myths and men of modern art. Bright crisp unread PB copy.… Mehr…

New York: Bantam Books, 1987. 13th printing. MM paperback in glossy white wraps.. Fine unmarked, no spine creases.. Exposes the myths and men of modern art. Bright crisp unread PB copy. 120 pp, b/w photos & illus., Bantam Books, 1987, 5, New York: Bantam Books - Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; Front Cover, Spine Pulled From Removal of Stickers; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. The Author of The Bonfire of the Vanities Exposes the Myths and Men of Modern Art. ALSO KNOWN AS: Excerpts appeared in the Washington Star News June 1975 and in the Book Digest September 1975. SYNOPSIS: DOWN WITH CULTUREBURG! DOWN WITH THE GURU CRITICS! From the fuliginous flatness of the fifties to the pop op minimal sixties, right on through the now-you-see-it-now-you-don't seventies, Tom Wolfe debunks the great American myth of modern art in an incandescent, hilarious and devastating blast. The Painted Word is scandalous! Tom Wolfe is generally regarded as one of the most brilliant observers of the American social scene. Since the mid-sixties, when postwar affluent America exploded into radically different lifestyles and subcultures, Wolfe has been its faithful chronicler with a steady stream of books - The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Pump House Gang, Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, The Painted Word, The Right Stuff, From Bauhaus to Our House, and, most recently, Bonfire of The Vanities. He grew up in Richmond, Virginia, received a doctorate in American Studies from Yale University, and now lives in New York City.. First Edition 15th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library., Bantam Books - Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 2.5, New York. 1990. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670813109. 344 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Tom McKeveny Jacket art: Alexander von Humboldt. Engraving, after a painting by Ferdinand Keller, 1877, courtesy of The Bettmann Archive. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The Amazon River is not only the world's largest, and holder of most superlatives, but it has been the scene of some of the most fantastic adventures in the history of exploration since it was first encountered almost 500 years ago. Other large rivers have also been explored, but none quite like the Amazon with its various expeditions spanning centuries. Even today a journey up one of ib massive tributaries can force the traveler to feel that little has changed since Aguirre or Madame Godin or Richard Spruce paddled those same waters. In Explorers of the Amazon, Anthony Smith recounts the stories of the remarkable men and women drawn to investigate the unknown interior of the South American continent. He describes the early forays of the Spanish conquistadores who voyaged in search of the legendary El Dorado, the lost City of Gold; the scientific expeditions of La Condamine in the eighteenth century, and of the Prussian Baron von Humboldt — the last great universal man — in the nineteenth; the exploits of the British adventurer Henry Wickham, who smuggled rubber seedlings out of Brazil; and the story of Walter Hardenburg, a young American who traveled to Colombia at the beginning of the twentieth century and became embroiled in an international scandal exposing the horrors of the plantations along the banks of the Putumayo. In the tradition of Alan Moorehead's classic books on the exploration of the Nile, Anthony Smith captures all the excitement and adventure, the astonishing feats and bloodcurdling infamies, that accompanied the opening of the grandest of rivers, the Amazon. inventory #13387 ISBN: 0670813109., 0, Warriewood, NSW, Australia: Woodslane Press, 2007. x, + 428pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft crease to first and title pages. Illustrated card wrapper corner creased on front panel. Introduction by John Perkins. Foreword by Bernie Fraser. From the rear panel: "John Perkins exposed a shocking secret world in 'Confessions', his first-person account of his own life as an EHM, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Here, other economic hit men, journalists, and investigators join Perkins to reveal many more deeply disturbing stories of greed and international corruption. In gripping detail, they describe the schemes and subterfuges that multinational corporations, governmental agencies use to enrich themselves behind the facade of 'foreign aid' and 'International Development'." Book weight approx. 570g. . First Australian Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Woodslane Press, 2007, 3<

2007, ISBN: 9781921203282

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NY: Harpercollins, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harpercollins, 2000. Very fine copy in dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., Harpercollins, … Mehr…

NY: Harpercollins, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harpercollins, 2000. Very fine copy in dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., Harpercollins, 2000, 5, Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1986. 273 pp, large 8vo (89 1/4" H). B&w photographs, tables. "Athough we know much about Shaker furniture, dance, textiles, and various artifacts, few books tell us about the Shakers as real people and the inner social workings of their sect. Who were the Shakers? What were their social, economic, and religious backgrounds? Why did they join this celibate, communal sect, and why did some leave while others stayed? What did they think of life inside the communities and the rapidly changing world outside? And, perhaps most important, when and why did the sect begin to decline, and how did Believers adjust to this decline? These are some of the questions Priscilla Brewer addresses in this engaging social history. Her highly readable general introduction to the Shakers challenges basic assumptions about the timing and reasons for the group's decline. Brewer studies the Shaker movement from its founding in 1774 to its last major public statement in 1904, restricting her work to the eleven Shaker communities in eastern New York and New England. (She) provides an inside look at Shaker life by recounting the group's social organization, the occupational roles of its members, the composition of its communities, and the operation of the Shaker hierarchy. Far from being a dry, sociological study, this book is filled with anecdotes and revealing stories related by the Shakers through the many writings they left behind." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, tiny foxing mark on fore-edge of text block. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, slight fading to spine color.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good., University Press of New England, 1986, 3, Sydney, Warriewood: Woodslane Press, 2007. 1st Australian ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, minor edgewear, minor pencil annotation. 428 pp. From the introduction by John Perkins author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The contributors to this book uncover events that have taken place across a wide range of countries, all EHM game plans under a variety of guises. The chapters are written in an order that follows the flow of money and power in the Global Empire.Other economic hit men, journalists, and investigators reveal many more deeply disturbing stories of greed and international corruption., Woodslane Press, 2007, 0<

2007, ISBN: 9781921203282

Warriewood, NSW, Australia: Woodslane Press, 2007. x, + 428pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft crease to first and title pages. Illustrated card wrapper corner creased… Mehr…

Warriewood, NSW, Australia: Woodslane Press, 2007. x, + 428pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft crease to first and title pages. Illustrated card wrapper corner creased on front panel. Introduction by John Perkins. Foreword by Bernie Fraser. From the rear panel: "John Perkins exposed a shocking secret world in 'Confessions', his first-person account of his own life as an EHM, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Here, other economic hit men, journalists, and investigators join Perkins to reveal many more deeply disturbing stories of greed and international corruption. In gripping detail, they describe the schemes and subterfuges that multinational corporations, governmental agencies use to enrich themselves behind the facade of 'foreign aid' and 'International Development'." Book weight approx. 570g. . First Australian Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Woodslane Press, 2007, 3<

2007, ISBN: 9781921203282

Trade paperback, 428 p. Audience: College/higher education; General/trade., Very good., Mona Vale, [PU: Woodslane Pty Ltd]