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Understanding Revolutions: Opening Acts in Tunisia by: Bishara, Azmi
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Understanding Revolutions: Opening Acts in Tunisia by: Bishara, Azmi

Softcover. London, England, I. B. Tauris, 1st thus, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 311 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains some B&W maps and tables throughout. This book is based on empirical and theoretical investigation, and provides original insight into how a local protest movement develops into a revolution that changes a regime. This book elaborates on how one can understand political revolutions, in the context of Tunisia. It is the first of a trilogy which seeks to provide a rich, comprehensive, and lucid assessment of the revolutions in three states: Tunisia, Syria, and Egypt. Clean copy. Record # 34603
Price: $45.00 

Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II by: Bando, Mark
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Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II by: Bando, Mark

Hardcover. Bedford, PA, The Aberjona Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 310 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid, though the spine is slightly cocked. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is tells the story of the experiences of the 101st Airborne Division, from its inception in August 1942 through the end of the war. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34373
Price: $55.00 

Victorian Revolutionaries: Speculations on Some Heroes of a Culture Crisis by: Peckham, Morse
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Victorian Revolutionaries: Speculations on Some Heroes of a Culture Crisis by: Peckham, Morse

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 310 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some rubbing, foxing, and edge wear, but is still in good condition overall. Red cloth boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. End papers and page edges have light foxing. Binding is solid. This book presents a study of the manner in which a number of 'heroic' Victorian men navigated Morse's conception of a 19th century cultural crisis by confounding the expectations of their environment; effectively, in Morse's terms, transcending their own cultural milieu in an effort to create new cultural pathways that eventually feed into new cultural growth and development. Contains previous owner's light pencil markings throughout. Record # 34360
Price: $13.00 

 

Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From by: Davenport-Hines, Richard

Hardcover. US, William Morrow, 1st, 2012-03-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 342 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 461427
Price: $12.00 

War & Politics by: Brodie, Bernard
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War & Politics by: Brodie, Bernard

Softcover. NY, MacMillan Publishing Co., 6th Print, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 514 pages, soft cover. Covers are generally in very good condition despite some minor wear to the spine and corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book draws connections between military affairs and state craft, by the dean of American civilian strategists. A thought-provoking and original look at WHY humans fight. The author puts war in its international political context as he examines the history of World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam, and looks at the changing attitudes toward war, theories on its causes, "vital interests," trade, nuclear weapons, and the true nature of strategy. Clean copy. Record # 33833
Price: $18.00 

 

WARTIME. WITH TITO AND TWO PARTNERS by: Djilas, Milovan

Softcover. London, Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 470 pages. Illustrated captioned plates. Double page map at front. Color pictorial wrappers of Tito, the author, others. The author was Vice President of Yugoslavia until his expulsion from the Communist Party in 1954. Translated by Michael B. Petrovitch. Record # 220757
Price: $12.00 

Western Geopolitical Thought in the Twentieth Century by: Parker, Geoffrey
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Western Geopolitical Thought in the Twentieth Century by: Parker, Geoffrey

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps throughout. This book surveys the development of geopolitical thought in the twentieth century and relates it to international political developments. It discusses present geopolitical thought and its predictions for the future of world politics. Contains some of previous owner's highlights on a few pages throughout, but this does not impact the legibility of any text blocks. Previous owner's name was also signed in blue pen on the front end page, and there are a couple more blue pen markings on the contents page. Record # 34566
Price: $25.00 

Westviking: The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America by: Mowat, Farley, Illust. by: Wheeler, Claire
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Westviking: The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America by: Mowat, Farley, Illust. by: Wheeler, Claire

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Atlantic-Little, Brown Books, 2nd print, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 494 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, some visible wear and tear is mitigated by clever repair work. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is tight. Step into the world of sagas, longships, and enigmatic Norse explorers with Farley Mowat's captivating historical account. Clean copy. Record # 33652
Price: $15.00 

 

Wilhelmsen Fleet, The: for Speed and Service- 1861-1961 by: Bland, A.L. and Michael Crowdy

Softcover. Kendal, England, World Ship Society, 1st, 1961, Dust Jacket: None, 75 pages. Black and white photographs along with ships' histories. Record # 512337
Price: $12.00 

WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE by: Greenblatt, Stephen
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WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE by: Greenblatt, Stephen

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.HARDCOVER. New York, W.W. Norton, 4th, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, W.W. Norton, 4th, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear and light foxing to inside dust jacket.. 430 pages. Record # 467300 Record # 467300
Price: $12.00 

 

World of Musical Comedy, The by: Green, Stanley

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap , Unknown, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A history of the musical stage by it's foremost composers and lyricists. Black & white photos, 397 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, spine fading Record # 200375
Price: $12.00