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Riverhead Hardcover. New/New. 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1594489181. Brand new and unread with unobtrusive remainder mark. ; 0.8 x 8.8 x 6.4 Inches; 192 pp; Born in Canada in 1949, Eisenstein is the daughter of Holocaust survivors who lived through the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Her parents were born in Poland, and Yiddish was the language spoken at home. "The Holocaust is a drug and I have entered an opium den," she writes, saying that she needed to know what the experi... more information

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New York: Berkley Books. NF. 1999. Softcover. ISBN: 0425167135. Tiny turn on bottom corner. ; Chaim Skibelski, a concentration camp prisoner who escapes death by Nazi firing squad, wanders like a ghost through memories of the past, accompanied by a rabbi who has changed into a talking crow. ; Trade PB; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. ... more information

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William Morrow & Company. NF/F. 2002. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060012528. Very nice copy with owner's small stamp on back of rear end page. Military BCE. Mylar cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pp; A comprehensive history of the medieval castle turned into a German WWII prisoner-of-war camp. Besides the expected escape stories, 15 years of research has yielded a well-written narrative that covers the perspective of both prisoners and warders. Everyday features of life included the "ghosts"... more information

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Univ of Nebraska Press. VG. 1989. Softcover. ISBN: 0803281560. Nice copy; prev owner's name, price inside. ; (Women in the West) ; Trade PB; This intriguing biography recounts the life of Alice Fletcher, a 19th century anthropologist who championed the rights of American Indians. In 1881 at age 43, Fletcher gave up her career as a public lecturer and traveled west to the Dakota Territory where she observed the Sioux. From there she went to Nebraska to live with the Omaha, and then on to Idaho where she cam... more information

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William Morrow. New/New. 2002. Military Book Club. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060012528. Brand New Military Book Club Edition; unmarked and unread. ; 1.5 x 7.9 x 5.8 Inches; 464 pp; The story of the German high security prison camp (a 700-room castle) , which during World War II housed the most dangerous (i. E. Escape-prone) Allied POWs. The men, officers all, were mandated by the Geneva Convention to escape. There were, over the course of the war, 310 such attempts, 32 of them successful.. ... more information

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Univ of Nebraska Pr. NF. 1992. Softcover. ISBN: 0803297378. Light stain on top edge. Unread, unmarked. ; Trade PB; As agency physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1896 to 1914, Dr. James R. Walker recorded a wealth of information on the traditional lifeways of the Oglala Sioux. Lakota Society presents the primary accounts of Walker's informants and his syntheses dealing with the organization of camps and bands, kinship systems, beliefs, ceremonies, hunting, warfare, and methods of measuring time.. ... more information

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Krause Publications. New. 2001. Softcover. ISBN: 0873492285. Brand New; unmarked. ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; Once hunters bring their game home, the other part of the hunt (the utilization of the kill) begins. Knowing which knife to use to get the job done quickly and safely is a paramount concern. This guide shares information about construction, materials, characteristics, handles, sheaths, and blades, as well as care and maintenance. Seasoned outdoor writer Durwood Hollis covers all kniv... more information

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Krause Publications. New. 2001. Softcover. ISBN: 0873492285. Brand New; unmarked. ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; Once hunters bring their game home, the other part of the hunt (the utilization of the kill) begins. Knowing which knife to use to get the job done quickly and safely is a paramount concern. This guide shares information about construction, materials, characteristics, handles, sheaths, and blades, as well as care and maintenance. Seasoned outdoor writer Durwood Hollis covers all kniv... more information

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Simon & Schuster. F/F. 1994. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671701320. A very nice copy in a new Brodart dust jacket protector. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 464 pp; Schell offers valuable firsthand reportage not only on April-June 1989 and the Tiananmen Square massacre, and also on spontaneous acts of resistance and mini-rebellions since then. He also profiles China's new muckrakers, underground publishers, artists, rock musicians and entrepreneurs who are flourishing in "gray zones" of commerce and cu... more information

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Pruett Pub Co. VG/VG. 1979. Hardcover. ISBN: 0871080982. Light foxing on edges; some edgewear to DJ. In mylar protective cover. Unmarked. ; The book covers Denver's development from a raw mining camp of the 1850s to the present: .. ... more information

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Time Life Education. VG. 1984. Hardcover. ISBN: 0809443910. Ex-Lib; minimal markings. Leather bound with ribbon marker. Gilt edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 517 pp; Facsimile reprint of book published in 1864.. ... more information

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Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press. F. 1994. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 0916366863. Crisp, unmarked copy. ; Depicts the author's struggles as a young Jewish student to survive the harsh conditions of life in a Nazi concentration camp in Poland. B & W photos. Scarce in this condition. ; Trade PB; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. ... more information

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Harcourt. NF/NF. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0151700958. Red dot remainder mark on bottom edge. DJ shows trace rubbing on back of cover. ; A Jesuit priest volunteers to sacrifice his life in place of another inmate in a German death camp, in an unsparing look at the horrors of the Holocaust. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 305 pp. ... more information

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Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing. F+/F+. 1994. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802837727. An extremely nice copy in a new mylar protective cover. Book Club Edition of very high quality. ; Traces the life of a concentration camp survivor who tracked down Nazi war criminals after the war and brought them to justice. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. ... more information

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Presidio Press. F/VG+. 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0891415971. Light shelfwear to DJ. Nice copy. ; 231 pp; After graduation from college in the early 1960s, Smith, a member of the Naval ROTC, was called to duty, later arriving in Vietnam as a member of FRAM-16, an elite, CIA-trained unit. Lacking uniforms, the unit was assigned not to fight but to infiltrate enemy areas and gather information. After 20 months, 14 of the 16 had died, with another severely wounded. On a mission in Cambodia to locate a... more information

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Univ of Texas Press. New. 1995. 3rd Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0292711816. Brand new from publisher. No DJ as issued. ; Trade PB; Last revised in 1982, the well-respected Mexican Political Biographies is now current through 1993. Roderic Ai Camp has updated all original biographical entries and appendices and added six hundred new biographies. In addition, the third edition uses more selective criteria for inclusion, contains information obtained from personal interviews, and gives more detailed information ... more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. NF/VG+. 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0396067859. Head of spine very lightly bumped; a nice copy. DJ price-clipped, light wear/rubbing. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pp; A brilliant picture of Western outlawry. Here are the bandits as they really were - some, men of courage; others, desperadoes who killed when there was no need of killing. Here, too, is an accurate portrayal of the West itself - the rowdy mining camps, the vast untouched wildern... more information

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Univ of New Mexico Pr. NF/NF. 1992. Hardcover. ISBN: 0826313620. New and unread; unmarked, with light bump on bottom corner. ; A study of the stories, autobiographies, and accounts of Lakota life, collected by Deloria during the 1920s and 1930s, when many of her informants remembered back to the camp circle days. She transcribed, from memory, the interviews in Lakota, then translated them; the English versions of the 13 stories discussed are also presented. Focuses on the theme of sexuality, comparing Nativ... more information

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Simon & Schuster. NF/NF. 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 067186923X. Tiny mark on ffep. DJ bright & clean; barely noticeable chip on bottom of spine. A very nice copy in a new mylar protective cover. Inscribed by Author on title page. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 236 pp; The Kinkster heads for home in Texas where his Dad runs a summer camp for seven-year-olds and where old ladies are dying on their 76th birthdays. Kinky discovers that the victims' pasts all share a link to an exclusionary cl... more information

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. F/NF. 1968. 8th Printing. Hardcover. A very nice copy; minor wear and rubbing to DJ. ; The Western Frontier Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 271 pp; Being a correct and impartial narrative of the chase, trial, capture, and execution of Henry Plummer's road agent band together with the accounts of the lives and crimes of many of the robbers and desperadoes, the whole being interspersed with sketches of life in the mining camps of the "Far West&quo... more information

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