2021, ISBN: 9780820317045

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Simon & Schuster Audio. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Audio Book. 0671738615 . Audio Tape; 8 oz.; Factory sealed as new remainder marked abridged 6.5 hrs. More details/pics… More...

Simon & Schuster Audio. As New in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Audio Book. 0671738615 . Audio Tape; 8 oz.; Factory sealed as new remainder marked abridged 6.5 hrs. More details/pics upon request. A woman commits suicide for no apparent reason. A week later, her son -- beautiful, troubled fifteen-year-old Mark Underhill -- vanishes from the face of the earth. To his uncle, horror novelist Timothy Underhill, Mark's inexplicable absence feels like a second death. After his sister-in-law's funeral, Tim searches his hometown of Millhaven for clues that might help unravel this mystery of death and disappearance. He soon learns that a pedophilic murderer is on the loose in the vicinity, and that shortly before his mother's suicide Mark had become obsessed with an abandoned house where he imagined the killer might have taken refuge. ., Simon & Schuster Audio, 2003, 5, From the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie, a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for."Every family is a ghost story . . ."Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence.Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother--who died eight years earlier--is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened.What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together.Through Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love--and may have thought they'd lost--in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide., Hyperion, 6, From Jacqueline Jackson, wife of Jesse Jackson, role model, and civil rights veteran, comes an inspiring gift of love to a child in his darkest hourand a lesson to everyone who has been touched by the scourge of mass incarceration.Jacqueline Jackson promised her son, Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., that she would write him every day during his incarceration in prison while he served his thirty-month sentence. This book is an inspiring and moving selection of the letters she wrote him.Together, they comprise a powerful act of lovenurturing and ministering to her son's heart, health, and mind and maintaining his essential connection with home. Frank, anecdotal, imbued with faith, and sometimes humorous, they offer intimate details from the family's daily life, along with news of friends and the community and glimpses of such figures as Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, and Mayor Marion Barry.They also touch eloquently on issues of social justice, politics, and history, as when Mrs. Jackson recalls growing up in Jim Crow Florida, and they reflect the qualities, instilled by her own mother, that made her a role model for much of her life.Ultimately, these letters offer a blueprint for why we have to support our families not just as they elevate but when they fall. This collection is Mrs. Jackson's contribution to healing during a time when our prisons are full and our communities are suffering. She provides the road map for ensuring that the individuals serving sentences understand that prison is where they are, not who they are and for helping them sustain the courage to keep hope alive.Jacqueline L. Jackson is the wife of civil rights leader Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. and the mother of five children. She is a committed public servant through the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a supporter of equality for women, and an advocate for strong family bonds and relationships. The Jackson's have been married for fifty-five years, and they continue to push for equality, justice, and economic empowerment across all color lines. Mrs. Jackson hosts a woman's luncheon at the annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference in Chicago, where she invites speakers to address women's issues of the day. She attended the March on Washington for the #MeToo movement and continues to influence thought leaders in her community. This is her first book. She lives in Chicago and Washington, DC.Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. served eight terms in the US House of Representatives, from 1995 to his resignation in 2012, and was reelected for a ninth term but declined to serve. He has been secretary of the Democratic National Committee's Black Caucus, national field director of the National Rainbow Coalition, and a member Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he attended college at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, NC, and has advance degrees from Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Illinois College of Law in Chicago, IL. He lives in Chicago., Arcade (February 5, 2019), 6, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. AF6 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.25, 352 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Felix Francis is a British crime writer. He is Dick Francis' younger son.Felix studied physics and electronics at London University, and then embarked upon a 17-year career teaching Advanced Level physics at three schools, the last seven as head of the science department at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire, before quitting to look after his father's affairs. He currently lives in Oxfordshire. From 1993 to 2005, he was a director and deputy chairman of World Challenge Expeditions Ltd. Felix is also a former governor of Winchester House Prep School, and is a governor of Malvern College. Dick's wife, Mary Francis, assisted with both the research and the writing of many of Dick's novels until her death in 2000. Felix provided her assistance in this effort, and upon his mother's passing, Felix took over her work. Felix and his father often worked together on plot and character details at Dick's home in the Cayman Islands. This partnership allowed Dick to draw upon Felix's knowledge and experience as a physics teacher in Twice Shy and his past as an international marksman in Shattered (2000) and Under Orders (2006). With the publication of Dead Heat in 2007, Felix took on a more significant role in writing. Silks (2008) was the second novel in this father-and-son collaboration, and Even Money (2009) was the third. Crossfire (2010) was the novel Dick and Felix were working on when Dick died in February 2010. Felix's first novel written without his father was Gamble, published in September 2011, although it is labeled as "a Dick Francis novel" written by Felix Francis.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011, 3, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. AF6 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some label residue, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.25, 336 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Dick Francis (Richard Stanley Francis) was a British crime writer, and former steeplechase jockey, whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch. It fell when he was close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from the turf and became a journalist and novelist. All his novels deal with crime in the horse-racing world, with some of the criminals being outwardly respectable figures. The stories are narrated by one of the key players, often a jockey, but sometimes a trainer, an owner, a bookie, or someone in a different profession, peripherally linked to racing. This person is always facing great obstacles, often including physical injury, from which he must fight back with determination. More than forty of these novels became international best-sellers. Felix Francis is a British crime writer. He is Dick Francis' younger son.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010, 3, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. AF6 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some label residue, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.25, 352 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Felix Francis is a British crime writer. He is Dick Francis' younger son.Felix studied physics and electronics at London University, and then embarked upon a 17-year career teaching Advanced Level physics at three schools, the last seven as head of the science department at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire, before quitting to look after his father's affairs. He currently lives in Oxfordshire. From 1993 to 2005, he was a director and deputy chairman of World Challenge Expeditions Ltd. Felix is also a former governor of Winchester House Prep School, and is a governor of Malvern College. Dick's wife, Mary Francis, assisted with both the research and the writing of many of Dick's novels until her death in 2000. Felix provided her assistance in this effort, and upon his mother's passing, Felix took over her work. Felix and his father often worked together on plot and character details at Dick's home in the Cayman Islands. This partnership allowed Dick to draw upon Felix's knowledge and experience as a physics teacher in Twice Shy and his past as an international marksman in Shattered (2000) and Under Orders (2006). With the publication of Dead Heat in 2007, Felix took on a more significant role in writing. Silks (2008) was the second novel in this father-and-son collaboration, and Even Money (2009) was the third. Crossfire (2010) was the novel Dick and Felix were working on when Dick died in February 2010. Felix's first novel written without his father was Gamble, published in September 2011, although it is labeled as "a Dick Francis novel" written by Felix Francis.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011, 3, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. J5 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some light stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. A stunning debut novel - unexpected, tautly written, suspenseful - that touches on some of the most profound questions we have about war as it tells a haunting story of a single mother, and her Navy SEAL son. 8.25"x5.75", 269 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC)., Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, 3, Hbo Home Video, 1999-01-01. VHS. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x4. excellent condition tapes in original paperboard sleeves in lightly worn set box. The first season of The Sopranos finds lifelong "organization man" Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) taking over from Jackie Aprile Sr., terminally ill boss of the northern New Jersey branch of the DiMeo crime family. Tony's promotion is met with mixed reactions from his wife Carmela (Edie Falco), daughter Meadow (Jamie-Lyn DiScala) and son AJ (Robert Iler), but his loyal lieutenants Paulie Walnuts (Tony Sirico), Sil (Steve Van Zandt) and Big Pussy (Vincent Pastore) are effusive in their congratulations. Also pleased by Tony's ascent is his protégé and surrogate nephew Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), who will soon come to enjoy the perks and publicity attending Mob "royalty" (if his growing dependence on crystal meth doesn't kill him first). But uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, and soon Tony is suffering more than usual from anxiety attacks and weird nightmares. Thus he seeks out the counsel of analyst Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine DiBracco), who despite her fears that she'll be "whacked" once her usefulness comes to an end is fascinated by Tony and won't let him go. One of Tony's biggest headaches is his Uncle Junior (Dominic Chianese),who is p.o.'d that he was denied Jackie Aprile's job in favor of his nephew. Junior spends most of the season conspiring against Tony--and ironically, his chief co-conspirator is Tony's own mother Livia (Nancy Marchand). Also vexing Tony is the revelation that there's an FBI "mole" in his midst--and when that mole is revealed in Season Two, it's a real heartbreaker for the troubled Mr. Soprano. Hal Erickson, Rovi, Hbo Home Video, 1999-01-01, 3, New York: Ecco, 2021. AS3 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, chipping on some edges and corners, and light shelf wear. STEEPED IN CHEROKEE MYTHS AND HISTORY, A NOVEL ABOUT A FRACTURED FAMILY RECKONING WITH THE TRAGIC DEATH OF THEIR SON LONG AGO - FROM NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST BRANDON HOBSON. 8.25"x5.5", 274 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. IN THE FIFTEEN YEARS since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota family has been suspended in private grief. The mother, Maria, increasingly struggles to manage the onset of Alzheimer's in her husband, Ernest. Their adult daughter, Sonja, leads a life of solitude, punctuated only by spells of dizzying romantic obsession. And their son, Edgar, fled home long ago, turning to drugs to mute his feelings of alienation. With the family's annual bonfire approaching - an occasion marking both the Cherokee National Holiday and Ray-Ray's death, and a rare moment in which they openly talk about his memory - Maria attempts to call the family together from their physical and emotional distances once more. But as the bonfire draws near, each of them feels a strange blurring of the boundary between normal life and the spirit world. Maria and Ernest take in a foster child who seems to almost miraculously keep Ernest's mental fog at bay. Sonja becomes dangerously fixated on a man named Vin, despite - or perhaps because of - his ties to tragedy in her lifetime and lifetimes before. And in the wake of a suicide attempt, Edgar finds himself in the mysterious Darkening Land: a place between the living and the dead, where old atrocities echo. Drawing deeply on Cherokee folklore, The Removed seamlessly blends the real and spiritual to excavate the deep reverberations of trauma - a meditation on family, grief, home, and the power of stories on both a personal and ancestral level.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC)., Ecco, 2021, 3, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. AF6 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some light shelf wear. A stunning debut novel - unexpected, tautly written, suspenseful - that touches on some of the most profound questions we have about war as it tells a haunting story of a single mother, and her Navy SEAL son. 8.25"x5.75", 269 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC)., Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, 3, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. AF6 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has some stains on the page edges, dust jacket has some label residue, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.25, 336 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Dick Francis (Richard Stanley Francis) was a British crime writer, and former steeplechase jockey, whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch. It fell when he was close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from the turf and became a journalist and novelist. All his novels deal with crime in the horse-racing world, with some of the criminals being outwardly respectable figures. The stories are narrated by one of the key players, often a jockey, but sometimes a trainer, an owner, a bookie, or someone in a different profession, peripherally linked to racing. This person is always facing great obstacles, often including physical injury, from which he must fight back with determination. More than forty of these novels became international best-sellers. Felix Francis is a British crime writer. He is Dick Francis' younger son.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010, 3, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2012. BC4 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has remainder mark on the bottom, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. Felix Francis, bestselling author of Gamble, returns with a gripping mystery in the classic Dick Francis tradition. 9.5"x6.25, 354 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Felix Francis is a British crime writer. He is Dick Francis' younger son.Felix studied physics and electronics at London University, and then embarked upon a 17-year career teaching Advanced Level physics at three schools, the last seven as head of the science department at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire, before quitting to look after his father's affairs. He currently lives in Oxfordshire. From 1993 to 2005, he was a director and deputy chairman of World Challenge Expeditions Ltd. Felix is also a former governor of Winchester House Prep School, and is a governor of Malvern College. Dick's wife, Mary Francis, assisted with both the research and the writing of many of Dick's novels until her death in 2000. Felix provided her assistance in this effort, and upon his mother's passing, Felix took over her work. Felix and his father often worked together on plot and character details at Dick's home in the Cayman Islands. This partnership allowed Dick to draw upon Felix's knowledge and experience as a physics teacher in Twice Shy and his past as an international marksman in Shattered (2000) and Under Orders (2006). With the publication of Dead Heat in 2007, Felix took on a more significant role in writing. Silks (2008) was the second novel in this father-and-son collaboration, and Even Money (2009) was the third. Crossfire (2010) was the novel Dick and Felix were working on when Dick died in February 2010. Felix's first novel written without his father was Gamble, published in September 2011, although it is labeled as "a Dick Francis novel" written by Felix Francis.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2012, 3, New York: Minotaur Books, 2015. BI1 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloraiton and shelf wear. A Molly Murphy Mystery. 8.5"x5.75", 247 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. It's Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and for once, Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. She has a family of her own now: she and Daniel have a baby son and twelve-year-old Bridie is living with them as their ward. As Molly and the children listen to carolers in the street, they hear a lovely voice, the voice of an angel, and see a beggar girl huddled in a doorway, singing "Away in a Manger." Bridie is touched by the girl's ragged clothes and wants to help her out if they can. They give her a quarter, only to watch a bigger boy take it from her. But Molly discovers the boy is the girl's older brother. They've come from England and their mother has disappeared, and they're living with an aunt who mistreats them terribly. Molly quickly realizes that these children are not the usual city waifs. They are well-spoken and clearly used to better things. So who are they? And what's happened to their mother? As Molly looks for a way to help the children and for the answers to these questions, she gets drawn into an investigation that will take her up to the highest levels of New York society. This is another compelling and richly drawn mystery from New York Times bestseller Rhys Bowen.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Minotaur Books, 2015, 3, N.E. Brown, 2015. AU5 - A paperback book SIGNED by author on the title page in good condition that has some bumepd corners, wrinkling and crease, wrinkled front, some wrinkling and chipping on the cover edges, sides and corners, soiled on the upper left of the back and last pages, light discoloration and shelf wear. The Arrangement (Galveston: 1900 Indignities, Book 5). 9"x6", 344 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The epic journey of Catherine Merit Matthews continues in N. E. Brown's fifth book of her Galveston, 1900, Indignities series. Twenty-six year old Catherine Merit Matthews is beautiful, confident, newly married, and mother to four children. Although life appears to be perfect, old memories and scars from the past continue to haunt her. Her new husband, Trent Matthews, knows she is hiding shocking secrets from her past, and is greatly concerned now that she is pregnant with their first biological child. Coping with the everyday struggles of life in the early 1900's is not easy, especially since Trent's job as an oil scout causes him to travel often gone weeks at a time. Catherine, the only doctor in the small town of Rosenberg, hires a French couple to assist in caring for her family. But all is not as it should be. Without warning, two trusted friends turn their backs on Catherine's family and even her husband cannot protect her from these unscrupulous people. Three months after their son is born, a tragedy surfaces when he is taken during the night while she and Trent are celebrating their first wedding anniversary in Galveston. As Trent joins forces with the Texas Rangers in the pursuit of their son, it cracks open a vast baby-selling scheme that will impact the lives of many people. Catherine's faith is sorely tested. Will she find her baby? Alive?. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., N.E. Brown, 2015, 2.5, 864-874 pages with cited references. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Volume 70, Number 5 complete issue. First edition.In this source, the author explores the preference of Taiwanese for 'minor marriage', by which son's wives are brought up as adopted daughters. Since the girl's latter status reduces the possibility for tension to develop between herself and her future mother-in-law/mother, the benefits of minor marriage for domestic harmony outweigh its disadvantages as the culturally 'despised' form of marriage.Condition: Spine and edges sunned, light edge wear, corners bumped else very good., American Anthropological Association, 1968, 3, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2005. CE2 - An advance reading copy trade paperback book in very good condition that has some lightly bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A collection of three short stories about New York City spanning three centuries. "The Year of the Gibbet" is about a young boy during the American Revolution whose mother is hanged by the British. "Julius" is about a wealthy merchand during the Civil War who paujnishes his son's interest in the arts by preventing him from marrying the woman he loves and with the result that he is driven to insanity. "Ground Zero" is set in contemporary Manhattan and is about a psychiatriast who becomes infatuated with one of her patients and the effects 9/11 have had on him. By the author of "Port Mungo," "Asylum," "Spider," "The Grotesque," and "Martha Peake." 7"x4.5", 243 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC)., Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2005, 3, We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children dont call, there is a frustrated son or daughter who just wants to be treated like a grownup. Now, renowned editor Jane Isay delivers the perfect gift to both parents and their adult childrenreal-life wisdom and advice on how to stay together without falling apart. Using extensive interviews with people from ages twenty-five to seventy, Isay shows that were far from alone in our struggles to make this new, adult relationship work. She offers up groundbreaking insights and deeply moving stories that will inspire those in even the toughest situations. Isays warmth and wit shine through on every page as she charts an invaluable course through the confusing, and often painful, interactions parents and children can face. Walking on Eggshells is the much-needed road map that will keep you connected to the people you love most., 2.5, 171 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The lives on view in Nervous Dancer are complex and precarious. Speaking their familial idioms in tones and cadences determined well before they ever appeared in these stories, Carol Lee Lorenzo's characters surge into moments of change for reasons initially not apparent. In the quirky, hard-edged ways in which they stumble, beg, come of age, fall apart, and reunite, they reveal no simple notions about life. The way women and children see men is often the focus of these stories, and female voices are the most numerous in Nervous Dancer. Singularity of character can be found in anyone, however, such as the nameless father in "Unconfirmed Invitations," whose guilt over his drinking and marital infidelities leads to a bizarre hunter-gatherer compulsion. Lorenzo's women are often mothers, like LuAnn Wilson Hunter in "Something Almost Invisible," who says of herself and her son that they are "divorced from everything, we are all living in slow motion, not at home anywhere." Others find themselves in double binds with generational friction compounding their troubles, such as Eulene in "Nervous Dancer," who informs her mother, "Just because I'm in your house doesn't mean I've lost the right to fight with my husband." Lorenzo says that her characters are "in the throes of love with its impurities or as sterling as it comes, and sometimes they trip the spring and the hard face of hate appears." She believes that "it's not always the outside force, someone else's doing, that changes things or brings confrontation. It's our stranger within--our unspoken self that frightens and engages us. That's what story allows us to see." Condition: Fine in like jacket., University of Georgia Press, 1995, 5<

2006, ISBN: 9780820317045

Cary, North Carolina, U.s.a.: Oxford University Press, USA, January 18, 2006. Binding is tight. Very Good Paperback. Some markings.. Very Good. Six months after the Declaration of Indep… More...

Cary, North Carolina, U.s.a.: Oxford University Press, USA, January 18, 2006. Binding is tight. Very Good Paperback. Some markings.. Very Good. Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington and many other Americans refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost trapped by the British force. Under cover of night, Washington's men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade at Princeton. The British were badly shaken. In twelve weeks of winter fighting, their army suffered severe damage, their hold on New Jersey was broken, and their strategy was ruined.Fischer's richly textured narrative reveals the crucial role of contingency in these events. We see how the campaign unfolded in a sequence of difficult choices by many actors, from generals to civilians, on both sides. While British and German forces remained rigid and hierarchical, Americans evolved an open and flexible system that was fundamental to their success. The startling success of Washington and his compatriots not only saved the faltering American Revolution, but helped to give it new meaning., Oxford University Press, USA, 3, 171 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The lives on view in Nervous Dancer are complex and precarious. Speaking their familial idioms in tones and cadences determined well before they ever appeared in these stories, Carol Lee Lorenzo's characters surge into moments of change for reasons initially not apparent. In the quirky, hard-edged ways in which they stumble, beg, come of age, fall apart, and reunite, they reveal no simple notions about life. The way women and children see men is often the focus of these stories, and female voices are the most numerous in Nervous Dancer. Singularity of character can be found in anyone, however, such as the nameless father in "Unconfirmed Invitations," whose guilt over his drinking and marital infidelities leads to a bizarre hunter-gatherer compulsion. Lorenzo's women are often mothers, like LuAnn Wilson Hunter in "Something Almost Invisible," who says of herself and her son that they are "divorced from everything, we are all living in slow motion, not at home anywhere." Others find themselves in double binds with generational friction compounding their troubles, such as Eulene in "Nervous Dancer," who informs her mother, "Just because I'm in your house doesn't mean I've lost the right to fight with my husband." Lorenzo says that her characters are "in the throes of love with its impurities or as sterling as it comes, and sometimes they trip the spring and the hard face of hate appears." She believes that "it's not always the outside force, someone else's doing, that changes things or brings confrontation. It's our stranger within--our unspoken self that frightens and engages us. That's what story allows us to see." Condition: Fine in like jacket., University of Georgia Press, 1995, 5<

1995, ISBN: 0820317047

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780820317045], Tweedehands, goed, [SC: 113.87], [PU: University of Georgia Press, Athens], Jacket, 171 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth wi… More...

[EAN: 9780820317045], Tweedehands, goed, [SC: 113.87], [PU: University of Georgia Press, Athens], Jacket, 171 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The lives on view in Nervous Dancer are complex and precarious. Speaking their familial idioms in tones and cadences determined well before they ever appeared in these stories, Carol Lee Lorenzo's characters surge into moments of change for reasons initially not apparent. In the quirky, hard-edged ways in which they stumble, beg, come of age, fall apart, and reunite, they reveal no simple notions about life. The way women and children see men is often the focus of these stories, and female voices are the most numerous in Nervous Dancer. Singularity of character can be found in anyone, however, such as the nameless father in "Unconfirmed Invitations," whose guilt over his drinking and marital infidelities leads to a bizarre hunter-gatherer compulsion. Lorenzo's women are often mothers, like LuAnn Wilson Hunter in "Something Almost Invisible," who says of herself and her son that they are "divorced from everything, we are all living in slow motion, not at home anywhere." Others find themselves in double binds with generational friction compounding their troubles, such as Eulene in "Nervous Dancer," who informs her mother, "Just because I'm in your house doesn't mean I've lost the right to fight with my husband." Lorenzo says that her characters are "in the throes of love with its impurities or as sterling as it comes, and sometimes they trip the spring and the hard face of hate appears." She believes that "it's not always the outside force, someone else's doing, that changes things or brings confrontation. It's our stranger within--our unspoken self that frightens and engages us. That's what story allows us to see." Condition: Fine in like jacket., Books<

1995, ISBN: 9780820317045

171 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The lives on view in Nervous Danc… More...

171 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The lives on view in Nervous Dancer are complex and precarious. Speaking their familial idioms in tones and cadences determined well before they ever appeared in these stories, Carol Lee Lorenzo's characters surge into moments of change for reasons initially not apparent. In the quirky, hard-edged ways in which they stumble, beg, come of age, fall apart, and reunite, they reveal no simple notions about life. The way women and children see men is often the focus of these stories, and female voices are the most numerous in Nervous Dancer. Singularity of character can be found in anyone, however, such as the nameless father in "Unconfirmed Invitations," whose guilt over his drinking and marital infidelities leads to a bizarre hunter-gatherer compulsion. Lorenzo's women are often mothers, like LuAnn Wilson Hunter in "Something Almost Invisible," who says of herself and her son that they are "divorced from everything, we are all living in slow motion, not at home anywhere." Others find themselves in double binds with generational friction compounding their troubles, such as Eulene in "Nervous Dancer," who informs her mother, "Just because I'm in your house doesn't mean I've lost the right to fight with my husband." Lorenzo says that her characters are "in the throes of love with its impurities or as sterling as it comes, and sometimes they trip the spring and the hard face of hate appears." She believes that "it's not always the outside force, someone else's doing, that changes things or brings confrontation. It's our stranger within--our unspoken self that frightens and engages us. That's what story allows us to see." Condition: Fine in like jacket., University of Georgia Press, 1995, 5<