Biographical Fiction
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The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
The Killer Angels is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book tells the story of four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War: June 30, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and July 3, when the battle was fought. The story is character driven and told from the perspective of various protagonists.
Libra
by Don Delillo
In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped. A gripping, masterful blend of...
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Biographical Fiction Books & Ephemera
The Bell Jar
by Plath, Sylvia
Bantam, 1980-07-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0 Paperback - Binding tight, no marks, no stickers - 7 x 4.1 x .5 inches 4.4 oz
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NZ$102.05
The Nurse's Story
by Gino, Carol
Bantam, 1983-10-01. Paperback. Good. 0 Paperback - Reading creases, PON fly
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NZ$11.83
Plantation Boy
by do Rego, Jose Lins
Knopf, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0 G/G Hardcover - EX LIB - 8.75 X 6 X 1.5 inches
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NZ$44.17
A Youth's History Of The Rebellion
by William M Thayer
1865 hardcover as pictured. A nicely bound but worn edition. Binding is firm. Cranberry cloth boards with black and gold stamping are rubbed, scuffed and soiled with moderate edge wear and bumped corners. Owner's name on endpaper. Text is age tanned but unmarked. Several pages have folds. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR
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NZ$66.39
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Signet, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0 Paperback - Binding square & tight, vertical crease front cover, tanning, no marks, no stickers
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NZ$22.04
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Bantam, 1972-10-01. Paperback. Good. 0 Paperback
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NZ$11.83
Young Adolf
by Bainbridge, Beryl
London: Duckworth. 2000. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 174 pages. Beryl Bainbridge's clever farce in which a young Adolf Hitler visits relatives in Liverpool and gets into serious trouble. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.
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NZ$24.48
Follow the River: A Novel
by Thom, James Alexander
Ballantine Books, 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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NZ$10.20
The Killer Angels (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
by Shaara, Michael
Turtleback Books, 1987. School & Library Binding. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$16.95
The Killer Angels
by Shaara, Michael
Crown. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. Softcover. 0679425411 . Nice copy with dustjacket; 5.75 X 1.25 X 8.5 inches; 400 pages .
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NZ$19.58
THE KILLER ANGELS
by Shaara, Michael
New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1974. First printing. Near fine in near-fine jacket.. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in, of the surprise Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel recreating the Battle of Gettysburg. Drawing heavily from journal entries and letters to write convincingly from the perspective of major players in the famous Civil War battle, KILLER ANGELS achieved that rare, delicate balance of dramatic storytelling and factual reporting. It brought two of its most...
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NZ$4,681.05
The Killer Angels
by SHAARA, Michael
New York: David McKay, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition. Owner's name and a faint crease on the spine, else a nice, very good or better copy in a slightly rubbed, about fine dustwrapper. Basis for the movie *Gettysburg* and one of the very best and most beloved novels of the Civil War. It is also one of the scarcest American first editions of the 1970s and was a surprise winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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NZ$3,404.40
The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War
by Michael Shaara
Ballantine Books, 2007. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$10.83
Beneath the Wheel
by Hesse, Hermann
Bantam, 1984-05-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 0 Paperback - Front page edges chewed - Binding square & tight, reading & corner creases, edge & corner wear, POI inside front cover, no stickers - 7 x 4.1 x .63 inches 4.6 oz
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NZ$23.75
Mrs M An Imagined History
by Slattery, Luke
Sydney: Fourth Estate. 2017. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 314 pages. A novel based on the life of Elizabeth Macquarie. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$38.94
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by Joyce, James
Viking, 1962-01-01. Paperback, Trade. Acceptable. 0 Paperback, Trade - notes, underlinings, covers marked up - Binding square & tight, no stickers - 7.75 x 5.13 x .5 inches 8 oz
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NZ$18.64
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara. Introduction by Hugh Andrew
Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh, 1997. Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This is the first UK edition. Crisp clean covers, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers, corners are lightly rubbed. Contains black and white plates and illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Copyright date only. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0862416981. ISBN/EAN: 9780862416980. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory...
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NZ$10.65
The Killer Angels
by Shaara, Michael
W.H. Allen, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. the jacket is shelf worn, marked and a little frayed. the top couple of centimetres of the jacket and book have had some slight damp damage which has left light marks on the jacket and some slight waviness to the top of the early pages. the book has a previous owner's lengthy inscription and the binding is very good.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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NZ$238.31
In Bethany House: A Story of Social Service
by Smith, Mary Elizabeth
New York: Fleming H. Revell Co.. 1912. 293pp. decorated cloth 8vo: a complete reading copy only/no dj [covers are age darkened and smudged; ink name stamp blacked out on pastedown; foxing and age browning; front hinge is shaken; else a complete copy] A novel about early social work in settlement houses by one such worker, Mary Elizabeth Smith (1880-?).
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NZ$25.53
