2017, ISBN: 9781408705209

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IDB Productions, 2017-01-01. MP3 CD. New. Dedicated to Christians who admit deeming the Bible as God's disclosure, but whose "lives are filled with discomfort and unrest."… Mehr…

IDB Productions, 2017-01-01. MP3 CD. New. Dedicated to Christians who admit deeming the Bible as God's disclosure, but whose "lives are filled with discomfort and unrest." Hannah purports to indicate that the Bible's contention that God is the "the God of all comfort" is not an excess notice or false impression, but that it is probable to benefit ourselves of the uncertainties and strong uneasiness that afflict numerous Christians. </br></br>By discussing God's role and man's role, Hannah intends to express her fellowmen that it is probable to surmount failure and dejection and search for serenity in God. Plentiful life and true lasting happiness are obtainable to all devotees. </br></br>Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith was a lay speaker and writer in the Holiness movement in America and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was also an active member in the Women's suffrage movement and the Temperance movement. </br></br>She was from Philadelphia, Hannah was from an immeasurable descent of famous and important Quakers in New Jersey. Her parents were John Mickle Whitall and Mary Tatum Whitall. Her most popular predecessor was Ann Cooper Whitall. </br></br>Hannah tied the knot with Robert Pearsall Smith, a man who was also from an immeasurable descent of famous Quakers in the area. The Smiths resided in Germantown, Pennsylvania. They distanced themselves slightly from the Quakers after a changeover incident, but Mrs. Smith remained to presume a huge deal of Quaker doctrine and praised in her Quaker upbringing and observances. The Smiths were greatly swayed primarily by the Plymouth Brethren, and by the Methodist revivalists. Out of power from the Wesleyan doctrine of sanctification, and according to Quaker beliefs and principles from spiritualism, Mrs. Smith and her husband formed and proclaimed the Keswick theology. They were also impelled by William E. Boardman, who authored The Higher Christian Life., IDB Productions, 2017-01-01, 6, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Later collected edition. Hardoover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The Inside of the Cup was first serialized in Hearst's Magazine from April 1912 through July 1913 and was released in book form in May 1913. It was the best-selling book in the United States for 1913 and sparked a nationwide debate about the role of Christianity in modern life. The book's title derives from the Gospel of Matthew (23:26), as quoted early in the novel: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess." This volume is from the 1927 edition of The Novels of Winston Churchill. It is near fine in blue decorated cloth with gilt titles on the spine and the author's initials in gilt on the front cover.  A small faded area on the lower spine and slight age toning of the contents.  No other marks or damage.  The unclipped DJ i also near fine with minor shelf wear, along with some sun darkening on the jacket spine.                     ., The Macmillan Company, 1927, 4, MP3 Audio CD. Dedicated to Christians who admit deeming the Bible as God's disclosure, but whose "lives are filled with discomfort and unrest." Hannah purports to indicate that the Bible's contention that God is the "the God of all comfort" is not an excess notice or false impression, but that it is probable to benefit ourselves of the uncertainties and strong uneasiness that afflict numerous Christians. By discussing God's role and man's role, Hannah intends to express her fellowmen that it is probable to surmount failure and dejection and search for serenity in God. Plentiful life and true lasting happiness are obtainable to all devotees. Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith was a lay speaker and writer in the Holiness movement in America and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was also an active member in the Women's suffrage movement and the Temperance movement. She was from Philadelphia, Hannah was from an immeasurable descent of famous and important Quakers in New Jersey. Her parents were John Mickle Whitall and Mary Tatum Whitall. Her most popular predecessor was Ann Cooper Whitall. Hannah tied the knot with Robert Pearsall Smith, a man who was also from an immeasurable descent of famous Quakers in the area. The Smiths resided in Germantown, Pennsylvania. They distanced themselves slightly from the Quakers after a changeover incident, but Mrs. Smith remained to presume a huge deal of Quaker doctrine and praised in her Quaker upbringing and observances. The Smiths were greatly swayed primarily by the Plymouth Brethren, and by the Methodist revivalists. Out of power from the Wesleyan doctrine of sanctification, and according to Quaker beliefs and principles from spiritualism, Mrs. Smith and her husband formed and proclaimed the Keswick theology. They were also impelled by William E. Boardman, who authored The Higher Christian Life., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Discover The 7 Best Exercises To Burn Belly Fat Fast. Isn?t it amazing ? and so frustrating! ? how easy it is to gain weight? Our bodies are like magnets that seem to attract and pile up excess pounds as soon as our guard is down. All it takes is a couple of rich desserts, a few weeks on vacation or the Christmas holidays?bam! Our waistline has expanded in proportion to our indulgences.Conversely, losing weight can be a grueling struggle. For some people, staying fit and maintaining a healthy weight is an unending cycle of diets, weight loss schemes and exercise programs.However, everybody who has struggled to lose weight will unanimously agree on one thing: the most frustrating issue has got to be belly fat. Nothing is more unattractive. Nothing is more frustrating than that ?spare tire? around your waistline.Belly fat is that ugly layer of flab around our bellies and when we are trying to lose weight, it?s usually the last to go.This book will help you bust your belly fat with seven easy but powerful exercises specially designed to tackle this specific area. They will give your abdomen a good workout and melt off that flab like nothing else can!You are going to get the following within this package:Ebook Covers Landing PageNote this is an MP3 Audio Disc - a suitable Mp3 Player or computer with sounds is required to listen to this title. Compiled under license by IDB Productions and read by Aria Blake a leading Neural TTS agent from Azure., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Dedicated to Christians who admit deeming the Bible as God's disclosure, but whose "lives are filled with discomfort and unrest." Hannah purports to indicate that the Bible's contention that God is the "the God of all comfort" is not an excess notice or false impression, but that it is probable to benefit ourselves of the uncertainties and strong uneasiness that afflict numerous Christians. By discussing God's role and man's role, Hannah intends to express her fellowmen that it is probable to surmount failure and dejection and search for serenity in God. Plentiful life and true lasting happiness are obtainable to all devotees. Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith was a lay speaker and writer in the Holiness movement in America and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was also an active member in the Women's suffrage movement and the Temperance movement. She was from Philadelphia, Hannah was from an immeasurable descent of famous and important Quakers in New Jersey. Her parents were John Mickle Whitall and Mary Tatum Whitall. Her most popular predecessor was Ann Cooper Whitall. Hannah tied the knot with Robert Pearsall Smith, a man who was also from an immeasurable descent of famous Quakers in the area. The Smiths resided in Germantown, Pennsylvania. They distanced themselves slightly from the Quakers after a changeover incident, but Mrs. Smith remained to presume a huge deal of Quaker doctrine and praised in her Quaker upbringing and observances. The Smiths were greatly swayed primarily by the Plymouth Brethren, and by the Methodist revivalists. Out of power from the Wesleyan doctrine of sanctification, and according to Quaker beliefs and principles from spiritualism, Mrs. Smith and her husband formed and proclaimed the Keswick theology. They were also impelled by William E. Boardman, who authored The Higher Christian Life., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Faust I is not rived into acts, but is arranged as a series of back grounds in various settings. After a celebratory verse and a prelude in the play, the real storyline starts with a prologue in Heaven, where God dares Mephistopheles, the Devil, that Mephistopheles cannot steer away God?s beloved determined sage, Dr. Faust. We later perceive Faust in his learning, who, perturbed of science with natural methods, efforts and misses to obtain facts of nature and the world by dreamlike ones. The crestfallen Faust thinks about taking his own life, yet is in a weak position by the songs of the commencement of Easter festivities. He bonds with his assistant Wagner for an Easter stroll in the rural area, one of the rejoicing persons, and is shadowed home by a small puppy. Earlier in the study, the small puppy transmutes itself into Mephistopheles, who proposes Faust a contract: he will do Faust's behest in the universe, and Faust will do the same for him in the underworld; only if Mephisto can fulfill his desire to be contented and to desire an everlasting time. Faust contracts in blood, and Mephisto first brings him to Auerbach's inn in Leipzig, where the demon performs wiles on several intoxicated merrymakers. Having afterwards been transmuted into a childlike man by a sorceress, Faust meets Margaret (Gretchen) and she arouses his yearnings. In a strategy implicating gems and Gretchen's neighbor Marthe, Mephisto causes Faust's and Gretchen's affair. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German author and lawmaker. His books contain epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; expositions on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addendum, a number of literary and scientific sections, in excess of 10,000 letters, and approximately 3,000 illustrations by him remain., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Faust I is not rived into acts, but is arranged as a series of back grounds in various settings. After a celebratory verse and a prelude in the play, the real storyline starts with a prologue in Heaven, where God dares Mephistopheles, the Devil, that Mephistopheles cannot steer away God?s beloved determined sage, Dr. Faust. We later perceive Faust in his learning, who, perturbed of science with natural methods, efforts and misses to obtain facts of nature and the world by dreamlike ones. The crestfallen Faust thinks about taking his own life, yet is in a weak position by the songs of the commencement of Easter festivities. He bonds with his assistant Wagner for an Easter stroll in the rural area, one of the rejoicing persons, and is shadowed home by a small puppy. Earlier in the study, the small puppy transmutes itself into Mephistopheles, who proposes Faust a contract: he will do Faust's behest in the universe, and Faust will do the same for him in the underworld; only if Mephisto can fulfill his desire to be contented and to desire an everlasting time. Faust contracts in blood, and Mephisto first brings him to Auerbach's inn in Leipzig, where the demon performs wiles on several intoxicated merrymakers. Having afterwards been transmuted into a childlike man by a sorceress, Faust meets Margaret (Gretchen) and she arouses his yearnings. In a strategy implicating gems and Gretchen's neighbor Marthe, Mephisto causes Faust's and Gretchen's affair. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German author and lawmaker. His books contain epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; expositions on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addendum, a number of literary and scientific sections, in excess of 10,000 letters, and approximately 3,000 illustrations by him remain., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Discover The 7 Best Exercises To Burn Belly Fat Fast. Isn?t it amazing ? and so frustrating! ? how easy it is to gain weight? Our bodies are like magnets that seem to attract and pile up excess pounds as soon as our guard is down. All it takes is a couple of rich desserts, a few weeks on vacation or the Christmas holidays?bam! Our waistline has expanded in proportion to our indulgences.Conversely, losing weight can be a grueling struggle. For some people, staying fit and maintaining a healthy weight is an unending cycle of diets, weight loss schemes and exercise programs.However, everybody who has struggled to lose weight will unanimously agree on one thing: the most frustrating issue has got to be belly fat. Nothing is more unattractive. Nothing is more frustrating than that ?spare tire? around your waistline.Belly fat is that ugly layer of flab around our bellies and when we are trying to lose weight, it?s usually the last to go.This book will help you bust your belly fat with seven easy but powerful exercises specially designed to tackle this specific area. They will give your abdomen a good workout and melt off that flab like nothing else can!You are going to get the following within this package:Ebook Covers Landing PageNote this is an MP3 Audio Disc - a suitable Mp3 Player or computer with sounds is required to listen to this title. Compiled under license by IDB Productions and read by Aria Blake a leading Neural TTS agent from Azure., 0, Fictions and Factions is a kaleidoscope of autobiographical fragments, poems, short stories, book introductions, and a student's memoir on various aspects of contemporary sufism, including material on three major twentieth century Sufi teachers: Ikbal Ali Shah, Idries Shah and Omar Ali-Shah.Through the use of different literary forms to record what he has absorbed from a wide variety of activities, Augy Hayter's work expresses a range of experience which comes closer than many more overtly "spiritual" books in communicating some of the attitudes needed to rid oneself of the "excess baggage" that clutters up our lives, even if this book presents itself more as a "consumer's memo" by a fellow-student of sufism than the work of an omnicient master who writes top down. In this sense, it can be considered an accurate record of what a true student of sufism must face up to.It is the record of one man's struggle to make sense of and accept all levels of life's impacts within a context of faith and trust, without losing sight of the fact that a life not informed by love is no life at all, since it is in this area that we come closest to a divine order., Tractus Books, 2002, 6, San Francisco, CA: Foundation for National Progress. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-1/4" by 10-7/8" and containing 72 pages including front and rear covers (a complete issue). Highlights include: Cover Story - Where Did Randy [Randall Terry] Go Wrong? by Susan Faludi ("The leader of this country's most militant antiabortion group grew up in a family of civil rights fighters and feminists"); Gonna Party Like It's 1999 by Alex Heard ("Next decade, the trend toward excess will be replaced by an excess of trends. Or it might not be. A special report"); The Era of Bad Feelings by Randy Shilts ("By the end of this year's Montreal conference, AIDS activists and scientists hated each other even more than before. If you were HIV-positive, would you feel better?"). Closed tears and creases along outer narrow spine area; small mailing label to lower front cover. . Good. Magazine. 1st Edition. 1989., Foundation for National Progress, 1989, 2.5, new York: St. Martin's press McMillan Corporation, march 2013. First edition, as stated. Very Good +/very good. collectible first edition as stated March 2013 full numbering line 10 to 1 it has a blackboard cover gold titling on the spine which is straight there is no excessive wear to the edges of the book the corners are tight clean on bond the dust jacket does have some shelf wearing on the edges and a little bit of dirtiness to which from being around some scrapes that may or may not wipe off on the front corner of the book the dust jacket is in perfectly acceptable condition there is some ruffling top and bottom but no tears if you look at it from the side there are a few scratches.I enjoyed the book I thought it was funny as all hell, and interesting ways the families react and do things to each other, sometimes doesn't change by country region or economics status. Family Pictures, two women who live on opposite coasts whose lives are connected in ways they never could have imagined. wives and mothers in their forties and have husbands who travel more than either of them would like. to children who are about to leave the nest for school ,both feeling an emptiness neither had expected. But when a shocking secret is exposed, their lives are blown apart. As dark truths from the past reveal themselves, ? Not a mega seller, thrift shop and have no minions Just me and my Vespa... This would be Shipped Media mail via USPS within the United States, since the mail people actually deliver directly everywhere in the US effectively, and we need to support and use the postal service so its there in the future, it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on the Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system Author Jane Green Publisher Macmillan, 2013 ISBN 0312591837, 9780312591830 Length 344 pages JANE GREEN is the author of twelve bestselling novels dealing with real women, real life, and all the things in-between, with her trademark wisdom, wit, and warmth. She writes a daily blog and contributes to various publications including Huffington Post, The Sunday Times, Wowowow, and Self. A foodie and passionate cook, most weekends see her cooking for quests in her home in Westport, Connecticut, where she lives with her husband and their six children. INv N / I, St. Martin's press McMillan Corporation, 3, 127-138 pages with charts, graphs and cited references. Quarto (10" x 7") bound in original publisher's wrappers. American Antiquity Volume 36, number 2. First edition. A model of carrying capacity as a dynamic equilibrium system is generated and made operational in order to test a series of hypotheses relating population and settlement patterns. The development of populations in marginal resource zones is shown to be a function of optimal zone exploitation in the Hay Hollow Valley. MacArthur's deviation amplifying model is presented as an alternative to the model's diminishing resource curves as a possible explanation of the extinction of Hay Hollow population by A.D. 1400. Finally, the effects of population excess disequilibriums as defined by the model are examined in relationship to the settlement pattern variables of population aggregation, spatial aggregation and residential area. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, lightly soiled, check marks to back wrapper, spine sunned else very good., Society for American Archaeology, 1971, 0, London: Little, Brown, 2016. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Black hardcover, autographed 1st in dustjacket. A good copy - with some bumping to the front upper edge of the boards and a white discoloration to the bottom of the rear board. Interior is clean and unmarked. Hinges are solid, but the book has been opened too far at both of the photo inserts and feels unsturdy in those areas. Price-clipped jacket is also in good condition with wear and light bending at the panel edges and minor discoloration inside the jacket at the bottom edge. 434 pp., 2 sets of black and white photos, the intriguing story of Maxine Elliott and the luxurious life on the French Riviera., Little, Brown, 2016, 2.5<

2016, ISBN: 9781408705209

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Hamish Hamilton, 1969. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition… Mehr…

Hamish Hamilton, 1969. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0241015277, Hamish Hamilton, 1969, 0, N/A. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The list, as the title implies, has the names of sons and daughters of members of the Anglican Clergy killed in the conflict with the unit and place of residence. Also, at the end, the names in alphabetical order of Anglican Chaplains, 6, Blackwell, 2003. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780631233343, Blackwell, 2003, 0, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5th imp. [Complete number line 5 7 9 10 8 6.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip) to dw/dj.bright,crisp,clean,matt,montaged/superimposed imaged monochrome photograph with colour tinting illustrated dw/dj panels,front panel with capitalised, blue-lettered part title and lower case green-lettered sub-title; author's capitalised white- lettered name and author's other lower cased white-lettered information,spine/backstrip with monochrome+tinted colour thumbnail detail from front illustration,with author's capitalised,green- lettered name,a blue-lettered title+sub-title and publisher's white illustrated+ lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present and head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a green+black flecked headband and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5th imp,viiipp+1-434pp [paginated] includes verso of Contents list/table,Pts 1-32,comprising 4, 4 and 10 chapters respectively,an Epilogue and a Postscript,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp152/53 and pp280/81 respectively and the middle pages of the second block's lower edges once stuck together, now have been separated and are lightly affected by small missing portions of caption and facing photograph with minimal loss; Source Notes,a Bibliography,an Index and Credits.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, recto of Contents list/table,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,separate Author's Note and author's potted biography both with a blank verso and a further 2pp blanks as last pages of the book. Visually the exterior appearance is more than exceptional,and even internally,the book is in a more than acceptable condition/ state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite them,it really is still a more than n acceptable copy for its cleanliness and brightness. In this dazzling story of a remarkable place - a perfectly proportioned white art deco villa on the Cote d'Azur - Mary Lovell uncovers the glittering lives and loves of those at the centre of extraordinary luxury.Built by the American actress Maxine Elliott in 1930,the Chateau de l'Horizon provided the perfect setting for entertaining on an epic scale,with a cast of glamorous guests of extreme wealth and privilege enjoying first her own legendary hospitality and then the equally enthralling charms of its subsequent owner,the notorious playboy Prince Aly Khan. Undaunted by the intimations of looming war,the creme de la creme of high society - including infamous temptresses Daisy Fellowes and Doris Castlerosse,the exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Winston Churchill,for whom the Riviera provided sanctuary during the wilderness years of his political career - mingled with movie stars,drank champagne and danced to the songs of Noel Coward and Cole Porter. After the grim hiatus of the Second World War,the Riviera set reconvened,with Aly Khan ushering in a new age of decadence, surrounded by aristoccratic friends including Pamela Churchill; Debo,Duchess of Devonshire; and Hollywood icons Greta Garbo, Maurice Chevalier,Clark Gable,Tyrone Power and - not least - his new bride Rita Hayworth. Vivid and deeply absorbing,'The Riviera Set' offers unprecedented insight into the private dramas and public scandals that kept gossip columnists - and the divorce courts - busy for nearly forty years. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.**, LONDON.LITTLE, BROWN,2016., 5<

2016, ISBN: 9781408705209

New York: Printed for distribution, 1911. Paperback. Wrappers lightly chipped else tight, clean and Very Good+. Octavo in dark green printed wrappers; 79 p. illus., front., ports. 25 cm… Mehr…

New York: Printed for distribution, 1911. Paperback. Wrappers lightly chipped else tight, clean and Very Good+. Octavo in dark green printed wrappers; 79 p. illus., front., ports. 25 cm. Uncommon. // "The book has been compiled and edited by Jefferson Winter, and it has been manufactured at the cost of five friends of Mr. Worthing,--Miss Blanche Bates, Miss Grace George, Tyrone Power, William Winter, and the editor., Printed for distribution, 1911, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp. [Complete number line 5 7 9 10 8 6.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj.bright,crisp,clean,matt,montaged/superimposed imaged monochrome photograph with colour tinting illustrated dw/dj panels,front panel with capitalised blue lettered part title and lower case green lettered sub-title,capitalised white lettered author name and other lower case,white lettered author information,spine/backstrip with monochrome+tinted colour thumbnail detail from front illustration,with capitalised green lettered author name,blue lettered title+sub-title and white illustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumpimg,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing. Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plainblack cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a green+black flecked headband and immaculate palin pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp,viiipp+1-434pp [paginated] includes verso of contents list/table,Pts 1-32,comprising 4, 4 and 10 chapters respectively, an Epilogue and a Postscript,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp152/53 and pp280/81 respectively,and the middle pages of the second block's lower edges once stuck together,now have been separated and are lightly affected by small missing portions of caption and facing photograph with minimal loss; Source Notes,a Bibliography,an Index and Credits.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,recto of contents list/table,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,separate Author's Note and author's potted biography both with a blank verso and a further 2pp blanks as last pages of the book. Visually the exterior appearance is more than exceptional,and even internally,the book is in a more than acceptable condition/ state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite them,it really is still a more than n acceptable copy for its cleanliness and brightness. In this dazzling story of a remarkable place - a perfectly proportioned white art deco villa on the Cote d'Azur - Mary Lovell uncovers the glittering lives and loves of those at the centre of extraordinary luxury. Built by the American actress Maxine Elliott in 1930,the Chateau de l'Horizon provided the perfect setting for entertaining on an epic scale,with a cast of glamorous guests of extreme wealth and privilege enjoying first her own legendary hospitality and then the equally enthralling charms of its subsequent owner,the notorious playboy Prince Aly Khan. Undaunted by the intimations of looming war,the creme de la creme of high society - including infamous temptresses Daisy Fellowes and Doris Castlerosse,the exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Winston Churchill,for whom the Riviera provided sanctuary during the wilderness years of his political career - mingled with movie stars,drank champagne and danced to the songs of Noel Coward and Cole Porter. After the grim hiatus of the Second World War,the Riviera set reconvened,with Aly Khan ushering in a new age of decadence, surrounded by aristoccratic friends including Pamela Churchill; Debo,Duchess of Devonshire; and Hollywood icons Greta Garbo, Maurice Chevalier,Clark Gable,Tyrone Power and - not least - his new bride Rita Hayworth. Vivid and deeply absorbing,'The Riviera Set' offers unprecedented insight into the private dramas and public scandals that kept gossip columnists - and the divorce courts - busy for nearly forty years. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.LITTLE, BROWN,2016., 5<

2016, ISBN: 9781408705209

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5th imp. [Complete number line 5 7 9 10 8 6.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip) to dw/dj.bright,crisp,clean,matt,montaged/superimposed image… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5th imp. [Complete number line 5 7 9 10 8 6.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip) to dw/dj.bright,crisp,clean,matt,montaged/superimposed imaged monochrome photograph with colour tinting illustrated dw/dj panels,front panel with capitalised, blue-lettered part title and lower case green-lettered sub-title; author's capitalised white- lettered name and author's other lower cased white-lettered information,spine/backstrip with monochrome+tinted colour thumbnail detail from front illustration,with author's capitalised,green- lettered name,a blue-lettered title+sub-title and publisher's white illustrated+ lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present and head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a green+black flecked headband and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5th imp,viiipp+1-434pp [paginated] includes verso of Contents list/table,Pts 1-32,comprising 4, 4 and 10 chapters respectively,an Epilogue and a Postscript,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp152/53 and pp280/81 respectively and the middle pages of the second block's lower edges once stuck together, now have been separated and are lightly affected by small missing portions of caption and facing photograph with minimal loss; Source Notes,a Bibliography,an Index and Credits.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, recto of Contents list/table,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,separate Author's Note and author's potted biography both with a blank verso and a further 2pp blanks as last pages of the book. Visually the exterior appearance is more than exceptional,and even internally,the book is in a more than acceptable condition/ state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite them,it really is still a more than n acceptable copy for its cleanliness and brightness. In this dazzling story of a remarkable place - a perfectly proportioned white art deco villa on the Cote d'Azur - Mary Lovell uncovers the glittering lives and loves of those at the centre of extraordinary luxury.Built by the American actress Maxine Elliott in 1930,the Chateau de l'Horizon provided the perfect setting for entertaining on an epic scale,with a cast of glamorous guests of extreme wealth and privilege enjoying first her own legendary hospitality and then the equally enthralling charms of its subsequent owner,the notorious playboy Prince Aly Khan. Undaunted by the intimations of looming war,the creme de la creme of high society - including infamous temptresses Daisy Fellowes and Doris Castlerosse,the exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Winston Churchill,for whom the Riviera provided sanctuary during the wilderness years of his political career - mingled with movie stars,drank champagne and danced to the songs of Noel Coward and Cole Porter. After the grim hiatus of the Second World War,the Riviera set reconvened,with Aly Khan ushering in a new age of decadence, surrounded by aristoccratic friends including Pamela Churchill; Debo,Duchess of Devonshire; and Hollywood icons Greta Garbo, Maurice Chevalier,Clark Gable,Tyrone Power and - not least - his new bride Rita Hayworth. Vivid and deeply absorbing,'The Riviera Set' offers unprecedented insight into the private dramas and public scandals that kept gossip columnists - and the divorce courts - busy for nearly forty years. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.**, LONDON.LITTLE, BROWN,2016., 5<

2016, ISBN: 1408705206

[EAN: 9781408705209], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.19], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London], MARY S. LOVELL THE RIVIERA SET, The Riviera Set is the story of th… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781408705209], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.19], [PU: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London], MARY S. LOVELL THE RIVIERA SET, The Riviera Set is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960. At the heart of this was the amazing Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art deco Chateau and brought together the likes of Noel Coward, the Aga Khan, the Windsors and two very saucy courtesans, Doris Castlerosse and Daisy Fellowes, who set out to be dangerous distractions to Winston Churchill as he worked on his journalism and biographies during his 'wilderness years' in the thirties. After the War the story continued as the Chateau changed hands and Prince Aly Khan used it to entertain the Hollywood set, as well as launch his seduction of and eventual marriage to Rita Hayworth. Mary Lovell tells her story of high society behaviour with tremendous brio and relish, and this book has all the charm and fascination of her bestselling The Mitford Girls and The Churchills. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<