ADLER, LAURE

Immortelles

Paris, France: Grasset, 2014. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 2253179914. Mass Market. In As New condition. "Florence, Suzanne, Judith. Elles forment une sarabande dans ma tête. Leur amitié m'a construite et m'a rendue différente. Avec elles, j'ai ressenti ce à quoi nous ne pensions jamais, ce que vivre signifiait. "; Le Livre De Poche; 7.0 X 4.3 X 0.6 inches; 312 pages. As New .

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Book number: 24258

Catalogue: Fiction, French Culture

Keywords: 2253179914 Fiction > French Culture Culture French Books

ALLISON ALEC, BEVERLY ALLISON, JOHN MCINNES

Multiworlds

Don Mills, Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1971. Hardcover. ISBN: 0176319646. A pictorial Hardcover in Very Good+ condition. The binding is tight, a name is written on the endpapers, the interior is clean & unmarked. Fully illustrated with color, black & white illustrations and photographs. "Photographs and commentary reveal the variety of worlds existing in many places including the imaginary world of the furbels." ; Nelson Language Stimulus Program; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 95 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 23792

Catalogue: Culture

Keywords: 0176319646 Culture

AQUIN, HUBERT

Prochain Episode

Le Cercle Du Livre De France, 1965. Paperback. ISBN: 0775300624. French. A Very Good+ Paperback, a sound binding with clean, unmarked pages. Moderate cover rubbing and edgewear. "First published in l965, Hubert Aquin’s Next Episode is a disturbing and yet deeply moving novel of dissent and distress. As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where he has been detained. Sheila Fischman’s bold new translation captures the pulsating life of Aquin’s complex exploration of the political realities of contemporary Quebec." ; 7.75"; 174 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26454

Catalogue: Fiction, Culture, France, Classics

Keywords: 0775300624 Fiction > Literary Canada France Historical Fiction Canada Culture Classics Literature France French Books

ATWOOD, MARGARET

Dancing Girls and Other Stories

McClelland & Stewart, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008104. First Edition. Black Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition with a sound binding, the pages are all clean & unmarked . A name plate and inscription on the front end paper. The DJ is clipped, Very Good, intact, without any tearing to the edges. Some veining (bubbling) to the back cover. Contents: The war in the bathroom. --The man from Mars. --Polarities. --Under glass. --The grave of the famous poet. --Rape fantasies. --Hair jewellery. --When it happens. --A travel piece. --The resplendant Quetzal. --Training. --Lives of the poets. --Dancing girls. --Giving birth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26888

Catalogue: Canada, Short Stories, Manners and Customs, Culture

Keywords: 0771008104 Canada > Short Stories Manners & Customs Culture Canada Culture Short Stories Etiquette, Manners & Customs

BAZIN, HERVE

Un Feu Devore Un Autre Feu Roman

Editions Du SEUIL, 1978. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 2020049570. A Trade Paperback with a red title wrap around enclosed in a As New DJ. "Un feu dévore un autre feu, un grand roman d'amour, un drame de la passion, enchâssé dans un drame social dont les vingt dernières années nous ont fourni de bouleversants exemples. Imaginaire, se déroulant dans un pays non précisé, en vingt-six jours, cette histoire, où l'amour triomphe malgré tout, emprunte ses passages les plus intenses au tragique le plus réel de notre temps. "; French Edition; 7.9 X 5.5 X 0.7 inches; 221 pages; Box 50. As New in As New dust jacket .

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Book number: 24054

Catalogue: French Fiction, Romance, Culture

Keywords: 2020049570 French Fiction Romance Culture Fiction Romance French Books Livres de Langue Française

BECKWITH, LILLIAN

Sea for Breakfast

Random House UK, 1982. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0099066505. Illustrated by Douglas Hall. Mass Market in Very Good+ condition. The pages are tightly bound, a name printed on the front end paper, otherwise a clean interior. Cove rubbing & edge wear. "The Bruachites were sceptical that Miss Beckwith would be able to settle down in her lonely croft. She was warned with characteristic local earthiness ‘you could die here and none of us would be the wiser till the butcher smelled you out." ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 191 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 27199

Catalogue: Scotland, Culture, Social Life and Customs, Humor

Keywords: 0099066505 Scotland > Culture Social Life & Customs Humor Humour & Satire Culture Social Life & Customs

BENEDICT, BRAD. FOREWORD BY BETTE MIDLER

Fame Two: Portraits and Pop Culture

Grove Press, 1984. Paperback. ISBN: 0394623037. An oversize Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition with a tight binding and a bright, unmarked interior. Some scuffing and cover edgewear with corner bumping. "A Spectacular 111 Page Volume with a plethora of Portraits And Pop Culture Stunningly Realistic Artwork Of The Most Famous Celebrities Of The Century such as: Mick Jagger, Barbra Streisand, Gilda Radner, Loni Anderson, Annie Lennox, Richard Pryor, Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones, And Many, Many More! ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 111 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19927

Catalogue: Pop Culture, Graphic Arts

Keywords: 0394623037 Pop Culture Graphic Arts Portraits Celebrities in Art Photography Actors Arts

BLIXEN, KAREN

Essais

Montreal, Quebec: Des Femmes, 1987. Paperback. ISBN: 272100316X. French text. A Very Good+ Paperback. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Some wear to the corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26286

Catalogue: Africa, Biography, Culture

Keywords: 272100316x Africa Biography Culture

BREKILIEN, YANN

La Vie Quotidienne Des Paysans Bretons (Au Xixe Siècle)

Hachette, 1966. Paperback. ISBN: 2010021037. French. A Very Good+ Trade Paperback (French Flaps) . The binding is tight, clean & unmarked pages and an uncreased spine. Light cover edgewear. "La Vie Quotidienne Des Paysans Bretons (au Xixe Siècle) La Bretagne a évolué depuis de façon étonnante mais sans perdre son originalité : le passé y explique le présent. Les coutumes ancestrales, l’âpre énergie, la fidélité au sol, le sens social et un riche patrimoine de traditions et de valeurs morales et culturelles restent bien vivants. L’écrivain bretonnant Yann Brekilien était particulièrement qualifié pour dépeindre, avec parfois une pointe d’humour bien celtique, cette vie campagnarde, et faire revivre par là toute une époque." ; Au Xixe Siècle; 7.75"; 362 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26497

Catalogue: France, Social Life and Customs, Culture

Keywords: 2010021037 France > Culture Social Life & Customs Culture France French Books Social Life & Customs

BRUNVAND, JAN HAROLD

Choking Doberman and Other New Urban Legends

WW Norton, 1986. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0393303217. A tightly bound copy with an unmarked text, previous owner's name written on the front free end paper. Light cover wear. "Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend." ; B&W Illustrations; 8.20 X 5.30 X 0.80 inches; 240 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 14036

Catalogue: Popular Culture

Keywords: 0393303217 Popular Culture Urban Folklore Culture Social Sciences Sociology United States Mythology / Folklore

BUCK PEARL S.

Good Earth, the

Triangle Books, 1941. Hardcover. A Very Good+ green Hardcover, a silver illustration to the cover, silver titles to the spine. A sound binding, other than a name to the front end paper, the pages are unmarked with age tanning. The DJ is Good with a piece missing of off the front cover top edge and spine end bottom, back cover. "Although many years have passed since Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. This indelible portrait of China in the 1920s, when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings, tells the moving story of honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-Lan. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 318 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27173

Catalogue: Fiction, China, History, Culture,Manners & Customs

Keywords: Fiction > China History > Culture Manners & Customs Married Women Fiction Culture History Family & Relationships Asia

BYATT, A. S.

Oxford Book of English Short Stories

Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0192142380. Blue Hardcovers. Gilt titles and gilt pannelles to the spine. In Fine condition, bright clean pages and a sound binding. The DJ is Very Good, edgewear and cover rubbing. "The subjects of these stories range from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the momentous to the trivial, from the grim to the farcical," writes acclaimed novelist A.S. Byatt in her introduction to this remarkable collection.; 5.6 X 1.4 X 8.6 inches; 470 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26685

Catalogue: Anthologies, England, Culture

Keywords: 0192142380 Antholoiges > Fiction England > Culture Literary Critcism Short Stories Fiction Culture Anthologies Short Stories

CHERFAS, JEREMY; LEWIN, ROGER

Not Work Alone: A Cross-Cultural Survey of Activities Apparently Superfluous to Survival

London, England: Temple Smith, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0851171850. First Edition. Green Hardcover bold gilt titles to the spine. In Fine+ condition with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. A small tear to the top of the back spine hinge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27015

Catalogue: Culture, Manners and Customs, Sociology

Keywords: 0851171850 Manners and Customs Culture Sociology Culture Sociology Etiquette, Manners & Customs

COHEN LEONARD

Beautiful Losers

Bantam, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+ Mass Market. Squared, a sound binding, the pages have age tanning and are clean & unmarked. "One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, Beautiful Losers is Cohen’ s most defiant and uninhibited work. The novel centres upon the hapless members of a love triangle united by their sexual obsessions and by their fascination with Catherine Tekakwitha, the 17th-century Mohawk saint." ; 6.8 X 4.2 X 0.9 inches; 307 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26090

Catalogue: Canda, Culture, Literature, Poetry, Music

Keywords: Canada > Culture Literature Poetry > Music

DE CASTELLANE, BONI

Memoires-de Castellane, 1867 - 1932

Perrin, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 2262004137. French. In Fine+ condition, tight, bright & unmarked. "Me´moires de Boni de Castellane ?16 planches hors-texte de photographies et documents en noir et blanc (complet) nouvelle édition en volume, 1986 (les premières éditions de ces textes ont été publiées séparément dans les années 1930) "Contents, Chapitres : Introduction et préface - Comment j'ai découvert l'Amérique - L'art d'être pauvre - Repères chronologiques et index - nb : Célèbre dandy des années 1920-1930, Boni de Castellane, 1867-1932 s'est illustré par de somptueuses réceptions. Il s'agit d'une réédition de ces deux ouvrages qui résument par leurs titres sa vie. Boni de Castellane avait ""découvert l'Amérique"" en épousant Anna Gould fille du roi des chemins de fer américain, héritière d'une immense fortune, avant de ""devenir pauvre"" quand cette dernière demande le divorce. Il dut se mettre à travailler à l'âge de 39 ans dans diverses professions" ; 8.8 X 5.6 X 1.3 inches; 422 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 25851

Catalogue: Social Life and Customs, Paris, France, Culture

Keywords: 2262004137 France > Paris Culture > Social Life and Customs