2016, ISBN: 9780690010534

Hardcover

Vintage Books USA, 1987. 1st Vintage printing.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean inside. Spine creasing, slight tilt, cover sticker residue. Age-toning t… More...

Vintage Books USA, 1987. 1st Vintage printing.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean inside. Spine creasing, slight tilt, cover sticker residue. Age-toning to paper.. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 209 p. Audience: General/trade. Continuation of poet's autobiography, follows "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"; a journey into Africa and a journey into herself., Vintage Books USA, 1987, Beacon Library No. 4. London, 1937, Reprint.. Fair 8vo hardcover, no dust jacket, red cloth, lightly soiled and damp-stained, corners bumped, 288 pages, signature in pencil on verso of flyleaf. An account of an ill-starred safari that began in LomŽ in 1911 with four whites - apparently German spies - and 90 blacks. Many of the latter absconded during the journey. The party disappeared after crossing the Togo-Sudan border, and it is believed there was only one survivor. "This book belongs among those great books about first-hand accounts of historical events... I have found it fascinating, and also educational. I find myself reading aloud at times because the writer's prose is exquisite. I am amazed that his descriptions of African sunrises and scenes of that day have not been quoted more often." - by Annette Winston, one of three reviewers who rated the book five stars on Amazon., Beacon Library No. 4. London, 1937, Reprint., 350 pp. "One September, the writer and explorer Peter Matthiessen set out with field biologist George Schaller to journey 250 miles through the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau. They wanted to study the wild blue sheep, the bharal, but also hoped to see the snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical. The Snow Leopard is not only an exquisite book of natural history but an extraordinary account of an inner journey ; a 'true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart.'"Keywords: SNOW LEOPARD PETER MATTHIESSEN BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY SELF HELP IMPROVEMENT LIFESTYLES NATURALIST ADVENTURE MOUNTAINEERING OUTDOORS Spine creased, pages lightly toned. New York: Bantam Books, 1979. Good/Not Applicable., Bantam Books, 1979, 273 pp. "Mary Jessamyn West (July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984) was an American Quaker who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). West went to Whittier College in the 1920s. There she helped found the Palmer Society, in 1921. Much of her work concerns Indiana Quakers. Although she was born in Vernon, Indiana she left the state at the age of six when her family moved to California. Asked about this in an interview, she said, "I write about [Indiana] because knowing little about it, I can create it." Comparing herself to other authors that created fictional universes, she remarked: "Roth wrote The Breast. Would you ask him how he could do this since he had never been a breast? Adams wrote Watership Down. Would you ask him how he could do this since he admitted his rabbit knowledge came from a book about rabbits? ... And those hobbits!... I am a bigger risk-taker than these others. The Hoosiers can contradict me. No rabbit, hobbit, or breast has been known to speak up in reply to their exploiters." When The Friendly Persuasion was published, New York Times book reviewer Orville Prescott called it "as fresh and engaging, tender and touching a book as ever was called sentimental by callous wretches... There have been plenty of louder and more insistent books this year, but few as sure and mellow as The Friendly Persuasion." The novel was adapted into the 1956 movie Friendly Persuasion, starring Gary Cooper and directed by William Wyler. It was nominated for an Academy Award as "best picture." Her experiences as the movie's script writer are described in her autobiographical book To See the Dream. West lived her last two decades in Napa Valley California, and died from a stroke at the age of 82. In 2002 the city of Indianapolis selected The Friendly Persuasion as the "One Book, One City" project for the year. Except for Me and Thee, the sequel to The Friendly Persuasion, was adapted into a 1975 television movie, confusingly titled Friendly Persuasion, starring Richard Kiley. West was a second cousin of Richard Nixon. Growing up in the same rural Yorba Linda region as Nixon, West attended a Sunday-school class taught by Nixon's father, Frank. She later wrote that Frank Nixon's version of "the social gospel" inclined her politically toward socialism." -- WikipediaKeywords: TRAVEL VOYAGES TRAVEL ESSAYS TRAVELOGUES JOURNEYS DIARIES BIOGRAPHY First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed & toned with minor tears. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First Edition. Good/Good., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980, Europa Editions. Used - Acceptable. 2016 - Hardcover - Used - Acceptable - - - - Shows substantial shelf-wear which may include some chips and tears on dust jacket (if present) and some yellowing of the pages. May contain old price stickers or their residue, inscriptions or dedications from previous owners in first few pages and remainder marks. - Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 business hours, Sunday - Thursday. Expedited shipping and tracking available within the US. Hall Street's No-Worry guarantee lets you buy with confidence!, Europa Editions, 308 pp. ""The Italians have a musical notation not found in any other language: tempo giusto 'the right tempo.' It means a steady, normal heat, between 66 and 76 on the metronome. Tempo giusto is the appropriate heat of the human heart."One of the preeminent literary artists of our time turns her attention, her profound insight, and her passion to humankind's most enduring, important, evocative, and provocative symbol: What is heart? It is the muscle of life, sending our most vital fluid coursing through our veins to every striving hungry part of our being. It is what keeps us striving against impossible odds; that fortifying something that is the cornerstone of every triumph. It elates us when we discover love and pains us greatly when that love is lost or proves unrequited. It is a gentleness that colors what we give to others. It is a symbol that we see on greeting cards: a small, red shape that was drawn on the wall of a cave in Spain more than 12,000 years ago. In this truly remarkable work, acclaimed, bestselling author Gall Godwin takes us on a breathtaking journey of the heart that spans the entire history of human civilization, combining literature, myth, religion, philosophy, medicine, the fine arts, and intensely personal stories from the writer's own past to explore the full and complex character of that unique symbol. Brimming with intelligence and wit, Godwin's explorations and meditations brilliantly track themes of the heart in life, legend, and art -- from the first valentine to the first stethoscope, from Gilgamesh to Confucius, from the heart of darkness to wearing one is heart on one's sleeve. Here is a gift of the heart from an eminent American writer at the pinnacle of her creative talents. It is a work of extraordinary power, creativity, scholarship, and passion. Lively and moving, Heart offers us a profound new look at where we come from and what has sustained us across millennia-in short, what it is that makes us human."Keywords: HEART MYTHOLOGY HISTORY LOVE FOLKLORE First edition. Sticker removal mark on front jacket panel. William Morrow & Co., 2001. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good., William Morrow & Co., 2001, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1972. First Printing. Softcover. 0690010532 . 206 pages; Good Plus condition. Rated low because there is underlining (neatly done) and marginalia through page 63. Otherwise clean. NO creases. A Nice Copy. In his emphasis on persistence and on the validity of commitment to one's imaginative vision, Tolkien is a genuinely inspirational writer. Although the world of Middle-earth is strange to us and far away in time, we can all respond to Gandalf's words, Let us now go on the journey we have begun... ., Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972<

1972, ISBN: 0690010532

Paperback

[EAN: 9780690010534], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, N. Y], THE ENCHANTER'S POWER; JOURNEY TO INTERIOR; HOBBITS IN HISTORY; ELVES, DWARVES, WIZARDS; MEN AN… More...

[EAN: 9780690010534], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, N. Y], THE ENCHANTER'S POWER; JOURNEY TO INTERIOR; HOBBITS IN HISTORY; ELVES, DWARVES, WIZARDS; MEN AND OTHERS; GROWTH OF A LEGEND; REALIZATION WONDER, Literary Criticism|General, A uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings.No store stamp. Contents: The Enchanter's Power; The Journey to the Interior; The Hobbits in History; Elves, Dwarves, Wizards; Men and Others; The Growth of a Legend; The Realization of Wonder<

1972, ISBN: 0690010532

Paperback

[EAN: 9780690010534], Used, very good, [PU: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, N. Y], THE ENCHANTER'S POWER; JOURNEY TO INTERIOR; HOBBITS IN HISTORY; ELVES, DWARVES, WIZARDS; MEN AND OTHERS; GROW… More...

[EAN: 9780690010534], Used, very good, [PU: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, N. Y], THE ENCHANTER'S POWER; JOURNEY TO INTERIOR; HOBBITS IN HISTORY; ELVES, DWARVES, WIZARDS; MEN AND OTHERS; GROWTH OF A LEGEND; REALIZATION WONDER, A uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings.No store stamp. Contents: The Enchanter's Power; The Journey to the Interior; The Hobbits in History; Elves, Dwarves, Wizards; Men and Others; The Growth of a Legend; The Realization of Wonder<

1972, ISBN: 9780690010534

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1972. First Printing. Softcover. 0690010532 . 206 pages; Good Plus condition. Rated low because there is underlining (neatly done) and m… More...

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1972. First Printing. Softcover. 0690010532 . 206 pages; Good Plus condition. Rated low because there is underlining (neatly done) and marginalia through page 63. Otherwise clean. NO creases. A Nice Copy. In his emphasis on persistence and on the validity of commitment to one's imaginative vision, Tolkien is a genuinely inspirational writer. Although the world of Middle-earth is strange to us and far away in time, we can all respond to Gandalf's words, Let us now go on the journey we have begun... ., Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972<

1972, ISBN: 0690010532

[EAN: 9780690010534], Used, good, [PU: Thomas Y. Crowell, NY], LITERARY: CRITICISM TOLKIEN, 206 pages; Good Plus condition. Rated low because there is underlining (neatly done) and margin… More...

[EAN: 9780690010534], Used, good, [PU: Thomas Y. Crowell, NY], LITERARY: CRITICISM TOLKIEN, 206 pages; Good Plus condition. Rated low because there is underlining (neatly done) and marginalia through page 63. Otherwise clean. NO creases. A Nice Copy. In his emphasis on persistence and on the validity of commitment to one's imaginative vision, Tolkien is a genuinely inspirational writer. Although the world of Middle-earth is strange to us and far away in time, we can all respond to Gandalf's words, Let us now go on the journey we have begun.<