VIDAL, GORE:United States: Essays 1952-1992
- signed or inscribed book 1992, ISBN: 9780679414896
Paperback, Hardcover
New York: Warner Books [0-446-51884-0] 1996. (hardcover) xii, 480pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Jacket shows light wear at the upper and lower edges. Corners lightly bu… More...
New York: Warner Books [0-446-51884-0] 1996. (hardcover) xii, 480pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Jacket shows light wear at the upper and lower edges. Corners lightly bumped. Inscribed by author to the front free end paper, to one of those listed in the acknowledgements (name ticked off in red ink). The first initials of the people to whom this copy is inscribed are pencilled to the title page. A definitive biography of Joseph P. Kennedy based on extensive research and interviews with family members and written by one of America's most acclaimed investigative journalists. Black and white historical photographs. Overall, very good copy.., Warner Books, 0, More Five-Minute Devotions for Children by Pamela Kennedy and Douglas Kennedy, illustrated by Amy Wummer. Hardback spiral bound picture book has a gift note dated 2/7/07 on free front endpaper and a bumped lower rear corner. Overall is clean and in good to very good condition with very good pages. No dust jacket. NOT AN EX-LIBRARY COPY!, Ideals Children's Books, 2.5, New York: Avon Books, 1995. First Printing [Stated]. Mass market paperback. Good. [10], 388, [2] pages. Cover has some wear, soiling, and creases. Investigating a murder in London, freelance industrial spy Sam Hoffman discovers a secret institution that hides billions of dollars that have been stolen from one of the world's most dangerous leaders. David Reynolds Ignatius (born May 26, 1950) is an American journalist and novelist. He is an associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post. He has written eleven novels, including Body of Lies, which director Ridley Scott adapted into a film. He is a former adjunct lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and currently Senior Fellow to the Future of Diplomacy Program. He has received numerous honors, including the Legion of Honor from the French Republic, the Urbino World Press Award from the Italian Republic, and a lifetime achievement award from the International Committee for Foreign Journalism. In 1986 Ignatius left the Journal for The Washington Post. From 1986 to 1990 he was the editor of the "Outlook" section. From 1990 to 1992 he was foreign editor and oversaw the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. From 1993 to 1999 he served as assistant managing editor in charge of business news. In 1999 he began writing a twice-weekly column on global politics, economics and international affairs. Ignatius's writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, Talk Magazine, and The Washington Monthly. Derived from a Kirkus review: This book is the third (after Siro, and Agents of Influence) in Ignatius's cycle on America and the Middle East. A read-in-one-sitting thriller with a philosophical streak, it's also a modern-day Robin Hood story in which Maid Marian fights and Robin Hood has his political consciousness raised. Marian is Iraqi Lina Alwan, a `trusted employee' at an Iraqi front company in London. Her boss is the corrupt and virtually unassailable Nasir Hammoud. Sam Hoffman, the son of a retired CIA agent, is Robin Hood, and he wants to stay out of dirty politics. Hoffman unwittingly gets Alwan into trouble. Once she is out of Hammoud's good graces, she must destroy him or be destroyed. But Alwan cannot bring herself to accept the warrior's mantle until the body count rises beyond even her fearful tolerance. She goes underground and becomes the key instrument in the undoing of the government that backs Hammoud. Meanwhile, Hoffman has to fend off his father and the Mossad. Ignatius, assistant managing editor for the Washington Post, spent years in the Middle East as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. His knowledge of Arab culture enables him to vivify the world of Iraqis living abroad as he captures all its elaborate manners, refinements in psychological torture (the parachuting episode is an especially creative example), and erotic flamboyance. At the same time he uses his knowledge of international finance to counterpoint the chase plot with the suspenseful elements of encrypted passwords, numerous Swiss bank accounts, and a slippery $158 million. Ignatius is both artist and craftsman. Lina Alwan is an unforgettable hero; the send-up of the CIA (especially Hoffman Sr.'s history lesson at the end) is hysterical; and the depiction of the Iraqis offers a glimpse into a dark and mysterious power that affects us more than we know., Avon Books, 1995, 2.5, New York: W. Morrow, c1985. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 348, [2] pages. Wear to DJ. Two U.S. senators lay bare the inner workings of Washington in a thriller that follows Senator Thomas Chandler's search for the culprit and the motives for the assassination of the family of the U.S. Secretary of State. William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973-1979) and Senate (1979-1997), and as Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) under Democratic President Bill Clinton. Cohen had very good working relations with President Clinton and National Security Adviser Sandy Berger and an "almost ideal" collaboration with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Writing has been Cohen's principal avocation for many years, and his published works include: Of Sons and Seasons, a volume of poems. Roll Call, a journal of Cohen's first year in the Senate. Getting the Most Out of Washington, a manual on cutting through government red tape. The Double Man, written with Senator Gary Hart, a novel on international espionage and terrorism. A Baker's Nickel, a second volume of poetry. Men of Zeal, written with Senator George Mitchell, an account of their experience investigating the Iran-Contra affair. One-Eyed Kings, a spy thriller involving Soviet and American covert actions that converge in the Middle East. Murder in the Senate, a mystery written with Thomas B. Allen. Easy Prey: The Fleecing of America's Senior Citizens and How to Stop It, Gary Warren Hart (né Hartpence; born November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987. Hart sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984, narrowly losing the race to former Vice President Walter Mondale. Hart declined to seek re-election to the Senate in 1986 and sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. He was widely viewed as the front-runner until reports surfaced of an extramarital affair, and Hart withdrew from the race in May 1987. He re-entered the race in December 1987 but withdrew from the race again after faring poorly in the early primaries. Hart returned to private practice after the 1988 election and served in a variety of public roles. He co-chaired the Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security, served on the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and was the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. He earned a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford and has written for outlets such as The Huffington Post. He has also written several books, including a biography of President James Monroe. Bob Woodward reviewed this novel and wrote: This is an expertly crafted thriller that is full of many uncomfortable plausibilities. Though clearly labeled fiction, it dances knowledgeably with many old and new ghosts, including the CIA, the KGB, the Kennedy assassination, terrorism, and a range of state secrets. Coming from a Republican and Democrat who together have many years of experience on the Senate Intelligence Committee, The Double Man has to be taken, minimally, as a grim warning about the intelligence services in our own country and elsewhere., W. Morrow, 2.25, New York: Random House, 1993. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Large Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. 1,295 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 inches. Upper front corner is scuffed and some edges of cover slightly darkened, otherwise quite clean and unmarked; tight, solid and square. In blue quarter cloth w/gilt titles, ivory boards. Internals are as new. Jacket is clean, corners chipped, now in protective archival sleeve. Essays from the Truman-Eisenhower days to the beginning of Clinton days, Vidal's essays on and about America are divided into three categories: State of the Art covers literature, novelists, critics, bestsellers, the French New Novel, Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Suetonius, Edmund Wilson, Nabokov, Herman Wouk, Italo Calvino, and Montaigne. The State of the Union deals with politics and public life, sex, drugs, pornography, money, Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, .L.Mencken, "The Holy Family" (the famous essay on the Kennedys), Nixon, Reagan, and finally, " Monotheism and Its Discontents", a scathing critique of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. In State of Being there are personal responses to people and events, recollections of childhood, E. Nesbit, Tarzan, Tennessee Williams, Anais Nin, making movies, travel, home. This is a lifetime of work from a writer of enormous intelligence, wit, and style. 1993, Random House, New York., Random House, 1993, 2.5<
