Beevor, Anthony:The Mystery of Olga Chekhova : A Life Torn Apart By Revolution And War
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Pan Books, UK, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 379 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 2001. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: C… Meer...
Pan Books, UK, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 379 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 2001. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 'Irish American Billionaire seeks Bright. Beautiful, Independent, But Above All Irish Wife. Please Send Photo and 300 Word Essay About Yourself to Po Box NY14786. Looking for Genuine Love. No Time-Wasting Money Grabbers Please.' Lorna has been twenty five for nearly ten years and it's starting to show. Successful and sassy, her money's been spent on hard living and tough toyboys. She's hoping to pull her Ferrari into the last gas station before the desert. Gloria is watching her hard earned business go up the nose of her womanising ex. Tired of life and not yet thirty, she's determined never to go back to poverty again. Sandy has other things on her mind. This is the story that could make or break her career as a journalist. But will her long red curls win her a husband into the bargain? Three women, one bolshy billionaire. Hopelessly romantic Mr Big has whittled down the single women of Ireland and now he's coming over to choose. Will he find a more crafty cat than the cooing colleen he was hoping for? Or will one of them strike gold? *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0330484915. ISBN/EAN: 9780330484916. Inventory No: 20100452.. 9780330484916, Pan Books, 2001, 3, Renaissance Books, Los Angeles, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 288 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Natasha Hoffman knew that she'd been called to Carnac in northern France. An artist, healer, and "intuitive," Hoffman felt welcome in the presence of the mysterious giant monuments that stand there-- the megalithic standing stones set up around the same time as Stonehenge. Walking among these alignments with her companion, Hamilton Hill, she first heard the voice. "This is a library," she said, "and we can read it." So began the "receiving" of the revelations encoded in certain of the standing stones. Sneaking past barriers, eluding gendarmes, encountering a goblin, even working by moonlight, Hoffman and Hill sought out particular stones. Natasha "read" the information held in them, using a pendulum for question-and-answer dowsing to check it. Hamilton, also a dowser, transcribed it using rods. Readers will be struck by the beauty of the message, its clarity, authority, and compassion. "You are addicted to suffering," the Archangels say, "because you have been made to feel guilty about joy." The message leaves us with renewed hope. With notes on the authors' personal pilgrimages and more than a dozen photographs, The Standing Stones Speak is more than a great adventure; it's a text that may become the New Age Bible. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: New Age & Alternative; Britain/UK; Myths, Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 1580631916. ISBN/EAN: 9781580631914. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7704. . 9781580631914, Renaissance Books, 2000, 5, Great Britain: Town County, 1984. Britain's maritime heritage is as dominant in the nation's history, development and current awareness as would be expected in an island race. Myths and legends, facts and fantasies, our coasts abound with the 'flavour' of the sea. Nowhere is this special aspect of our past more evident than in the south east corner of England where a remarkable group of ancient coastline towns etched their mark in our history by the creation of a unique confederation which retained stature and influence long after the purpose and value of the grouping had passed. To medieval Britain the Confederation of Cinque Ports was the country's - and the monarch's - guarantee of a navy. So, important was the availability of this impromptu force that much grace and favour was bestowed on those providing it and, until such time as a national Navy was formed, the towns concerned benefited hugely. Though in succeeding centuries the privileges granted to the Ports have greatly receded, the Confederation still played a ceremonial role at the last Coronation and the post of Chief Warden - currently held by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and before her by Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Robert Menzies - remains a treasured one. Today the grouping is more a useful reason for a thematic tour and promotion as a tourist area than its former cause and here in lies the reason for this colourful book. Oliver Mathews, who lives in the area, has captured the flavour and antiquity of the Cinque Ports in a series of beautiful studies which, with the accompanying text, will serve two purposes. The visitor will find it a useful guide, a stimulus to search out points of interest and a more pleasing memento than a dry history of the area whilst the resident will finally have a book of quality which truly demonstrates the beauty of the region and, thereby, probably their reason for living there. Illustrated. Photographs by Oliver Mathews.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good/fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback., Town County, 1984, 4, Great Britain: Town County, 1984. Britain's maritime heritage is as dominant in the nation's history, development and current awareness as would be expected in an island race. Myths and legends, facts and fantasies, our coasts abound with the 'flavour' of the sea. Nowhere is this special aspect of our past more evident than in the south east corner of England where a remarkable group of ancient coastline towns etched their mark in our history by the creation of a unique confederation which retained stature and influence long after the purpose and value of the grouping had passed. To medieval Britain the Confederation of Cinque Ports was the country's - and the monarch's - guarantee of a navy. So, important was the availability of this impromptu force that much grace and favour was bestowed on those providing it and, until such time as a national Navy was formed, the towns concerned benefited hugely. Though in succeeding centuries the privileges granted to the Ports have greatly receded, the Confederation still played a ceremonial role at the last Coronation and the post of Chief Warden - currently held by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and before her by Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Robert Menzies - remains a treasured one. Today the grouping is more a useful reason for a thematic tour and promotion as a tourist area than its former cause and here in lies the reason for this colourful book. Oliver Mathews, who lives in the area, has captured the flavour and antiquity of the Cinque Ports in a series of beautiful studies which, with the accompanying text, will serve two purposes. The visitor will find it a useful guide, a stimulus to search out points of interest and a more pleasing memento than a dry history of the area whilst the resident will finally have a book of quality which truly demonstrates the beauty of the region and, thereby, probably their reason for living there. Illustrated. Photographs by Oliver Mathews.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good/fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback., Town County, 1984, 4, Great Britain: Town County, 1984. Britain's maritime heritage is as dominant in the nation's history, development and current awareness as would be expected in an island race. Myths and legends, facts and fantasies, our coasts abound with the 'flavour' of the sea. Nowhere is this special aspect of our past more evident than in the south east corner of England where a remarkable group of ancient coastline towns etched their mark in our history by the creation of a unique confederation which retained stature and influence long after the purpose and value of the grouping had passed. To medieval Britain the Confederation of Cinque Ports was the country's - and the monarch's - guarantee of a navy. So, important was the availability of this impromptu force that much grace and favour was bestowed on those providing it and, until such time as a national Navy was formed, the towns concerned benefited hugely. Though in succeeding centuries the privileges granted to the Ports have greatly receded, the Confederation still played a ceremonial role at the last Coronation and the post of Chief Warden - currently held by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and before her by Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Robert Menzies - remains a treasured one. Today the grouping is more a useful reason for a thematic tour and promotion as a tourist area than its former cause and here in lies the reason for this colourful book. Oliver Mathews, who lives in the area, has captured the flavour and antiquity of the Cinque Ports in a series of beautiful studies which, with the accompanying text, will serve two purposes. The visitor will find it a useful guide, a stimulus to search out points of interest and a more pleasing memento than a dry history of the area whilst the resident will finally have a book of quality which truly demonstrates the beauty of the region and, thereby, probably their reason for living there. Illustrated. Photographs by Oliver Mathews.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good/fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback., Town County, 1984, 4, UK,12mo p/back original,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.First printed format,so a true 1st edn.Paperback originaldenotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, butp/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE+. Wrapped and protected from day of purchase/issue,so no owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's colour photographic illustrated front wrap/cover,with green,brown and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original card wraps.UK,12mo p/back original,1st edn,1-271pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters and an everafter,subject's b/w photographic chapter headpieces,plus [unpaginated] half-title with dog's b/w portrait photograph to its recto,title page,a dedication (to his Koontz's wife Gerda),an epigram,title separator page,and 6pp blanks at the rear of the book. A heart-warming memoir of a very special dog from bestselling author Dean Koontz. Dean Koontz had thought he was happy.He had been married to his high-school sweetheart,Gerda,since the age of twenty,and they had made a good life together in Southern California.Though famous the world over for his best selling thrillers exploring the dark side of human nature,Dean's own life was the picture of peace and contentment.Then along came Trixie.Trixie had trained as a companion dog for the disabled butan injury prevented her taking up the work,and instead she undertook to restore a sense of wonder in the Koontz household - when they hadn't even known they lacked one.ButTrixie had a tremendous impact on their lives,not only because she brought with her a sense of fun and pure love and affection,but also because she taught them that we should trust our intuition as dogs trust theirs,and believein the miraculous. At once joyful,heartbreaking and yet uplifting,'A Big Little Life' is also a tribute to a beautiful friend and will remind readers everywhere that the love of our canine friends is a love that lasts more than a lifetime. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HARPER,2009., 5, David & Charles Publishers March 1, 2003. 2003. Softcover. 4to softcover 128pp near fine. Book Description: Bring a dash of colour to windows, doors and household glassware with this comprehensive and enjoyable guide. nnTaking inspiration from the luminous beauty of stained glass, painting on glass is a simple yet dramatically effective decorative technique which involves little cost and, with the help of this book, can be enjoyed by all artistic abilities. A complete introduction to the craft, it contains a complete guide to materials and techniques, a host of projects to try, a library of trace-off motifs and an invaluable trouble shooting section. Decorate plates, glasses, bottles, trinket boxes, mirrors, picture frames, vases, cabinet doors, storage jars and many other items with the ideas presented here. Detailed step-by- step instructions are accompanied by specially commissioned colour photographs of the projects to ensure success every time. nnOnce you have started painting on glass, you will find it hard to stop, and will never look at a plain glass surface in the same way again! nnJane Dunsterville is one of Britain's leading glass painting specialists. A trained interior and exhibition designer, her love of stained glass has led her to practise that craft and diversify into glass painting. Jane and her husband run a successful business, Dunsterville Craft and Design, which makes and supplies glass painting kits, and runs courses on the craft. This is Jane's second book for David & Charles, her first being Glass Painting Projects, written with her husband. Jane lives in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. ., David & Charles Publishers March 1, 2003, 2003, 0, UK: Penguin Books, 2005. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi 319 pages, illustrated with black and white photos. The pages are tanned, else immaculate. A couple of weeks after my new copy arrived, my lost copy reappeared. Guaranteed never read. "Olga Chekhova was the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov and a Russian beauty. She was also a famous Nazi-era film actress, closely associated with Adolf Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev to work for Soviet intelligence; in return, her family were allowed to join her. By 1945, several of them were trapped in Berlin as the Red Army approached; meanwhile, as Olga had appeared in photographs with Hitler and his entourage, the rest of her family in Moscow were waiting to be arrested by the NKVD secret police. The dramatic tale of how one family survived through the Russian Revolution, the Civil War, the rise of Hitler and Stalin, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union is, in Antony Beevor's hands, a breathtaking tale of glamour and survival. It's an extraordinary story of extraordinary times." (Publisher), Penguin Books, 2005, 5<
