Search Results: Titles starting with E from Zeno's

Victoria. 1985. McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140084843. Paperback Original. 144 pages. paperback. Inscribed by the Author. keywords: Australia Autobiography. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Three miles as the crow flies from Finley, thirty- four miles from Deniliquin in New South Wales, stretched the avenue of peppertrees leading to the farm on the plain where Chester Eagle grew up in the 1940s. This is a book full of resonances: the charting of a family and a way of life which is at once uniquely the boy's and as familiar to us all as the fact of Hiroshima and the mythical figure of Bradman astride the land. inventory #32327 ISBN: 0140084843.

New York. 1993. Allen Lane. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0670841854. 351 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Michael Ian Kaye. Jacket photographs by Exum. keywords: Race Essays Politics African American America Sociology. FROM THE PUBLISHER - 'The history of the American Negro is the history of strife. The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second sight in this American world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.' W. E. B. Du Bois, perhaps one of the greatest intellectuals in American history, wrote this famous passage nearly a century ago in his classic book,… Read More

New York. 1993. Allen Lane. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Remainder Mark On Bottom Edge. 0670841854. 351 pages. hardcover. keywords: Race Essays Politics. FROM THE PUBLISHER - 'The history of the American Negro is the history of strife. The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second sight in this American world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.' W. E. B. Du Bois, perhaps one of the greatest intellectuals in American history, wrote this famous passage nearly a century ago in his classic book, The Souls of Black Folk. It still remains the most timely, the most… Read More

New York. 1969. Simon & Schuster. 1st Printing. Very Good in Worn Dustjacket. 350 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. keywords: Literature America Vietnam War. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this powerful new novel, William Eastlake once again blends heroic epic with gothic mystery and savage modern satire to create a masterful and haunting statement about the horrors and grim humors of war. Vietnam provides the war zone in • which Eastlake's characters find themselves trapped. All of them - the brave and the cowardly, the ethical and the corrupt, the gentle and the cruel - move through this twilight of Death, groping for some means of physical and moral survival in the lethal conflict. Among those who fight in this war and battle its arcane potency are: Mike, the veteran newspaperman on assignment in Vietnam; Captain Knightbridge, the commander of the BB, who makes love to his female aide while the helicopter hovers 10,000 feet above the battle; Captain Clancy and his mistress, Mme.… Read More

New York. 1968. Random House. Reprinted Paperback Edition . Very Good in Wrappers. 418 pages. paperback. Cover design by Ronald Clyne. keywords: Drama Shakespeare Paperback Literary Criticism. FROM THE PUBLISHER - FROM THE INTRODUCTION - In military history, said A. W. Schlegel, we do not give the name of every soldier who fought in the files of the hostile armies: ‘we speak only of generals, and those who performed actions of distinction.' The same truth applies to the history of Shakespearean criticism. We do not, perhaps cannot, give the names of an who have fought in the critical battles, denying or asserting Shakespeare's authorship, condemning or celebrating his art, quarreling over the definition of his characters and vision. The ‘Annotated World Bibliography for 1965' of the Shakespeare Quarterly lists no less than 1356 items, ranging from ‘Shakespeares Kaufmann von Venedig in unserer Zeit,' to Impact of Shakespeare on Urdu Literature,' to an article in… Read More

Richmond. 2015. April 2015. Omnidawn Publishing/University Press of New England. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781632430045. 6 x 9’ . 72 pages. paperback . keywords: poetry - american poetry of place . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Some Habits proceeds by way of a series of letters charting the dreams, observations, apologies, and epiphanies of an unnamed addressor. The poem is infected by the vernacular language of the Ozark mountain region, and by the cultural effluvia of the flat lands hemming the Mississippi River. In the manner of the great poetic epistles, Some Habits risks unknowing its subject. Who broadcasts? Who receives? ‘Some Habits is so inventively rich and tangly, so hilarious or outrageously sensual, it demands our lingering in it. What a love poem to the body, to somebody, and to the world!' - Forrest Gander, Judge of the Omnidawn Open Book Contest. inventory #41409 ISBN: 9781632430045.

New York. 1983. Karz-Cohl. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0943828554. 136 pages. paperback. keywords: Beirut Lebanon Massacre History. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Based on the testimony of 163 witnesses and over 17,000 pages of documents, the Kahan commission report thoroughly examines the circumstances surrounding the 1982 Beirut massacre and is a stinging indictment of those involved. Includes appendices, parliamentary addresses by Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres, and biographies of the Kahan Commission Members. Abba Eban contributes an introduction placing both the massacre and the report in the context of Israel's history and moral standards. His comments highlight the differences between the views of Labor and of Likud, but also pay tribute to the Commission's work as a vindication of Israel's democracy and rule of law. inventory #36763 ISBN: 0943828554.

New York. 1946. December 1946. Bantam Books. 2nd Bantam Paperback Printing. Tear At Bottom Corner Of Last Page & Top Corner Of Back Cover Missing,Otherwise Good in Wrappers. 252 pages. paperback. 46. keywords: Mystery Vintage Paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A murder mystery on the Californian coast. inventory #35490

New York. 1957. August 1957. Dell Publishing Company. 1st Dell Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 224 pages. paperback. 955. keywords: Mystery Vintage Paperbacks. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A weird clause in a millionaire's will triggers the murder of three strangers. MURDER ON HER CONSCIENCE. Laura March had seen the man only once before. And now he was dead - stabbed in the back. Her conscience told her to call the police and report the murder. But her common sense warned her not to pick up the phone, because she was the most logical suspect. inventory #41486

New York. 1979. September 1979. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394508556. South African Mystery. 205 pages. hardcover. Jacket by Fred Marcellino. keywords: Mystery South Africa Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a most promising first detective novel from South Africa, a debut which we feel sure will attract attention and admiration. Its story starts when a Jewish prison psychiatrist is brought in to examine the black man he is told has just poisoned a local bigwig. But the terrified, quivering schizophrenic who is huddling in the prison cell is clearly not capable of poisoning anyone. Who then is the murderer, and how can he be uncovered? This startling, tough new novel brings us into the heart of darkest South Africa, exposing a landscape very similar to the American South of fifty years ago. Indeed, our psychiatrist hero soon stumbles across a local gang resembling the KKK and discovers that the victim may well have been its leader. As with all good detective… Read More

Garden City. 1980. Doubleday. Hardcover Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0385174063. 299 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature South Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a painful account of the death of Sam Bhengu, a young black in South Africa - and a powerful, eloquent testimony to the man's struggle against anonymity and defeat. Lying in a prison cell, Sam's injured brain flashes his life before him in a series of violent, sad and lyrical episodes. And, as the past begins to gain on the present, the reader finds his own stored anger vented on this terrible betrayal of our humanity. inventory #28168 ISBN: 0385174063.

New York. 1981. September 1981. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394520769. South African Mystery. 224 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Susannah Kelly. Jacket design by Louise Fili. keywords: Mystery South Africa Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Johnny Weizman comes to South African police psychiatrist Yudel Gordon for mandatory treatment he has already killed eight blacks, including a starving fourteen-year-old girl. He claims they were trying to break into his store; and in South Africa, no court ever condemns a white man for defending his property. For Yudel, Weizman is a demented killer and fanatical racist - a man likely to commit more murders unless somebody stops him. For the Special Branch Police, he is a respectable citizen and fearless patriot. They are more interested in Mantu Majola, a fugitive black leader who witnessed Weizman's last murder and who, they hope, will return to avenge it. The case leads Yudel far into the brutal violence of… Read More

New York. 2011. Minotaur Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780312655952. 312 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Greg Kulick. keywords: Mystery South Africa Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Abigail Bukula was fifteen years old when her parents were killed in a massacre of antiapartheid activists by white apartheid security forces. Because a young soldier spoke up in her defense, she was spared. Now she's a lawyer with a promising career in the new government, and while she has done her best to put the tragedy behind her, she's never forgotten Leon Lourens, the soldier who saved her life. So when he walks into her office almost twenty years later, needing her help, she vows to do whatever she can. Someone is slowly killing off members of the team who raided the house where her parents were murdered, and now Leon and an imprisoned colonel are the only targets left. Abigail turns to Yudel Gordon, an eccentric, nearly retired white prison psychologist for help. To save… Read More

New York. 1980. Vintage Books. Paperback Reprint. Very Good in Wrappers. 0394745442. South African Mystery. 271 pages. paperback. keywords: Mystery South Africa Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a most promising first detective novel from South Africa, a debut which we feel sure will attract attention and admiration. Its story starts when a Jewish prison psychiatrist is brought in to examine the black man he is told has just poisoned a local bigwig. But the terrified, quivering schizophrenic who is huddling in the prison cell is clearly not capable of poisoning anyone. Who then is the murderer, and how can he be uncovered? This startling, tough new novel brings us into the heart of darkest South Africa, exposing a landscape very similar to the American South of fifty years ago. Indeed, our psychiatrist hero soon stumbles across a local gang resembling the KKK and discovers that the victim may well have been its leader. As with all good detective stories, the setting is brilliantly established.… Read More

New York. 1981. September 1981. Pantheon Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket With Two Small Holes On The Front Near The Spine. 0394520769. South African Mystery. 224 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Susannah Kelly. Jacket design by Louise Fili. keywords: Mystery South Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Johnny Weizman comes to South African police psychiatrist Yudel Gordon for mandatory treatment he has already killed eight blacks, including a starving fourteen-year-old girl. He claims they were trying to break into his store; and in South Africa, no court ever condemns a white man for defending his property. For Yudel, Weizman is a demented killer and fanatical racist - a man likely to commit more murders unless somebody stops him. For the Special Branch Police, he is a respectable citizen and fearless patriot. They are more interested in Mantu Majola, a fugitive black leader who witnessed Weizman's last murder and who, they hope, will return to avenge it. The case leads… Read More

Berkeley. 2003. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0520234847. 297 pages. paperback. keywords: Sharks Rays Chimaeras California Ocean. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This guide is the only complete reference to the sharks, rays, and chimaeras found in California's waters– from the intertidal zone to 500 miles offshore. FEATURES - Species accounts give information on habitat and range, natural history, interactions with humans, nomenclature, and further references; 68 beautiful color illustrations show each shark, ray, and chimaera; accompanying line drawings highlight differences in teeth, underside of the head, and egg cases; Includes information on the California marine environment, ecology and conservation, and shark biology. inventory #35095 ISBN: 0520234847.

Boston. 1987. Godine. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0879236655. Translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti. 212 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated France . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Here, translated into English for the first time, is one of the most inventive, talented, and enjoyable voices of modern France. Said by Le Monde to be 'gifted with a wild, unprecedented imagination,' Jean Echenoz won the prestigious Medicis Prize for this startling original novel. Cherokee recounts the adventures of one George Chave, the proverbial innocent who, in his pursuit of love and the mysterious Jenny Weltmann, manages to run afoul of the police, an uncannily large thug, a very deadly con artist (who happens to be George's cousin), two inept private eyes (who happen to be George's colleagues), a cult that worships the Sister-in-Law, and a remarkable knowledgeable (and loquacious) parrot. Written with freshness and verve, and displaying a Flaubertian talent for detail,… Read More

New York. 2006. Harcourt. 1st Harvest Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0156030438. Translated from the Italian by Geoffrey Brock . 469 pages. paperback. Cover design by The Design Works Group. keywords: Literature Italy Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer who lives in Milan, has suffered a loss of memory-he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, every line of poetry, but he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize his wife or his daughters, and remembers nothing about his parents or his childhood. In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws to the family home somewhere in the hills between Milan and Turin. There, in the sprawling attic, he searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries. And so Yambo relives the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire. His memories run wild, and the life racing before his eyes takes… Read More

New York. 1984. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Remainder Mark On Bottom Edge. 015173156x. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. 84 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration from a manuscript of the Apocalypse; photograph authorized by El Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid. keywords: Literature Translated Italy Literary Criticism. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘I felt like poisoning a monk.' That notion, says Umberto Eco, set him to writing the phenomenally successful novel THE NAME OF THE ROSE. In this Postscript, the reader looks over Eco‘s shoulder as he conjures up the abbey's labyrinthine library, plots a series of macabre murders, debates with his sleuth, William of Baskerville, and uncovers tracks that the monks desperately try to cover up again. Eco's masterful re-creation of the world of 1327 was not Merely a stroke of genius but, indeed, the product of two years of planning, meticulous research, and imagination suffused by logic. With… Read More

New York. 1979. Crowell. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0690017901. 271 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature England Mystery. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a fictionalized account based on meticulous historical research of T.E. Lawrence's death and the mystery surrounding it, placing an unknowing Lawrence at the center of a web of international intrigue. Aircraftsman T. E. Shaw-known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia-died in what the jury decided was a motorcycle accident just eleven weeks after his retirement from the Royal Air Force. But what if Lawrence had been planning to resurrect his old image as the mythic savior of the Arabs? What if he was plotting with Palestinian and Arab leaders to launch an uprising against the ever increasing number of Jewish immigrants to the Middle East in 1935? One might then speculate that an ‘interested party' - either militant Zionists, the British Government, or the Emir of Transjordan-was responsible for the mysterious black car… Read More