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Norman Lewis
Originally published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, New York, in 1949 and 1978 –Title page verso.
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An extraordinary and formidable account of travelling in Sicily from one of the twentieth-century’s foremost travel writers.
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Re-released eighty years after liberation with a new foreword from Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Longest Winter and Resident Historian of the WWII Memorial. From the…
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Norman Lewis was the sole African American artist of his generation who became committed to issues of abstraction at the start of his career and continued to explore them over…
By happy agreement with the literary estate of Norman Lewis, the previous five collections of Norman s work have been withdrawn, so that all the best pieces are now in…
"A series which is a model of its kind": Edmund King
Another classic from one of history’s greatest travel writers, Norman Lewis’s timeless portrait of Spain’s Costa Brava before the tourist tide flowed inexorably over the old ways of its inhabitants
An account of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia, from acclaimed travel writer Norman Lewis.
Norman Lewis avoids the easy pleasures of travelling through the hill-forts of Rajasthan, visiting palace hotels and the Taj Mahal. Instead his travels in India begin in the impoverished, overpopulated…
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Recounts the first half of the author’s adventurous life with dry, infectious, laconic wit, observing the transformation of a stammering schoolboy into a worldly wise multilingual intelligence agent on the…
Crackles with poker-faced wit and stylistic brilliance The light lash of Lewis’s humour and his sniffer-dog’s nose for the oddball remain undiminished. - The Guardian
Norman Lewis arrives in war-torn Naples as an intelligence officer in 1944. The starving population has devoured all the tropical fish in the aquarium, respectable women have been driven to…
This rapid vocabulary builder created by Lewis is a foolproof method of helping individuals increase their vocabulary and learn the derivation and meaning of thousands of words.
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Describes the Costa Brava, a place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the tuna fishing of summer, and where women kept goats…
Said to have inspired Greene’s The Quiet American, A Dragon Apparent chronicles the charm and grandeur of the ancient native civilizations that survived until the devastation of the Vietnam War.
Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breath-taking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist beliefs spare even the…
These twenty articles, written during a period of thirty years, include an interview with Castros executioner; a meeting with a tragic Ernest Hemingway; a farcical trip to the Chocos of…
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From the author Graham Greene called one of our best writers, not of any particular decade but of our century, comes a masterpiece about a war-ravaged city under occupation
Here, Lewis brilliantly dissects the Sicilian Mafia, past and present, combining history, sociology, suspense, horror, and superb travel writing. Among others, meets an eighty-year old priest who led his monks…
Brings together a lifetime’s experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world.
Norman Lewis,Lewis Norman
Does your English work for you or against you? What you say is important–but so is how you say it. If you find yourself using the same words over and…
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David Musgrove, Michael Lewis
The definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was created.
Political intrigue and treachery…
Norman L. Kleeblatt,Stephen Brown
An important reexamination of two artists whose crucial participation in the Abstract Expressionist movement is often overlooked
Edward Norman Lewis
The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some…
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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In Evergreen Ape, David Lewis takes a closer look at the origins of the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved and elusive cryptid: Bigfoot. Drawing from newspaper reports, local American Indian legends…
Norman Lewis 1910- Corwin
Norman Lewis Corwin explores the deep-seated rivalry between two towns in this gripping work of fiction. Set against the backdrop of a high-stakes football game, the story reveals the emotions…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Norman N. Lewis
This study shows how the present situation came about as the state extended and strengthened its hold on the countryside, the economy of the country developed, landlords and peasants took…
Lewis Leary
Norman Lewis,Dr Wilfred Funk
A program for developing one’s word power in 15 minutes a day. Includes tips on noticing new words, avoiding misuse, and a pronunciation key.
Liam Lewis (Author)
A redefinition of the animal’s relationship to sound and language in French texts from medieval England.
Lewis D. Nicholl
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Lewis C. Loyd
Describes the use of transgenic plants to explore possibilities and approaches for the modification of plant metabolism, adaptation or development. This volume provides a conceptual framework regarding the challenges faced…
David Musgrove,Michael Lewis
A series which is a model of its kind EDMUND KING, HISTORY
Edward Norman 1858-1931 Lewis
The true importance of cathedrals during the Anglo-Norman period is here brought out, through an examination of the most important aspects of their history.
Michael Francis 1867-1931 Fallon
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