Carella maría (28 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No marking or defects: A street Lawyer. Carella, Maria (illustratore).

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Decorative Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Missing. 294 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Slightly skewed spine. Maria Carella (Design) (illustratore).

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Anchor Books Edition/6th Printing. 344 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Book slightly warped. Ashwini M. Jambotkar (Cover Design); Carl Mydans/Timepix (Cover Photo); Jane Phillips (Author Photo); Maria Carella (Design) (illustratore).…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Like New. 1st Anchor Bks Ed. Apr, 2002. 1st Pr. 763+ pp. Flawless book. Maria Carella (Book Design); Timothy Hsu (Cover Design) (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. 163 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and clean text. Water marks and stains on top edge, and on front and back of cover boards and inside of dj flaps. Maria Carella (Book Design); Louis Jones (Title Page Illustration) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake--or hate him . For Neely Crenshaw; a man who must finally forgive his coach--and himself--before he can get on with his life, the stakes are especially high. Maria Carella, Book Design; Louis Jones, Title Page Illustration (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 373 + pp. Nearly flawless copy and dust jacket with minimal external wear. Copy with clean text on crisp and bright pages. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Maria Carella (Book Design); John Fontana (Jacket Design); Michael Setboun/Getty Images (Jacket Photo); Maki Galimberti (Author Photo) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards, red spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Grisham and Author's Note. "The best thriller writer alive." - Ken Follet. "John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we've got in the United States these days." - The New York Times Book Review. "With every new book I appreciate John Grisham a little more, for his feisty critiques of the legal system, his compassion for the underdog, and his willingness to strike out in new directions." - Entertainment Weekly. "The law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of entertainment." - Los Angeles Times. "John Grisham's The Reckoning is the master storyteller's most powerful, surprising, and accomplished novel yet. October 1946, Clanton, Mississippi. Peter Banning was Clanton, Mississippi's favorite son - a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed his pastor and friend, the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder weren't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his lawyers, to the judge, to the jury, and to his family - was: "I have nothing to say." He was not afraid of death ans was willing to take his motive to the grave. In a major novel unlike anything he has written before, John Grisham takes us on an incredible journey, from the Jim Crow South to the jungles of the Philippines during World War II; from an insane asylum filled with secrets to the Clanton courtroom where Pete's defense attorney tries desperately to save him. Reminiscent of the finest tradition of Southern Gothic storytelling, The Reckoning would not be complete without Grisham's signature layers of of legal suspense, and he delivers on every page." - from the inner front jacket flap. Carella, Maria (book design); Robinson, Steve (jacket photograph); Fontana, John (jacket design); Graham, Charlotte (author photograph) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. New condition ivory boards, red spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by David Grann; Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Sources; Archival and Unpublished Sources; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Illustration Credits and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and map illustrated front and rear endpapers. "A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery." - The Boston Globe. "Holy hell. If you like true crime - maybe even if you don't - you'd be hard-pressed to find a story as convincing as Killers of the Flower Moon." - GQ. "A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve." - Financial Times. "Masterful.Filled with almost mythic characters from our past.It's a haunting tale of unimaginable betrayal, naked greed, and the birth of modern law enforcement." - Rolling Stone. "A meticulously researched and masterfully spun chronicle." - Entertainment Weekly. "Deeply intriguing.Powerful.Evocative. Its narrative is so prominent that many readers might forget they are learning about a dark, forgotten chapter in American history. That combination of readability and socially conscious journalism is what makes the book so valuable." - Columbia Journalism Review. ".a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under suspicious circumstances. In this last remnat of the Wild West - where oilmen such as J.P. Getty made their fourtunes and where desperadoes such as AL Spencer, the "Phantom Terror," roamed - many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the relatively new FBI took over. It was one of the organization's first major homicide cases but the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including an American Indian agent in the bureau. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, the book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward American Indians that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. Killers of the Flower Moon is utterly compelling, but also emotionally devastating." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Carella, Maria (book design); Ward, Jeffrey L. (endpaper map design); Fontana, John (jacket design); Smith, Richard (jacket image, background sky); WIlliams, Oscar (Alamy, oil rig) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition beige boards, brown spine and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Grisham and Author Dedication. "In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill. Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who's been locked away on death row for eleven years. It could well be their last visit. Mack Stafford, a hard-drinking and low-grossing run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer, gets a miracle phone call with a completely unexpected offer to settle some old, forgotten cases for more money than he has ever seen. Mack is suddenly bored with the law, fed up with his wife and his life, and makes drastic plans to finally escape. Quiet, dull Sidney, a data collector for an insurance company, perfects his blackjack skills in hopes of bringing down the casino empire of Clanton's most ambitious hustler, Bobby Carl Leach, who, among other crimes, has stolen Sidney's wife. Three good ol' boys from rural Ford County begin a journey to the big city of Memphis to give blood to a grievously injured friend. However, they are unable to drive past a beer store as the trip takes longer and longer. The journey comes to an abrupt end when they make a fateful stop at a Memphis strip club. The Quiet Haven Retirement Home is the final stop for the elderly of Clanton. It's a sad, languid place with little controversy, until Gilbert arrives. Posing as a low-paid bedpan boy , he is in reality a brilliant stalker with an uncanny ability to sniff out the assets of those "seniors" he professes to love. One of the hazards of litigating against people in a small town is that one day, long after the trial, you will probably come face-to-face with someone you've beaten in a lawsuit. Lawyer Stanley Wade bumps into an old adversary, a man with a long memory, and the encounter becomes a violent ordeal. Clanton is rocked with the rumor that the gay son of a prominent family has finally come home, to die. Of AIDS. Fear permeates the town as gossip runs unabated. But in Lowtown, the colored section of Clanton, the young man finds a soul mate in his final days. Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life. Often hilarious, frequently moving, and always entertaining, this collection makes it abundantly clear why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Gould, Philip (jacket photograph); Fontana, John (jacket design); Carella, Maria (book design); Jones, Louis (title page illustration) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition olive boards, forest green spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Grisham; Author Dedication and Author's Note. "In the samll Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo's. Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he has languished in prison, maintaining his innocence. But no one was listening. He had no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. In desperation, he writes a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small nonprofit run by Cullen Post, a lawyer who is also an Episcopal minister. Guardian accepts only a few innocence cases at a time. Cullen Post travels the country fighting wrongful convictions and taking on clients forgotten by the system. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he's bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy Miller exonerated. They killed one lawyer twenty-two years ago, and they will kill another without a second thought." - from the inner front jacket flap. Windsor, Michael J. (jacket design); Penttinen Miemo (jacket photograph); Carella, Maria (book design) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. As new condition light blue boards, white spine and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Book(s) by Susan Casey; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche; Introduction; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Selected Bibliography; Illustration Credits and A Note About the Author. "Something is stewing in our seas, and Casey - traveling, and in some cases swimming, all around the world - is eager to find out what it is. Both a rollicking look at the ocean's growing freakishness and a troubling examination of our ailing planet, The Wave gives new meaning to the term 'immersion reporting.'" - Hampton Sides, author. "At once scary and fun, The Wave surprises at every turn." - Elizabeth Kolbert, author. "Like the surfers and scientists she profiles, Casey lived and breathed giant waves for years, combining an insane passion for craft with an uncanny ability to describe the indescribable. In The Wave she whisks the reader off to unimaginably surreal settings and puts them in the middle of mind-blowing scenarios. This book sucked me in like the undertow at Pipeline." - Mary Roach, author. "From Susan Casey, the bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing waves, and the surfers and scientists who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun stories of gargantuan rogue waves, one hundred feet high or more, appearing seemingly from nowhere. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories as typical sailor tall tales - because waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, a startling number of ships vanished in the depths of the ociean - massive freighters sunk so quickly there was often no time for an SOS call - and credible eyewitenss accounts emerged, such as one from the captain of the Queen Elizabeth 2, who swore the liner was hit by a wave taller than the ninety-five-foot bridge. Faced with mounting evidence, marine scientists realized something truly scary was brewing in the planet's waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when the British research vessel RRS Discovery was trapped in the North Atlantic in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves, including several that approached one hundred feet. As scientists scramble to understand the phenomenon of immense waves, another breed of people view them as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers, who scan global weather updates on dedicated websites and fly around the world looking for the ocean's monsters. That this is possible at all is due to the pioneering techniques of legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to ride terrifyingly large wavees of seventy and eighty feet. When a surf company offered a huge bounty to be given to the first person to ride a hundred-foot wave, less-accomplished surfers entered the sport, and the stakes became life or death. Susan Casey does a magnificent job painting the extraordinary subculture of this unique tribe of people - their codes, their addiction to risks that others would view as borderline insane, their amazing physical feats, and their feeling for the infinite strength of the ocean. In Casey's mesmerizing account, the exploits of Hamilton and his fellow extreme surfers are juxtaposed against the scientists' urgent efforts to understand the annihilating power of waves, from the tsunami that wiped out 250,000 people in the Pacific in 2004 (and the tsunami that could arise in the Atlantic and sweep the East Coast of the United States), to the threat to the global shipping system, to the 1,740-foot wave that leveled part of the Alaskan coast. With inexorable, adrenaline-fueled verve, The Wave brilliantly portrays human beings confronting nature at its most ferocious." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Thouard, Benjamin (jacket photograph); Fontana, John (jacket design); Carella, Maria (book design); Ward, Jeffrey L. (map designs) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. New condition black boards/gray spine/silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Photo Credits and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. " 'I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way.' With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life in this poignant and honest autobiography. More than a rock star, Eric Clapton is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music. Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self-promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now chronicles, for the first time, his remarkable personal and professional journeys. Born illegitimate in 1945 and raised by his grandparents, Eric never knew his father and, until the age of nine, believed his actual mother to be his sister. In his early teens his solace was the guitar, and his incredible talent would make him a cult hero in the clubs of Britain and inspire devoted fans to scrawl "Clapton is God" on the walls of London's Underground. With the formation of Cream, the world's first super group, he became a worldwide superstar, but conflicting personalities tore the band apart within two years. His stints in Blind Faith, in Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and in Derek and the Dominos were also short-lived but yielded some of the most enduring songs in history, including the classic "Layla." During the late sixties he played as a guest with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, as well as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and longtime friend George Harrison. It was while working with the latter that he fell for Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd, a seemingly unrequited love that led him to the depths of despair, self-imposed seclusion, and drug addiction. By the early seventies he had overcome his addiction and released the bestselling album 461 Ocean Boulevard, with its massive hit "I Shot the Sheriff." He followed that with the platinum album Slowhand, which included "Wonderful Tonight," a touching love song to Pattie, whom he finally married at the end of 1977. A short time later, however, Eric had replaced heroin with alcohol as his preferred vice, following a pattern of behavior that not only was detrimental to his music but contributed to the eventual breakup of his marriage. In the eighties he would battle and beat alcoholism and become a father. But just as his life was coming together, he was struck by a terrible blow: His beloved four-year-old son, Conor, died in a freak accident. At an earlier time Eric might have coped with this tragedy by fleeing into a world of addiction. But now a much stronger man, he took refuge in music, responding with the achingly beautiful "Tears in Heaven." Clapton is the powerfully written story of a survivor, a man who has achieved the pinnacle of success despite extraordinary demons. It is one of the most compelling memoirs of our time." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Carella, Maria (book design) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition beige linen boards, gold front cover decorative insignia, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Abbreviations; Publisher's Note; Foreword; Introduction: An Initial Reflection on the Mystery of Jesus; Glossary and Bibliography. Translated from the German by Adrian J. Walker "This book is . my personal search 'for the face of the Lord.' " - Benedict XVI. "In this bold, momentous work, the Pope - in his first book written as Benedict XVI - seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent "popular" depictions and to restore Jesus' true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and incites us to encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian faith. From Jesus of Nazareth: "The great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: What did Jesus actually bring, if not world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God. He has brought the God who formerly unveiled his countenance gradually, first to Abraham, then to Moses and the Prophets, and then in the Wisdom Literature - the God who revealed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the nations of the earth. He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about our origin and destiny: faith, hope, and love." " - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Carella, Maria (book design); Traina, Jean (jacket design); Van Cleve, Joos (jacket front painting); Gambarini, Federico (jacket rear photograph) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards, black cloth spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Martin Gottfried; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Bob Fosse Quote; Acknowledgments and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "He was a shy, exuberant kid who learned to tap dance in Elks clubs and sleazy strip joints; a talented hoofer who became a Tony Award-winning choreographer, a celebrated director, and a Broadway legend. He was a ladies' man who never let marriage stand in the way of his affairs, and an artist whose obsession with sex, dance, and death fueld his creative fires even as it worked to destroy him. He was Bob Fosse. And now, based on interviews with friends, family, and intimates, top Broadway critic Martin Gottfried recounts the candid details - the nerve-racking auditions, the backstage dramas, the Dexedrine highs, and the romantic lows - of the razzle-dazzle life of this dynamic, controversial, thoroughly intriguing artist. "It's showtime!" That was how Bob Fosse's alter ego greeted his hungover, chain-smoking, drugged-out self in the bathroom mirror. It was Fosse's version of his own life, the movie All That Jazz. In reaality the vices, the cynicism, and the talent were his, but the seeds of self-doubt and self-destruction were planted early on. How Bob Fosse went from the dusty floorboards of the Chicago Academy of Theatre Arts to half of the hoofing Riff Brothers, to the unprecedented feat of winning in a single year an Oscar for Cabaret, a Tony for Pippin, and an Emmy for "Liza with a Z" is one of the most exciting stories in show business. All His Jazz follows as newly married Fosse and wife Mary-Ann Niles make the leap from small stages to "Your Show of Shows" and "Your Hit Parage." It examines the first of Fosse's many breakups as he falls for vivacious dancer Joan McCracken. And it charts his course from an overlooked contract player at MGM to his memorable role in Kiss Me, Kate and his choreography of "Steam Heat" for the Tony Award-winning musical, The Pajama Game. But even as Fosse's precise and erotic choreographic style drew raves, it seemed that destiny was leading him toward two things: fame and stage and screen star Gwen Verdon. They met on the set of Damn Yankees, and their personal and professional relationship was one of the most explosive, productive, painful, and puzzling in show business, one that would bring him the additional joy of his beloved daughter, Nicole. Even his blatant womanizing couldn't, at first, break them apart. And though they would separate, he and Gwen never divorced and never stopped supporting each other. From Sweet Charity, Lenny, and Chicago, to All That Jazz, Dancin', and Star 80, Bob Fosse rode on a wave of incredible successes with a host of stage and screen luminaries. Neil Simon, Buddy Hackett, Harold Prince, Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera, Carl Reiner, Arlene Dahl, Cy Coleman, Sid Caesar, Paddy Chayefsky, David Begelman, Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Dustin Hoffman, Eric Robets - and many, many more. Through it all he struggled with drugs, girlfriends, hangovers, and perhaps his life's biggest secret: epilepsy. But though he defiantly partied his way through two heart attacks, his fast-paced, hard-smoking lifestyle eventually caught up with him. On a Washington, D.C., street corner on September 23, 1987, he collapsed and died in the arms of Gwen Verdon, the woman who knew and loved him best. Bob Fosse was America's last grand master of modern dance. With eloquence and honesty, All His Jazz keeps the legend alive." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Carella, Maria (book design) (illustratore). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. First Edition Thus. Book has won numerous awards. Book has light edge wear at tail of spine. Bookseller's Inventory # 253008. Maria Carella (book design) (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition black boards/gray spine/silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Photo Credits and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. " 'I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way.' With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life in this poignant and honest autobiography. More than a rock star, Eric Clapton is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music. Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self-promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now chronicles, for the first time, his remarkable personal and professional journeys. Born illegitimate in 1945 and raised by his grandparents, Eric never knew his father and, until the age of nine, believed his actual mother to be his sister. In his early teens his solace was the guitar, and his incredible talent would make him a cult hero in the clubs of Britain and inspire devoted fans to scrawl "Clapton is God" on the walls of London's Underground. With the formation of Cream, the world's first super group, he became a worldwide superstar, but conflicting personalities tore the band apart within two years. His stints in Blind Faith, in Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and in Derek and the Dominos were also short-lived but yielded some of the most enduring songs in history, including the classic "Layla." During the late sixties he played as a guest with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, as well as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and longtime friend George Harrison. It was while working with the latter that he fell for Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd, a seemingly unrequited love that led him to the depths of despair, self-imposed seclusion, and drug addiction. By the early seventies he had overcome his addiction and released the bestselling album 461 Ocean Boulevard, with its massive hit "I Shot the Sheriff." He followed that with the platinum album Slowhand, which included "Wonderful Tonight," a touching love song to Pattie, whom he finally married at the end of 1977. A short time later, however, Eric had replaced heroin with alcohol as his preferred vice, following a pattern of behavior that not only was detrimental to his music but contributed to the eventual breakup of his marriage. In the eighties he would battle and beat alcoholism and become a father. But just as his life was coming together, he was struck by a terrible blow: His beloved four-year-old son, Conor, died in a freak accident. At an earlier time Eric might have coped with this tragedy by fleeing into a world of addiction. But now a much stronger man, he took refuge in music, responding with the achingly beautiful "Tears in Heaven." Clapton is the powerfully written story of a survivor, a man who has achieved the pinnacle of success despite extraordinary demons. It is one of the most compelling memoirs of our time." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Fontana, John (jacket design); Watson, Norman (author photograph); Carella, Maria (book design) (illustratore). …

Brossura. Condizione: new. A cura di Sisinni M. T. Illustrazioni di Ponzo P. Roma, 2025; br., pp. 200, cm 15x21. Con un capitolo inedito firmato da Pasquale Larocca, Dentro e Fuori l'Alaska non è soltanto una storia sportiva, ma un'avventura contemporanea, una storia d'amore e un viaggio nella vita del protagonista. Giovane lucano di Terranova di Pollino, maestro di sci, guida turistica e volontario del soccorso alpino, Pasquale ha trasformato la passione per la montagna in sfida e ricerca interiore. Dai primi passi sugli sci nelle montagne lucane alle vette dell'Alaska, ha affrontato difficoltà fisiche e mentali, rischiando la vita a trenta gradi sottozero e imparando a superare paure e limiti. Con il sostegno di mentori e amici ha scoperto il valore della condivisione, trasformando ogni impresa in crescita personale. Il libro racconta i suoi traguardi: Sila3Vette, le Arctic Circle Winter Races (Rovaniemi 150 nel 2017 e Rovaniemi 300 nel 2020, con primato mondiale imbattuto), l'Iditasport Alaska 270 (2019) e l'Iditarod Trail Invitational 350 (2022), conclusa al quarto posto sugli sci. Una storia di resilienza e passione che trasmette energia vitale e un messaggio da tramandare. Ponzo, Paola (illustratore). Libro.…

Brossura. Condizione: new. A cura di Sisinni M. T.Illustrazioni di Ponzo P.Roma, 2023; br., pp. 184, cm 15x21. Un romanzo che narra la vita di Pasquale Larocca e la sua straordinaria esperienza sportiva, un giovane lucano appassionato di sci e montagna, determinato a superare i suoi limiti e raggiungere quel riscatto personale cui tutti ambiscono nel corso della vita. Pasquale non è uno sportivo professionista, lavora presso una ditta di caffè. Fa il volontariato nel soccorso alpino e impegna il restante tempo libero facendo il maestro di sci e organizzando escursioni sulle sue montagne. A quarant'anni, sotto la spinta della pura passione è stato il primo e unico italiano a vincere in sequenza le rinomate "Rovaniemi 150", in Finlandia e la "Iditarod 270 Alaska" e ancora la "Rovaniemi 300". Dal suo primo sciare sulle piste lucane alla conquista dei traguardi più ambiti e pericolosi, Pasquale si è scontrato con le difficoltà fisiche e mentali che hanno accompagnato il suo percorso. Ha rischiato di perdere la vita a 30° sottozero, riuscendo però a superare l'insicurezza, affrontare il dolore e fare i conti con i propri limiti. Attraverso l'aiuto di mentori e amici, ha scoperto l'importanza del sostegno e della condivisione. Ponzo, Paola (illustratore). Libro.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition black boards, black spine, and silver spine lettering contained in a very good condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page Poem by Robert Graves, "Outlaws"; List of Other Books by Stephen Davis: Author Dedication; The Difference; Dionysus Is in the House; Rolling.; Selected Sources; Acknowledgments; Index; Photo Credits and About the Author. Profusely illustrated with four sections of black-and-white photographic plates plus additional photographs interspersed throughout the volume. A small 1/8th inch repaired closed tear at the upper front right jacket tip (see photographs). All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the thick spine is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). "The Beatles want to hold your hand. But the Stones want to burn your town." - Tom Wolfe. "The acclaimed bestselling rock-and-roll biographer delivers the first complete, unexpurgated history of the world's greatest band. The saga of the Rolling Stones is the central epic in rock mythology. From their debut as the intermission band at London's Marquee Club in 1962 through their latest record-setting Bridges to Babylon world tour, the Rolling Stones have defined a musical genre and experienced godlike adulation, quarrels, addiction, legal traumas, and descents into madness and death - while steadfastly refusing to fade away. Now Stephen Davis, the New York Times bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods and Walk This Way, who has followed the Stones for three decades, presents their whole story, replete with vivid details of the Stones' musical successes - and personal excesses. Born into the wartime England of air-raid sirens, bombing raids, and strict rationing, the Rolling Stones came of age in the 1950s, as American blues and pop arrived in Europe. Among London's most ardent blues fans in the early 1960s was a short blond teenage guitar player named Brian Jones, who hooked up with a lorry driver's only son, Charlie Watts, a jazz drummer. At the same time, popular and studious Michael Philip Jagger - who, as a boy, bawled out a phonetic version of "La Bamba" with an eye-popping intensity that scared his parents - began sharing blues records with a primary school classmate, Keith "Ricky" Richards, a shy underachiever, whose idol was Chuck Berry. In 1962 the four young men, joined by Bill Perks (later Wyman) on bass, formed a rhythm and blues band that Brian Jones named "the Rollin' Stones" in honor of the Muddy Waters blues classic. Using the biography of the Rolling Stones as a narrative spine, Old Gods Almost Dead builds a new, multi-layered version of the Stones' story, locating the band beyond the musical world they dominated and showing how they influenced, and were influenced by the other artistic movements of their era: the blues revival, Swinging London, the Beats, Bob Dylan's Stones-inspired shift from protest to pop, Pop Art and Andy Warhol's New York, the "Underground" politics of the 1960s, Moroccan energy and European orientalism, Jamaican reggae, the Glam and Punk subcultures, and the technological advances of the video and digital revolution. At the same time, Old Gods Almost Dead documents the intense backstage lives of the Stones: the feuds, the drugs, the marriages, and the affairs that inspired and informed their songs; and the business of making records and putting on shows. The first new biography of the Rolling Stones since the early 1980s, Old Gods Almost Dead is the most comprehensive book to date, and one of the few to cover all the band's members. Illustrated throughout with photos of pivotal moments, it is a celebration of the Rolling Stones as an often courageous, often foolish gang of artists who showed us not only new worlds but new ways of living in them. It is a saga as raunchily, vibrantly entertaining as the Stones themselves." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Carella, Maria (book design); Steadman, Henry (jacket design) (illustratore). …

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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards, textured black spine and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication. Signed by the author, John Grisham, with blue pen on the half title page. "If you thought Mitch McDeere was in trouble in The Firm, wait until you meet Kyle McAvoy, The Associate. Kyle McAvoy grew up in his father's small-town law office in York, Pennsylvania. He excelled in college, was elected editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, and his future has limitless potential. But Kyle has a secret, a dark one, an episode from college that he has tried to forget. The secret, though, falls into the hands of the wrong people, and Kyle is forced to take a job he doesn't want - even though it's a job most law students can only dream about. Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed. With an unforgettable cast of characters and villains - from Baxter, Tate, a drug addled trust fund kid and possible rapist, to Dale, a pretty but seemingly quiet former math teacher who shares Kyle's "cubicle" at the law firm, to two of the msost powerful and fiercely competitive defense contractors in the country - and featuring all the twists and turns that have made John Grisham the most popular storyteller in the world, The Associate is vintage Grisham." - from the inner front jacket flap. Fontana, John (jacket design); Setboun, Michel (jacket photograph); Carella, Maria (book design) (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition beige boards, brown spine and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Grisham and Author Dedication. A vintage 2010 gift inscription on the blank first free front endpaper stating, in part ".from John Marshall signed bu his neighbor J. Grisham. Signed by the author, John Grisham, with thin blue ink on the half title page. "In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill. Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who's been locked away on death row for eleven years. It could well be their last visit. Mack Stafford, a hard-drinking and low-grossing run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer, gets a miracle phone call with a completely unexpected offer to settle some old, forgotten cases for more money than he has ever seen. Mack is suddenly bored with the law, fed up with his wife and his life, and makes drastic plans to finally escape. Quiet, dull Sidney, a data collector for an insurance company, perfects his blackjack skills in hopes of bringing down the casino empire of Clanton's most ambitious hustler, Bobby Carl Leach, who, among other crimes, has stolen Sidney's wife. Three good ol' boys from rural Ford County begin a journey to the big city of Memphis to give blood to a grievously injured friend. However, they are unable to drive past a beer store as the trip takes longer and longer. The journey comes to an abrupt end when they make a fateful stop at a Memphis strip club. The Quiet Haven Retirement Home is the final stop for the elderly of Clanton. It's a sad, languid place with little controversy, until Gilbert arrives. Posing as a low-paid bedpan boy , he is in reality a brilliant stalker with an uncanny ability to sniff out the assets of those "seniors" he professes to love. One of the hazards of litigating against people in a small town is that one day, long after the trial, you will probably come face-to-face with someone you've beaten in a lawsuit. Lawyer Stanley Wade bumps into an old adversary, a man with a long memory, and the encounter becomes a violent ordeal. Clanton is rocked with the rumor that the gay son of a prominent family has finally come home, to die. Of AIDS. Fear permeates the town as gossip runs unabated. But in Lowtown, the colored section of Clanton, the young man finds a soul mate in his final days. Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life. Often hilarious, frequently moving, and always entertaining, this collection makes it abundantly clear why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Carella, Maria (book design) (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).…

Condizione: buono. Storia e Critica Literary Criticism History and Criticism Bibliotheca bross. edit. ill. - prima edizione OTTIME CONDIZIONI.

Condizione: BUONO USATO. Da revisionare ITALIANO Buono stato, coperta illustrata in cartoncino patinato semimorbido, su I.a di coperta di A. Rodcenko "Progetto per un chiosco di giornali", 1919, lieve ingiallimento, graffi, bordo appena sfregato, cerniera stretta, tagli lievemente ambrati, pagine ben conservate. Numero Pagine.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition dark gray boards, black spine and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Grisham; Author Dedication and Author's Note. Signed by the author, John Grisham, with blue pen at the lower section of the half title page. "Politics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided? The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operative recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice. The Appeal is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again." - from the inner front jacket flap. Carella, Maria (book design); Fontana, John (jacket design); Soudant, Shasti O'Leary (jacket illustration); Brubaker, Lynne (author photograph) (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).…