Laurence Aberhart and National Art Gallery

Nature Morte

1990 Paperback, 32pp. Good.

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Mark Abley

Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages

"William Heinemann Ltd. London, UK 2004 Hardback", 322pp. (ISBN: 9780434011537). Good.

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Mark Abley

Spoken Here: Travel Among Threatened Languages

Arrow Books Ltd 2005 Paperback, 320pp. Half the world's languages are threatened with extinction over the next century, as English and the rest of the world's top twenty languages drive all before them. What ways of looking at the world will die along with them, what cultural riches, what experiences, histories and memories?And how does it feel to be one of the last remaining speakers of a languages that is on its way to extinction? What chance is there of saving any of these languages? And is it feasible in the long term or even worthwhile?Mark Abley's journeys among the speakers of languages at the brink takes him to Aboriginal Australia (where he meets the last surviving fluent male speaker of Mati Ke, who cannot speak to the only other fluent speaker, as she is his sister and in their culture it is forbidden to speak to siblings once one has reached puberty), and to American Indian reservations, as well as to places where the languages are fighting back - Wales, the Faeroe islands, the Isle of Man - as well as charting the triumphant return of Hebrew. (ISBN: 9780099460220). Good.

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Leila Aboulela

Minaret

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2006 Paperback, 288pp. In her Muslim hijab, with her down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich London families whose houses she cleans. But twenty years earlier it was a different story. Najwa was at university in Khartoum and, as an upper-class westernised Sudanese, her dreams were to marry well and raise a family. However, those days of innocence came to an abrupt end and tough years followed for Najwa. Now she finds solace in her visits to the Mosque, the companionship of the Muslims she meets there and in the hijab she adopts. Her dreams may have shattered but her awakening to Islam has given her a different peace. Then Najwa meets a younger man and slowly they begin to fall in love .;, (ISBN: 9780747579427). Very good.

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Gerald Abraham

Handel: a Symposium

Oxford University Press 1954 Hardcover. A collection of written work on Handel including: Handel the man, by P. M. Young. The operas, by E. J. Dent. The oratorios, by J. Herbage. The secular oratorios and cantatas, by J. Herbage. The church music, by B. Lam. The songs and chamber cantatas, by A. Lewis. The orchestral music, by B. Lam. The keyboard music, by K. Dale. The chamber music, by J. Horton. Some points of style, by G. Abraham. Catalogue of works, by W. C. Smith. Chronology. Bibliography. No dust jacket; green cloth cover with fading on edges. Previous owner's name written in pen on page one, dated 1974. Front and back pages have tanned with some spotting. Good.

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Peter Abrahams

Behind the Curtain: An Echo Falls Mystery

Walker Books (UK) 2007 Paperback, 304pp. "In echo falls you never know what's coming next -- and everyone has a secret. Things are amiss at 99 Maple Lane: Ingrid's dad's job is in jeopardy, but he won't explain why. Ingrid's brother, Ty, is getting buff -- really buff -- but when Ty starts getting moody, Ingrid wonders if there's more to his physical fitness than lifting weights. Meanwhile, Ingrid's beloved soccer coach is replaced by an icy newcomer named Julia LeCaine, who seems a little too savvy to be in it for the postgame pizza. True to her hero, Sherlock Holmes, Ingrid begins fishing around to find out who's really pulling the strings in Echo Falls. But one morning, while en route to the dreaded MathFest, Ingrid is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a car. Even if she escapes, will anyone believe her story? In this sequel to 'Down the Rabbit Hole' a clever young girl learns that mysterious forces are at work in her town -- and exposing them could put her life in jeopardy. ", (ISBN: 9781406300291). Very Good.

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Peter Abrahams

Behind the Curtain: An Echo Falls Mystery

Walker Books (UK) 2007 Paperback, 304pp. "In echo falls you never know what's coming next -- and everyone has a secret. Things are amiss at 99 Maple Lane: Ingrid's dad's job is in jeopardy, but he won't explain why. Ingrid's brother, Ty, is getting buff -- really buff -- but when Ty starts getting moody, Ingrid wonders if there's more to his physical fitness than lifting weights. Meanwhile, Ingrid's beloved soccer coach is replaced by an icy newcomer named Julia LeCaine, who seems a little too savvy to be in it for the postgame pizza. True to her hero, Sherlock Holmes, Ingrid begins fishing around to find out who's really pulling the strings in Echo Falls. But one morning, while en route to the dreaded MathFest, Ingrid is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a car. Even if she escapes, will anyone believe her story? In this sequel to 'Down the Rabbit Hole' a clever young girl learns that mysterious forces are at work in her town -- and exposing them could put her life in jeopardy. ", (ISBN: 9781406300291). Good.

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Gerald Abrahams

Chess (Teach Yourself Books)

English Universities Press 1965 Hardback, 256pp. dj torn at the front, price clipped. Fair.

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Peter Abrahams

Crying Wolf

Penguin Books Ltd 2001 Paperback, 352pp. It was more than a white lie. It was deception on a grand scale. But the motive was admirable - to save the bright future of a deserving young man. And the victim, too, was deserving - an arrogant billionaire who would hardly notice his loss, crumbs from a vast fortune. All the plotters needed was a believable story, desperate and frightening, but false. Nothing bad was supposed to happen. They were only crying wolf. But what if the wolf were real?, (ISBN: 9780140297393). Very good.

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Glenda Abramson

Modern Hebrew Drama

"London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c1979. 1979 Hardback". (ISBN: 9780297776536). Very Good.

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Avadhutika Anandamitra Acarya

Yoga for Health

Ananda Margo Publications 2001 Paperback, 119pp. (ISBN: 9789718623015). Good.

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Chinua Achebe

No Longer At Ease

Fawcett 1990 Paperback, 159pp. Obi Okonkwo's foreign education has separated him from his African roots, and he agonizes over choosing between traditional values and the demands of a changing world. In celebration of Black History Month, stock this classic tale of moral struggle by the acclaimed author of Girls at War. (ISBN: 9780449300237). Fair.

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Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

William Heinemann (UK) 1993 Paperback, 152pp. Chinua Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as a classic tragedy, (ISBN: 9780435909888). Good.

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Joel Achenbach

Why Things Are: answers to every essential question in life

Ballantine Books 1991 Paperback, 345pp. 'Not only does Joel Achenbach ask some great questions, but he actually answers them--and with a rigor that puts him somewhere between Socrates and Miss Manners. Plus he's funnier than either of them.: Judy Jones and William Wilson Authors of AN INCOMPLETE EDUCATION From the dawn of time to yesterday's headlines, from baseball to the atom bomb,fromant farms to Peperidge Farm, syndicated columnist Joel Achenbach answers the perennial question, WHY? Why do foreign languages sound so fast? Why do fools fall in love? Why don't people talk in elevators? And much more. (ISBN: 9780345362247). Good.

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A. R. Acheson

River Control And Drainage in New Zealand And Some Comparisons with Overseas Practices

Ministry of Works 1968 Paperback. Good.

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