Publicado por Public Affairs/ A Member of the Perseus Book Group, New York, 2005
ISBN 10: 0393925048 ISBN 13: 9780393925043
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Getty Images (Cover Image); Jenny Dossin (Book Design and Composition) Ilustrador. 1st Edition/ 1st Priniting. 254 pp. Nearly flawless copy with minimal external wear. Occassional marginalia and underlining.
Publicado por Public Affairs/A Member of the Perseus Book Group, New York, 2004
ISBN 10: 1586482262 ISBN 13: 9781586482268
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. Gail Belenson (Jacket Design); Thomas J. Gitzsimmons (Author Photo); Jane Raese (Design) Ilustrador. 1st Edition/ 1st Priniting. 246 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.
Publicado por Public Affairs/A Member of the Perseus Book Group, New York, 2008
ISBN 10: 1586485563 ISBN 13: 9781586485566
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. Lisa Kreinbrink (Book Design); Pete Garceau (Jacket Design); Eric Draper (White House Photo) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 341 pp. Clean, fresh, sharp, essentially, flawless book and dust jacket save very mild and light shelf wear.
Publicado por Public Affairs / Perseus Book Group, 2010
ISBN 10: 158648835X ISBN 13: 9781586488352
Librería: Inga's Original Choices, Piggott, AR, Estados Unidos de America
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Hard Cover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. Various Photographers Ilustrador. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Complete number line [1 - 10] at copyright page. NON price-clipped dust jacket [$ 29.95]. Pages: xviii, 381 including index. No remainder marks. Illustrated with two 8-page section of color photographs, and B&W throughout. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.
Publicado por BBS-Public Affairs/A Division of The Perseus Book Group, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 1891620576 ISBN 13: 9781891620577
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. Nina D'Amario (Book Design); Gabrielle Bordwin (Jacket Design) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 506 pp. Stated first printing of the first edition! A collectible gem! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments.
Publicado por NY. 2003. Public Affairs / Perseus Book Group, 2003
ISBN 10: 1586481843 ISBN 13: 9781586481841
Librería: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, Estados Unidos de America
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big thick grey & black hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very heavy, priority or international shipping will cost extra. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). ix+1280p + publisher's statement. glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. biography. american history. politics. world history. world war ii. ~ In this magisterial biography, Conrad Black makes a compelling case for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the most important figure of the twentieth century, the nation's most accomplished leader since Abraham Lincoln, and one of America's greatest presidents. FDR transformed an isolated and isolationist country into the most formidable superpower the world has ever known. He was both the savior of American capitalism, in peril from its own excesses and the competing systems of Communism and Fascism, and the foremost reformer in the nation's history. And it was Roosevelt's bravery and remarkable leadership skills that brought America into the world's conflicts at mid~century as, in Winston Churchill's words, "the greatest champion of freedom who has ever brought help and comfort from the New World to the Old." It is Black's contention that the second half of the twentieth century was so much more successful than the first because Roosevelt permanently engaged America and Europe in the Far East. How could this man, whose political life nearly ended with an illness at age thirty~nine, have accomplished so much as a politician, war leader, strategist, and global visionary? The sheer scope of FDR's life and achievements has deterred many historians and biogaphers from attempting a comprehensive biography. Additionally, FDR's remarkable personality was terribly difficult to decode ~ leading famously to comparisons with the similarly unmovable, and unknowable, Sphinx. Conrad Black has risen to the challenge. He is masterly on the public and wise on the private Roosevelt, telling us how this privileged, seemingly facile young man became the vigorous young president and then the redoubtable older president. Roosevelt was underestimated as a young man and, as Black makes clear, continues, incredibly, to be underestimated, particularly by the propagators of the Yalta myth, according to which Roosevelt was swindled by Stalin. This book demonstrates that Roosevelt's dealings with Stalin were far more successful than the myth would have it. FDR's life was distinguished by the variety and totality of his achievements. Here that life is revealed in a work that is as comprehensive, ambitious, and surprising as the man it describes.
Publicado por Public Affairs / Perseus Book Group, New York, 2005
ISBN 10: 1586483129 ISBN 13: 9781586483128
Librería: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition, First Printing. Author spent from 1986 to 2005 in Afghanistan and here provides her insights of this troubled nation. 173 pp. plus: Acknowledgments, Index. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Bookseller's Inventory # 185504.
Publicado por Public Affairs / Perseus Book Group, New York, 2006
ISBN 10: 0786294027 ISBN 13: 9780786294022
Librería: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition First Printing. " This book is made up of all essays. One thing I know is, you can make an essay out of anything." (Author) Preface by author. Contents: Part 1, Daily Life; Part 2, Feeling Philosophical; Part 3, On Food and Drink; Part 4, At Work and in the Newsroom; Part 5, The Nation at War; Part 6, On Politics; Part 7, My Life; Part 8, On Money; Part 9, The English Language; Part 10, The Sports Fan. 353 pp. Book has black spine with gilt text, pale yellow boards. Unclipped ($26.00/ $31.50 CAN) DJ has very slight edge/shelf wear. DEDICATION: To my good friend Phil Andy INSCRIBED by author. Bookseller's Inventory # 144066. Inscribed by Author(s).