Pacaritambo

ALIVE: The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read. B&W photo section. Maps. Condition: Very good 1975 Avon MMPB first printing. Spine crease with small edgewear. Interior clean with light tanning to page edges. Content: Time has not diminished the drama of the tale of the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains. Of the forty five people on the plane at the time of the crash, sixteen came down from the mountain about seventy days later with a saga of survival not easily forgotten. True story of courage, determination to survive, and cannibalism during their long ordeal. Read the book; see the movie. It's a story that will be with you forever.
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THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION 1789 - 1804
by Thomas O. Ott. B&W illustrations and maps. Condition: NEW 1987 University of Tennessee Press first PB printing. Perfect. Content: Reviewer: "As an avid fan of Caribbean history, I claim this book to be one of the best I have ever read. It is a must for anyone interested in the Haitian Revolution on Saint Domingue. Mr. Ott thoroughly covers the revolution from start to finish. His writing style is efficient and to the point. The book analyzes the causes and effects of each stage of the revolution from every possible view point and deals in depth with the leading figures of this event." Excellent scholarship to fill a gap in Caribbean history.
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HEROES OF HISTORY: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age
by the great Will Durant. Condition: Very Good Simon & Schuster hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Ex-library book will usual markings, but the interior is very clean & tight. Gently pre-read. Content: This posthumous collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize winner targets those who don't know much about history. Durant, who died in 1981 at the age of 96, is best known for the multivolume history of the world, The Story of Civilization, he wrote with his wife, Ariel. In these recently discovered essays, he again displays his talents for popularizing history, most notably a remarkable ability to summarize complicated thoughts and events in a few succinct words: this book of "heroes" covers figures ranging from Nero to Shakespeare and spans more than 2,000 years. After the first three essays, on Confucius, Buddha and Egypt's Ikhnaton, Durant turns his attention to Greece, Rome and the rise of the West. He devotes several chapters to Jesus and his followers over the centuries, asserting that the study of religion "sheds more light upon the nature and possibilities of man and government than the study of almost any other subject or institution open to human inquiry."
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THE HISTORY OF PROSTITUTION (AKA Ladies of Vice)
by George Ryley Scott. B&W photo section. Condition: NEW 1996 Senate (London) Trade PB with tiny edgewear. Originally published in 1968 as Ladies of Vice. Content: This is a discussion of the world's oldest profession from ancient Rome to today's practitioners - history, psychology, and how government interventions. Not for everyone.
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LA GUERRA (Historical Fiction, The Spanish Civil War
by Stephen D. Frances. Condition: UNREAD 1971 Dell MMPB first thus, first printing. Small edgewear & light tanning interior page edges. Content: Spain. 1936. a badly divided nation about to explode in an orgy of violence. A proud and passionate people about to know their greatest and most tragic hour. This is the finest, most enthralling novel ever written about Spain and the struggle that almost destroyed her. Its characters are men and women on both sides of the battle lines - priests and prostitutes, revolutionaries and aristocrats, star-crossed lovers and cynical degenerates. Here is the story of a conflict that seared the consciousness of a generation. Questions welcome.
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THE WOE SHIRT: Caribbean Folk Tales
by Paule Barton. Translated from the French by Howard Norman. B&W drawings by Norman Laliberte. Condition: UNREAD 1982 Graywolf Press Trade Paperback, first paperback printing. Problem: light tag removal "shadow" and several loss of color "dots" top front cover. Interior perfect. Content: Reviewer: "This book contains 13 short folk tales collected from Paule Barton - originally a Haitian goat herder. They are accompanied by drawings by Norman Lalibene who has captured the spirits of the stories. The stength of this book is that it has kept an oral flavor and oral structure while being sufficiently literary to make the stories easy to read and enjoyable - this is not an easy feat. In the tales you will see a card-shark outwitted, a man unwilling to make a decision,a duck handler mistrusting a witch, bargains with ghosts ... in short, bits of Caribbean life. If you enjoy folk tales, give this volume a chance." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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