Search Results: Biography - Autobio from Riverwood's Books

Plume Books. Very Good+. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 0452283698 . New book, remainder marking bottom edge of pages. Light shelfwear to corners. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; "...A joyful tribute to the human spirit, told by a master storyteller with a flair for the wry one-liner. " --Toledo Blade Syndicated columnist Randall's writing style is intensely personal and unmistakably authentic, as if she were writing a letter to a trusted friend. In Randall's hands, even stories about ordinary things-from a broken birdbath to a rusty porch swing to a thousand paper cranes-all shine with extraordinary meaning and grace.... (170-osl) .

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - Near fine/VG. Hardcover has slight fading around edges and minor spotting outer edge of pages. Interior clean and unmarked other than a small lending library stamp on first page (no other evidence of this being a library book). B/w photos/illus. Jacket has light edgewear and light scuffing, not price clipped. Volume II of Tate's sweeping autobiography of both the British Art World and an insight into British 20th Century and History. ; 8vo .

Toronto: Mainroads Productions Inc.. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. 0919463045 . Interior of pages clean and intact, some soiling to outer edge of pages, previous owner's name inside cover. Cove has scuffing, light edgewear and some curling to bottom corner. The devastating trauma of child abuse is brought to light in this amazing true life story of Maury Blair. Born into a world of hate and rejection, it seemed there was no hope for this lonely, frightened boy. Read his story, and God's miracle. (195os-3-24) ; 8vo; 123 pages .

Viking/Penguin. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover is near fine, very light wear to edges/corners, very light soiling to back and outer edge of pages, light creasing to covers/corners. 268 pages. "This superbly told saga of family loyalties and disaffections reads more like a novel than an actual chronicle of Chan Sam, a Chinese peasant who left his family in 1913 to seek his fortune in the "Gold Mountain" of western Canada. There, though always planning to return to them, he set up a second family with the beautiful, headstrong concubine he brought with him from China. The story is narrated in the third person by his granddaughter, a Canadian economist, who creates an unsentimental portrait of both families: of Huangbo, the patient "home-wife" who raised their son and the two children the concubine, May-ying, left behind, and survived the Japanese occupation of China and the rule of Mao Tse-tung; of May-ying, whose earnings as… Read More

Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 082172469X . Book & jacket have very minimal wear. No markings or damage. 288 pages. " Snider joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the same year as Jackie Robinson, relocated with the team to Los Angeles, then played with the Mets and the San Francisco Giants in the twilight of his career....." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394588886 . Hardcover and jacket in excellent condition, minimal wear only. Hardcover has previous owner's name written small on endpage and jacket has slight edge wear, price clipped. Styron's compelling, harrowing account of his descent into deep depression and the brink of suicide. (220os422) ; 8vo .

E. P. Dutton. New. 2000. Hardcover. 0525945571 . New book, no markings. "Although Pelzer has a graduate degree in the school of hard knocks, he never got a chip on his shoulder. In this self-help book, Pelzer sticks with his warm and plainspoken narrative style (think Chicken Soup for the Soul) to offer advice on how to help yourself overcome adversity and let go of the past....." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

London: Allan Wingate. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce Title. Near fine hardcover has light corner bumping, light soiling outer edge of pages, nameplate inside front cover. Interior pages clean & tight. DJ has minor edgewear, a few tiny tears, light soiling, not price clipped, yellowing to edges. 242 pages. Summary: The author is one of the best-known figures in Fleet Street, and one of the youngest editors of the Sunday Chronicle, establishing it as one of the most outstanding and successful newspapers in the country. This story is of the year from Sept. 1939 to Sept. 1949, when war had been declared, when the sirens howled over London, when roads were choked with English refugees, when 5,000 bombers were momentarily expected overhead.....and when absolutely nothing happened....the phoney war, one of the most bewildering & sinister chapters in history...; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312240910 . Book is in very nice condition other than some damage to very bottom edge of hardcover, causing a partial rough edge and a little paper loss. Book is other wise clean and unmarked. Jacket is excellent with no tears, not price clipped, minor age tanning. Authorized by Monica Lewinsky, this biography is based on exclusive interviews with Monica, her family and friends. The book is designed to reveal the real Monica Lewinsky behind the sordid headlines that have followed her and President Clinton during the late-1990s. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. (500+) ; 8vo; 288 pages .

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0283987715 . Scarce title. 1st UK edition. Originally published by Duell, Sloan & Pearce in 1965. Interior clean & tight, b/w photographs. DJ has slight edgewear, light scuffing, very light soiling outer edge of pages. 8vo. 315 pages. Ronald Reagan writes candidly and vividly of his youth and richly varied early career. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771060491 . First McClelland Edition 1979. Hardcover/jacket - fine/good. Please Note: This book has the 'Bestsellers at no-name prices' yellow dustjacket. Hardcover is clean and unmarkred, one small indent bottom edge. Jacket has moderate edgewear, small edge tears, couple chips from rear of jacket, light soiling and price sticker residue on front. This is a first edition of Christopher Robin's touching memoir, picking up where "The Enchanted Places" left off. The son of Winnie the Pooh's creator tells his life story with obviously inherited talent. . Continuation of the autobiography of Christopher Milne, better known as 'Christopher Robin' in his father's 'Winnie-the-Pooh' stories. The story of his later life, his five years in the British Army during World War II, service in Italy, and his later marriage and career as the owner of a book store in Devon. Illustrated with line drawings by Tim… Read More

Penguin. Good. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. 0140084835 . Light edgewear & light creasing to cover, small peel on back where sticker was removed. Interior pages are clean & tight except for the photo pages, 3 of which are loose and are just set into the book. No internal markings, age tanning of page edges. 164 pages plus booklists. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; Winnie Mandela has been described as 'the mother of the black people of South Africa...the incarnation of the black spirit.' This is her moving personal story of courage and dignity, and a powerful indictment of apartheid. 8 pages of b/w photographs. [osl-160] .