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

Boulder: Westview Press, May 1984. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Ex-Library: UK Ministry of Defense, Whitehall Library. Good; Near Fine other than the library markings. 349 pages.The expiration in 1982 of the Protocol of Port-of-Spain reheated a border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that had been frozen since 1970, Almost at once, Venezuelan ultranationalists asserted the need to recover by force the Essequibo region of Guyana--two-thirds of that country--which Venezuela had long claimed. While rejecting force as a solution, the Venezuelan government has indicated that the Protocol will not be renewed, thus pushing the economically and politically vulnerable Guyana toward new and uncertain negotiations. This book describes the actors and their stake in the conflict, the capacity of each to develop the disputed region, and the implications of the Venezuelan claim for both sides. Incorporating a critical examination of the conflict's historical-legal background, Dr. Braveboy-Wagner chronicles… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, April 1997. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine and bound-in black ribbon bookmark. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight reading wear to edges and corners. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 357 pages.
"The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire," claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture and of the rebellious nature of love. Winner of the Whitbread Award for best first novel. In Melville's ambitious and richly realized debut set in modern-day Guyana, religious, social and philosophical tensions beset all the characters. Two illicit love affairs are the vertebrae of an absorbing story set against the background of colonial life in… Read More

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1919. Paperback Pamphlet. Brown and buff illustrated card wraps. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Very Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.

New Delhi: Penguin Books and Faber & Faber, December 2003. Paperback. First Indian Edition / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Sticker on rear cover from Giggle Bookshop, Madras, India. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 277 pages. Winner of the Booker Prize, the judges of which described the story as "A coruscating black comedy reflecting our alarm but also our fascination with America."

London: Bantam, 2001. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Very Good. Not from a library. 367 pages.

London: HarperCollins, 2005. Trade Paperback. Special Overseas Edition 2005, first printing. Published in the U.S. as 36 Yalta Boulevard. Very Good+. Interior unmarked, page edges slightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light rubbing and reading wear to covers. Light remainder mark to bottom edge. Not from a library. Not clipped. 308 pages. A powerful, atmospheric thriller which perfectly captures the paranoia of Cold War Europe and the terrible dangers facing a man caught up in a game whose rules are constantly changing.

New York: Vintage, April 1986. Trade paperback. First Vintage Books Edition. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 350 pages. An inside account of the Vietnam war and its aftermath.

Alexandria, Virginia: VSP Books. 2007. Hardcover. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Inscribed by illustrator on title page, otherwise book is pristine inside and out. One inch scratch to jacket spine, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 32 pages.

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

New York: Henry Holt, April 2009. Trade Paperback. First printing / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 445 pages. What happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn't have a clue, nor do most Americans. So he sets off across the continent to rediscover the wild era when Europeans first roamed the New World in quest of gold, glory, converts, and eternal youth.

London: Hakluyt Society, 2000. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. As New. Securely bound with two staples in heavy paper wraps. Not from a library. 24 pages, 22 B&W illustrations. Lecture Delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Hakluyt Society, 7 July 1999.

London: Hakluyt Society, 2008. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. As New. Securely bound with two staples in heavy paper wraps. Not from a library. 19 pages. Lecture Delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Hakluyt Society, 27 June 2007.

New York: Ace, May 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Ace Books 86608. 75¢. First stand-alone publication. No date of publication. First printing (No additional printings listed). No ISBN. Very Good. Light creasing and a .25 inch tear to front cover (see photos). Interior is tanned, but unmarked. Spine is straight and very tight. Not from a library. 154 pages. Counter Objective, unbiased and hyperrational, the Vulcan 3 should have been the perfect ruler. The omnipotent computer dictates policy that is in the best interests of all citizens—or at least, that is the idea. But when the machine, whose rule evolved out of chaos and war, begins to lose control of the "Healer" movement of religious fanatics and the mysterious force behind their rebellion, all Hell breaks loose. Written in 1960, Philip K. Dick's paranoid novel imagines a totalitarian state in which hammer-headed robots terrorize citizens and freedom is an absurd joke. William Barrios, the morally conflicted hero, may be the only person who can… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi, January 2012. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Fine book in a Fine jacket. Red dot on bottom edge, otherwise as new. Not from a library. Not clipped. 285 pages. The fifth book in the Sonchai Jitpleecheep series.