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The Immoralist
'To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom' - Andre Gide Michel had been a blindfold scholar until,...
André Gide: The Theism Of An Atheist
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Author: H. J. NersoyanBinding: HardbackPublished: Syracuse University Press, NY, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Black boards in good condition. Clean and bright copy. This scholarly work...
André Gide: A Critical Biography
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA landmark work of literary biography, George D. Painter's André Gide: A Critical Biography chronicles the life and...
The Coiners
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact. Usual shelf-wear. Faded spine. André Gide's The Coiners (Les Faux-Monnayeurs) stands...
Arabesques
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Arabesques: A Tale of Double Lives
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Dostoevsky
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few writers have inspired as passionate a critical response as Fyodor Dostoevsky,...
Violets
An astonishing debut novel of motherhood and loss in the dying days of the Second World War 'Moving, graceful... Violets has a compelling, quiet power all the way to its...
Germinal
New translation by Roger Pearson of the novel considered to be Zola's masterpiece Considered by Andre Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in the French language, Germinal...
The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Obligations towards
A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work- a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise on what human life could be An icon of twentieth-century French philosophy, Simone Weil was described...
Fair Stood the Wind for France
'Perhaps the finest novel of the war .... A fine, lovely book which makes the heart beat with pride' Daily Telegraph When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied...
A Night at the Majestic
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This Little Art
Part-essay and part-memoir, This Little Art is a manifesto for the practice of literary translation. Taking her experience translating Roland Barthes' lectures at the College de France as her starting...
Noah's Ark
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Author: Marie-Madeleine FourcadeBinding: HardbackPublished: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: 1st edition in mint condition. Loose publishers review slip on the insideNoah's...
Committed Writings
A collection that includes some of Camus' most brilliant political writing This volume contains some of Camus' most powerful political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role...
The Exiles
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsA haunting meditation on displacement and identity, The Exiles follows a group of American expatriates adrift...
Vintage Egypt: Cruising the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel
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A Bugatti at the foot of the Pyramids, a local sailboat transformed into a sumptuous yacht, a few tourists in white suits and Panama hats...these are the images of a...
Scholars Of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France
Author: Daniel C. Guiet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 The astonishing untold story of the author's father, the lone American on a 4-person SOE commando team dropped behind German...
The Unfree French: Life under the Occupation
In the summer of 1940 the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks that...
The Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places
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Gideon's War
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Howard Gordon--the longtime executive producer of the hit TV series "24"--makes his fiction debut with a tale of political intrigue and international terrorism. Gideon Davis has just 48 hours to...
Dieppe: The Dawn Of Decision
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Author: Jacques MordalBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press., 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Sticker from previous owner in FEP, minor yellowing to...
Gideon's Corpse: A Gideon Crew Novel
Author: Lincoln Child Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff....
Gideon
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The book titled Gideon by the author Writer Carl Granville is hired to turn old diary pages, articles, and letters--in which all proper names and locations have been blacked out--into....
Gideon
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Henri Peyre: His Life in Letters
Henri Peyre (1901-1988), a giant figure in French studies, did more to introduce Americans to the modern literature and culture of French than any other person. Sterling Professor and chair...
DeGaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944
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Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth
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De Gaulle: Political Leaders Of The Twentieth Century
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner. Part of the respected Pelican Political Leaders of...
Betrayals of the Body Politic: Literary Commitments of Nadine Gordimer
In 1991, Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Infused with the intensity of political conscience and commitment, her writings are invaluable illuminations of life in South Africa,...
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble
The No. 1 Bestseller- Hitler's ill-fated final stand, from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests...
The Veil Of Liberty: A Tale Of The Girondins
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Author: PéronneBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam and Charles Black, 1895Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsSet against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this historical fiction delves into...
The Plebeians Rehearse The Uprising: A German Tragedy
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA landmark work of German political drama, The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising presents a searing...
De Gaulle
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Author: Aidan CrawleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis biography chronicles the life and political career of Charles de Gaulle,...
Personal Writings
A collection that includes three of Camus's most personal and lyrical books- The Right Side and the Wrong Side, Nuptials and Summer This volume contains some of Camus' most intimate...
De Gaulle: A Biography
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Author: Aidan CrawleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Literary Guild, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear to cloth cover; outside of spine...
The Third Way and its Critics
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Citadel
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Goering's Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His
A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world "[Petropoulos] brings Lohse into sharper focus, as a personality and axis point from...
OSCAR WILDE
Recounted almost word for word by Wilde hims elf, Juliet Gardiner provides the reader with extracts from his extensive literary portfolio both written and spoken, in private and in public,...
Fair Stood the Wind for France
'Perhaps the finest novel of the war .... A fine, lovely book which makes the heart beat with pride' Daily Telegraph When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied...
Gideon
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Carl Granville is a would-be novelist who is beginning to think his writing career is going nowhere fast, when he is approached by the hottest editor in town and given...