Search Results: Authors starting with V from Books of the World

New York: Harmony, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine Book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners and spine tail lightly bumped. Light rubbing and shelfwear to jacket. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 468 pages. With the nation at war in the 1940s, 22-year-old Jack Valenti flew combat in Italy. He was in that fateful Dallas motorcade in 1963, flew back to Washington with the new president, and for three years worked in the inner circle of the White House as special assistant to President Johnson. Then, for the next 38 years, with American society and popular culture undergoing a revolutionary transformation, Valenti was the public face of Hollywood in his capacity as head of the Motion Picture Association of America. From growing up poor in a neighborhood of Greek and Italian immigrants in Houston to rising to the highest summits both of national government and… Read More

Budapest: Kartogra?fiai Va?llalat. Map, folding. 1989. As New. 1989. Folded map in a plastic case. Printed on two sides. Color. 66 x 92 cm , folded to 22 x 13 cm. Road and travel map of northern Libya. Relief shown by contours, shading, gradient tints, and spot heights. Depths shown by co ntours and gradient tints. English, German, French, and Hungarian. Distingu ishes roads ranging from expressways to desert paths. Extensive index on re verse. As New condition. Not from a library. No remainder mark. No markings . No tears. Contents: Libya * Libyen * Libye * Libia 1:2,000,000 : Tara?bulus (Tripoli) City Map * Stadtplan * Plan de Ville * Varosterkep 1:27,000; Bangha?zi? (B enghazi) City Map * Stadtplan * Plan de Ville * Varosterkep 1:33,000; Vicin ity of Tripoli * Umgebung von Tripoli * Region de Tripoli * Tripoli Kornyek e 1:1,000,000; Administrative map * Karte der Verwaltungseinteilung * Carte s de unites administratives * Kozigazgatasi terkep 1:7,500,000 Authors: Domokos Gyo?rgy; Ra?to?ti,… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, July 2009. Paperback. First Edition / full number line. New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 48 pages.

New York: Metropolitan Books, September 2011. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine tail lightly bumped, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii+269 pages. A Foreign Service Officer's first-hand account of our blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq. A shocking and rollicking true-life tale of Americans abroad, and a vividly rendered tale of ineptitude and corruption.

Vientiane, Lao PDR: Lao Youth Press, n.d. [circa 2000]. Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Light foxing to covers. 141 pages.A pocket-size phrasebook. Each phrase appears in English, Lao, and Lao transliterated into the Roman alphabet. This is both an excellent learning tool and useful for travelers trying to communicate with Lao speakers. The book has sections on greetings; immigration & customs; money exchange; transportation, taxis, trains, rental cars and asking directions; hotel check-in, check-out and problems; clothes & laundry; shopping; sightseeing; food & restaurants; entertainment; telephone; post office; illness and pharmacy; animals; numbers, days, months, seasons, time; government offices, and adjectives with antonyms.

New York: Penguin, February 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Notes inked to last page, otherwise text unmarked. Spine curved but uncreased. Light reading and shelf wear. Dust stains to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 568 pages. A fictionalized account of the War of Canudos, a conflict between the First Brazilian Republic and the followers of a religious leader in the city of Canudos in the northeastern state of Bahia with the loss of more than 15,000 lives.

Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Landmark, February 2019. Trade Paperback. First American Edition / full number line. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers curled. Light crease to front cover. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. Not clipped. 404 pages.

New York: St. Martin's Press / Thomas . Hardcover. 2002. First U.S. Edi. Fine. New York: St. Martin's Press / Thomas Dunne Books, August 2002. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket c lean and bright with slight edgewear at spine. Not from a library. No remai nder mark. Not clipped. 308 pages. In 1998, acclaimed photojournalist Teun Voeten headed to Sierra Leone for what he thought would be a standard assignment on the child soldiers there. But the cease-fire ended just as he arrived, and the clash between the military junta and the West African peace-keeping troops forced him to hide in the bush from rebels who were intent on killing him. This is a dramatic account of the conflict--and how Voeten nearly became a casualty of it. Accessible and conversational, it's a look into the dangerous diamond trade that fuels the conflict, the legacy of war practices such as… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press / Thomas Dunne Books, August 2002. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Corners bumped. Jacket clean and bright with light edgewear at spine. Black remainder dot to bottom edge. Not from a library. Not clipped. 308 pages. In 1998, acclaimed photojournalist Teun Voeten headed to Sierra Leone for what he thought would be a standard assignment on the child soldiers there. But the cease-fire ended just as he arrived, and the clash between the military junta and the West African peace-keeping troops forced him to hide in the bush from rebels who were intent on killing him. This is a dramatic account of the conflict--and how Voeten nearly became a casualty of it. Accessible and conversational, it's a look into the dangerous diamond trade that fuels the conflict, the legacy of war practices such as forced amputations, the tragic use of child soldiers, and more.… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, 2002. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Sticker from original bookseller (Giggles Bookshop, Madras) on rear endpaper. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 242 pages. Patricia Volk's delicious, charming, and wildly funny memoir of everyday life growing up in a New York Jewish family that ran an old-fashioned restaurant.

New York: Free Press, October 1994. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior Pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Prior owner's name to top and fore-edge. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxxix + 529 pages. The special assistant to Boris Yeltsin radically alters the traditional image of Lenin with a biography based on secret Soviet archives, revealing the Founding Father as a cruel, totalitarian leader who was responsible for the worst excesses of the Soviet state.

New York: Delta, 1970. Trade Paperback. Delta 440-08029, seventh printing. No ISBN. Near Fine book. Lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light toning and reading wear to cover. Lower read corner creased. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. See photos. 186 pages. One of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. This book was one of the first literary acknowledgments that homosexual men were among the victims of the Holocaust. It was the subject of many attempts at censorship due to its irreverent tone, purportedly obscene content and depictions of sex, American soldiers' use of profanity, and perceived heresy.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, May 1971 [c. 1965]. Hardcover. First Delacorte printing (stated). Turquoise linen over boards with silver facsimile signature to front board and silver/black printing to spine. Front flap has $7.95 price and 2929 catalog ID. Rear flap has 0571 date code. Good book in a Good+ jacket. Front and rear hinges cracked. No markings. Dust stains to edges. Jacket has edgewear and several chips and tears, the longest of which is three-quarters of an inch. Not the Book Club Edition. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. See photos. 217 pages. The story of a millionaire who develops a social conscience, abandons New York City, and establishes a charitable foundation in Indiana, where he attempts to dispense unlimited amounts of love and limited sums of money to anyone who will come to his office. The result is an etched-in-acid portrayal of universal greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, October 1982. First Trade Paperback Edition (no additional printings listed). Very Good. Prior owner's name penciled to half-title page. Personal note penciled to dedication page. Text block unmarked. Spine faded, but straight, tight and uncreased. Dust stains to edges. No tears, creases or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi+240 pages. A chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence involving novelists, painters, Haiti and neutron bombs.