Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 1585675652 ISBN 13: 9781585675654
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Alexander's remarkable political and military accomplishments, cutting through the myths to show why he was such a great leader. He explores our endless fascination with Alexander and gives us insight into his charismatic leadership, his capacity for brutality, and his sophisticated grasp of international politics. Alexander the Great is an engaging portrait of a fascinating man, and a welcome balance to the myths, legends, and often skewed history that have obscured the real Alexander.
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Nuevo desde EUR 21,90
Usado desde EUR 9,97
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 1978
ISBN 10: 087951079X ISBN 13: 9780879510794
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. rare, never-before photographs depict the home life of the Imperial family; but the brutal impoverished everyday life of the peasant is powerfully here as well.
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Usado desde EUR 10,12
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press/Peter Mayer Publishers, 2007
ISBN 10: 1585678961 ISBN 13: 9781585678969
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Continues the history of Islam in the century following the death of Muhammad, recounting his followers' efforts to establish the Islamic religion and the evolution of the split between Sunni and Shia factions.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 1585672041 ISBN 13: 9781585672042
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1. A riveting account of deceit and cunning documents the many instances of deception in war, from the Trojan Horse and Pharoah Ramses II's campaign against the Hittites to the Gulf War, and details how technology has evolved and increased the range and subtlety of what is possible, from bogus radio traffic to false smells.
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Nuevo desde EUR 30,51
Usado desde EUR 10,76
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 1585670502 ISBN 13: 9781585670505
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Four young men at the Sorbonne--two Germans, a French-Algerian scholarship student, and an American--share an apartment on the Rue de Fleurus and an idyllic life in Paris, until Europe begins its headlong descent into World War II. Reprint.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 158567513X ISBN 13: 9781585675135
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Accompanied by full-color and black-and-white photographs, this classic study of the martial arts describes the various combat techniques and traditions of the Far East, including Kalaripayit, Mama-Adi, Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai-chi, Bujutsu, Karate, Judo, Kempo, Aiki-do, and Naginata-do. Reprint.
Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 1585671304 ISBN 13: 9781585671304
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Burying Caesar is a gripping account of the mechanisms and motivations that underpin politics in Britain, forces that are as powerful today-on both sides of the Atlantic-as they were more than sixty years ago.What were the political machinations that kept Neville Chamberlain in office during the 1930s and deliberately kept Winston Churchill out Was Churchill the prophet of uncomfortable truths during his "wilderness years," or was Chamberlain right to pursue appeasement These are just some of the questions Stewart answers in his original and engaging book. He examines the dynamics and deep-seated rivalries within the Tory party, pitting Chamberlain's partisans against Churchill's. While Chamberlain appeased Hitler at Munich and urged isolation at home, it was Churchill who emerged from his wilderness with his distinctive voice of moral authority and bulldog conviction. And in the end, history proved Churchill right.
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Nuevo desde EUR 17,87
Usado desde EUR 12,31
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Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press Tusk Ivories, 2004
ISBN 10: 1585674885 ISBN 13: 9781585674886
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. The novel recounts two decades of chaos and war that led to the triumphant founding of the French Republic and culminated in the King's assassination in 1589.
Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1585672742 ISBN 13: 9781585672745
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Paranoia with respect to Russia raged in the wake of World War II, just as Churchill had foreseen: fear of a "nuclear Pearl Harbor" and the growing challenge of political stability in Europe gripped the Western world. The advent of new and terrifying weapons of war and annihilation-atomic bombs, biological and chemical weapons, and intercontinental missiles-contributed to a pervasive atmosphere of menace in the US, Britain, and all the countries of Western Europe. And in the thick of this cold war, it was the Secret Service and its intelligence operations that took action, that was capable of creating early warning systems and making inroads in the years of the cold war. It was a time of what Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. called "the rise of a religion of secrecy," a time that fostered the clandestine relationships and treachery of such infamous spies as Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Klaus Fuchs, and Kim Philby.In what one-time British Ambassador Richard Seitz calls "a superlative record of Anglo-American intelligence collection, cooperation, and competition," noted author Richard Aldrich reveals startling new information about the relationship between Britain and the US during the Cold War: the extent of the US and British covert operation successes-notably in Iran and Guatemala-as well as many costly debacles and follies.Using the formidable mass of material recently declassified by the US, as well as many files released by the British, Aldrich details the "special relationship" of cooperation between the British and the US, as well as the rampant rancor and suspicion that followed public amity and cooperation in the fight against Nazi Germany and Japan. This is a gripping and highly readable history.
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Nuevo desde EUR 30,77
Usado desde EUR 15,83
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1585677302 ISBN 13: 9781585677306
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. A sequel to Hotel Bemelmans features a new collection of essays about grand hotel life and describes such adventures as the author's decision to let Parisian criminals baby-sit his daughter, his capture by the Gestapo while he bore red-painted toenails, and his discovery of the only restaurant with toilets in the Amazon jungle.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 087951728X ISBN 13: 9780879517281
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. In The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock, David Freeman, screenwriter and Hitchcock's last collaborator, has written a penetrating account of his experience working with the famous idrector. he takes the reader behind the scenes, into Hitchcock's home and into the Universal Studios bungalow, where the director planned his movies, and illuminates a very private side of the man. In the time they spent collaborating on the thriller "The Short Night"- the director's final film project, which remains unproduced-Hitchcock was in constant pain and suffered from severe depression about his health and that of his wife, Alma. Nevertheless, he worked steadily and reminisced about his life, his films, and the people he knew, including Ingrid Bergman, howard Hughes, Cary Grant, and Kim Novak. This unique vollume includes a new introduction by the author, the complete screenplay of "The Short Night" as well as commentary on the screenplay, and a complete filmography. The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock will fascinate and enlighten anyone who's ever enjoyed the work of this cinematic giant, whose classic films continue to fascinate us.
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Usado desde EUR 19,37
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0879510153 ISBN 13: 9780879510152
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Thus. The author's greatest achievement, The Radetzky March is an unparalleled portrait of a civilization in decline, and as such, a universal story for our times.
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Usado desde EUR 19,60
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Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0879518731 ISBN 13: 9780879518738
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition, First Printing. The first critical biography of the master of television playwriting, whose brilliant "The Singing Detective" endures as an international cult sensation. of photos.
Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0879510455 ISBN 13: 9780879510459
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Through an in-depth study of instruments and illustrations from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the author pieces together information on instruments available to early musicians and the religious and secular purposes for which they were used.
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Nuevo desde EUR 100,57
Usado desde EUR 22,01
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 1981
ISBN 10: 0879511281 ISBN 13: 9780879511289
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Engineering drawing, though it had its roots in scientific and technical illustration at the time of the Renaissance and in architectural and naval draughtsmanship in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, was essentially a product of the Industrial Revolution. The numerous drawings reproduced in this book offer a representative selection of the work produced for the transport industries - ships, railway engines, motor-cars, aeroplanes - during the past two hundred years. Many are superb examples of draughtsmanship, and a number are equal in quality to the best drawings of any kind. The illustrations can be looked at in two complementary ways. The drawings may be enjoyed for their visual quality alone, but it is also important to grasp their significance for the design and production processes to which they relate. As all the drawings were originally produced for a specific purpose, their place in the story of engineering needs to be understood. In their text and detailed captions, the authors place each drawing in its context and describe the development of the skills of draughtsmanship as they interacted with the entrepreneurial demands of rapidly developing technology. The book as a whole therefore makes an important contribution to the history of technology, as well as providing outstanding examples of the richness of the visual resources that emanated from the Industrial Revolution. This is an impressive work of scholarship that draws not just on the extensive collections of engineering drawings that exist in Britain (where the Industrial Revolution had its beginnings), but also from American and European sources. Drawings normally unseen and often unknown outside a small circle of specialists are now presented to a wider public.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0879510552 ISBN 13: 9780879510558
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
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Nuevo desde EUR 58,60
Usado desde EUR 24,68
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 1585671169 ISBN 13: 9781585671168
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Connection Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1892950804 ISBN 13: 9781892950802
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0879519045 ISBN 13: 9780879519049
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. First American Edition. A collection of 160 posters from memorable 1970s films, depicting the art and culture of the times.
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Nuevo desde EUR 62,46
Usado desde EUR 31,05
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Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0879511427 ISBN 13: 9780879511425
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. 0. An examination of the place of the martial arts in Japanese culture includes discussions of the history, philosophy, and techniques of judo, karate, wrestling, and fencing.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, The, 1978
ISBN 10: 087951082X ISBN 13: 9780879510824
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1981
ISBN 10: 0879511249 ISBN 13: 9780879511241
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
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Nuevo desde EUR 101,84
Usado desde EUR 44,15
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Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 158567446X ISBN 13: 9781585674466
Librería: Hafa Adai Books, Plainfield, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1980
ISBN 10: 0879511079 ISBN 13: 9780879511074
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new. Shalom Of Safed Ilustrador.
Publicado por Brand: The Overlook Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 1585675415 ISBN 13: 9781585675418
Librería: Hafa Adai Books, Plainfield, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1585672343 ISBN 13: 9781585672349
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0879510021 ISBN 13: 9780879510022
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0879514515 ISBN 13: 9780879514518
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Brand: Overlook Press, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0879510986 ISBN 13: 9780879510985
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.