Search Results: Titles starting with M from Aardvolk The Virtual Book Store

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006 Minimal shelf and age wear. Original dustjacket not price clipped. No internal markings, clean text pages. Colour and black & white photographs; black & white illustrations by Danny McBride. David writes on the flap "This book is my opportunity to print something from my heart, to tell the truth about what happened to me on the long and winding road from Baltimore to Baywatch to Broadway - and beyond. And the truth is not to be found in tabloid stories but in my actions: I am a good father and have tried to be a good husband. I love people and the emotional rollercoaster that goes with human relationships. I love all the bewildering, crazy, and wonderful things that life has to offer. This book is about my successes and my failures. And, above all, it is about the hope contained in the Knight Rider slogan: "One man can make a difference"." David Hasselhoff (The Hoff) has been descirbed as a 'living legend', this… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1989 UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF BOUND COPY for the cased edition. Prepublication first edition. [Probable publication date: 3 July 1989.] 340pp. Clean text pages, no internal markings. Novel set in the near future, by one of the leading white opponents of apartheid in South Africa, who was imprisoned for seven years for terrorism. Widely recognized as South Africa's finest Afrikaner poet, Breytenbach is also a distinguished novelist and artist. He has been awarded numerous prizes (literary and artistic) over his writing career (ie the APB literary prize in 1965; Hertzog Prize for Poetry in 1984, 1999, 2008; and Allan Paton Award for Literature). The Companion to African Literatures describes his writings as "marked by a combination of Kafkaesque skepticism and a celebration of life; images connect surreal worlds to the harsh and brutal realities of apartheid, magical realism to critical realism". This title is now out of print.

Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Michelin Tyre Public Limited Company, 1985 3rd Edition. 139 pages with b/w illustrations. Age and shelf wear. Creasing to spine, edges worn - rubbed and corners bumped. Front cover - bottom right side creased and large crease to upper right side. First 11 page spreads have been folded at the upper right side. Text pages clean with no internal markings.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Running Press , 1993 With an index. Slight age and shelf wear. Original dustjacket not price clipped. Dustjacket rubbed along edges. Tight copy no internal markings, clean text pages. "The practice of medicine touches everyone's life. In this funny, cynical, and poignant collection of quotes, physicians, writers, psychologists, comedians, celebrities, and philosophers share their views on birth, death, and everything in between.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.: The Boydell Press, 1989 Tight copy - no internal markings, clean text pages. Original dustjacket - price clipped. B/w illustrations throughout. "Our medieval ancestors moved about far more than we might expect. The many sources quoted reveal the diversity of the medieval traveller : princes and their armies, pilgrims, merchants and envoys, even fugitives and spies. Norbert Ohler lets the travellers speak for themselves, and from the many sources builds up a picture of what travel was really like - why people travelled, and how they prepared for the journey; means of transport; hospices and inns; and defence against attack and natural hazards, sickness and starvation. Based largely on material from western Europe, although Byzantium, the Far East, the West Indies and the Islamic world are also included, this book offers a fresh and illuminating perspective on a fascinating aspect of the medieval world."

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1991 Fourth printing. Some age and shelf wear - cover edges slightly rubbed and corners bumped. Tight copy - no internal markings, clean text pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Published under CUP's "The Cambridge Introduction to Art" series. The series is a lively and accessible series for both adults and students coming to the history of art and architecture for the first time. This book is about the art and architecture of Western Europe from the second half of the eleventh century to the end of the fourteenth century. Using key examples, Annie Shaver-Crandell lays the foundations for understanding and appreciating both Romanesque and Gothic art. Contents: Introduction; 1. Romanesque Architecture and Art; 2. Early Gothic Architecture and Art; 3. High Gothic Architecture and Art; 4. Late Gothic Architecture and Art; Glossary; Further Reading; Index.

London, U.K. : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982 Original dustjacket - not price clipped. Slight age and shelf wear to dustjacket - edges of dj slightly rubbed. Tight copy. Front endpaper has initial and date in black ink of previous owner in upper right hand corner - clean text pages. B/w illustrations, Index. Contents: I Contact and Impact; II The Muslim View of the World; III On Language and Translation; IV Media and Intermediaries; V Muslim Scholarship about the West; VI Religion; VII The Economy: Perceptions and Contacts; VIII Government and Justice; IX Science and Technology; X Cultural Life; XI Social and Personal; XII Conclusions. "Using journals, letters, diaries and dispatches, many newly translated, Bernard Lewis reveals the impact of the great Muslim civilization on primitive Europe and explores the subtle ways in which two great societies influenced each other."