Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
by Alek Wek
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0061243310
- ISBN 13
- 9780061243318
- Seller
-
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper Collins, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. inc. photos, publisher's reminder, minimal shelf wear, dust jacket not price clipped, in protective cover, a very nice copy. Size: Octavo. 210 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Fashion Supermodels. ISBN: 0061243310. ISBN/EAN: 9780061243318. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 100602. . 9780061243318
Synopsis
Since the day she was scouted by a modeling agent while shopping at a London street fair when she was just nineteen, Alek Wek's life has been nothing short of a fantasy. When she's not the featured model in print campaigns for hip companies, or gracing the cover of Elle, she is working the runways of Paris, New York, and Milan to model for the world's leading designers, including Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel. But nothing in her early years prepared her for the life of a model.Born in Wau, in the southern Sudan, Alek knew only a few years of peace with her family before they were caught up in a ruthless civil war that pitted outlaw militias, the Muslim-dominated government, and southern rebels against each other in a brutal conflict that killed nearly two million people. Here is her daring story of fleeing the war on foot and her escape to London, where her rise from young model to supermodel was all the more notable because of Alek's non-European looks.A probe into the Sudanese conflict and an inside look into the life of a most unique supermodel, Alek is a book that will inspire as well as inform.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKNEST
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100602
- Title
- Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
- Author
- Alek Wek
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061243310
- ISBN 13
- 9780061243318
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB291 Biography & Autobiography; Fashion Supermodels. Alek From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
Terms of Sale
BOOKNEST
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
BOOKNEST
Biblio member since 2015
Prahran, Victoria
About BOOKNEST
Book selling for us was the natural result of bookcollecting of the past 30 years. Running out of room and in order to keep our hobby going we have to pass some on to you, so we can make room for new editions.Our collection of nearly 80000 volumes will eventually make its way into the inventory program. You are welcome to inquire on any subject that you are interested and we believe that we should be able to help you.Our love for the book both as an object of art or as a tool of knowledge will always guide us, and keep our customers happyCheersTheo Kolliniatis
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting History of the Circus in America
Step right up! Take a look at the center ring, where you will see displayed the most amazing, most colorful series of history books that the world has ever seen! Right this way, folks…
Collecting the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Born in the midst of the Great Depression, the theme of the 1939 World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow” - a theme that captured the hearts of a generation. Check out the maps, souvenirs, and other ephemera on Biblio!
