2006, ISBN: 9781877333620

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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Constable & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Cream/white cloth, blue titl… More...

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Constable & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Cream/white cloth, blue title to spine. No rubs, slight bumps to head & tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour photo-cover in clear attached library cover. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £16.95. Slight shelf wear to head & tail of spine. VG++ * Contents condition: Ex Library with usual neat stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, printed end papers with maps. VG.* Illustrations: Several pages b/w photos.* Pages: 191 pp. text. ix pp. Appendices & index at rear.* Description: Arthur Taylor provides an account of his 130-mile journey by fisherman's punt from the source of the River Somme, at Fonsommes, to the point where it meets the sea, at St Valery. His narrative both reveals how key sites of battle have changed since World War One, and introduces the reader to a new river and a new landscape. The river and landscape that emerge from Taylor's account are steeped in neglected, but fascinating history, and have a distinct contemporary identity of their own.* A NEAR VG++ ex-library copy of the 1st./1st. with minor faults reducing it to VG.*, Constable, 1995-05-15, 3, Institute for Jewish Life, 1976-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. A standard copy. Text is clean but has a small amount of underlining. Spine has some creasing and title is written on it. Back cover has some blemishes from different colored markers. Spine is secure but there are 2 cracked hinges. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery., Institute for Jewish Life, 1976-01-01, 2.5, New York. Barnes & Noble. [NOT Konecky & Konecky - see below]. (1994). HARDCOVER.. VG+/VG+ dj. NOT a remainder. Light cover wear only. Interior clean/tight/crisp: no names or writings; no spine creasing. Jacket complete/clean/bright. Lightly scuffed, no tears. Octavo. (8vo). 12 pages of photographs + 9 maps. 555pp. + blanks. FOOTNOTES. Appendices A-C, Source Notes, Index. Red-violet boards, gilt lettered spine. Our copy's ISBN: 0-7607-5512-4 (978-076075512-9). Barnes & Noble REPRINT with new Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Edition by the author; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; September 15, 1993. Konecky ISBN used to provide a 'Stock Photo' of the jacket which is identical to our Barnes & Noble edition., Barnes & Noble. [NOT Konecky & Konecky - see below]., 3, Craig Potton Pub., 2006. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A good copy with some minor light foxing to the prelims . There has never been a book about New Zealand politics like this before. Over a two year period, sources from inside the National Party provided Nicky Hager with an astonishing collection of internal reports, emails, appointment diaries, meeting minutes and face-to-face interviews, documenting the rise to power of Don Brash and a two year campaign to become government. The result is an unprecedented picture of the internal workings of a political party and a disturbing, but riveting study into the nature of modern politics. The National Party sources were prompted to blow the whistle because they believed their party was behaving in dishonest, unprincipled and even unlawful ways. In The Hollow Men we are able to see - up close and in the participants' own words - the secret backers behind Don Brash's successful leadership challenge; the precise details of the party's hidden alliances with the Exclusive Brethren church and others; the strategies behind the Orewa speeches; the identities of the big donors; the cynical imported election campaign techniques and foreign advisers used by the party; and much, much more. The book goes to the heart of why many New Zealanders feel disillusioned about politics. Nicky Hager believes that the way politicians and others in politics conduct themselves - the games they play to advance themselves - can harm the whole political system. Exposing their activities is the first step towards change., Craig Potton Pub., 2006, 2.5<

2006, ISBN: 9781877333620

Craig Potton Pub., 2006. Soft cover. Good. A good copy. There has never been a book about New Zealand politics like this before. Over a two year period, sources from inside the National… More...

Craig Potton Pub., 2006. Soft cover. Good. A good copy. There has never been a book about New Zealand politics like this before. Over a two year period, sources from inside the National Party provided Nicky Hager with an astonishing collection of internal reports, emails, appointment diaries, meeting minutes and face-to-face interviews, documenting the rise to power of Don Brash and a two year campaign to become government. The result is an unprecedented picture of the internal workings of a political party and a disturbing, but riveting study into the nature of modern politics. The National Party sources were prompted to blow the whistle because they believed their party was behaving in dishonest, unprincipled and even unlawful ways. In The Hollow Men we are able to see - up close and in the participants' own words - the secret backers behind Don Brash's successful leadership challenge; the precise details of the party's hidden alliances with the Exclusive Brethren church and others; the strategies behind the Orewa speeches; the identities of the big donors; the cynical imported election campaign techniques and foreign advisers used by the party; and much, much more. The book goes to the heart of why many New Zealanders feel disillusioned about politics. Nicky Hager believes that the way politicians and others in politics conduct themselves - the games they play to advance themselves - can harm the whole political system. Exposing their activities is the first step towards change., Craig Potton Pub., 2006, 2.5<