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New York: Riverhead Books/Penguin Group, 2013. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked with light wear to cover corners and lower edge. Solid and tight binding. Pages quite clean, no marks of any kind. The true story of eleven airmen missing in action at the end of World War II, in an accident over the Pacific Island of Palau. Investigators found no trace of them, even though the plane crashed in shallow water and witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety. For sixty years, searches of all kinds have taken place with no success. Now, Wil S. Hylton has the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance has remained a mystery for so long. It is also a story of love, loss, sacrifice and faith of their families and of the determination of scientists, archaeologists, deep-sea divers, explorers to find the answer to this mystery of World War II. 302 pages with Bibliography and… Leer más

USA: Vintage Books/Random House, 2000. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps with slight corner wear. Tight & solid, square. Pages clean, toned. Humanity's past, present and future. David Fromkin argues that human history is a story of progress. He reveals how human culture has evolved from the first hominids 3.5 million years ago to the efforts of contemporary democracies to establish a global, lasting peace--an amazing record of human achievement. 253 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 8 x 5 inches. 2000, Vintage Books/Random House, USA

New York: McKinlay, Stone & MacKenzie, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. 1910 Publication of "The World's Greatest Books" Volume XII, of 20 volume set, is a compendium of the world's best literature in a form accessible to everyone and still faithful to its originals. Navy cloth binding with lamp of knowledge embossed and blind-stamped on front, lamp of knowledge and panels gilt outlined on spine with gilt lettering; pale bluish spotting on front, otherwise clean, with light edge-wear and spine end wear. Tight and solid and square with sewn binding. Text block edges foxed. Pages clean, occasional smudges, no underlining or marking of text. Frontis: Portrait of John Lothrop Motley. Writings by Sameul Eliot and W.H.Prescott on American History; Edward Hyde, Lord Macaulay, Henry Buckle and Walter Bagehot on England; Voltaire, de Tocqueville, Francois Mignet, Carlyle, Lamartine, H.A.Taine on France;… Leer más