Bumper books (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New. In English.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 162 pages.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the summer of 1970, racial unrest in Asbury Park sends three teenage friends into turmoil. 2024 Best New Fiction Winner (National Indie Excellence Awards)2024 Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book in Fiction (Independent Book Publishers Association)2024 Silver Medal Winner in Regional Fiction (Independent Publisher Book Awards)2024 Finalist for Best General Fiction (Next Generation Indie Book Awards)2024 Bronze Medalist for Best First Book - Fiction (Independent Publisher Book Awards)2024 Best Regional Fiction Finalist (National Indie Excellence Awards)It's July of 1970. The decaying beach town of Asbury Park, New Jersey erupts with racial unrest that propels three unlikely teenage friends into turmoil. Adam, Mollie, and Howard struggle with family conflicts and their racial, cultural and class identities in the midst of the chaos. Town and teens will never be the same. When the smoke clears, secrets that brought the trio to this fateful time and place are revealed and continue to intertwine their lives in the years to come. The boardwalk and beaches become the setting for personal revelations, encounters with the dark side of human nature, and brushes with the supernatural.No Lifeguard on Duty will stir a range of emotions and its nuanced treatment of race and class is as relevant today as it was in 1970.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 72 pages. Cover worn. Corners worn.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 162 pages. tidy ex reference library -card covers plastic protected.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jackets. First Edition. Part One ISBN 0958353786. Published 1998 Part Two ISBN 0958364931. Published 1999. Paperbacks in very tidy condition. No inscriptions. 91pp& 116pp. Tales of Anna Hoffman is an autobiographical tale of a typical New Zealand girl growing up in a typical small town in New Zealand in the forties and fifties. Anna Hoffman, born in Taumaranui, was a teenager searching for love who fell in the gay and bawdy Auckland of the fifties, rubbing shoulders with the bright, the liberal and disjointed, an independent woman who became the stuff of tabloid scandals. It is a confession of life through the eyes of a growing girl, her emerging sexuality and how she assesses adults' behaviour in relation to her own growing rebelliousness. She recognises the stifling conformity and repressiveness of the era and vows to break out - not only of her caring, closeting and happy home - but also out of Auckland and eventually New Zealand altogether. She concentrates on her music studies as a way out. This story relates the twists and turns that her life takes while she follows her dream of going to Paris. Part 2 details 1 year of her life in 1955 in Sydney's Kings Cross.…