1999, ISBN: 9780002570602

Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.: DAW Books Inc., 1977. Book. Very Good Plus. Soft cover. First Printing. A Daw paperback Fantasy, 1st printing 9/77 in Very Good Plus condition. 1 reading… More...

Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.: DAW Books Inc., 1977. Book. Very Good Plus. Soft cover. First Printing. A Daw paperback Fantasy, 1st printing 9/77 in Very Good Plus condition. 1 reading crease on spine, crease across upper corner of front cover, light edge wear, light aging to inside, stamp from former owner on first page.,.......WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, ...........Summary - This is the novel of four who defied the powers of the matrix guardians - fanatics who protected those powers so that the planet of the ruddy sun might never fall beneath the influence of materialistic Terrans. The four who found themselves fused into a terrifying unity in that defiance were two men and two women. The men were Damon Ridenow, a Gomyn of the ruling caste, and Andrew Garr, the Earthman who had won for himself the right of clan-entry. The women were Ellemir, betrothed of Damon, and Callista, who foreswore her vows to seek the love of the alien from the stars., DAW Books Inc., 1977, 3, London England: HarperCollins, 1999. Paperback. Small mark to edge. This book is an exuberant memoir of growing up London Irish, of having two identities and being caught between both. As a child, the author found the irishness of his parents' Battersea home bemusing. Here wan an enclave of Ireland's mystic west, transported to London's South Circular Road, where performance and after-dinner singing were mandatory, where the gossip and visitors were Irish, and where Catholic priests invaded the kitchen for tea, barm-brack and a waltz with his mother. It was a family holiday destination that meant, rain, dry-stone walls and blue bubble gum. it was a country that seemed to scatter its tribes of exiles across the globe, a place his mother had escaped from and his father only longed to return to. But as a teenager spellbound equally by Mick Jagger and images of Catholic martyrdom, John discovers an extended family in Galway he never knew existed. In this new world of Hoolies, spook-hunts and wakes, an ultimately through the death of his mother, he begins to understand the Irish Way of Life and Death and the heart of his Hibernian roots. 282 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback., HarperCollins, 1999, 3<

1999, ISBN: 9780002570602

London England: HarperCollins, 1999. Paperback. Small mark to edge. This book is an exuberant memoir of growing up London Irish, of having two identities and being caught between both. As… More...

London England: HarperCollins, 1999. Paperback. Small mark to edge. This book is an exuberant memoir of growing up London Irish, of having two identities and being caught between both. As a child, the author found the irishness of his parents' Battersea home bemusing. Here wan an enclave of Ireland's mystic west, transported to London's South Circular Road, where performance and after-dinner singing were mandatory, where the gossip and visitors were Irish, and where Catholic priests invaded the kitchen for tea, barm-brack and a waltz with his mother. It was a family holiday destination that meant, rain, dry-stone walls and blue bubble gum. it was a country that seemed to scatter its tribes of exiles across the globe, a place his mother had escaped from and his father only longed to return to. But as a teenager spellbound equally by Mick Jagger and images of Catholic martyrdom, John discovers an extended family in Galway he never knew existed. In this new world of Hoolies, spook-hunts and wakes, an ultimately through the death of his mother, he begins to understand the Irish Way of Life and Death and the heart of his Hibernian roots. 282 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback., HarperCollins, 1999, 3<

1999, ISBN: 0002570602

[EAN: 9780002570602], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: HarperCollins, London England], NON FICTION AUTOBIOGRAPHY LONDON IRISH, Paperback. Small mark to edge. This book is an exuberant … More...

[EAN: 9780002570602], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: HarperCollins, London England], NON FICTION AUTOBIOGRAPHY LONDON IRISH, Paperback. Small mark to edge. This book is an exuberant memoir of growing up London Irish, of having two identities and being caught between both. As a child, the author found the irishness of his parents' Battersea home bemusing. Here wan an enclave of Ireland's mystic west, transported to London's South Circular Road, where performance and after-dinner singing were mandatory, where the gossip and visitors were Irish, and where Catholic priests invaded the kitchen for tea, barm-brack and a waltz with his mother. It was a family holiday destination that meant, rain, dry-stone walls and blue bubble gum. it was a country that seemed to scatter its tribes of exiles across the globe, a place his mother had escaped from and his father only longed to return to. But as a teenager spellbound equally by Mick Jagger and images of Catholic martyrdom, John discovers an extended family in Galway he never knew existed. In this new world of Hoolies, spook-hunts and wakes, an ultimately through the death of his mother, he begins to understand the Irish Way of Life and Death and the heart of his Hibernian roots. 282 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.), Books<