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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1986. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The famous dog trainer tells the story of her life. Photos. 189 pp. In this utterly enchanting memoir, Barbara Woodhouse, the woman who catapulted to international fame as the world's most beloved animal trainer, tells the remarkable story of her life. "Even at an early age I preferred animals," writes Mrs. Woodhouse about her childhood near Dublin, where she grew up under the supervision of a series of governesses. Birds flew about the nursery, the children had two wonderful dogs (a large, rough Collie and a little black Pomeranian), and by her fourth birthday, Barbara rode her first pony. Two years later she broke in a donkey. At the Swiss boarding school from which she would flee, Barbara was only happy when she was riding.A black mark dot in on the bottom edge of book..

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..

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..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1995. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0316341002. In this book O. J. Simpson speaks out for the first time since his arrest for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in June or 1994. I Want To Tell You is an emotional and factual self-portrait of O. J.`s mind at this critical time. (208 Pgs.) Many photographs (some in full color). This is O.J.'s response to letters, messages and questions from the general public..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0684835819. The Duchess of York writes about what it was like to be a member of the most famous and most scrutinized family in the world: Britain's Royal Family. It is an insiders tale, written with remarkable frankness. She tells us about her life before and after her marriage to Prince Andrew, the two princesses and her charit y work..

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..

Carbondale, IL, U.S.A.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dr. George T. Mitchell of Marshall, Illinois, shares with humor and compassion stories and reflections about his medical practice of fifty years, a period spanning several generations of life in the Midwest, from horse-and-buggy days to the space age. 359 pages. This is an excellent book for anyone interested in what it has been like to be a country doctor for the last century. Dr. Mitchell's father was a country doc in the same town. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in medicine as a career..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks, 1999. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0684872153. The enormously popular memoir of the Irish immigrant. McCourt's terrible childhood is created here with a remarkable lack of sentiment. Spine is creased. Slight rubbing on some outside edges, and top & bottom of the spine..

Wilsonville, OR, U.S.A.: BookPartners, Incorporated, 2001. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Small-town doctor Thomas Stern built a practice filled with memorable characters in rural Oregon. Then he moved to Southern California to work as technical advisor on the beloved TV series, Marcus Welby, M.D. His life story is filled with episodes that are thought provoking, heart-warming, and even rib tickling. Dr. Thomas Stern's book "House Calls" is a stimulating story of rural medical practice in the 1950's and urban practice in the 1960's. It begins with excerpts from his personal story which are touching and inspiring. He went from being an orphan teenager on his own to a well respected physician. He began his practice in rural Oregon where he had many great adventures. The descriptions of his travails are funny and to the point. He cared for a wide variety of patients and acquired a great insight into the human condition. He describes… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 2001. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. All the ugliness, danger, and misery of life as a big-city cop, told with perception, humor, and apparently without fear of reprisals by a 16-year veteran on the Chicago police force. Gallo joined up in 1982 because she needed a secure job to support her two children. Already a trained psychologist, she thought she'd be working as a therapist in the department's counseling center. She was wrong. After six months at the police academy, where brutality and humiliation were freely employed as teaching techniques and the most important law to be learned was "Cover Your Ass," and after six more months as a recruit (during which time she killed a man in a shootout), she was assigned to a beat. It was a tough West Side district replete with rundown housing projects, gangs, drug dealers, whores, and hustlers. Appalling domestic violence, heinous child and… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Celebrated actor Jones, writing with Niven, has produced a compelling memoir. Raised by his hardworking grandfather and storytelling grandmother, six-year-old James began to stutter when the family moved from Mississippi, where he was born in 1931, to Michigan. Virtually mute for the next eight years, he recaptured speech by reciting poetry and prose. Jones reconnected with his estranged actor father during his journeyman years in Manhattan theater; in the 1950s he blossomed in the "democracy of the frontier" that was off-Broadway. He offers lively and nuanced reflections on his great and sometimes controversial parts, which include, on stage, Paul Robeson, and on film: the title role in Othello , Lennie in Of Mice and Men , Jack Jefferson in The Great White Hope and Troy Maxson in Fences. While Jones concentrates more on his professional than on his… Leer más