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Condition: clean copy.Content: Pierre de La Verendrye was an adventurous French Canadian trader who in 1731 set out to discover the Western Sea. At that time it was believed that a large gulf of water extended into the North American continent from the Pacific Ocean and that when this was found it would be a simple matter to travel and trade across the Continent. Louis XV granted him the permission, but not the funds, to explore western Canada, so he was obliged to set up fur trading posts along his route to finance the expedition.248 pages,bibliography, index.

Condition: clean copy. Content: In Spanish, 504 pagesSuperficially, this novel seems to be historical fiction focusing on politics, but it is neither of those things. In reality the novel is a clever esxploration of conspiracy theories.

The book is set in the 1880's in the gem city of Mandalay during the last years of the opulent, decaying Kingdom of Burma. Into the Royal Palace, with its whispering gardens, its elaborate ritual, its savage violence, its intrigue, comes Fanny Moroni, the yough daughter of a ne'er do well British merchant and a Burmese woman. Pretty, vain, impertinent, and brave - just back from a dull boarding school in Brighton - Fanny becomes the favorite of the Burmese queen Supayalat.

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Condition: sun faded spine.Content: non-fiction. This is a free translation of two Buddhist texts on what is the most popular of Buddhist conceptions of an ideal world, the 'Land of Bliss of the Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. The two texts, known to western students of Buddhism as the 'Smaller' and 'Larger" 'Sukhavatiyuha Sutra, explain the condition that lead to rebirth in the Pure Land and the manner in which human beings are reborn there.258 pages, notes, list for further reading, glossary, index.

Condition: clean copy.Content: This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahayana tradition, 'bodhicitta.' This term appears frequently in Sanskrit literature relating to the spiritual practices of the bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism and has been variously translated as 'thought of enlightenment' or 'desire of enlightenment.' The author offers a contextual analysis of bodhicitta based on the presuppositions underlying the spiritual practice of the bodhisattva. Since the understanding that emerges involves how one ought to view the process of spiritual transformation, this work contributes to Buddhist psychology and soteriology in particular, and to comparative religions in general. This work surveys the various interpretation of the concept of 'bodhicitta,' analyzes its possible functions in the context of the spiritual path of the aspirant to enlightenment, and discusses an understanding of 'bodhicitta' in the context of the Santideva's "Bodhicaryavatara.192 pages, notes,… Read more

The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain for ever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila deserts his regiment to return to his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow and in the end ther is only one thing left in Aquila's life - his thirst for revenge.

In 1066, a 'jumped-up little Norman and his bunch of psychopaths' cross the water and alter the course of English history. Three years later and Walt, King Harold's only surviving bodyguard, is still emotionally and physically scarred by the loss of his king and country. Wandering through Asia Minor, headed vaguely for the Holy Land,, he tells his extraordinary story.

Condition: clean copy.Content:'Last Flight to Stuttgart' is two stories. The first tells of seven young men bound to a common fate in the flaming wreckage of a bomber on a dangerous night mission over Germany in the late winter of 1944. The second is a personal search for the characters and personalities that lie behind act of heroism. The result is a fitting and personal memorial to these ordinary heroes, whose names and acts of valour might otherwise be lost to the ashes of the past. -Keith Ogilvie, author of 'The Spitfire Luck of Skeets Ogilvie'258 pages,notes, bibliography, index.

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'Norman Eisen has written an enthralling history of a palace and its very real ghosts. By telling the story of the Prague mansion where he resided as America's ambassador, Eisen provides a poignant reflection on the haunting twists of the past century, including his ow very American family tale.' - Walter Isaacson

The novel, which has an autobiographical basis, is set in the winter of 1916, when the central character, Serezha, visits his married sister. Tired after the long journey, he falls into a restless sleep, and half-remembers , half-dreams the incidents of the last summer of peace before the First World War, 'when life appeared to pay heed to individuals.' As a tutor in a wealthy, unsettled Moscow household, he focuses his intense romanticism on Mrs Arild, his employer's paid companion, while spending his nights with the prostitute Sashka and others.

Condition: clean copy.Content: When Selva, the daughter of one of the few remaining Ottoman Pashas, falls in love with Rafael, a young Jewish man, their families are against their marriage and disown them. Together they go to live in France, but happiness eludes them there too. With the advent of the Second World War they get caught up in Hitler's web of terror. While the Nazi grip tightens around them, they live with the fear of being rounded up and sent to a concentration camp. At the sme time, Turkey is desperately trying to avoid being drawn into the war, walking the tightrope between the Axis and the Allies, very carefully.412 pages.

A collection of 17 short stories by the author. 212 pages.

A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father - Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind him, we follow him through three days during the autumn of 2000, when his trade as a realtor on the Jersey Shore is thriving. But as a presidential election hands in the balance, and a post nuclear-family Thanksgiving looms before him, Frank discovers that what he terms the 'Permanent Period' is fraught with unforeseen perils.488 pages.

Content: children's fiction. In French, illustrated, 96 pages of story text 28 pages of readers guide, also in French

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