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new. Correspondente do jornal Los Angeles Times em Seul, capital da Coreia do Sul, entre 2001 e 2006, a jornalista americana Barbara Demick fez uma exaustiva pesquisa de documentos, fotos e vídeos e entrevistou dissidentes e refugiados norte-coreanos que haviam fugido para a Coreia do Sul ou para a China. Pontuadas por informações gerais sobre a economia e a cultura do país, as histórias de Nada a invejar - título irônico extraído de um hino ufanista norte-coreano - se entrelaçam para formar um painel bastante vívido do cotidiano na Coreia dos ditadores Kim Il-sung (1912-94) e Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), pai e filho que reinaram absolutos por mais de seis décadas e ainda perpetuam seu legado autoritário na figura do herdeiro Kim Jong-un. Uma das virtudes do livro é mostrar como o culto à personalidade dos tiranos foi forjado numa mistura peculiar de marxismo-leninismo mal digerido com as tradições religiosas e populares locais. O controle absoluto da vida pessoal, que faz de cada vizinho (ou mesmo um familiar) potencial espião e delator, perpassa os relatos de todos os personagens entrevistados, assim como as dificuldades materiais e a fome - sobretudo depois da crise de escassez dos anos 1990 -, as marcas da guerra entre as Coreias e as parcas perspectivas de progresso educacional ou profissional. Uma realidade sufocante que não exclui, porém, o humor, os gestos de altruísmo e solidariedade ou os sonhos de liberdade. Com uma escrita ágil e envolvente, que atesta o ótimo domínio das técnicas narrativas literárias, a autora conduz os leitores pela experiência fascinante de espiar a vida de uma das sociedades mais isoladas e reprimidas do planeta. “Uma obra maravilhosa de não ficção narrativa. O livro comprova o conhecimento profundo da autora sobre o país, sempre com um olhar atento às histórias individuais e aos detalhes humanos.” - Dwight Garner, The New York Times “Num trabalho de investigação admirável, Barbara Demick tira a máscara da Coreia do Norte e revela o que se esconde sob a censura da mídia e uma ditadura repressora.” - The Daily Beast       Editora ‏ : ‎ Companhia das Letras; 1ª edição (7 maio 2013)    Idioma ‏ : ‎ Português    Capa comum ‏ : ‎ 416 páginas    ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8535922733    ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8535922738    Dimensões ‏ : ‎ 20.8 x 13.4 x 2.6 cm

GB: JM Classic Editions (Jeremy Mills), 2005. 17/100 copies. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1600g.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fine.

London: Collins, 1957. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Flexible covers. Near Fine in boards. Light edgewear bottom board. ; 16mo 6" - 7

Gnomon, 2006. 1st Trade edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 1st Trade edition. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Square small folio, unpaginated, chiefly illustrated with b&w photographs. Black cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket. The jacket has very light wear. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. North Carolina photographer, David M. Spear, has his works exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts / Houston.

new. Este livro, que de certo modo continua e completa Dois amores, duas cidades, é como um amplo e movimentado teatro onde falam os personagens mais marcantes e armam-se os acontecimentos mais decisivos do século XX: o caso Dreyfus, a estranha condenação de Action Française, a guerra civil espanhola, as duas guerras mundiais e, finalmente, o Concílio Vaticano II. É também onde se vê que na decorrência de capitulações, conjurações e traições, as chamadas esquerdas, sem mérito próprio de seus dirigentes, foram sempre beneficiárias dos erros cometidos e das vilanias praticadas. Uma das mais funestas conseqüências dos favores concedidos às esquerdas pelo mundo liberal em processo de decomposição foi a infiltração no mundo católico e o surgimento da chamada "nova Igreja". nas páginas deste livro vê-se nascer e crescer o fenômeno mais grave dos últimos vinte séculos.   Capa comum : 516 páginasISBN-10 : 8595071136ISBN-13 : 978-8595071131Dimensões : 22.8 x 15.6 x 2.8 cmEditora : Vide Editorial; 1ª edição (1 janeiro 2020)Nível de leitura : BebêIdioma: : Português

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Red cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover, which has the Longmans device and ruling in silver. Clean text; 295 pages, with an eight-page catalog in the rear. Profusely illustrated [23]. Vintage bookplate on the front paste-down. Light rub to the margins. The spine has slightly faded, with the gilt dull but quite readable. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London John Murray. 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 20cm, the First Edition, vi,320,32p., publisher's ads., 2 maps on one folding sheet, in the original blind decorated green cloth, gilt spine tit les, top spine edges a bit frayed, expertly restored, mainly unopened, fin e copy T.P.L. 3220. Lande 847. Tremenheere writes extensively on natural re sources, transportation, politics, education and social life in the two cou ntries, but a large part of the book is concerned with the development of r ailways in both Canada and the United States. The map is one of the earlies t to show the routes of all the railways in North America, both extant and projected.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1932. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 7/8" Tall. 367 Pp. Original Blue Cloth, Gilt, Endpapers With Illustration By Carlos Merida.Light Wear, No Fraying, Spine Gilt Partly Rubbed Away, Hinges Cracked, Small Bookstore Symbol Stamped On Front Endpaper. With A Loose Photograph With Text In White "From The Bookroom Of Nada And Carl", With Photo Of Home Library Shelving, Wood Office Chair And Desk, Probably Circa 1932. Per Wikipedia, Carleton Beals (1893 - 1979) Was An American Journalist, Writer, Historian, And Political Activist With A Special Interest In Latin America. A Major Journalistic Coup For Him Was His Interview With The Nicaraguan Rebel Augusto Sandino In February 1928. In The 1920S He Was Part Of The Cosmopolitan Group Of Intellectuals, Artists, And Journalists In Mexico City. He Remained An Active, Prolific, And Politically Engaged Leftist Journalist And Is The Subject Of A Scholarly Biography. In 1918, He Spent A Brief Period Of Time In Jail As A World War I Draft Evader. Upon Release, He Decided To Go See The World, And With What Little Money He Had, Beals And His Wife Lillian Drove To Mexico.[11] There, He Founded The English Preparatory Institute In 1919, Taught At The American High School During 1919 To 1920, And Was On The Personal Staff Of President Carranza (1920). They Left Mexico In 1921 For Europe Where Beals Studied At The University Of Madrid, And Then The University Of Rome. Back In Mexico, He Became A Correspondent For The Nation, Separated From His Wife, And Became Romantically Involved With Photographer Tina Modotti's Sister, Mercedes. In February 1928, Oswald Garrison Villard, Editor Of The Nation, Sent Beals To Nicaragua To Write A Series Of Articles. He Became Notable As The Only Foreign Journalist Who Interviewed General Augusto Sandino During Nicaragua's 1927-33 War Against Us Military Occupation. In All, Beals Wrote Over 200 Magazine Articles For Publications Such As The New Republic And Harper's Magazine. Beals Also Wrote More Than 45 Books, Including On History, Geography, And Travel. Some Of His Books Are Written For A Juvenile Audience. His Autobiography, Glass Houses, Was Published By J.B. Lippincott Company In 1938. In 1931, Beals Was Awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship For Biographies.] His Biography Subjects Included Porfirio Díaz, Huey P. Long, Roberto De La Selva, Stephen F. Austin, John Eliot, Carrie Nation [His Father Was Her Step-Son], And Leon Trotsky. During His Career, Beals Witnessed Mexican Revolutions, Lectured On Shakespeare, And Was Held Incommunicado By A Mexican General.[10] His Travels Took Him To French Morocco, Tunisia, Algiers, Greece, Turkey, The Soviet Union, Germany, And The Caribbean. He Was A Ford Hall Forum Speaker In 1936, And A Member Of The American Committee For The Defense Of Leon Trotsky In 1937. The Following Year, Time Magazine Called Beals, "The Best Informed And The Most Awkward Living Writer On Latin America." During The 1960S, He Supported The Fair Play For Cuba Committee. Beals Was A Hero To The Young People Of Cuba.

A scarce signed first edition of this wonderful study of the photography of Mario Testino, examining the juxtaposition of his clothed and nude images of women. A scarce first edition of this work, of which only five-thousand copies were produced. Inscribed by Testino to the title page: 'To Dear Malcolm, with best wishes, Mario'. Published to coincide with a touring exhibition of Testino's work, 'Todo o Nada' presents fifty-four colour and monochrome portraits, of celebrities and models including Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss, and Shalom Harlow. Also present is an interview with Testino, with text provided in both English and Spanish. Â A wonderful example of the work of a man identified as 'the John Singer Sargent of our times' by the photography curator of London's National Portrait Gallery. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fine, with just a touch of fading to the head of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to the title page. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine.