Search Results: Titles starting with D from Yesterday's Muse Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x2x9. First American edition. Minimal cosmetic wear. 1994 Hard Cover. 620, [3] pp. A biography of the British author whose works Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover faced censorship for their depictions of sexuality and use of foul language. "A personal look at a controversial literary figure examines his views on women, marriage, and sexuality, challenging current beliefs about his racism, adultery, repressed homosexuality, and his odd but enduring marriage to Frieda.

London: Andreas Et Joannes M. Duncan / Ricardi Priestley, 1825. Full-Leather. Fair. Rebound in 19th century, but in need of repair again. Volume I: Joints starting, spine rubbed. Volume II: Binder's copy, rear board loose, spine and corners rubbed. 1825 Full-Leather. Two volume set. Latin text. Full leather, marbled edges and endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Decimus Junius Juvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the Satires. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late first and early second centuries AD fix his earliest date of composition. One recent scholar argues that his first book was published in 100 or 101.[1] A reference to a political figure dates his fifth and final surviving book to sometime after 127. Juvenal wrote at least 16 poems in the verse form dactylic hexameter. These poems… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. First edition. Edge wear, pages toned. 1975 Trade Paperback. 159 pp. The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version of the Douglas DC-2.

UK/New York: Osprey, 2003. 6th Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Gerrard, Howard. Sixth printing. Minor general wear. 2003 Soft Cover. 96 pp. The first title in Osprey's survey of the D-Day landings of World War II (1939-1945). The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest amphibious military operation ever mounted. The greatest armada the world had ever seen was assembled to transport the Allied invasion force across the Channel and open the long-awaited second front against Hitler's Third Reich. Of the landings on the five assault beaches, Omaha Beach was the only one ever in doubt. Within moments of the first wave landing a third of the assault troops were casualties. Yet by the end of D-Day the Atlantic Wall had been breached and the US Army's V Corps was firmly entrenched on French soil.

UK/New York: Osprey, 2002. 4th Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x0x9. Lyles, Kevin. Fourth printing. Top edge of front cover bumped. 2002 Soft Cover. 96 pp. The fourth title in Osprey's survey of the D-Day landings of World War II (1939-1945). Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its success were the landings of British 50th Division on Gold Beach and Canadian 3rd Division on Juno Beach. Not only did they provide the vital link between the landings of British 3rd Division on Sword Beach and the Americans to the west on Omaha, they would be crucial to the securing of the beachhead and the drive inland to Bayeux and Caen. In the fourth D-Day volume Ken Ford details the assault that began the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe.

Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 11x1x12. Includes DVD. An excellent copy in a near fine slipcase. 2004 Large Hardcover. 64 pp. Includes DVD and publisher's slipcase. An examination of the famous invasion of Normandy during World War II, published to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the event, offers a new look at D-Day by including the notes, letters, memos, and plans of the veterans who experienced it.

New York: Times Books, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a couple small tears. 1979 Hard Cover. 208 pp. ...provides a unique account of the intelligence work carried out on both sides of the English Channel during the period leading up to the D-Day landings.--jacket

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Rear board lightly soiled. 1994 Hard Cover. 655 pp. Stephen E. Ambrose draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentieth century. Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion were abandoned, and how ordinary soldiers and officers acted on their own initiative. D-Day is above all the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their existence, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Ambrose portrays the faces of courage and heroism, fear and determination -- what Eisenhower called "the fury of an aroused democracy" -- that shaped the victory of the citizen soldiers whom Hitler had disparaged.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. First edition. Covers rubbed, ink name and address on half-title page. 1968 Trade Paperback. 160 pp. Normandy, June 6, 1944. Twenty-four crucial hours that turned the tide of World War II. The preparations were complex, monumental - and ultimately successful. By air and by sea the Allied forces forged the beginnings of victory in Europe and forever altered the course of history.

Toronto: Madison Press Books, 2003. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x0x10. First edition. Jacket barcode inked out. 2003 Large Hardcover. 176 pp. It was the greatest invasion of all time. Early on the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy-not only streaming from the sea but also sweeping in from the air-and launched a massive assault on Nazi-occupied France. In sixteen unforgettable hours, these heroic men succeeded in breaching the Third Reich's impregnable defenses, leading the way to the liberation of Europe.

New York: Penguin, 2010. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. 1st printing. Rear cover creased. 2010 Trade Paperback. 624 pp. Renowned historian Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem, and the man who "single-handedly transformed the reputation of military history" (The Guardian) presents the first major account in more than twenty years of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris. This is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. Beevor draws upon his research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action. D-Day is the consummate account of the invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to Paris's liberation.

New York: Center Street, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. 2020 Hard Cover. xi, 272 pp. "The most powerful tech companies in the world are determined to stop Donald Trump. Journalist Allum Bokhari has spent four years investigating the tech giants that dominate the Internet: Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter. He has discovered a dark plot to seize control of the flow of information, and utilize that power to its full extent - to censor, manipulate, and ultimately sway the outcome of democratic elections. His network of whistleblowers inside Google, Facebook and other companies explain how the tech giants now see themselves as "good censors," benevolent commissars controlling the information we receive to "protect" us from "dangerous" speech. They reveal secret methods to covertly manipulate online information without us ever being aware of it, explaining how tech companies can use big data to target undecided voters. They lift the… Read More

New York: Free Press, 2012. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. 2nd printing. An exceptional copy. 2012 Hard Cover. 304 pp. In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world's most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surprising new light on the artistry and scholarship of Leonardo da Vinci, one of history's most fascinating figures.

New York: Doubleday, 2003. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Reprint. Faint stain to jacket spine base, corners bumped, binding shaken but holding firmly. 2003 Hard Cover. 454 pp. While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

New York: Anchor, 2003. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 4x1x6. 1st printing. Faint sticker remnant to rear wrapper. 2003 Mass Market Paperback. 489 pp. An ancient riddle lies buried in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci, and one man must unlock its awesome power. Inspiration for the major motion picture starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon.

New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Top edge of jacket bumped, front jacket flap creased. Ink name on front free endpaper. 2003 Hard Cover. 454 pp. While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

New York: Doubleday, 2003. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Reprint. Faint edge wear. 2003 Hard Cover. 454 pp. While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Watford: Pageprint (Watford) Ltd, 1988. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x10x1. Front jacket flap price-clipped, top edge of jacket very lightly bumped. 1988 Large Hardcover. 240 pp. The blossoming of Hemel Hempstead from small "country-town" into a very successful "new town" too little more than a decade. A diverse mix of modern industry and well-planned areas of open space between the varied housing estates avoids soul-destroying monotony. The pressure upon Hemel Hempstead to fill "vacant" plots with offices and factories has been resisted; a blend of old and new is successfully retained--and appreciated. If there has been a blot upon Hemel Hempstead's reputation it is that its shopping facilities may have left a little to be desired. But now even that is changing with the building in progress of a new shopping complex in Marlowes. In 1974 local government re-organisation brought far-reaching changes in which Dacorum encompassed Berkhamsted, Hemel… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Photoplay Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Webster, Jean. Photoplay edition with stills from Fox Movietone film starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter (frontispiece, plates, endpapers). Jacket toned, a few light spots on boards. 1912 Hard Cover. 304 pp. Includes illustrations by the author and scenes from the play. Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, Jerusha 'Judy' Abbott, as she leaves an orphanage and is sent to college by a benefactor whom she has never seen.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1936. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 0x0x0. Ogle, [Richard]. Light stain to bottom edge, bookplate on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with some loss, jacket toned, front jacket flap corners clipped. 1936 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Includes black-and-white frontispiece and three plates with the artist name 'Ogle' - this is probably Richard Ogle, a British artist who illustrated Enid Blyton's first book. CONTENTS: I. Life Is What You Make It; II. Helena Meets Rosemary Churston; III. Back In Dadlingford; IV. "Sulky" Dalling; V. The Burglary At Black Harts; VI. Helena Meets Mr. Harlock; VII. Making Plans; VIII. A Talk With Mr. Stokes; IX. Holly Farm; X. "Sulky" Dalling Comes To Sea; XI. Adventures By Night; XII. The Light At The Manor; XIII. The Burglar At Last; XIV. Helena Speaks Out; XV. A New Ally; XVI. Scale Blue Worcester; XVII. The Burglary At Laburnum Cottage; XVIII. A Police Interview; XIX. Randa Disappears; XX. Randa's Confession.