Search Results: Authors starting with G from Dial a Book

Nautical Press, Manly 1982. 1982. Hardcover. Large 8vo. hardcover. 379pp. b/w illus. Good+, foxing to endpapers & prelims, owner's inscription on fep. / Very good lightly foxed d/w. .

Novato,CA Presidio 1987.. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 187pp. P b/w plates. very good./ very good d/w. .

Lorenz Books 2002. 2002. 4to. Hardcover in d/w. 256pp. Index. Illustrated in colour. Ancient Egypt was a mystical society with a broad and deep belief in the afterlife and the existence of many gods to appease and worship. Everyday objects and animals were deified and worshipped. Even the kings were considered a divine embodiment of the gods. The tombs, burial sites and artefacts are an enduring testimony to this fascinating religion. Less documented, but no less fascinating, were the beliefs of the ordinary people of Egypt: magic, rituals, festivals, taboos, superstitions, dreams and oracles reveal how far religion influenced and enriched their lives. Finally the book looks at a voice of dissent in the 3000 year period: Pharaoh Akhenaten, who defied thousands of years of culture and history to revolutionize Egyptian religion to outlaw Polytheism and allow worship of only one god. .

New York: William Morrow and Co, 1986 First Edition. 0. cream cloth spine on cream boards, excellent copy in clipped d/w with a little yellowing at the top and bumped extremes, otherwise good. large 8vo. Story of struggle to survive pol pot's takeover of Cambodia. refugee camps, guilt of survival. .

Allen & Unwin, London, 1976.. 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 353pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, page edges browned. / Very good d/w. .

Lansdowne 1969. 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. brown leather hardcover. 87pp. tipped-in colour plates. Special leather bound edition limited to 250 copies. This copy not numbered. Clear plastic d/w with gold borders Very good, some darkening to leather on spots where d/w is chipped. .

Sinclair-Stevenson, London 1992. 1992. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 195pp. index. Very good, page edges slightly browned. .

New York, NY Warner Books 1988. 1988. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 230pp index. very good / very good d/w. From Publishers WeeklynGale is the UCLA physician who led the international medical team that treated victims of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. His first-person recreation of the rescue effort, told with an assist from Hauser (The Execution of Charles Horman), is disappointing. What might have been a moving account of heroism and tragedy is submerged in personal trivia and dull writing. There is little here that has not been covered in the news media, and the close-ups of Gorbachev, Shultz and Armand Hammer (who helped persuade the Soviets to accept medical relief) are of mild interest. The authors' recommendations include better training of nuclear personnel, a national program to respond to disasters in the U.S. and building nuclear plants away from dense population centers. Their proposed reforms are sketchy and anticlimactic. 100,000 first printing; $100,000 ad/promo; author tour. nCopyright… Read More

Norton, New York, 1988.. 1988. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 290pp. index. Very good+. .

Element Books 1997.. 1997. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 163pp. Near Fine. .

International Auctioneers, 1999.. 1999. Softcover. 4to. softcover. 247pp. colour & b/w illus. very good. .

Penguin May 1991. 1991. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 316pp colour illus. very good. / Very good d/w. Both a dream fulfilled and personal tragedy are revealed in this moving memoir. As a child living in Italy, the author was fascinated with Africa. Then, in 1972 at 25, divorced and with a young son, she visited Kenya with her then-fiance, Paolo Gallmann. .

Viking London 1994 1st edition. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 142pp. + colour & b/w plates. very good. / very good d/w. .

Souvenir Press 1973. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 310pp, b/w illus. good, tape marks on endpapers, / good, chipped d/w. .

Transit Lounge 2006. 2006. Softcover. 8vo softcover 202pp. very good. .

UWA Publishing, 2012.. 2012. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 325pp. Very good, light foxing to edges, cover faded. Owner's inscription on fep. .

Springer Verlag, 1983.. 1983. Hardcover. 4to. hardcover. 423pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. Ex-lib, stamps on top & bottom edges & fep. .

Corgi 2002. 2002. Softcover. 8vo softcover 483pp index, b/w illus. very good. Neil Sheehan, author of A Bright Shining Lien'If you want to know what it was like to go to Vietnam, then you must read this book.' nnNew York Times Book Reviewn'There are stories here that freeze the blood... The men who fought at Ia Drang could have no finer memorial' .

Times Books, New York,. 0. Hardcover. Large 4to. hardcover. 320pp. index, colour & b/w illus, plans. Very good. / Very good d/w. Heavy book extra post may apply. .

Amphoto Books New York, 1984New York Amphoto 1984. 1984. 4to. Softcover. 128pp. Very Good condition. .