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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good+. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; a very light bump at the spine heel has caused a short wrinkle at the lower left front of the soft cover, and there is a touch of shelfwear at corners, otherwise excellent.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine. includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: near fine dust-jacket, cover price $24.95, fresh attractive copy, fine condition, green hardcover. MORSE, SANDELL. The spiral shell: a French village reveals its secrets of Jewish resistance in World War II : a memoir. Tucson, AZ: Schaffner Press, 2020, no additional printings noted on copyright page, 240pp., . "April 2020 will mark the 80th Anniversary of the fall of France to Nazi Germany, and the establishment of the provisional government of the Vichy state, a puppet of the Axis regime, to carry out the arrest and deportation of all Jewish civilians. In the course of her writing residency over a three-year period in the village of Auvillar, the author learns of acts of bravery and rebellion on the part of several of the Jewish families and individuals who risked their lives to save innocent refugees and children orphaned by the Holocaust, and gradually gains their trust enough for them to share the details of their harrowing experiences of rebellion and resistance. The author in turn discovers truths about her own life and Jewish heritage in America, which she now sees in the light of the bravery and selflessness of those who elected to act and not stand by idly in the face of oppression and genocide". ISBN 9781943156924.…

8° (21x15), 240 p., publisher's hardbound with pictorial jacket, tight and clean, well cared, April 2020 will mark the 80th Anniversary of the fall of France to Nazi Germany, and the establishment of the provisional government of the Vichy state, a puppet of the Axis regime, to carry out the arrest and deportation of all Jewish civilians. In the course of her writing residency over a three-year period in the village of Auvillar, the author learns of acts of bravery and rebellion on the part of several of the Jewish families and individuals who risked their lives to save innocent refugees and children orphaned by the Holocaust, and gradually gains their trust enough for them to share the details of their harrowing experiences of rebellion and resistance. The author in turn discovers truths about her own life and Jewish heritage in America, which she now sees in the light of the bravery and selflessness of those who elected to act and not stand by idly in the face of oppression and genocide. (publisher) * * * EU-AUSLAND: Wir versenden nach Österreich und nach Frankreich - kein Versand in die restlichen EU-Länder möglich ** due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING within the EU except to France and to Austria * * * BTC on-chain & lightning accepted * * *.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. During its heyday, the Chelsea Hotel in New York City was a home and safe haven for Bohemian artists, poets, and musicians such as Bob Dylan, Gregory Corso, Alan Ginsberg, Janis Joplin, and Dee Dee Ramone. This oral history of the famed hotel peers behind the iconic facade and delves into the mayhem, madness, and brilliance that stemmed from the hotel in the 1980s and 1990s. Providing a window into the late Bohemia of New York during that time, countless interviews and firsthand accounts adorn this social history of one of the most celebrated and culturally significant landmarks in New York City. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In this profound and poetically written novel by the award-winning Mauritanian author Beyrouk, a young man, Nadir, must confront his inner demons in the wake of a passionate act of violence that left a woman lying unresponsive at the water's edge. In a state of moral confusion, he flees the scene of the crime and joins up with a friend who acts as a tour guide for foreign tourists camping in the desert where he is hired as the group's "griot" or storyteller for the wide-eyed children of the families seeking the real desert experience. As he regales them with fantastic tales of djinns and far-away worlds, he grapples with his conscience as to whether or not he should turn himself in and confess his crime to the police. Beyrouk brings the desert to life with vivid descriptions of the dunes, the stars and the emptiness of the sub-Saharan region while recounting his protagonist's outer and inner voyages. Wrestling with his own dilemna, Nadir reflects on his father, a much beloved griot and guide, who had been falsely accused and condemned for a crime. In a narrative that brings to mind Albert Camus' The Stranger and the writing of Antoine de St. Exupery, Beyrouk draws the reader deep into this young man's moral anxiety and fears as he determines the right path to take. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In this vividly imagined historical novel set in 18th and 19th Century Europe, and based on actual events, Emmanuel Dongala limns the life of George Bridgetower, the young mixed-race violin prodigy who took the classical music world by storm. Part Black from his Barbadan father and part-White from his Polish mother who served as a handmaiden in the Hungarian court, George Bridgetower first mesmerized the world at the cusp of the French Revolution, and went on to become of England's Prince of Wales before arriving in Vienna where he became the protege of Ludwig Van Beethoven with whom he composed and performed a brilliant duet for piano and violin that the maestro dubbed the Sonata Mulattica--but later retracted the name and retitled it the Kreutzer Sonata in a fit of rage after a falling-out with the young George. A vividly imagined historical novel concerning the actual figure of George Bridgetower, a mixed-race violin prodigy who mesmerized the musical and courtly worlds of Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and became a friend and protege of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In this gripping novel set in both French Guinea and Paris, award-winning author (The King of Kahel) Tierno Mone nembo explores themes of international exile, sexual abuse, generational trauma and repressed memory of a people and country under the regime of dictator Sekou Toure from 1956-1982 in which 50,000 people were reported killed or disappeared. With his title character Ve ronique Bangoura, Mone nembo provides a portrait of a powerful female protagonist living under an assumed name in exile, having fled her native country to take on a new identity and occupation as caregiver for an elderly and infirm gentleman. Prompted by a friendship she has struck up with an older woman who claims to recognize her, she finds a confidante to whom she relates her personal story, when as a young teenager she killed her father in self-defense upon his attempt to rape her, and fled into the slums of Conakry where she was taken in by a gang of women and their matriarch, Aye Bamby, who mentors her in a life of petty crime and prostitution. In this complexly unwinding plot told in alternating parallel narratives, the dark political history of her parentage as well as the truth behind her many lives is revealed. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Writing letters to his deceased wife from the confines of a prison cell, a father reflects romantically on their life together and the free-spirited nomadic life that they enjoyed in their youth; while his son, left to fend for himself in an increasingly hostile and modernized urban environment falls into petty crime and gang life in the hardscrabble slum districts of Mauritania's capital city. This haunting and elegiac novel provides a moving portrayal of the modern world encroaching on the old ways in sub-Saharan Africa as told from the alternating voices of a father in prison and his son on the outside struggling to survive. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The first full-length, authoritative, and detailed story of the iconic actor's life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal-sheet reporting of earlier books, this account offers an appreciation for the man and his acting career and the classic films he starred in, painting a portrait of an individual who took great risks in his acting and career. Although Lee Marvin is best known for his icy tough guy rolessuch as his chilling titular villain in The ManWho Shot Liberty Valance or the paternal yet brutally realistic platoon leader in The Big Red Onevery little is known of his personal life; his family background; his experiences in WWII; his relationship with his father, family, friends, wives; and his ongoing battles with alcoholism, rage, and depression, occasioned by his postwar PTSD. Now, after years of researching and compiling interviews with family members, friends, and colleagues; rare photographs; and illustrative material, Hollywood writer Dwayne Epstein provides a full understanding and appreciation of this acting titans place in the Hollywood pantheon in spite of his very real and human struggles. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. When their car breaks down outside of the small Argentinian village of Los Huemules, indie filmmaker A lvaro and his wife, muse, and lead actress Alicia consider it a minor inconvenience. Seeking shelter in the town's lone motel, they settle in for a night of decadent fun, but after Alicia disappears without a trace the following morning, A lvaro embarks on an increasingly desperate quest to find her. Armed only with a video camera and with a growing sense of dread, A lvaro begins gradually uncovering the town's many dark secrets, with each revelation being more horrific than the last. Comparable to a David Lynch nightmare. "The Sancturary was originally published in Spanish as El criadero in 2003 by Caamara Argentina del Libro"--Title page verso. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This is an intimate and revealing biography of Agnes Martin, renowned American painter, considered one of the great women artists of the 20th and 21st Century. A resident of both New Mexico and New York City, Martin has always remained an enigma due to her fiercely guarded private life. Henry Martin, award-winning writer, and art scholar, having access to those who were close to Agnes Martinfriends, family, former loversgives us a full portrait of this universally revered artist. Readers will learn of her bouts with mental illness, her several significant lesbian relationships, and her lifelong yearning for recognition despite her reclusive lifestyle and need for privacy. Arriving in the wake of major international retrospective exhibitions of her work from London's Tate Modern, LACMA in Los Angeles, and the Guggenheim in New York City, this book provides a perspective of Agnes Martin that has not been seen in earlier, more academic works or fine-art monographs. Certain to be a mainstay for readers of the arts, and admirers of the creative spirit, this book also includes rare photographs from Martins family and friends, many of which have never appeared in a book before. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…