Paul Valery felt a deep interest in politics and developed an active involvement in international affairs. A spokesperson for the League of Nations, he was the French representative to the Committee on Intellectual Co-operation and the Permanent Committee on Arts and Letters, both organs of the League. This volume includes twelve essays ...
An illustrated guide, in both book and CD-ROM, this work marries geology, natural history, and human history for a glorious portrait of the continent. Each two-page spread features an aerial photo with captions and identifies landmarks that airline passengers can see.
A selection of writings that portray the inner life of the artist. Included are several short autobiographical pieces in which Valery talks about his early childhood, his adolescence, his military experience, his travels, his poetry, and his acquaintances, The volume contains selections from the Valery-Gide and Valery-Fourment correspondence and a ...
Places I've Peed is the journey that Jackson takes with his mom and dad-peoples. Puns are made, people and things are made fun of, and beautiful picutres all motivate the reader to keep up with Jackson on his hilarious cross-country trek form Oklahoma to Alaska. Readers of Places I've Peed will beg for more "Jackson stories" once the see and hear ...
The famous opening line of Monsieur Teste -- "Stupidity is not my strong suit" -- is typical of Monsieur Teste, and of Valery as well. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, the book is profoundly personal. Valery said he could not imagine the existence of the novel, vet he could not resist the character living in his mind. On the one ...
This volume--the work of a lifetime--brings together all the Joseph Smith Translation manuscript in a remarkable and useful way. Now, for the first time, readers can take a careful look at the complete text, along with photos of several actual manuscript pages. The book contains a typographic transcription of all the original manuscripts, unedited ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Moderate edge and cover wear, darkening of spine (though orange lettering still clear and visible). Inscription on half-title page. Two small ink spots on fore edge. Content clean, binding strong. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1956
Description: Very Good in Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Very clean, tight book. Small closed tear at top of title page. Fading to dust jacket spine. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1942
Description: BOOK FINE. No Dustjacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An extremely clean, attractive copy. No previous owner markings. 496 pages. Illustrated. This collectible copy appears to have never been read or opened. GIFT GIVING CONDITION. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: General Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780217060394ISBN:0217060390
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 5.98 by 9 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00176 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00244 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00350 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: 1st
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1956
Description: Very Good/Good. DJ has some scuffs and scratches. Worn at the corners. With the collaboration of William Williams, Wilbur, W. J. Smith, Barbara Howes, W. S. Merwin and James Wright. An elusive title that exists in this printing only. read more
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