2004, ISBN: 9781863734578

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Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. 50 p. 18 cm. Lists to itself on dustjacket. Tally number is 100. Sound and square binding i… More...

Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. 50 p. 18 cm. Lists to itself on dustjacket. Tally number is 100. Sound and square binding in paper covered boards. Light edge and corner wear, with corner tips slightly bumped. Previous owner's name on the Series no. page. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has edge and fold wear, heavier at the spine ends and corners. The spine is darkened. Faint paencil marks on front panel. Not price clipped - 2/6. One of the Ladybird books from Series 606A - Bible Stories. Postage will be reduced due to weight. ., Wills & Hepworth Ltd., 1963, Sandford St Martin: Dr Catherine Wills, 1993. Illustrated, large slim octavo, pp xii, 67, a very good copy in dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn., Dr Catherine Wills, 1993, Law Made Easy Press, LLC. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear., Law Made Easy Press, LLC, Law Made Easy Press, LLC. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside., Law Made Easy Press, LLC, New York, NY St. Martin's: Griffin, 2004. Paperback First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 271pp. Glossary. Trade Paperback. The young protagonists of David Odhiambo's novel Kipligat's Chance test the limits of their bodies and their wills as they strive for both the gilded limelight of the Olympics and the material payoff afforded by scholarships to prestigious American universities. The author himself is testing limits in this important work, as well; boundaries of race, age, nationality, gender, and creed are all stretched in this dazzling, harrowing cascade from pillar to post.The story is narrated by John "Leeds" Kipligat, and follows the young African-Canadian runner and his best friend Kulvinder-also an athlete with Olympic aspirations-as they attempt to dream a passage out of obscurity and poverty. First comes the act of imagining the possibility of better, more prosperous lives ("We'll meet chicks from places like Toronto"), next comes the regimented training that the two hopefuls must endure under the strict mentorship of Sam Holt, an Olympic has-been turned track coach, and alongside two women runners who are driven towards similar goals.In a story that revolves around running and racing, there is sure to be a certain quantity of intensity and speed, and Kipligat's Chance is a marathon of vigor. But there is also much humor, compassion, and love, delivered with ineffable subtlety by Odhiambo, filtered through the harshness and profanity of the young men's worlds. In a jacket quote from George Elliott Clarke, we read: "In this masterful novel, James Brown grit meets James Baldwin grace." The comparison to Baldwin is apt, but perhaps incomplete. One can find traces of Chuck Palahniuk, Grace Paley, and even Charles Bukowski in this dynamic and fertile fiction., St. Martin's: Griffin, 2004., Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1993. 308 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Olive Martin Is 'The Sculptress'. A Hugely Fat 29 Tyear Old Woman Found Cradling The Bodies Of Her Dead Mother And Younger Sister, And Willingly Confessing To Their Murder.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine/None Issued., Allen and Unwin, 1993<

1993, ISBN: 9781863734578

Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1993. 308 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Olive Martin Is 'The Sculptress'. A Hugely Fat 29 Tyear Old Wo… More...

Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1993. 308 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Olive Martin Is 'The Sculptress'. A Hugely Fat 29 Tyear Old Woman Found Cradling The Bodies Of Her Dead Mother And Younger Sister, And Willingly Confessing To Their Murder.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine/None Issued., Allen and Unwin, 1993<