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A Pillar of Iron: A Novel About Cicero and the Rome He Tried to Save-Taylor Caldwell
A majestic and poignant story that unfolds as Roman democracy faces its own inexorable decay. Its hero is Cicero, the pillar of iron, the brilliant and idealistic lawyer, dramatically but precariously devoted to the defense of a nation and republic on trial. A major historical novel, casting in sharp relief the embattled nobility and insidious bebauchery of Ciciro's Rome. Taylor Caldwell, is one of the most successful woman novelists of our generation. Her present novel is based on a prodigious job of research that began in April of 1947, when she translated hundreds of Cicero's letters in the Vatican Library. Miss Caldwell, in trips to Athens and Rome, has personally authenticated a vast amount of information -- and has drawn the story of Cicero from many of his own words, from his diaries, from the historian Sallust, from his letters to Atticus and Julius Caesar. 700pp.

Binding is full green leatherette on boards with gold lettering on spine. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. A well-preserved copy. Clean, tight, and unmarked throughout. Collectible.

Details $125.00

A Viking Voyage: In Which an Unlikely Crew Attempts an Epic Journey-W. Hodding Carter
A Viking Voyage is an unforgettable adventure story that will take you to the heart of the most magnificent, unspoiled territory on earth, and even deeper, to the heart of a journey like no other. A mesmeriizing story of frienship and teamwork--and of accomplishing a goal that once seemed impossible. Stated FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 305pp.

HARDCOVER with pictorial dustjacket. NEW copy.

Details $24.95

As Above, So Below: A Novel of Peter Bruegel-Rudy Rucker
"Rudy Rucker is an author whose writing thus far has been devoted to nonfiction about science and to genre fiction. He has won awards and achieved a substantial reputation in those fields. But he also has a long-standing fascination with the paintings of one of the great European artists, an interest that has led him to visit museums around the world and to investigate the facts of the artist's life. Rucker brings Bruegel's painter's progress and his colorful world to vibrant life, doing for Bruegel what the bestselling Girl with A Pearl Earring did for Vermeer. We follow the artist from the winding streets of Antwerp and Brussels to the glowing skies and decaying monuments of Rome. Here is a world of conflict, change and discovery, a world where Carnival battles Lent every day. 320pp.

Hardcover with pictorial dustjacket. Date stamp on top edge, otherwise in like new condition.

Details $10.00

At Your Own Risk-Tom Sutherland
An American Chronicle of Crisis and Captivity in the Middle East. The harrowing account of the author's six-year captivity in war-torn Beirut in the name of international education. 435pp.

HARDCOVER with glossy illustrated dustjacket. NEW copy.

Details $18.50

Busting Vegas: The MIT Whiz Kid Who Brought the Casinos to Their Knees-Ben Mezrich
He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine--but it would nearly cost him his life. A true story. 289pp.

HARDCOVER with dustjacket. Clean and unmarked pages throughout, tight binding, crisp and bright, appears lightly read. Near NEW condition. FINE/FINE.

Details $17.95

Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology-Nick Cool
The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists during the 1940s. Antigravity technology, originally spearheaded by scientists in Nazi Germany, was another high priority, one that still may be in effect today. Now, for the first time, an acclaimed journalist with unprecedented access to key sources in the Intelligence and military communities reveals suppressed evidence that tells the story of a quest for a discovery that could prove as powerful as the atomic bomb. The Hunt for Zero Point explores the scientific speculation that "zero point" energy - a limitless source of potential power that may hold the key to defying and thereby controlling gravity - exists in the universe and can be replicated. 291pp.

Hardcover with glossy pictorial jacket in like new condition. Quarter black cloth spine in red mettalic lettering.

Details $12.00

In Exile from the Land of Snows-John F. Avedon
The definitive account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet since the Chinese conquest. Including a major in-depth interview with the Dalai Lama. Asian Studies/Current Events. Illustrated with black and white photographs, maps. 456pp.

Glossy pictorial SOFTCOVER. Clean, tight, light shelfwear, and unmarked pages throughout. FINE.

Details $14.95

Life Sketches-John Hersey
"This collection brings together the most memorable of the non-fiction pieces that John Hersey has written over the past fifty years, the harvest of a lifetime of brilliant reportage and reflection." Mini-biographies of personalities such as George Van Santvoord, Sinclair Lewis, Henry R. Luce, James Agee, John F. Kennedy, Private John Daniel Ramey, Father Walter P. Morse, Robert Capa, Benjamin Weintraub, Bernard Baruch, Alfred A. Knopf, Janet Train, Harry S. Truman, Jessica Kelley, Varsell Pleas, Erskine Caldwell, Children of Holocaust Survivors and Lillian Hellman, Stated First Trade Edition. Illustrated with 14 black & white photographs.377pp.

Quarter brown cloth spine bound over cream paper boards with gilt to spine and front board. HARDCOVER with illustrated dustjacket. Price clipped, else, clean, tight, light shelfwear, and unmarked pages throughout. FINE/FINE

Details $20.00

Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development-Bruce Rich
The World Bank is the single biggest source of finance for international development, and its policies have a critical impact of the future of more than 110 borrowing countries. Bruce Rich, an internationally known expert on the environment and the World Bank, analyzes how the Bank has become a seemingly unstoppable and often destructive environmental and political force. 376pp.

Quarter cloth boards. Hardcover with dustjacket in fine condition. Clean, tight, and unmarked.

Details $15.00

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Star-Crossed Orbits: Inside the U.S.-Russian Space Alliance-James Oberg
A top-notch investigative journalism which tells the complete untold story of the US-Russian space alliance, describing the strengths and weaknesses of each side and revealing, for the first time, the full story of Russia's decaying space program, the dangerous secrets it kept from it's American partners. 355pp.

Hardcover book with dustjacket in fine condition. Lightly read. Excellent copy!

Details $20.00


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