Xlibris jan 2004 (16 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - YALEE'S YOUTH REVISITEDNew Book about a Man's Extraordinary Sophomore Year at Yale Denver, CO (Release Date TBD) - This is not his autobiography. Robert Leland Johnson's Yale Sophomore is a manuscript from the early fifties - told from the voice of the author in his youth. Johnson's compelling diary of the period of his life between 1952 and 1953, written at that same time, unearths the thoughts of his youth - a memoir of his resplendent days as a Yalee. Yale Sophomore was written along the lines of the exposition of Francois Sagan in Bonjour Tristasse - in diary form. It is the perfect preservation of a young man's thoughts as he traverses the path of life, in a period of great uncertainty while he is still walking in errant wonder. It has a universal theme and appeals to youths of different backgrounds. It speaks of the vulnerability of youth and the promise that it undeniably holds. The book was originally written with the intent of being published early on, but Johnson, being a renowned trial lawyer, withheld exposing his vulnerable emotions until such time when he was retired. A narrative of accomplishment, inner development, and also a brief history of the author's lineage, Yale Sophomore is as charming as it gets. Reading it is like discovering a souvenir, a cherished memento, or breezing through a moment in time.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'This novel about the inner workings of the U.S. Congress is as timely as today's news and as unsettling as tomorrow's headlines--and just as intriguing.' --Robert H. Michel, former Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives'A gripping read, Devil in the House provides a tantalizing look inside Washington politics and at duplicity on Capitol Hill.'--Milton Friedman, former senior White House speech writer'A powerful look at the unprincipled use of power on Capitol Hill.'--Sidney Yudain, founder and former editor/publisher of Roll Call, the Newspaper of Capitol Hill.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The central figure of Hero on Three Continents is Sir Henry Brown, born 1901, into a prominent Anglo-Jewish family. Henry's two elder brothers were killed in action on the Western Front during World War I, an experience that had an immeasurable impact on young Henry.After leaving Eton in 1919, Henry, too young for military service in the Great War, took a first-class honors degree in oriental languages at Oxford University. He then pursued a military career at Sandhurst, and afterwards served on the staff of Lord Reading, Viceroy in India. While in India in 1926, he married Henrietta, the younger daughter of the 11th Duke of Shropshire.After service in India, Henry was posted to Kenya and was awarded the Military Cross for a heroic defusement of explosives in the African hillside. He served in the War Office and as an instructor at England's famed military academy, Sandhurst, until he was posted to Berlin in 1935 as military attaché, under the covert direction of Winston Churchill, Chaim Weizmann, and the Marquess of Reading.This was a difficult assignment -- to say the least, for a Jew during Hitler's rise in Germany. He witnessed contagious anti-Semitism after the implementation of the Nuremberg Laws. His wife threw herself enthusiastically into the upper echelons of the Nazi hierarchy, greatly influenced by the force of its propaganda and ideology. In her efforts to foster a better understanding between Nazi Germany and England, and encouraged by her German friends and British sympathizers, such as Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley and Unity Mitford, she distanced herself from her husband. This culminated with her affair with a senior member of the German Foreign Office. Henry Brown and his wife separated, She remained in Germany with their two children. Brown, at his own request, was transferred to the British Embassy in Paris.Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Henry re-joined his regiment and saw active service in North Africa and.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Into the Antiquities Trade is a true story that documents the author's global exploits in the international antiquities trade. Mr. Cheek, one of the few real-life 'relic hunters,' spans the globe in search of rare ancient works of art, giving the reader an intoxicating glimpse into the inner workings of the trade through an international cast of characters. The author expands on the trade's current political situation and clarifies a myriad of opinions, while stressing his viewpoint that 'there in no better preserver of ancient art than the private collector.' Into the Antiquities Trade is a 'must read' for every collector of ancient art and is a resource for both the neophyte and the advanced collector.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The body of a young man is found near the smoldering remains of a barn, ten miles from the elegant beach houses off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. A few hours earlier, the police blotter signals that a young girl is reported missing from a halfway house. Are the two items connected Just three miles away, two boys fresh from a year of college and seeking to reconnect their friendship know the answer. As they bitterly part, the two boys' lives will strangely intersect again years later. They become successes: one in the dark, billion dollar world of porn; the other, a promising attorney for the most recognizable face in TV religion. Swept up suddenly a in twisted game of deceit, one will risk everything---even their friendship---to unmask the truth of that long-ago night. And discover why they are on the short list of a dangerous, beautiful woman. …

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - After Walter Wilkins, a bank president, commits suicide, his wife, Suzanne, donates his favorite jacket to a used clothing store. Dave Monaco, a suspended cop, buys it and finds a key sewn into the lining. Dave decides to investigate. His trail leads to a locker and to a bag full of money. So - did Walter Wilkins really commit suicide or is this a homocide Teaming up with Suzanne, Dave.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Which astronaut repaired the Hubble telescope during a walk in space Who was the model for the movie 'The Man Who Never Was ' What officer was responsible for the eradication of flogging in the U.S. Navy Who is the most decorated living U.S. Army veteran That the uncle of a world-famous entertainer won the Distinguished Service Cross in Korea What officer led the mission to rescue General Patton's son-in-law Who was the commanding officer of the famed WW II B-17 Rosie's Riveters Who commanded both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets of the U.S. submarine forces What soldier, born in Lithuania, was the Commanding General of the U.S. Special Forces Who commanded the battleship Utah at Pearl Harbor and received the Navy Cross What French general was commended by Napoleon as '.one of the greatest of the great ' What general commanded the Australian forces in France in World War I Who was and remains the only dentist in the Army to win the Congressional Medal of Honor Who won both the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I Who won the Navy Cross during World War I and another during World War II What Navy surgeon received the Silver Star in Vietnam and is being considered for the Medal of Honor Who was one of the first nurses to die in Europe in WW II and is buried in a military cemetery in France What famous Los Angeles police officer and attorney won two Bronze Stars in Vietnam as a paratrooper Who was the Jewish chaplain who gave his life aboard the SS Dorchester to save American soldiers What Israeli astronaut was the youngest participant in the 1981 raid on the Osirak nuclear plant in Iraq.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 1978, at the age of seven, I was kidnapped and tortured for an entire year. Ten years later I would fall in love for the first time. At twenty-one I would turn the tables and confront my kidnapper. Seven years after that I married my soul mate. In 2001, we would separate, driven apart by our individual battles to discover ourselves. At thirty I began writing a long letter to my wife. The letter, which I never sent, marked the first steps on a journey to the center of my soul.In tracing my roots I inadvertently became the bearer of my grandparents' tales of survival in the Nazi death camps. My grandfather was sent to the camps because he was Jewish: my grandmother because she was a seventeen-year-old Christian girl working with the Greek underground. At seventeen she was captured, interrogated, and tortured for six months. She never broke. Had she, an entire village would have been slaughtered. Three years later, in 1945, she walked out of Ravensbruck.I looked back to understand that I was empowered by Faith, motivated by Hope, held together by my Greek family, and emboldened by my grandmother's undaunted spirit and her timeless anecdotes. My Yiayia's divine gift to see the motivations in men's hearts, to unmask the past and spy the future in the coffee grinds of a Greek coffee cup, altered my perceptions forever.I lived a life through her cups. And now, for the first time, at thirty-two, I have tasted freedom.…

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