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Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good-. Illustrated by Ayers, Alan [cover]; Ward, Jeffrey [map] (illustrator). First Mass Market Edition. Spine curved/creased, some edgewear/bumping. A clean and bright copy. "Attorney Nina Reilly needs a fresh start. After three yearsin Lake Tahoe, tackling some of the city's toughest cases, she's ready for a real challenge: sorting out her complex relationship with her boyfriend, Monterey P.I. Paul van Wagoner. So she's heading back to Carmel Valley, a place of dramatic contradictions and hidden tensions. And within days of her arrival, Nina is already feeling the heat. Two fires in one summer have raged through the valley, igniting suspicions of arson. When a third blaze ends in a fatality, the police name a suspest: Wish Whitefeather, Paul's trusted assistant and the son of Nina's ex-assistant, Sandy Whitefeather. Both Nina and Paul are certain Wish is innocent - and as they work together to clear him, more frightening questions are raised. For as the evidence is sifted, another fire is set. And out of the flames a terrifying picture emerges: of a community steeped in secrets and rage, a tangled history between two men, and a killer whose motives are more complex - and chilling - than anyone can imagine."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Louis Glanzman; GDS/ Jeffrey L Ward (map design) (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. ** [ CANADA BUYERS; This is a THICK BOOK (TWO CM or More in Thickness), thus can only be shipped by Expedited Mail in CANADA, Standard Pre-Set Postage Rates DO NOT APPLY, EXTRA Shipping Charges will be Required, to cover our actual Costs ] ** 452 pages "Epic story of Custer's battlefield victories - and his love for a beautiful Cheyenne Woman.">> Cover creasing & scuffing, spine slant; pen to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good to Very Good. Louis Glanzman; GDS/ Jeffrey L Ward (map design) (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. ** [ CANADA BUYERS; This is a THICK BOOK (TWO CM or More in Thickness), thus can only be shipped by Expedited Mail in CANADA, Standard Pre-Set Postage Rates DO NOT APPLY, EXTRA Shipping Charges will be Required, to cover our actual Costs ] ** 468 pages "Magnificent saga of Custer's Cheyenne son and his fight to survive in a savage land.">> Cover creasing & scuffing, spine slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Louis Glanzman; GDS/ Jeffrey L Ward (map design) (illustrator). 7th Edition By This Publisher. ** [ CANADA BUYERS; This is a THICK BOOK (TWO CM or More in Thickness), thus can only be shipped by Expedited Mail in CANADA, Standard Pre-Set Postage Rates DO NOT APPLY, EXTRA Shipping Charges will be Required, to cover our actual Costs ] ** 452 pages "Epic story of Custer's battlefield victories - and his love for a beautiful Cheyenne Woman.">> Cover creasing & scuffing, spine slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Zustand: vg. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: vg-. Wesley W. Bates / Jeffrey L. Ward, map (illustrator). 288 pages; interior clean; binding solid; b/w illustrations & il'd map; shelf wear to edges of color il'd dj. Hardcover (dj).

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by Ward,jeffrey L. Map (illustrator). VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK, CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT; WHITE TITLES ON LITE BROWN COVER PHOTO SHOWING WATER RUSHING OVER LOW WAVE .****My ISBN is correct, but it predates the white covered THIS BROWN COVER IS NOT A COMMON.printing. ******; 516pg THICK pages; Paper covers.man & tree cover art.BLACK spine titles on WHITE spine strip & COVERS. first edition,Second Printing" THUS; 2pt.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Peter Mendelsund (Cover Design); Robin Matthews (Author Photo); Jeffrey L. Ward (Map Design) (illustrator). 1st Anchor Bks Edition, April 2005. 509 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Synopsis: Tom Bradby's third novel (though his first to be published in the U.S.) is a feverish work of historical noir, a labyrinthine thriller set in a viciou s world where everyone--as in Bogart's Casablanca--has a reason for hiding. The year is 1926; the city is Shanghai, a swamp of organized crime, corrup tion, turf wars between British intelligence and street- level law enforceme nt, Communist sympathizers, and East European refugees from Bolshevik atroc ities. Into this sweltering, cutthroat port city steps Richard Field, an id ealistic policeman from Yorkshire looking to distance himself from a painfu l past. Ill-suited to Shanghai's heat and shocking violence, Field neverthe less throws himself into investigating the grisly murder of a Russian prost itute, the latest in a line of dead women who lived in the orbit of a power ful Chinese mobster. Slowed by official roadblocks, Field learns that the o nly man in his department he can trust is a tough Chicago detective, Capris i, a touchstone of sanity even as Field loses his rookie head over another doomed Russian call girl. Bradby, a seasoned correspondent for Britain's ITN television network, has obviously spent considerable time researching 1920s Shanghai. His feel for the city's Byzantine society and exotic textures is matched by his accessible vision of Shanghai as a junction of international fallout and internal intrigue. Less compelling, if not outright distracting, is Bradby's more contemporary emphasis on ghastly serial killings with a sex- crime edge. But in the end, the book's remarkable prose and density of experience are uniquely rewarding. --Tom Keogh.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Merritt Dekle (Cover Art); GDS/Jeffrey L. Ward (Map Design) (illustrator). Bantam Books Edition: August 1990. 265 + pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. Alan Ayers (Cover Illustration); Jeffrey Ward (Map) (illustrator). 1st Printing/ Dell Mass Market Ed 2004. 443 pp. Tightly bound copy with moderate to heave external wear. Clean text. Small tear on front cover page top. Creased spine. A perfectly acceptable reading copy.

Soft Cover. Zustand: vg+. Jeffrey L. Ward, frontis map (illustrator). 504 pages; 8.25" tall; photo front cover. Paperback.

Hardcover. Ward, Jeffrey L. (Map) (illustrator). 384 p. Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Index. From Wikipedia: "Scott Anderson is an American novelist, journalist and a veteran war correspondent. He wrote novels Triage, Moonlight Hotel, The Man Who tried to Save the World, and War Zones. He is a frequent contributor to for the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Esquire, Men s Journal, Vanity Fair and other publications. Anderson grew up in East Asia, primarily in Taiwan and Korea, where his father was an agricultural advisor for the American government. His career began with a 1994 article in Harper's Magazine on the Northern Ireland events. The 2007 movie The Hunting Party starring Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, is partially based on his work in Bosnia. The 2009 drama film Triage starring Colin Farrell, Paz Vega and Sir Christopher Lee, is based on his novel. Anderson currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. In a September 2009 issue of GQ, Anderson wrote an article on Putin's role in the Russian apartment bombings, based in part on his interviews with Mikhail Trepashkin. The journal owner, Conde Nast, then took extreme measures to prevent an article by Anderson from appearing in the Russian media, both physically and in translation. According to the NPR, Anderson was asked not to syndicate the article to any Russian publications, but told GQ he would refuse the request." Also from Wikipedia: "Frederick C. Cuny (born November 14, 1944 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American disaster relief specialist who was active in many humanitarian projects around the world from 1969 until his forced disappearance in Chechnya in 1995.In 1952 Cuny moved with his family to Texas. He had a passion for flying and hoped to become a fighter pilot. He studied engineering at Texas A&M University, specializing in problems in developing countries, and urban planning at the University of Houston. Unable to pass his language requirements, Cuny could not go on to Officers' Candidate School, thus ending his dream of life as an officer in the military. However, he became increasingly involved in causes such as the problems of local Mexican migrant workers. Cuny became an accomplished civil engineer, working on large construction projects such as a radar installation at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. At some point he became dissatisfied and decided to become a disaster relief specialist who used his training in engineering to do humanitarian work. Cuny was hired by organizations such as the United Nations and private foundations to design and carry out relief plans. Cuny was able to maintain the autonomy to devise solutions his way and became increasingly active as a policy adviser. Cuny's overriding goal was to institute a radical restructuring of the way the disaster relief system operated throughout the world. In 1971 he founded the non-profit Intertect Relief and Reconstruction Corp. of Dallas, Texas, a relief mission technical assistance and training company. This company became the major disaster relief agency, Interworks. Cuny also founded the Center for the Study of Societies in Crisis which became known as the Cuny Center after his death. He worked in countries such as Biafra, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia, and Bosnia. At the end of his life he was working closely with George Soros' Open Society Institute, and was instrumental in the early stages of founding the International Crisis Group, which seeks to institutionalize the knowledge base of relief experts. Cuny was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1995, but disappeared before he could officially receive his award. In April 1995, Cuny and his team of two Russian Red Cross doctors and an interpreter disappeared in Chechnya while seeking to negotiate a ceasefire. Cuny's family believes that although they were in contact with the Chechen forces under Dzhokhar Dudayev who were meant to pass them on for safe keeping, they were arrested and executed under the orders of Rizvan Elbiev (Elbiyev), a local Chechen rebel counterintelligence command.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Jeffrey Ward (Map), Nina Subin (Author photograph) (illustrator). First Edition [stated]. Later printing. xii, [4], 585, [7] pages. Map. A Note to Readers. Sources. Bibliography. Index. The front of the dust jacket has some minor rippling. Erik Larson (born January 3, 1954) is an American journalist and author of mostly historical nonfiction books. His books include Isaac's Storm (1999), The Devil in the White City (2003), In the Garden of Beasts (2011), and Dead Wake (2015). The Devil in the White City won the 2004 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, among other awards. Larson's first newspaper job was with the Bucks County Courier Times in Levittown, Pennsylvania, where he wrote about murder, witches, environmental poisons, and other "equally pleasant" things. He later became a features writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time. His magazine stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, and other publications. Larson has written a number of books, mostly historical nonfiction. In a 2016 interview with the Knoxville Mercury, Larson stated he does all of his own research, asking, "why should I let anybody else have that fun?" He included among his literary inspirations David McCullough, Barbara Tuchman, David Halberstam, and Walter Lord. Larson's 2006 book, Thunderstruck, intersperses the story of Hawley Harvey Crippen with that of Guglielmo Marconi and the invention of radio. Larson has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State University, the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon, and he has spoken to audiences across the United States. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and The Devil in the White City delivers a startlingly fresh portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons (30,000 of them Londoners) and destroying two million homes. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally--that she was willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." It is a story of brinksmanship but also a domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country house, Chequers, and his wartime residence, Ditchley, where Churchill and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, including recently declassified files, intelligence reports, and personal diaries only now available, Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their daughters, Sarah, Diana, and the youngest, Mary, who chafes against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; her illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the cadre of close advisors who comprised Churchill's "Secret Circle," including his observant private secretary, John Colville; newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook; and Federick Lindemann. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today's political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when--in the face of unrelenting horror--Churchill's eloquence, strategic brilliance, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together. The Splendid and the Vile is a biography of Winston Churchill during his first year as British Prime Minister, written by Erik Larson. In his first year as Prime Minister, Churchill was tested by the start of "The Blitz", a sustained bombing campaign against Great Britain by Adolph Hitler's air force, the Luftwaffe. Larson focuses on Mr. Churchill's experience with the actual words and stories of his family, friends, employees, political allies and enemies, as well as Britain's allies and enemies. The Splendid and the Vile includes a detailed description of Great Britain's first years at war, and extends to the actions of United States during the period, especially Franklin Roosevelt's Lend-Lease program. The book concludes with the entrance of the U.S. into the war following Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Like other books by Erik Larson, The Splendid and the Vile is well-documented non-fiction, but it reads like a novel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Map Illustrations) (illustrator). First Printing [stated]. xvii, [3], 472, [4] pages. Maps. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Mark Perry (born 1950) is an American author specializing in military, intelligence, and foreign affairs analysis. He has authored nine books: Four Stars, Eclipse: The Last Days of the CIA,[2] A Fire In Zion: Inside the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Conceived in Liberty, Lift Up Thy Voice, Grant and Twain, Partners In Command, Talking To Terrorists, and The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur. Perry's articles have been featured in a number of publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Newsday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Christian Science Monitor, and The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio). He is a graduate of Northwestern Military and Naval Academy and of Boston University. Perry's books have met with critical acclaim from Kirkus Reviews, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. The first book ever to explore the relationship between George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower, Partners in Command eloquently tackles a subject that has eluded historians for years. As Mark Perry charts the crucial impact of this duo on victory in World War II and later as they lay the foundation for triumph in the Cold War, he shows us an unlikely, complex collaboration at the heart of decades of successful American foreign policy and shatters many of the myths that have evolved about these two great men and the issues that tested their alliance. As exciting to read as it is vitally informative, this work is a signal accomplishment.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Map) (illustrator). First Printing [Stated]. [10], 242, [4] pages. Map. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. Signed by the author, Linda Greenlaw, on the title page. Includes Prologue, Epilogue, The Course of the Seahawk (map); and Acknowledgments. Also includes chapters on The Call; The Crew; Outward Bound; Things Fall Apart; Adrift; Water, Water, Everywhere; Let's Catch Fish; Setting Out, at Last; The Grand Banks Bubble; Busted; Legal Affairs; Back to Business; Shipping Seas; and Epilogue. Linda Greenlaw, America's only female swordfish boat captain, lives on Isle au Haut, Maine. She was featured in the book and film The Perfect Storm, and in the Discovery Channel series Swords: Life on the Line. She has written three New York Times bestselling nonfiction books about life as a commercial fisherman and two mysteries, and she has coauthored a cookbook with her mother, Martha Greenlaw. Linda Greenlaw (born December 22, 1960) is a best-selling author of books with maritime themes and the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast of the United States. She was featured in the 1997 book The Perfect Storm and the film The Perfect Storm. Greenlaw wrote three best-selling books about life as a commercial fisher: The Hungry Ocean in 1999, The Lobster Chronicles in 2002 and All Fishermen Are Liars in 2002. Her books have climbed to No. 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, with The Hungry Ocean remaining on the list for three months. Greenlaw won the American Library Association's Alex Award in 2000, U. S. Maritime Literature Award in 2003, and the New England Book Award for nonfiction in 2004. America's only female swordfish boat captain returns with this long- awaited follow-up to the bestselling The Hungry Ocean. After the exploits recounted in The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean that made her a sensation, Linda Greenlaw took a ten- year hiatus from blue-water fishing. When an old friend offered her a captaincy on his swordboat, Greenlaw ditched her mounting bills and headed for the sea. Full of adventure and thought-provoking reflection, Seaworthy recounts her return to the beautiful and deadly Grand Banks -from the nuances of reading weather and the complexities of longline fishing to the surprise of landing in jail for crossing into Canadian waters. The result is both a wild ride and a memorable look at one woman's struggle to define her own limits.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Map) (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing. 222 pages. Maps, slight wear to DJ edges. Bookplate signed by the author (Anne Garrels) on front endpaper. Anne Garrels is the highly respected National Public Radio (NPR) foreign correspondent who filed reports from Baghdad, as a non-embedded journalist, prior to and during the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein's government. Anne Garrels narrative starts with several trips she made to Baghdad before the war, beginning in October 2002. At its heart is her evolving relationship with her Iraqi driver/minder, Amer, who becomes her friend and confidant, often serving as her eyes and ears among the populace and taking her where no other reporter w able to penetrate. Amer's own strong reactions and personal dilemma provide a trenchant counterpoint to daily events. The Story is also punctuated by e-mail bulletins sent by Garrel's husband, Vint Lawrence, to their friends around the world, giving a private view of the rough-and-tumple, often dangerous life of a foreign correspondent. The result is an enthralling, deeply personal, and utterly authentic--an on-the-ground picture of the war in Iraq that no one else could have written. As Chicago Sun-Times critic Lloyd Sachs wrote about Garrels's work in Baghdad, "A few choice words, honestly delivered, are worth more than a thousand pictures.In your mind's eye, they carry lasting truth." As National Public Radio's senior foreign correspondent, Anne Garrels has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. She is renowned for direct, down-to-earth, insightful reportage, and for her independent take on what she sees. One of only sixteen un-embedded American journalists who stayed in Baghdad's now-legendary Palestine Hotel throughout the American invasion of Iraq, she was at the very center of the storm. Naked in Baghdad gives us the sights, sounds, and smells of our latest war with unparalleled vividness and immediacy. Garrels's narrative starts with several trips she made to Baghdad before the war, beginning in October 2002. At its heart is her evolving relationship with her Iraqi driver/minder, Amer, who becomes her friend and confidant, often serving as her eyes and ears among the populace and taking her where no other reporter was able to penetrate. Amer's own strong reactions and personal dilemma provide a trenchant counterpoint to daily events. The story is also punctuated by e-mail bulletins sent by Garrels's husband, Vint Lawrence, to their friends around the world, giving a private view of the rough-and-tumble, often dangerous life of a foreign correspondent, along with some much-needed comic relief. The result is enthralling, deeply personal, utterly authentic--an on-the-ground picture of the war in Iraq that no one else could have written. As Chicago Sun-Times critic Lloyd Sachs wrote about Garrels's work in Baghdad, "a few choice words, honestly delivered, are worth more than a thousand pictures . . . In your mind's eye, they carry lasting truth. J. Vinton "Vint" Lawrence (June 25, 1939 - April 9, 2016) was an artist and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer from their elite Special Activities Division. Under the name of "James Vinton", he was stationed in Laos from 1962 to 1966 and had a close relationship with the Hmong leader Vang Pao in the U.S. war in Southeast Asia. Lawrence's CIA colleague in Laos was the CIA paramilitary expert Anthony Poshepny (aka "Tony Poe"). Lawrence was married to National Public Radio reporter Anne Garrels. His letters to her during her time in Baghdad, Iraq, during the 2003 U.S. invasion of that country, are included in her book, Naked in Baghdad. He toured with her and shared the podium with her during her book readings. He and his wife received an AudioFile Earphones Award for their narration. An artist by profession, he occasionally wrote about U.S. foreign policy issues. As an illustrator and caricaturist he was regularly employed by The New Republic and The Washington Post.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. x, 230 pp. ; eggshell white cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; endpapers of Brunschwig & Fils Dublin Toile wallpapers ; Contents: Dedication : A tribute to Muriel Gahan -- Introduction -- In and On the Irish House -- Pottery -- Glass -- Basketmaking and Wickerwork -- Thatching -- Textiles -- Weaving -- Knitting -- Lacemaking -- Irish Linen -- Printed Textiles -- Precious Metals -- Gold Silver -- The Irish Table -- Cheesemaking -- Honey and Beekeeping -- Leatherwork -- Bookbinding -- Saddlery ; featured firms include Tipperary Crystal, Berney Brothers, Marsh's Library, Irish National Museum, Carrickmacross Lace, Clones Lace, Irish Linen Guild, Magee and Co., and Kenmare Lace ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Ward, Jeffrey (Map) (illustrator). First edition. First printing [stated]. Glued binding. Paper over boards. ix, [3], 319, [5] p. Illustrations. Maps. Cast of Characters. From Wikipedia: "Julian Rubinstein (b. 1968) is an award-winning journalist, author, producer and adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University. Rubinstein was born in the Bronx and grew up in Denver. His book Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, published in 2004, is about the Hungarian bank robber and folk hero Attila Ambrus. The book won Borders' 2004 "Original Voices" Non-fiction Book Prize and was a finalist for the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award and the 2005 Anthony Award. Warner Bros. and Johnny Depp optioned the book for a film. Rubinstein has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Details, Travel + Leisure, Salon, Outside and other publications. His work has been selected for the Best American Crime Writing anthology, The Best American Essays, and twice by The Best American Sports Writing." Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription on T-p.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Dewey, Amanda (book design); Ward, Jeffrey L (map illustration) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition green boards, blue spine, and gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Cast of Main Characters; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Nicola Fuller of Central Africa: The Soundtrack; Glossary: A Guide to Unusual or Foreign Words and Phrases and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and map. Signed by the author, Alexandra Fuller, with blue Sharpie/marker on a Treasure Coast Literary Society new condition bookplate which is tipped into the volume (not attached to the volume). In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and to her unforgettable family. At the heart of this family, and central to the lifeblood of her latest story, is Fuller's iconically courageous mother, Nicola (or Nicola Fuller of Central Africa, as she sometimes prefers to be known). Born on the Scottish Isle of Skye to a warlike clan of highlanders and raised in Kenya's perfect equatorial light, Nicola holds dear the values most likely to get you hurt or killed in Africa: loyalty to blood, passion for land, and a holy belief in the restorative power of all animals. With a lifetime of admiration behind her and after years of interviews and research, Fuller has recaptured her mother's inimitable voice with remarkable precision. [The book] is as funny, exotic, terrifying, and unselfcounscious as Nicola herself. We see Nicola as an irrepressible child in western Kenya, then with the man who fell in love with her, Tim Fuller. The young couple begin their life in a lavender colored honeymoon period, when East Africa lies before them with all the promise of its liquid honeyed light, even as the British Empire in which they both once believed wanes. But in short order, an accumulation of mishaps and tragedies bump up against history until the Fullers find themselves in a world they hardly recognize. We follow Tim and Nicola as they hopscotch the continent, restlessly trying to establish a home, from Kenya to Rhodesia to Zambia, even returning to England briefly. War, hardship, and tragedy seem to follow the family even as Nicola fights to hold on to her children, her land, her sanity. But just when it seems that Nicola has been broken by the continent she loves, it is the African earth - and Tim's acceptance of her love for this earth - that revives and nurtures her. A story of survival and war, love and madness, loyalty and forgiveness, [the book] is an intimate exploration of the author's family and of the price of being possessed by this uncompromising, fertile, death-dealing land. In the end we find Nicola and Tim at a table under their Tree of Forgetfulness in the Zambezi Valley on the banana and fish farm where they plan to spend their final days. In local custom, the Tree of Forgetfulness is where villagers meet to resolve disputes and it is here that the family at last finds an African kind of peace. Following the ghosts and dreams of memory, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is Alexandra Fuller at her very best." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Jeffrey L. Ward (map) (illustrator). First Edition Thus. October, 2015. Stated first Picador Edition. Book, " . . . is a remarkable tale of obsession, the human will stretched to its limits, and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution." (rear panel) Bookseller's Inventory # 242641.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Map) (illustrator). x, [6], 368 pages. Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by author on half-title page. Shelly Culbertson is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Her research focus includes refugees, education, workforce development, international development, and the Middle East. She is currently leading a portfolio of studies about refugees and displacement in the Middle East, with emphasis on education, jobs, and humanitarian assistance models. She co-led a multi-year effort to advise the Ministry of Education of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq on improving its K-12 and vocational education systems. Prior to RAND, she worked at the U.S. State Department on the Turkey Desk. Culbertson received a B.S. in mathematics and political science from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree from the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She is the author of The Fires of Spring: A Post Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East. Derived from a Kirkus review: A journalist and RAND Corporation research manager in Qatar, American-born Culbertson traveled recently to six Middle East countries she believes are most indicative of the vast changes taking place in the region since the political upheavals in 2011. Tunisia was the catalyst when in January of that year, the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi ignited national unrest, and a true revolution then convulsed Egypt with the overthrow of a long-running dictator. The author's choice of non-Arab Turkey underscores the profound and unsettling changes in the region that mirror the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. Indeed, she posits, the struggle for the formation of legitimate nation-states began then. After presenting an overview of observations about the region as a whole-including the emphasis on the region's diversity, the struggle to delineate Islam's role in government, balancing the modern versus the past, the emancipation of women, and the inclusion of the overwhelming youthful demographic-Culbertson takes a deep look at each country in turn and asks the people involved what the revolution achieved for them. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Map) and Marcel Dzama (Illustrati (illustrator). First Printing [Stated]. [16], 254, [2] pages. Map. Illustration. Most Useful Primary Sources. Note on Language. DJ has autographed copy sticker on front. Signed by author on title page. DJ has edge tears at top front. Sarah Jane Vowell (born December 27, 1969) is an American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress. Vowell has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. She was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries and toured the country in many of the program's live shows. She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and will reprise her role in its sequel. Vowell is a New York Times bestselling author[5] of seven nonfiction books on American history and culture. Vowell's book, The Wordy Shipmates, analyzes the settlement of the New England Puritans in America and their contributions to American history. The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times bestselling author Sarah Vowell's exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" "a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid." To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means? and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might suggest. The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. Their story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance. Along the way she asks: * Was Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop a communitarian, a Christlike Christian, or conformity's tyrannical enforcer? Answer: Yes!; * Was Rhode Island's architect, Roger Williams, America's founding freak or the father of the First Amendment? Same difference; * What does it take to get that jezebel Anne Hutchinson to shut up? A hatchet; * What was the Puritans' pet name for the Pope? The Great Whore of Babylon. Sarah Vowell's special brand of armchair history makes the bizarre and esoteric fascinatingly relevant and fun. She takes us from the modern-day reenactment of an Indian massacre to the Mohegan Sun casino, from old-timey Puritan poetry, where 'righteousness' is rhymed with 'wilderness,' to a Mayflower-themed waterslide. Throughout, The Wordy Shipmates is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary by one of America's most celebrated voices. Thou shalt enjoy it.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. Jeffrey L. Ward (Map) (illustrator). xiii, [1], 298, [8] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Map. Includes Foreword, Introduction, Acknowledgments, Epilogue, Notes, and Index. Chapters cover Alarm; The Fox; The Law for the Defense of the Nation; The Commissar; An Order for Deportation; The Lovers; A Thracian Nightmare; Boxcars at the Station; An Order from the Highest Place; Trains; Forty-Three Signatures; The Bluff; The Metropolitans; Belev's Devious Plan; Despair; The King Has Vanished; Belev's Revenge; The Last Effort; The Mysterious Death of Boris III; A Body in a Ditch; and The Hour of Reckoning. Michael Bar-Zohar (born 30 January 1938) is an Israeli historian, novelist and politician. He was a member of the Knesset on behalf of the Alignment and Labor Party in the 1980s and early 1990s. As a protégé of Moshe Dayan, Bar-Zohar was known as a hawk within the Labor Party. In 1965 Bar-Zohar won the Sokolov Award for his achievements as a journalist. He published several books, including biographies of David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres, several books about the Israeli security organizations, and an account of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Nazis in World War II. The Bulgarians, indeed, were among the least anti-Semitic Peoples in Europe. Unlike other European Jews they were integrated in the Bulgarian society. They had not been subject to persecutions, expulsions, and pogroms. The anti-Semitism they had encountered had been rare and had almost never turned violent. Although staunchly Zionist, and proud of their Jewish identity, they deeply loved Bulgaria. After all, some of their forefathers had come to Bulgaria even before the Slavs and the Bulgars. In the centuries that followed, Bulgaria became a land of refuge for Jews exiled from Hungary, France, Bavaria, and other countries of Central and Western Europe. They survived an occupation of Bulgaria by Byzance that lasted more than a century. In 1185, Byzance was routed, and the second Bulgarian kingdom became the mightiest power in the Balkan peninsula. Yet, on the eve of World war II, hostility was beginning to brew. A cabinet minister made some offending remarks about the Jews in a radio broadcast, and when the Jewish leaders complained to the justice minister, he fired back at them, "What do you want, that we sacrifice Bulgaria for fifty thousand Jews?" Derived from a Kirkus review: A fast-paced account of the dramatic rescue of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews from probable annihilation during the Holocaust. Former Israeli Knesset member Bar Zohar vividly describes the Bulgarian effort to keep Bulgaria's Jews beyond Hitler's grasp. Despite deportation orders, not one Bulgarian Jew is known to have been delivered to the Nazis. Providing a historical backdrop to this largely unknown story, the author disputes allegations of anti-Semitism in Bulgaria. The Bulgarians, he asserts, were unusually tolerant of Jews, Greeks, and other minorities; pogroms weren't a native tradition. Other interesting facts: Bulgarian Jews were for the most part a nonobservant lot, not set apart in public by distinct garb or by rites and dietary habits. Nor were they wealthy. They were modest workers?largely craftsmen and peddlers?who lived alongside Christians in the poorest sections of Bulgarian towns. Despite their firm Zionist leanings (90 percent immigrated to Israel after the war), they "felt so strongly for their homeland they were willing to die for it." Unsurprisingly, then, the Bulgarian people remained mostly indifferent to the extreme right's attempts to incite hatred against the Jews. Rather, Bulgarian society?especially the cultural and political elite?was determined to protect its Jewish minority. Standing particularly firm against anti-Semitism was the Bulgarian Church itself. Bar Zohar documents how, time and time again, the Church confronted the government and challenged anti-Semitic measures. But the Jews of Thrace and Macedonia were less fortunate: he describes the vicious treatment and deportation of these 11,343 forlorn people through Bulgarian territory to the death camps of Treblinka and Majdanek. Weaving elements of romance and espionage into a dramatic tale of redemption, Bar Zohar intrigues and informs us. First Paperback Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Jeffrey L. Ward (map) (illustrator). [10], 422 pages. Illustrations. A Note on Sources. Notes. Index. Inscription signed and dated by the author on half title. Inscription is to "Victor", believed by context and related acquisition to be Vic Gold. Endpaper maps. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Tyler Bridges is an American freelance reporter who contributes to The Washington Post, Politico, and The Baton Rouge Advocate, as well as other publications. He was previously a reporter for The Lens (a non-profit digital newsroom based in New Orleans), The Miami Herald, and The Times-Picayune. Bridges has reported on New Orleans and Louisiana politics as well as on Latin American affairs. Between 1992 and 1996, Bridges also covered the legalization of gambling in Louisiana. This became the subject of his book, Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and The Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards. Derived from a Kirkus review: From 1992 to 1996, Times-Picayune reporter Bridges was assigned to cover the story of legalized gambling in Louisiana-and a sordid story it was, too. There are actually two tales here: the attempt by Louisiana to balance its budget with taxes on gambling, and the Feds' pursuit of Governor Edwin Edwards. Louisiana was in big trouble in the 1990s: Edwards-who served four terms as governor and time in federal prison-was a flamboyant, seductive, and slick politician who loved to gamble. The Louisiana citizens and legislature barely approved the gambling issues, but then the real fun began as Edwards's friends and associates and wannabes of every stripe and stink scrambled to acquire the few riverboat licenses the state would grant. The vast amounts of money involved tainted just about everyone who came near the licensing process, including Edwards and his son. Bridges writes with command and ease about this byzantine and squalid enterprise. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.