John r downes (24 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover without jacket; spine is rather faded. Few superficial marks on boards; very minor wear on leading corners and spine ends. One or two minor marks on page block. All content is clear, and pages are clean and sound throughout. TS. Used.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Following the English colonists' arrival to America's shores, Indian tribes strived to achieve peace and coexistence with them-and simultaneously retain their homelands, hunting grounds, native culture, and religion.Those early colonists were followed by thousands more, then millions, who advanced the frontier from New England steadily westward across the central plains and Rockies to the Pacific.The Enchanted Pipe relates decades of Indian struggle, represented by the leadership, wisdom, opportunity, and bravery of three tribal leaders-Red Jacket, Sitting Bull, and Chief Joseph. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of WWII's most successful weapons was the Norden bombsight. Nazis coveted them the most from downed US bombers. American flyboys were taught to destroy the bombsights with thermal grenades, which caused them to melt into a molten mass rather than let them fall into enemy hands. When Hitler learns that an improved version would undergo testing on a B-17 by Honeywell Corporation in Minnesota, he orders Abwehr (German intelligence) to steal it for deliverance to his scientists and engineers in Berlin. Two spies with specific skills are tasked for the assignment. The idealism of one conflicts with the murderous acts of the other. Slayings occur during their journey from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, to Wold-Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis. Colonel Lukas Schott, the scion of German royalty, is a country gentleman and is blind to the fanaticism and treachery of the Third Reich. Major Rebekka Bader, an orphan and a pathological killer, wreaks destruction and death at every opportunity. Dissonance between them is ever-present. FBI Chief Inspector Lorenzo Tharp, like a bloodhound, follows their trail of dead bodies.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thirteen million dollars remain buried from a Spokane bank heist ten yearsearlier. Only one of the five robbers was captured. The day he's releasedfrom prison, he hurries to a rendezvous with another at Becky Allison'sblackjack table, where the two exchange the coded whereabouts of othergang members and two of five clues necessary to locate the cache. Sensingthey've been followed, both head for the casino elevator, after tipping Beckywith large bills. The Blackjack List is folded inside one of them. Peril looms.The chase begins.Being both the pursued AND pursuer is the double bind that confrontsBecky Allison and Dr. David Baxter, her fiancé. Whatever they do risks theirlives. Bad guys galore turn up everywhere during forty-eight frenetic hoursof fleeing, chasing, and deciphering the treasure map -The Blackjack List.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnFollowing the English colonists arrival to America s shores, Indian tribes strived to achieve peace and coexistence with them-and simultaneously retain their homelands, hunting grounds, native culture, and religion.nnThose early .

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnOne of WWII s most successful weapons was the Norden bombsight. Nazis coveted them the most from downed US bombers. American flyboys were taught to destroy the bombsights with thermal grenades, which caused them to melt into a mol.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThirteen million dollars remain buried from a Spokane bank heist ten yearsnearlier. Only one of the five robbers was captured. The day he s releasednfrom prison, he hurries to a rendezvous with another at Becky Allison snblackjack.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Spokane architect's ever-constant struggles with the Establishment, lawyers, bureaucrats, politicians, educators, activists, and myriad others, exhibits his bulldog nature, talent, and vision of the future he needed to weather the storms and overcome.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Scene Menagerie contains an assortment of fiction scenes and episodes from the novels and short stories of one author, John R. Downes, plus a few excerpts from his nonfictions thrown into the mix. What a range of subjects! War, the Great Depression, Custer's Last Stand, FBI, orphans, espionage, US history, gunfighters, bank robbers, Adbiz, growing up, mass merchandising, bad guys, dreams, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, code breaking, salesmanship, Hollywood, and more. Many novels contain scenes and episodes that can stand on their own as vignettes, short stories, and worthwhile reads. Regardless of whether the prolific authors are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Elmore Leonard, John Grisham, John Steinbeck, and hundreds of others, a reader can cull through their collection of tales and discover a treasure trove of candidate excerpts.Why not a selection of scenes and episodes from one author's repertoire of published fiction The Scene Menagerie answers that question.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThe Scene Menagerie contains an assortment of fiction scenes and episodes from the novels and short stories of one author, John R. Downes, plus a few excerpts from his nonfictions thrown into the mix. What a range of subjects! War.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnTwo Came Running is a depiction of heroism, talent, and genius-all embodied in one family. A war hero s prodigious son and daughter cope with multiple tragedies in their youth but rise to prominence on the world scene. Separately .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Two Came Running is a depiction of heroism, talent, and geniusall embodied in one family. A war hero's prodigious son and daughter cope with multiple tragedies in their youth but rise to prominence on the world scene. Separately they perform vital roles in the struggle against the twentieth century's greatest menace.Commencing in Chicago and rural Nebraska during the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, their journey takes them into the 1930s and 1940s through Hollywood; Washington, DC; and England as WWII rages.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. An attractive selection of books on the Medieval era, particularly on contemporary thought and virtues across Britain and Europe. An attractive set of Medieval books that will offer the reader an insightful glimpse into thought, philosophy and theology in the Middle Ages. Published from 1950-1964.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. All wrappers are unclipped except Brakelond, Pulpit and Saint Anselm. A frontispiece appears in Southern's Middle Ages and Saint Anselm, while an illustrated map of 'The Liberty of Saint Edmund' appears in Brakelond. Collated complete.While often considered to be a period marked by decay and little progress, the Medieval period is one of the most fascinating times in history, filled with intrigue, power struggles and powerful reflections on virtues and ideals. This particular set focuses on Medieval Britain and Europe. List of works include:The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond, edited by H.E. Butler, with both the original Latin and English translation (1951 reprint).The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus, translated with notes and introduction by John Jay Perry (1964, second printing).The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy by Etienne Gilson, translated by A.H.C. Downes (1950 reprint).Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England by G.R. Owst (1961 reprint).The Making of the Middle Ages by R.W. Southern (1959 reprint).Saint Anselm and his Biographer: A Study of Monastic Life and Thought by R.W. Southern (1963, first edition).Philosophy in the Middle Ages by Paul Vignaux, translated by E.C. Hall (1959, first translated edition). In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. Externally, very smart with clean boards. Minimal bumping to head and tail of spines, a marginally heavier to Owst, Gilson, and Capellanus, where a fraction of cloth has lifted. Dust wrapper are generally clean, with sunning to the extremities and spines. Sunning heaviest to wrapper spines of Gilson, Vigneux and Owst. Minor shelf wear to wrapper extremities, with the occasional small chip. Small closed tears to wrapper top edges except Owst. End papers are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to Brakelond, Owst, Anselm and a little heavier to Making. Very faint offsetting to Capellanus and Gilson. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with light spotting to extremities of first and final leaves of Brakelond and Making. Very Good. Unknown (illustrator). book. …