2013, ISBN: 9781865081489

Gebundene Ausgabe

NY: Soho, 2013. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of the Advance Uncopyedited Edition, due out February, 2013. 320 pages. Say you're a time traveler and you've already toured the en… Mehr…

NY: Soho, 2013. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of the Advance Uncopyedited Edition, due out February, 2013. 320 pages. Say you're a time traveler and you've already toured the entirety of human history. After a while, the outside world might lose a little of its luster. That's why this time traveler celebrates his birthday partying with himself. Every year, he travels to an abandoned hotel in New York City in 2071, the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and drinks twelve-year-old Scotch (lots of it) with all the other versions of who he has been and who he will be. Sure, the party is the same year after year, but at least it's one party where he can really, well, be himself. The year he turns 39, though, the party takes a stressful turn for the worse. Before he even makes it into the grand ballroom for a drink he encounters the body of his forty-year-old self, dead of a gunshot wound to the head. As the older versions of himself at the party point out, the onus is on him to figure out what went wrong--he has one year to stop himself from being murdered, or they're all goners. As he follows clues that he may or may not have willingly left for himself, he discovers rampant paranoia and suspicion among his younger selves, and a frightening conspiracy among the Elders. Most complicated of all is a haunting woman possibly named Lily who turns up at the party this year, the first person besides himself he's ever seen at the party. For the first time, he has something to lose. Here's hoping he can save some version of his own life . First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof., Soho, 2013, 5, ISIS, UK, 1997. Large Print. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Large Print Large Print. 206 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: ISIS, UK, 1997. Large Print. Item Type: Large Print. *** CONDITION: Good book with No Dust Jacket ... Edges of boards have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine has minor lean. No dust jacket as issued. Clear, self-adhesive laminate over boards. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: When her aunt Sophie dies, Alice finds herself inheriting a large house on the Sussex Downs. Returning to the haunts of her youth, she meets Paul, owner of an antique shop. When she realizes he has bought valuable antiques from Sophie's house for tiny amounts of money, she sets out to trick him. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0753155311. ISBN/EAN: 9780753155318. Inventory No: 21060296.. 9780753155318, ISIS, 1997, 2.5, Melbourne University Press, Australia, 1999. Softcover. Good (ex-library). Softcover. 252 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Melbourne University Press, Australia, 1999. *** CONDITION: Good (ex-library). Clear, self-adhesive laminate to covers/boards. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers.. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: At the end of the twentieth century, the United Statesandmdash;the most powerful nation on earthandmdash;is driven by quasi-religious patriotism and by conspicuous materialism. At once restless and violent, creative and democratic, it is also, at another level, deeply unsure of itself. Bruce Grant's engrossing text reveals the core of America's greatnessandmdash;and its vulnerability. Americans believe that their country is blessed and exceptionalandmdash;blessed by God and nature, exceptional because of their management of the twin icons, democracy and capitalism. But have Americans separated themselves too much from the rest of the world? Can they meet the challenge of the 21st century, which is to provide true global leadership? A Furious Hunger is a penetrating exploration of America's way of life, its people, its history, its rhetoric, its government and politics, and its arts and popular culture. The author's 'modest intention' is to try to understand the United States better, not as the leader of the Western world, but as itself. Bruce Grant writes critically and sympathetically of the country and the people he has visited and observed for over thirty years. This original and challenging book will interest readers who welcome America's influence on our lives as well as those who resist it. All we know is that having everything we yet hold nothing, that feeling the wild song of this great earth upwelling in us we have no word to give it utterance. All we know is that here the passionate enigma of our lives is so bitterly expressed, the furious hunger that so haunts and hurts Americans so desperately feltandmdash;that being rich, we are all yet poor, and having an incalculable wealth we have found no way of spending it, that feeling illimitable power we have yet found no way of using it.andmdash;Thomas Wolfe *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; ISBN: 0522847927. ISBN/EAN: 9780522847925. Inventory No: 12045016.. 9780522847925, Melbourne University Press, 1999, 2.5, Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1999. Medium Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). Medium Trade Paperback. 194 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1999. *** CONDITION: Good (ex-library). Reading creases to spine. Tanned pages. Clear, self-adhesive laminate to covers/boards. Slight spine lean. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers.. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: With the certainty of land behind her, Sarah journeys to Australia, fleeing England and her past. In steerage she joins the unmarried women and a pig. As she draws closer to her new land, she becomes increasingly haunted by her own tale and the letter she cannot write. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; general; ISBN: 1865081485. ISBN/EAN: 9781865081489. Inventory No: 12072049.. 9781865081489, Allen & Unwin, 1999, 2.5<

1999, ISBN: 9781865081489

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1999. Medium Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). Medium Trade Paperback. 194 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1999. *** COND… Mehr…

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1999. Medium Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). Medium Trade Paperback. 194 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1999. *** CONDITION: This book is in good (ex-library) condition. Reading creases to spine. Tanned pages. Clear, self-adhesive laminate to covers/boards. Slight spine lean. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers.. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: With the certainty of land behind her, Sarah journeys to Australia, fleeing England and her past. In steerage she joins the unmarried women and a pig. As she draws closer to her new land, she becomes increasingly haunted by her own tale and the letter she cannot write. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; general; ISBN: 1865081485. ISBN/EAN: 9781865081489. Inventory No: 12072049.. 9781865081489, Allen & Unwin, 1999, 2.5<

1999, ISBN: 9781865081489

Taschenbuch

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Signed by author on title page. Feint water mark at lower corner of book, affecting the first 100 page… Mehr…

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Signed by author on title page. Feint water mark at lower corner of book, affecting the first 100 pages on the external edges, no mark on the pages faces. The book was short-listed for the Australian / Vogel Award Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7¾" - 9¾" tall ). 194 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 1865081485. ISBN/EAN: 9781865081489. Inventory No: 0251062. . 9781865081489, Allen & Unwin, 1999, 2.5<

1999, ISBN: 9781865081489

St Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. Book. Good. Medium Softcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Medium softcover, first edition, 206gms, 19… Mehr…

St Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. Book. Good. Medium Softcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Medium softcover, first edition, 206gms, 194 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.., Allen & Unwin, 1999, 2.5<

1999, ISBN: 9781865081489

Taschenbuch

Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. 194 pp, flatsigned by the author on the title page, remainder mark. Set in the 1850s, this book is the vivid tale of Sarah's journey to Australi… Mehr…

Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1999. 194 pp, flatsigned by the author on the title page, remainder mark. Set in the 1850s, this book is the vivid tale of Sarah's journey to Australia.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good., Allen & Unwin, 1999, 3<