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Zustand: Good. 1978. Paperback. Good clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 24 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.06 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. An unblemished edition housed in a price-clipped Near Fine dust-jacket; 1876Eroica is a novel that tells the story of a young man's journey from innocence to experience. It is a story of war, love, and loss.; 8vo; 320 pages.

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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. soft cover with clear protective wrapper, minimal rubbing to edges, minor marks to protective wrapper, 158pp pages, overall very good condition.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 120 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x0.30 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. First edition. Quarto. 223, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. Photo-illustrated half-title. This remarkable work surveys ancient through 20th century Chinese carpets. Includes an overview of materials, construction, points of identification, symbols and symbolism, weaving methods and techniques. This study is delightfully illustrated throughout with 160 illustrations, including 120 plates in full color, line drawings, and maps. Minor shelf wear. Dust-jacket in overall good+ to very good, binding and interior in very good condition.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE TIME HERE ACTUALLY RUNS FASTERA Novel by Vassily RostovIn Cursov, time is not measured by the sun - it is measured by the toll on the body.In a devastated colony planet managed by the cold bureaucratic machine of five empires in constant war, an official day lasts only sixteen hours. To the imperial administration, it looks like a accounting miracle: by converting prison sentences to the new short-day calendar, poster signs promise that convicts will serve their time and be released in far fewer years.However, the paperwork conceals a cruel equation. The human body cannot read conversion tables. There is no discount on exhaustion, hunger, or cold. With compressed shifts and insufficient time between them for the body to recover, serving six years in Cursov ages a human being by fifteen. Those who manage to survive and return home discover that their families aged at the slow rhythm of the universe, while they carry the brutal wear and tear of a whole lifetime squeezed into a handful of years.The Time Here Actually Runs Faster is a compelling novel about resilience, human accounting, the coldness of bureaucratic systems, and the dignity of those who strive to survive within them.There is a handwritten phrase painted on a wall in the municipality of Dorna, in the Kholna oblast, in Vetrenia - a name that, before the five empires arrived, belonged to an entire country, with its own flag and a national anthem that some old folks, they say, still hum softly when they think nobody is listening. The phrase reads: 'The time here actually runs faster.'I want you to think about this with me for a second, because we are going to spend the next four hundred pages coming back to this phrase, and I would prefer you hate it right from the start for the right reasons.A day in Cursov is sixteen hours long. It is not the planet's orbit - it is a line in an administrative regulation, signed by a man who probably looked good in a suit, had neat handwriting, and had no idea - or, worse, a perfect idea - of what he was signing. And this is where things get interesting, because you might be thinking: shorter days, okay, more days per year, so what Let me do the math with you, slowly, because the imperial administration was counting on nobody doing it.A standard imperial year has eight thousand seven hundred and sixty hours. With twenty-four-hour days, that makes three hundred and sixty-five days. With sixteen-hour days - Cursov math -, that very same year, with the same sun rising and setting the same number of times, contains five hundred and forty-seven days. Not more hours. Not more sun. Just more days, on paper.And sentences in Cursov are not counted in years. They are counted in served days. Do you think this is a bureaucratic coincidence I thought so too, the first time I read the archives. It isn't.…

Numerous colour and black and white photographs, 224pp, bibliography, index, front top edge of front free endpaper has been cut 11 x 2.75cm, else a very good copy in protected dustjacket.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - EL TIEMPO AQUÍ CORRE MÁS RÁPIDO, EN REALIDADUna novela de Vassily RostovEn Cursov, el tiempo no se mide por el sol: se mide por el desgaste del cuerpo.En un planeta colonia devastado y administrado por la fría maquinaria burocrática de cinco imperios en constante guerra, un día oficial dura solo dieciséis horas. Para la administración imperial, parece un milagro de contabilidad: al convertir las condenas a la escala del nuevo calendario de días cortos, los carteles anuncian que los reclusos cumplirán su pena y saldrán en muchos menos años.Pero el papeleo oculta una ecuación cruel. El cuerpo humano no sabe leer tablas de conversión. No hay descuento para el cansancio, el hambre o el frío. Con turnos comprimidos y sin tiempo suficiente entre ellos para que el organismo se recupere, seis años en Cursov envejecen a un ser humano quince. Quienes logran sobrevivir y regresar a casa descubren que sus familias envejecieron al ritmo lento del universo, mientras ellos cargan con el desgaste brutal de una vida entera exprimida en un puñado de años.El tiempo aquí corre más rápido, en realidad es una historia absorbente sobre la resiliencia, la contabilidad humana, la frialdad de los sistemas burocráticos y la dignidad de quienes intentan sobrevivir dentro de ellos. Hay una frase pintada a mano en un muro del municipio de Dorna, en la óblast de Kholna, en Vetrenia -un nombre que, antes de que llegaran los cinco imperios, pertenecía a un país entero, con su propia bandera y un himno que aún hoy, según dicen, algunos viejos tararean en voz baja cuando creen que nadie los escucha-. La frase dice: El tiempo aquí corre más rápido, en realidad.Quiero que pienses en esto conmigo durante un segundo, porque vamos a pasar las próximas cuatrocientas páginas volviendo a esta frase, y prefiero que la odies desde el principio por las razones correctas.Un día en Cursov dura dieciséis horas. No es la órbita del planeta: es una línea en un reglamento administrativo, firmada por un hombre que probablemente vestía un buen traje, tenía buena caligrafía y no tenía idea -o, peor aún, tenía la idea perfecta- de lo que estaba firmando. Y aquí es donde la cosa se pone interesante, porque tú, tal vez, estés pensando: días más cortos, de acuerdo, más días por año, ¿y qué Déjame sacar las cuentas contigo, despacio, porque la administración imperial contaba con que nadie las sacara.Un año estándar imperial tiene ocho mil setecientas sesenta horas. Con días de veinticuatro horas, eso suma trescientos sesenta y cinco días. Con días de dieciséis horas -las cuentas de Cursov-, ese mismo año, con el mismo sol naciendo y poniéndose la misma cantidad de veces, contiene quinientos cuarenta y siete días. No más horas. No más sol. Solo más días, en el papel.Y las condenas en Cursov no se cuentan en años. Se cuentan en días cumplidos. ¿Crees que esto es una coincidencia burocrática Yo también lo creía la primera vez que leí los archivos. No lo es.…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Russian and English. (art, paintings, books in russian) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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Zustand: new. Pages: 638 Language: Russian. Istoriko-khronograficheskoe sochinenie svjatitelja Dimitrija Rostovskogo "Kelejnyj letopisets", napisannoe im v poslednie gody zhizni, polzovalos v XVIII i XIX vekakh bolshoj populjarnostju. V ego soderzhanii zhanr khronografa - drevnejshego istoricheskogo letopisanija - unikalno sochetaetsja s bogoslovskimi rassuzhdenijami, chto obuslovlivaet osobuju smyslovuju emkost teksta. Svjatitel Ignatij Brjanchaninov i prepodobnyj Amvrosij Optinskij ukazyvali na osobuju znachimost "Letopistsa" "dlja rukovodstva, v samoj zhizni, chtoby znat i umet, kak kogda dolzhno postupit chisto po-khristianski, soglasno pravoslavnym postanovlenijam". Kniga soprovozhdaetsja vstupitelnoj statej, rasskazyvajuschej ob istorii sozdanija "Letopistsa". Izdanie rasschitano na shirokij krug chitatelej. 9785001274063.…

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