Breslin, Jimmy:Damon Runyon : A Life
- pocketboek 2009, ISBN: 9780899199849
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UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover., 0, UsedVeryGood. Used Very Good:Minor shelf wear., 0, UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear, 0, London, United Kingdom: Viking, 2005. New boo… Meer...
UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover., 0, UsedVeryGood. Used Very Good:Minor shelf wear., 0, UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear, 0, London, United Kingdom: Viking, 2005. New book, 412 pages. This book follows the story of the city that was built on the dreams of the American gold rush, and was destroyed in less than a minute. Just before dawn on 18 April 1906 a massive earthquake roared through the city of San Francisco, tearing through the main thouroughfare of the town in huge, undulating waves as the entire surface of the earth and everything that stood upon it seemed to lift up and roll in from the ocean. Houses crashed to the ground, people were shaken from their beds, and within moments great fires burst into life across the city and raged for three days.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Viking, 2005, 5, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 2006 Crown Publishers, New York. 2006. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Black boards with yellow overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 338 pp. Flapper is a dazzling look at the women who launched the first truly modern decade. The New Woman of the 1920s puffed cigarettes, snuck gin, hiked her hemlines, danced the Charleston, and necked in roadsters. Most important she earned her own keep, controlled her own destiny, and secured liberties that modern women take for granted. A radical change in American culture was upon us. A clean pristine copy., Crown Publishers, 2006, 5, Washington DC: Zenger Publishing, 1980. reprint. VG/VG dust jacket, light rubbing to dust jacket. xx, 271 p, photos, 8vo, Zenger Publishing, 1980, 3, UsedLikeNew. Used Like-New:May have Remainder Mark., 0, UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark, 0, UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark, 0, New. <p>‘An <strong>engaging portrait of an indomitable woman</strong> at the heart of Golden Age Hollywood’ Gill Paul, bestselling author of <em>The Manhattan Girls</em></p> <p>âââââ ‘<strong>I was hooked from the first page</strong>… it had what I was looking for in the Golden Age of Hollywood’ NetGalley reviewer</p> <p>âââââ ‘<strong>Really reminded me of <em>City of Girls</em></strong>, the lifestyle, the glamour but also the tenderness… Wonderful!’ NetGalley reviewer</p> A compelling story inspired by the real life of silent movie icon, Alla Nazimova. For fans of <em>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo</em> and <em>City of Girls</em>. <p> <em>‘You’re young and beautiful. The world is your oyster – it’s up to you to find your pearl’</em> </p> <p>When Maybelle Crabtree, a God-fearing farm girl from Kentucky, has a chance encounter with a charismatic stranger, her life changes forever. With an invitation to join the infamous Alla Nazimova and her Sewing Circle, Maybelle’s eyes are opened to a life of decadence and glamour.</p> <p>Able to freely discover her own sexuality, Maybelle embraces all that Hollywood has to offer in the hedonist roaring twenties.</p> <p>But both Maybelle and Alla have secrets that threaten to bring their gilded lives crashing down. Hearts will be broken, careers destroyed and friendships shattered because what happens behind closed doors, doesn’t stay hidden forever…</p> <p>TW: This book contains scenes of a sexual nature, violence, domestic abuse and abortion.</p> Readers have been swept away by <em>Well Behaved Women</em>: <p>‘An enticing parallel portrait, of women endeavouring to be heard in a glittering but masculine era’ Mandy Robotham, international bestselling author</p> <p>‘An <strong>extraordinary</strong> story’ Georgia Kaufmann, author of <em>The Dressmaker of Paris </em></p> <p>‘<strong>Emotional and poignant</strong>… beautifully written and so evocative. A truly fantastic read!’ âââââ</p> <p>‘Excellent… <strong>I was totally involved in the story</strong>, the characters and their lives’ âââââ</p> <p>‘<strong>Eye-opening</strong>… a trip back in time’ âââââ</p> <p>‘A thoroughly engaging read with <strong>fascinating queer women</strong> against the backdrop of the Hollywood age. Bravo!’ ââââ</p> <p>‘I was not fully prepared to completely fall in love with this book’ ââââ</p> <p>‘<strong>Beautifully crafted</strong>, richly detailed with captivating characters’ ’ âââââ</p>, 6, AuthorHouse. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., AuthorHouse, 2.5, Paperback / softback. New. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL OF THE JAZZ AGE AND TRUE STORY OF ZELDA FITZGERALD, 'THE FIRST FLAPPER', WIFE AND MUSE TO F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: THE GOLDEN COUPLE OF THE ROARING TWENTIES, 6, Century, London, 2009. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 1017 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Century, London, 2009. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are slightly soiled. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Edward Rutherfurd tells the story of this great city as no other author could - from the epic, empty grandeur of the New World to the skyscrapers of the City that Never Sleeps, from the intimate detail of lives long forgotten to those lived today at breakneck speed. The novel begins with a tiny Indian fishing village and the Dutch traders who first carved out their hopes amidst the splendour of the wilderness. The British settlers and merchants followed, with their aristocratic governors and unpopular taxation which led to rebellion, war, the burning of the city and the birth of the American Nation. Yet a country that had already rent itself asunder once did so again over slavery. As the country fought its bloody Civil War, the city was torn apart by deadly riots. Hopes and dreams, greed and corruption - they have always been the companions of freedom and opportunity in the city's teeming streets. As the immigrant ships berthed next to Ellis Island in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, they poured more and more Germans, Irish, Italians and Jews into the churning ethnic mix of the city. Deals were struck, politicians corrupted, men bought or assassinated, heiresses wooed, fortunes were speculated on Wall Street and men became rich beyond the dreams of avarice. The heady seesaw of wealth and poverty was seen in the Roaring Twenties and the Great Crash, the city's future symbolised by its buildings which literally touched the sky: the Empire State, the Chrysler Building, the Twin Towers. Rutherfurd tells this irresistible story through a cast of fictional and true characters whose fates interweave in the rise and fall, fall and rise of the city's fortunes. It is the story of how in four centuries New York became the envy of the world. And in telling the story through the lens of New York, Rutherfurd brings the story of America itself to unforgettable life in this epic masterpiece. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN/EAN: 9781846051968. Inventory No: 18070129.. 9781846051968, Century, 2009, 2.5, Arbor House / William Morrow, publishers, New York 1988 hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket She was a genuine screen goddess, the embodiment of beauty, wealth and sophistication. He was the prototypical Wall Street wheeler-dealer. Together, Gloria Swanson and Joseph P Kennedy were a formidable couple - and their reckless three-year love affair at the tail end of the Roaring Twenties was the stuff of legends. These two remarable people loved, fought and made movies together. This book is their larger-than-life story as it's never been told before., Arbor House / William Morrow, publishers, New York, 1988, 5, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hearst and her co-author, Biddle, use the real, 1924 murder of movie producer, Thomas Ince, aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst, the author's grandfather, as the basis for this mystery-crime novel, with much of the story's action at San Simeon, the millionaire's castle on the California coast. The story features Catha Burke, a history professor with a very personal interest in the woman wrongly charged with Ince's death. Burke, becomes, 70 years after the crime, determined to find the truth. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only a touch of edge wear, no creasing, no tears or chipping, not price-clipped. The author's own history as a 1974 kidnap victim and hostage of the Symbionese Liberation Army, gives the novel an extra interest. Collectable copy., Simon & Schuster, 1996, 4.5, New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. Book. Good. Hardcover. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Biography of the celebrated American writer and journalist, the milieu of Broadway and the Roaring Twenties that he lived and worked in, the big news stories he covered, the sports he wrote on, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, 410pp., d.j. shows light general wear with some staining to jacket reverse, book shows pen markings here and there as well as inside boards. A good reading and working copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Ticknor & Fields, 1991, 2.5<
