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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 479 p., 32 leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0671410105; 9780671410100; 0671422767 LCCN: 81-8465 ; LC: DT107.83; Dewey: 962/.053 ; OCLC: 7572151 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents : Cast of characters -- Prologue -- Part One: The fuse -- Attackers will not go away unpunished / Ben Gurion -- Helpless and utterly depressed / Sharett -- Where is dignity? / Nasser -- It could lead to war / Dulles -- Reduced to derision / Eban -- Part Two: The spark -- Let us compete/ Khrushchev -- Without the United States, Britain is alone / Churchill -- I was a victim myself / Mollet -- We had no interest in old fashion domination / Lloyd -- I prefer Arabs to Jews / Eden -- We have decided to fight / Peres -- Nasser soon must take vigorous steps / Byroade -- Weaken Nasser / Eisenhower -- Part Three: The explosion -- Israelis have something to lose / Hammarskjold -- We'll be plastered as assassins and baby killers / Mountbatten -- Eden is looking for a pretext / Pineau -- An opportunity to settle accounts / Dayan -- Ugly and unsmiling / Lodge -- The law of the jungle has been invoked / Gaitskell -- We have these socialists to lick / Humphrey -- Epilogue.; History of "the Suez Crisis of 1956." ; slight knock ; G. Book.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. John Shimon and Julie LIndemann (Cover photographs (illustrator). xii, 284, [4] pages. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. Signed by the author on the About the Author page. Michael Perry (born December 16, 1964) is an American author. After childhood on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, and subsequently worked as a nurse and an emergency medical technician. In addition to writing, Perry maintains a farm, raising chickens and formerly pigs. Perry hosts the nationally syndicated Tent Show Radio, performs as a humorist, and tours with his band, the Long Beds. His memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom. His book exploring the work of the French philosopher and essayist Michel de Montaigne, Montaigne in Barn Boots, was published in 2017. He had developed an interest in Montaigne's work while recuperating from a kidney stone, when he did research into his condition and saw references to Montaigne, who also suffered from that malady. Perry's essays and nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Backpacker, Outside and Runner's World. He has collaborated with the musician Justin Vernon on several projects and composed the liner notes for the Vernon-produced The Blind Boys of Alabama album I'll Find a Way. Perry has been the subject of three PBS Wisconsin specials: Michael Perry: How Ya Doin' (2019), Michael Perry: Where I Come From (2019), and Michael Perry: On the Road (2023). Whether he's fighting fires, passing a kidney stone, hammering down I-80 in an 18-wheeler, or meditating on the relationship between cowboys and God, Michael Perry draws on his rural roots and footloose past to write from a perspective that merges the local with the global. Ranging across subjects as diverse as lot lizards, Klan wizards, and small-town funerals, Perry's writing in this wise and witty collection of essays balances earthiness with poetry, kinetics with contemplation, and is regularly salted with his unique brand of humor. Derived from a Kirkus review: Thirty-three previously published essays ruminating on the author's childhood and painting word portraits of unique people he's met. Some of the pieces appeared in the two collections Perry self-published before HarperCollins released his memoir of life as a volunteer fireman in his Wisconsin hometown; others appeared in various, generally very-small-circulation periodicals. They deserve wider release: Perry has a real talent for mining quirky humor from even the most mundane situations, and humor isn't his only strength. He may write about Mrs. Oregon's eyebrows looking as if they'd been applied with motor oil, but he also poignantly depicts such memorable figures as Mack Most, a meat-market worker whose six-year-old daughter experiences kidney failure. Perry's description of the grinning slaughterhouse veteran, who has killed untold numbers of animals, leaves a lasting impression, as does his funny tale of dismantling Big Boy, the grinning, chubby-cheeked statue that adorned the front of many a Big Boy restaurant. This little vignette quite naturally leads to a discussion of other outsized restaurant creations, such as the 50-foot-tall Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth, Minnesota. Meanwhile, lying somewhere in tone between the gritty realism of the story on Mack Most and the shaggy-dog absurdity of the Big Boy piece is a perceptive profile of Aaron Tippin, a country singer obsessed with trucks who has quite an extensive collection of them. Aaron's recollections of how he acquired each truck are warm and funny, and Perry perfectly conveys the singer's character. A delightful mix of humor and pathos, touching the heart and tickling the funny bone. First Perennial Edition [Stated]. First printing [stated].

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Revised Shooting Final script for the 1956 film. Dramatic depiction of tests actually conducted on ejection seats of Stratojet bombers in Florida in the early 1950s. These tests were conducted by the US Air Forces as preparation for space travel. Shot on location at the Air Proving Grounds Command in Florida, and in New Mexico. Director Webb also directed "Love Me Tender" the same year, featuring Elvis Presley's acting debut. Salmon titled wrappers, noted as REVISED SHOOTING FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 1, dated September 9, 1955. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated September 9, 1955, noted as Revised Shooting Final Script, with a credit for screenwriter Wincelberg. 113 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Multilith duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 10/11/55 and 10/17/55. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: LaMonte Young, 1961. Sheet. Near fine, but for slight edgewear. An uncreased, unmailed copy of this mimeographed proto-Fluxus concert announcement. Program from a legendary series of performances held at Yoko Ono's studio (December 1960 - June 1961) at 112 Chambers Street in downtown Manhattan. #5 in the series, presented by La Monte Young: Poetry, Music & Theatre Works: Jackson Mac Low . The two night, 20-part performance features works written by Mac Low between December 1954 and March 1961. Performers and contributors include La Monte Young, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Diane Wakoski, Simone Morris, Joseph Byrd, Robert Dunn, Shimon Tamari, C.V.J. Anderson, Spencer Holst, Joan and Robert Kelly, Iris Lezak, and John Perreault. "This is #5 in the series presented by LaMonte Young. #6 will be Richard Maxfield. Other evenings will include music: George Brecht, John Cage, Walter DeMaria, Lucia Dlugoszewski, Robert Dunn, Dick Higgins, Dennis Johnson, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Terry Riley, David Tudor, Christian Wollf, LaMonte Young. Poetry: David Degner, Hans Helms, Terry Jennings, Yoko Ono, Diane Wakoski, James Waring. Machinery: Bob Morris. Somethingelse: Bob Morris, Simone (Forti) Morris, others to be arranged. No public announcements. Send names for mailing list: LaMonte Young, Apartment 1-G, 119 Bank Street, New York 14, New York.".