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Greenwillow Books, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Like New. GREAT BOOK! FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH MILD SHELF WEAR ON COVER & MARK ON BOTTOM EDGE. Amazon… More...

Greenwillow Books, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Like New. GREAT BOOK! FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH MILD SHELF WEAR ON COVER & MARK ON BOTTOM EDGE. Amazon: ""Two of the things Benjamin Hunter received for his twelfth birthday took him completely by surprise: a room and a letter. The room was from his parents. The letter was from his uncle."" A room and a letter--both so vague in the abstract, and so full of possibility. On Ben's birthday, however, both weigh heavily on his mind. The room is given to Ben as an artist's studio: his mother tells him, ""'If you could paint Yellow Sky among all the clutter on the kitchen table,... just think what you could do here.'"" Ben thinks getting a bicycle or big-screen TV might have been easier, and wishes he'd never painted the award-winning Yellow Sky. The letter creates an entirely different set of pressures. It is an invitation to visit his mother's brother, uncle Ian from Eugene, Oregon--the same brother she blames for the accident where Ben lost his little finger. Ben wants to meet his uncle: ""Who wouldn't want to meet the person responsible? Wasn't it more weird not to think about it?"" But Ben's mother has pushed Ian out of her life, and out of Ben's life, too, until she finally agrees to take her son to Oregon. From here the story weaves in and out, exploring the complications of love, blame, and guilt. Ben's uncle--about to become a father himself--feels guilty for the accident, Ben's mother blames him. In a plot twist that further accentuates this theme, Ben makes an innocently offhand comment that leads to a little boy falling out of a tree and breaking his arm--a parallel to Ian's own sense of guilt about the accident that hurt Ben. If all of this sounds rather heavy, it is, but Ben's developing relationship with 13-year-old Lynnie and the breezy relief of the goofy interplay with Kale and Elka, the 5-year-old twins, keep the story buoyant. The happy ending, where the dreaded birthday room finds a new and noble purpose, doesn't hurt a bit either. Kevin Henkes, author of the award-winning novels Sun and Spoon, Words of Stone, and Protecting Marie--as well as picture books such as Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse--has a talent for getting straight to the heart of things, lucidly and compassionately portraying the emotions of his characters like few can. (Ages 10 and older)" "From Publishers Weekly: Two gifts on a boy's 12th birthday fortuitously bring an entire family closer together. Young Benjamin likes to draw and paint, but when his parents give him a present of a room to use as a studio, he feels pressured into becoming an artist. He is enthralled by his second gift: a letter from his Uncle Ian in Oregon, inviting Ben to come for a visit. Ben's mother, however, is not so enthralled; she still blames her younger brother for a wood-shop accident that caused Ben to lose a finger at age two. Not until Ben tells her, ""If I had to choose, I'd take the trip over the room,"" does she consent to the visit. As Ben spends time in Oregon with his mother, Uncle Ian, Ian's expectant wife, Nina, and the Deeter children who live nearby, he makes some important discoveries about his family and himself, and eventually finds a special purpose for his ""birthday room."" Once again, Henkes (Sun and Spoon; Protecting Marie) explores family relationships with breathtaking tenderness, showing how feelings of guilt, bitterness and fear can be quelled by more deeply rooted love. His understated narrative from Ben's perspective has a translucent quality that allows readers to discover the subtle dynamics among the adult characters right along with Ben. The characters here, especially Ben and the Deeter children, will be cherished. Ages 10-up. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc., Greenwillow Books, 1999, 5, Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1990. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Southern Historical Society was an organization founded by Confederate Major General Dabney Herndon Maury in 1869 that documented Southern military and civilian viewpoints from the American Civil War. These were compiled into the Southern Historical Society "Papers", comprising 52 volumes of articles written by Southern soldiers, officers, politicians, and civilians, published from 1877 to 1959. This volume is a reprint from Broadfoot Publishing Company. Hardcover with debossed boards and gilt decoration to spine and front. May have light shelf wear, a nick here or there, bumped corners, and/or foxing at most. Text is free of markings, highlighting, and dog-ears. <br><br>July to December, 1878: Sixth Annual Meeting of Southern Historical Society; Detailed Minutiæ of Soldier Life by Private Carlton McCarthy; General Van Dorn's Report of the Elkhorn Campaign. Battle of Mobile Bay: Review of Commodore Parker's Book. By General D. H. Maury; Official Report of Admiral Buchanan; Official Report of Commander J. D. Johnston; General S. D. Lee's Report of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou; Did General Lee Violate his Oath in Siding with the Confederacy? By Rev. Dr. J. L. M. Curry; Letter from Captain Mangole; "Four Years with General Lee"--A Review by General C. M. Wilcox; Report of the Operations of Clayton's Division North of the Tennessee River in the Campaign of the Winter of 1864; The Spirit of 1861--Correspondence of General R. E. Lee; Report of Brigadier-General J. H. Trapier of the Fight of 7th of April, 1863, in Charleston Harbor; Hart's South Carolina Battery--Its War Guidon; The Confederate Career of General Albert Sidney Johnston--A Review by General Basil W. Duke, of Kentucky; Van Dorn's Operations in Northern Mississippi--Recollections of a Cavalryman. By Colonel A. F. Brown; Presentation of Army of Tennessee Badge and Certificate of Membership to Ex-President Davis; Two Witnesses on the "Treatment of Prisoners"--Honorable J. P. Benjamin and General B. F. Butler. ⁠The Artillery at Second Manassas; "Woman's Devotion"--A Winchester Heroine. By General D. H. Maury; Letter from General R. E. Lee; Governor Moore's Proclamation Concerning General Butler's Infamous Order. The Wounding of Stonewall Jackson; General C. M. Wilcox on the Battle of Gettysburg; The Battle on the Right. By Colonel William C. Oates, of Alabama; ⁠⁠General Early's Reply to Count of Paris; Report of Major-General Edward Johnston; Report of Major-General H. Heth; The Battle of the Wilderness; Operations of Kershaw's Division; Report of General Goode Bryan; Report of General William Mahone; Report of General S. McGowan; General S. McGowan's Report of Spotsylvania Courthouse; West Point and Secession; Reunion of Army of Northern Virginia. 240 pp. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price. Ships from USA., Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1990, 3, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company. Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Library book plate on front free endpaper, blind stamp on first page of preface. No other library markings. Covers have slight wear to corners. ., John C. Winston Company, 1900, 2.5, Edinburgh: Canongate, 2023 9781838850012. Softcover. Fine. Like new. No creasing. First edition thus. First printing. Number 1. 352 pages. 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm. "This love letter to reading is a philosophical take on why we read and collect books, told through a working-class lens. Mark Hodkinson grew up among the terrace houses of Rochdale in a house with just one book. Today, Mark is an author, journalist and publisher. He still lives in Rochdale but is now surrounded by 3,500 titles, at the last count. "This is a book about the north; it is also about publishing, writing and music, but it transcends its subjects and meets the criterion Hodkinson sets out in his preface: "The best books, the same as the best days, skitter on the breeze. They go their own way"" - Observer. "Mark Hodkinson is one of the great unsung heroes of literature . . . With verve, insight and perfectly-captured period detail, he reminds us that not only are books sacred objects that should be available to everyone, but also that working-class voices remain more marginalised and underrepresented than ever. 'No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy' redresses this imbalance beautifully, and in a just world will kickstart a long-overdue working class literary renaissance" -- BENJAMIN MYERS. "Mark's journey into his own cocoon of books is a deeply personal tale but one with universal themes for all young lives shaped and transformed in some way by the written word . . . Thoughtful and engaging" -- MARK RADCLIFFE. "Reading this memoir is to realise there is no better tool for social mobility than a book . . . lovely" - Daily Mail. No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy is his story of growing up a working-class lad during the 1970s and 1980s. It's about the schools, the music, the people - but pre-eminently and profoundly the books and authors that led the way and shaped his life. It's about a family who didn't see the point of reading, and a troubled grandad who taught Mark the power of stories. It's also a story of how writing and reading has changed over the last five decades., Edinburgh: Canongate, 2023 9781838850012, 0, John Murray, 1916. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1916. No Edition Remarks. 608 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Volume 4. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Moderate tanning to spine and edges., John Murray, 1916, 2.5, Alexandria, Virginia: Time - Life Books, 1979. 5th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated. Padded Embossed Hardcover With Paste-On Picture On The Front Cover. Gilt Lettering & Stripes On Spine. Very Light Edgewear. Light Wear. Very Light Soiling., Time - Life Books, 1979, 3, New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008. 7th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Seventh printing. Minor general wear. 2008 Trade Paperback. 751 pp. The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. "In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. Like his masterly, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Truman, David McCullough's John Adams has the sweep and vitality of a great novel. It is both a riveting portrait of an abundantly human man and a vivid evocation of his time, much of it drawn from an outstanding collection of Adams family letters and diaries. In particular, the more than one thousand surviving letters between John and Abigail Adams, nearly half of which have never been published, provide extraordinary access to their private lives and make it possible to know John Adams as no other major American of his founding era. As he has with stunning effect in his previous books, McCullough tells the story from within -- from the point of view of the amazing eighteenth century and of those who, caught up in events, had no sure way of knowing how things would turn out. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, the British spy Edward Bancroft, Madame Lafayette and Jefferson's Paris "interest" Maria Cosway, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, the scandalmonger James Callender, Sally Hemings, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and Aaron Burr all figure in this panoramic chronicle, as does, importantly, John Quincy Adams, the adored son whom Adams would live to see become President. Crucial to the story, as it was to history, is the relationship between Adams and Jefferson, born opposites -- one a Massachusetts farmer's son, the other a Virginia aristocrat and slaveholder, one short and stout, the other tall and spare. Adams embraced conflict; Jefferson avoided it. Adams had great humor; Jefferson, very little. But they were alike in their devotion to their country. At first they were ardent co-revolutionaries, then fellow diplomats and close friends. With the advent of the two political parties, they became archrivals, even enemies, in the intense struggle for the presidency in 1800, perhaps the most vicious election in history. Then, amazingly, they became friends again, and ultimately, incredibly, they died on the same day -- their day of days -- July 4, in the year 1826. Much about John Adams's life will come as a surprise to many readers. His courageous voyage on the frigate Boston in the winter of 1778 and his later trek over the Pyrenees are exploits that few would have dared and that few readers will ever forget. It is a life encompassing a huge arc -- Adams lived longer than any president. The story ranges from the Boston Massacre to Philadelphia in 1776 to the Versailles of Louis XVI, from Spain to Amsterdam, from the Court of St. James's, where Adams was the first American to stand before King George III as a representative of the new nation, to the raw, half-finished Capital by the Potomac, where Adams was the first President to occupy the White House. This is history on a grand scale -- a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008, 4<

2008, ISBN: 9781416575887

New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008. 7th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Seventh printing. Minor general wear. 2008 Trade Paperback. 751 pp. The Pulitzer Prize&… More...

New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008. 7th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Seventh printing. Minor general wear. 2008 Trade Paperback. 751 pp. The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. "In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. Like his masterly, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Truman, David McCullough's John Adams has the sweep and vitality of a great novel. It is both a riveting portrait of an abundantly human man and a vivid evocation of his time, much of it drawn from an outstanding collection of Adams family letters and diaries. In particular, the more than one thousand surviving letters between John and Abigail Adams, nearly half of which have never been published, provide extraordinary access to their private lives and make it possible to know John Adams as no other major American of his founding era. As he has with stunning effect in his previous books, McCullough tells the story from within -- from the point of view of the amazing eighteenth century and of those who, caught up in events, had no sure way of knowing how things would turn out. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, the British spy Edward Bancroft, Madame Lafayette and Jefferson's Paris "interest" Maria Cosway, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, the scandalmonger James Callender, Sally Hemings, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and Aaron Burr all figure in this panoramic chronicle, as does, importantly, John Quincy Adams, the adored son whom Adams would live to see become President. Crucial to the story, as it was to history, is the relationship between Adams and Jefferson, born opposites -- one a Massachusetts farmer's son, the other a Virginia aristocrat and slaveholder, one short and stout, the other tall and spare. Adams embraced conflict; Jefferson avoided it. Adams had great humor; Jefferson, very little. But they were alike in their devotion to their country. At first they were ardent co-revolutionaries, then fellow diplomats and close friends. With the advent of the two political parties, they became archrivals, even enemies, in the intense struggle for the presidency in 1800, perhaps the most vicious election in history. Then, amazingly, they became friends again, and ultimately, incredibly, they died on the same day -- their day of days -- July 4, in the year 1826. Much about John Adams's life will come as a surprise to many readers. His courageous voyage on the frigate Boston in the winter of 1778 and his later trek over the Pyrenees are exploits that few would have dared and that few readers will ever forget. It is a life encompassing a huge arc -- Adams lived longer than any president. The story ranges from the Boston Massacre to Philadelphia in 1776 to the Versailles of Louis XVI, from Spain to Amsterdam, from the Court of St. James's, where Adams was the first American to stand before King George III as a representative of the new nation, to the raw, half-finished Capital by the Potomac, where Adams was the first President to occupy the White House. This is history on a grand scale -- a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008, 4<

2008, ISBN: 141657588X

[EAN: 9781416575887], Near Fine, [PU: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks], HISTORY BIOGRAPHY PRESIDENTS UNITED STATES AMERICA AMERICAN POLITICS GOVERNMENT JOHN ADAMS PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, Seven… More...

[EAN: 9781416575887], Near Fine, [PU: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks], HISTORY BIOGRAPHY PRESIDENTS UNITED STATES AMERICA AMERICAN POLITICS GOVERNMENT JOHN ADAMS PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, Seventh printing. Minor general wear. 2008 Trade Paperback. 751 pp. The Pulitzer Prize?winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. "In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. Like his masterly, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Truman, David McCullough's John Adams has the sweep and vitality of a great novel. It is both a riveting portrait of an abundantly human man and a vivid evocation of his time, much of it drawn from an outstanding collection of Adams family letters and diaries. In particular, the more than one thousand surviving letters between John and Abigail Adams, nearly half of which have never been published, provide extraordinary access to their private lives and make it possible to know John Adams as no other major American of his founding era. As he has with stunning effect in his previous books, McCullough tells the story from within -- from the point of view of the amazing eighteenth century and of those who, caught up in events, had no sure way of knowing how things would turn out. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, the British spy Edward Bancroft, Madame Lafayette and Jefferson's Paris "interest" Maria Cosway, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, the scandalmonger James Callender, Sally Hemings, John Marshall, Talleyrand, and Aaron Burr all figure in this panoramic chronicle, as does, importantly, John Quincy Adams, the adored son whom Adams would live to see become President. Crucial to the story, as it was to history, is the relationship between Adams and Jefferson, born opposites -- one a Massachusetts farmer's son, the other a Virginia aristocrat and slaveholder, one short and stout, the other tall and spare. Adams embraced conflict; Jefferson avoided it. Adams had great humor; Jefferson, very little. But they were alike in their devotion to their country. At first they were ardent co-revolutionaries, then fellow diplomats and close friends. With the advent of the two political parties, they became archrivals, even enemies, in the intense struggle for the presidency in 1800, perhaps the most vicious election in history. Then, amazingly, they became friends again, and ultimately, incredibly, they died on the same day -- their day of days -- July 4, in the year 1826. Much about John Adams's life will come as a surprise to many readers. His courageous voyage on the frigate Boston in the winter of 1778 and his later trek over the Pyrenees are exploits that few would have dared and that few readers will ever forget. It is a life encompassing a huge arc -- Adams lived longer than any president. The story ranges from the Boston Massacre to Philadelphia in 1776 to the Versailles of Louis XVI, from Spain to Amsterdam, from the Court of St. James's, where Adams was the first American to stand before King George III as a representative of the new nation, to the raw, half-finished Capital by the Potomac, where Adams was the first President to occupy the White House. This is history on a grand scale -- a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived., Books<

2008, ISBN: 141657588X

[EAN: 9781416575887], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.01], [PU: Simon & Schuster, United States, New York], DAVID MCCULLOUGH "JOHN ADAMS", A huge bestseller in America, David McCull… More...

[EAN: 9781416575887], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.01], [PU: Simon & Schuster, United States, New York], DAVID MCCULLOUGH "JOHN ADAMS", A huge bestseller in America, David McCullough's JOHN ADAMS tells the extraordinary story of the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- 'the colossus of independence', as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution and who rose to become the second President of the United States. Both a riveting portrait of an abundantly human man and a vivid evocation of his time, JOHN ADAMS has the sweep and vitality of a great novel, taking us from the Boston Massacre to Philadelphia in 1776 to the Versailles of Louis XVI, from Spain to Amsterdam to London, where Adams was the first American to stand before King George III as a representative of the new nation. This is history on a grand scale -- a book about politics and war, but also about human nature, love, faith, virtue, ambition, friendship and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, it is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

ISBN: 9781416575887

[ED: Softcover], The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by m… More...

[ED: Softcover], The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second president of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as 'out of his senses'; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. This is history on a grand scale-a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived., DE, [SC: 6.00], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, [GW: 1100g], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Geschichte/Politik (englisch)], [PU: Simon & Schuster]<