The first account of travel in Chinese Turkistan, closed to foreigners since 1949, shows a world where bureaucratic hazards often loom larger than geographical ones.
This insider story of the 2000 campaign is told by a worker for George W. Bush. He recounts the strategies, the debates, the dirty tricks, and the reasons for his intense loyalty to the former Texas governor.
A writer for the award-winning TV series Northern Exposure and I'll Fly Away now pens a wickedly funny story of a dynamic Southern family divided by a dramatic political battle. When top political consultant Matt Bonney's detested brother decides to run for U.S. Senate, Matt backs his opponent, a controversial, chain-smoking, beer-drinking, Elvis ...
A tale of adventure, which begins when a friend asks Stuart Stevens to pick up his Land Rover from the Central African Republic (formerly ruled by the infamous Emperor Bokassa) and bring it back to Europe. He and his ex-fashion model companion little suspected the bizarre adventures they were to encounter. The Minister of Mines' "decided to like" ...
This work offers an up-to-date analysis of the problem and characteristics of urban poverty which addresses the political challenge of the low profile of urban development in current global debates. It features a systematic comparative analysis of a range of approaches to urban development supported and promoted by leading NGOs: how successful ...
It can all be blamed on Rat - a six-foot tall weight-lifting fashion designer's assistant with a "Ride with Wyoming" t-shirt. It was, after all, her idea in the first place: "What if we went to Europe and ate. Ate a lot". Tired of visiting countries "with the worst food imaginable" and remembering his last trip to France (aged 19) where even the ...
Tired of visiting countries "with the worst food imaginable", political consultant and writer Stuart Stevens embarks on a gastronomic tour of Europe with a woman he barely knows and a Mustang that barely goes. The plan - to eat in all the 3 star Michelin restaurants in Europe on consecutive days.
This is an account of a journey along the Chinese-Afghanistan border - the ancient silk route - retracing the 1934 journey described by classic travel-writer Peter Fleming in "News from Tartary". Chinese Turkistan, or Tartary, is one of the most remote and least populated areas on earth, a place of physical extremes, containing both the world's ...
Binding: MAGAZINE-DIGEST SIZE
Publisher: Davis Publications, Inc
Date Published: 1982
Description: GOOD. Reader's copy with reader and shelf wear; edge and corner wear; spine is creased; creasing to front cover; original owner's address label on front cover; small closed tear on front cover; interior paper tanned with age; no marks; well-bound and lies flat and square. 162 pages. Scan of contents page upon request. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780349102115ISBN:0349102112
Description: Good. Paperback, Larger format, good condition. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Whispers Press
Date Published: 1987
Description: Stephen Fabian; Allen Koszowski; Todd Klein; Michael Whelan; M. Meredith; Adrien Rain; Karen Christiansen Cavey; Very Good. 8vo. 176 pp. Digest. Light wear on the corners with a crease on the spine. Wraparound cover art by Stephen Fabian; interiors by Allen Koszowski; Todd Klein; Michael Whelan; M. Meredith; Adrien Rain; and Karen Christiansen Cavey. This issue contains: The Woman on the Corner by Steve Rasnic Tem; The Kolorized King Kong Kaper by Ray Russell; Century Farm by Julie Stevens; Boo ... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published By the Senior Class of John Marshall High School
Date Published: 1924
Description: Very Good Binding. NOT Ex-Library Previous owner's name written on ffep. Scant markings in text. Brown cloth covers. Light edgewear to covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published By the Senior Class of John Marshall High School
Date Published: 1932
Description: Very Good Binding. NOT Ex-Library Previous owner's name written on ffep. Scant markings in text. Black cloth covers. Light edgewear to covers. read more
Description: The First 40 Years: 1953-1993. 8vo; pp. 123; numerous b/w illustrations throughout, appendix, original illustrated stiff wrapper, a very good copy. Rotary Club Of Hawthorn Inc., n.d. [c. 1993]. read more
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