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Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0684826720. 1st printing, Slight crease at top & bottom of dust jacket spine, also creased on back bottom of dust jacket near spine. Book is As New except for 2" square sticker on FFEP that says " Rumors A Gift From Your Friends at First America ". Glimpse Into The Mind And Soul Of A Very Private Man..

Salem, N.H.: Salem House Publishers, 1984. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Richard Leakey's first official job as the administrative director of Kenya's National Museum began the very week that he contract a serious kidney disease - one which would affect his life from that moment onwards. Like his father Louis, Richard was born in Kenya and raised as an African. Richard learned from both his parents about prehistoric Africa, and he relates how he finally became involved in the study of human ancestry. This involvement ultimately led to his leadership of Kenya's museums. He lives now with his wife meave and 2 of his 3 daughters in Nairobi. He continues to be deply involved with the search for early human ancestors, as well as with the many facets of science which he encounters as Director of Africa's leading museum. 207 pages. I'm also including the article from Time magazine Nov. 7, 1977 on Richard Leakey's cover story - Puzzling Out Man's Ascent, 10 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 2000. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Great writing is so rare and unexpected that it can take your breath away. In this slender memoir, J.D. Dolan condenses the pain of decades into tight, terse prose, and we are left shaken and moved. A beautifully rendered portrait of family and loss, of childhood and manhood by a supremely gifted writer evaluating the sum of his experiences and emerging with a moving work of the highest level. J. D. Dolan was vacationing in Paris when he received a telephone call telling him to fly home immediately. A horrible accident had put his big brother John in a Phoenix burn unit with third degree burns over 90 percent of his body. As a child in 1960s Los Angeles, J. D. shared with John the unspoken bond that exists only between brothers. But as time passed and their excursions together ended, so did their conversation. For reasons known to John alone, they… Leer más

Chicago, IL: The Korean Christian Journal, 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The autobiography of the Korean reverend and founder of the Siloam Eye Hospital in Seoul, Korea. Although he tragically lost his beloved parents at the age of ten, and then even his eyesight, Rev. Sun-Tae Kim did not lose sight of hope. 272 pages. 1" crease on front cover across the bottom right corner..

Penguin Books, 1995. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0525940413. Shakespearean actor who became an instant celebrity when he joined the cast of Cheers and went on to expand his legi on of fans with his own top-rated, Emmy Award-winning show, Frasier. In this uncensored, uninhibited, and totally irreverent memoir he tells his story. Lost and broken, trapped by family patterns and haunted by violent death, he found himself seeking relief in liquor, drugs, and women. The man who has been arrested and jailed, who ended his second marriage after alleged that he was a battered hus b and, and who has been the target of headline-making scandals. He found his ultimate relief, though, in his craft. And here he is the most hilarious. A great book to read..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1994. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This work takes as its subject Louis XIV at Versailles - from the moment he decided to transform his father's hunting lodge into the greatest palace in Europe to his death there 54 years later. It covers the daily life of the king, the court and the government during the period of France's apogee in military power and artistic achievement. The book discusses the plans for and the building of the palace, and the creation of remarkable elaborate works of art with which it was filled. The book reconstructs the course of Louis's love affairs, culminating in his secret marriage to Madame de Maintenon, episodes such as the affair of the poisons, the creation of the School for Girls at Saint-Cyr, Lord Portland's embassy and the marriage of the Duchess of Bourgogne. 255 pages. Spine is creased. Slight rubbing on front cover spine edge and a 1" light crease on bottom right side..

New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc. 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0590546309. "Dear Reader, Most of my life has been spent working in the world of civil rights and human rights. In that world there are many stories of loss, victory and that deal with courage of those who stand up against injustice. Nothing can be more moving than watching a small black child climbing the stepsto her elementary scho ol that historically and and legally did not welcome her presence. Ruby Bridges had been called by her her country to perform an act of profound bravery - to become the black child in an all-white sc h ool. By this simple act of courage, Ruby moved the hearts and opened the minds of millions of people. Her story was and is an inspiration. You will find this book comforting, informative, and worth y o f your attention." by Harry Belafonte. 64 pages, many B&W photos also..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Touchstone, 2000. Trade Paperback. As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The sequel to Angela's Ashes. This book is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant with rotton teeth, infected eyes and no formal education to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher. Saved first by a straying priest, then by the Democratic party, then by the United States Army, then by New York University - which admitted him on a trial basis though he had no .'McCourt is not only an acute observer of his own life but has been blessed with an ability to banish self-absorption by his innate interest in a motley crew of supporting characters. He does not shy away from his fraught relationship ..

Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0310529107. 1st printing. Top of jacket spine slightly bumped. Top front & back of jacket near spine slightly creased. Bottom of book spine slightly bumped. Jacket along inside top & bottom edges slight yellowing. Sweeping over a century of sports and other Americana, this book describes events that have been known only by a few people, from Landry's early playing days in Texas to his final coaching days that ended, abruptly, with little warning. Offers an inside look at the coach, the man, the legend - not just the fac ts, but the thoughts and feelings and the faith behind that familiar, stoic, sideline visage ..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner, 1999. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0684849216. 320 pages. The latest publication of Papa's material that some say he never intended to publish. It is described a s "A Fictional Memoir." Both revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, it was written on his return from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son, Patrick, who acc o mpanied Hemingway on his safari, it offers some new insights into the famous author..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1989. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes a newspaper clipping from March 26, 1989, telling of the book and the author with a picture of him from 1939. In Wordstruck, Robert MacNeil hauntingly and poignantly re-creates hsi own youth, his own growing love of words, the world they opened up to him, the experiences they enriched. Delving into his past to unearth these treasured experiences, he recaptures the lost world of his childhood. MacNeil's delight infuses his own words with magic, with an incandescent vitality that reminds us of the power of words to evoke, to enthrall, to move. "Written with perception, candor, and humor, this memoir revolves around the premise that poetry is a fact of life." Eudora Welty. 230 pages..