Background
Raphael, Frederic Michael was born on August 14, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Cedric Michael and Irene (Mauser) Raphael.
(Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Bar...)
Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Barbara Ransome and the others leave Cambridge University to discover varying degrees of satisfaction, success and material comfort. But over all of them lies the common memory of those heady, golden days spent in unravelling the knots of friendship, in exploratory sex and in Badinage, that none of them will ever quite forget.A compelling story, "The Glittering Prizes" reflects the changing attitudes and styles of a generaton that went to Cambridge in the fifties.The subject of a highly acclaimed television series starring Tom Conti, "The Glitter Prizes" is a witty, incisive, beautifully written evocation of an era and its children.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140043357/?tag=2022091-20
(In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the mo...)
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor’easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril, setting the stage for one of the most heroic rescue stories ever lived. In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Built with "dirty steel," and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic’s mercy. The Finest Hours is the gripping, true story of the valiant attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves of the two ships. The spellbinding tale is overflowing with breathtaking scenes, as boats capsize, bows and sterns crash into one another, and men hurl themselves into the raging sea in their terrifying battle for survival. Not all of the eighty-four men caught at sea in the midst of that brutal storm survived, but considering the odds, it’s a miracle—and a testament to their bravery—that any came home to tell their tales at all.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416567224/?tag=2022091-20
(Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Bar...)
Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Barbara Ransome and the others leave Cambridge University to discover varying degrees of satisfaction, success and material comfort. But over all of them lies the common memory of those heady, golden days spent in unravelling the knots of friendship, in exploratory sex and in Badinage, that none of them will ever quite forget.A compelling story, "The Glittering Prizes" reflects the changing attitudes and styles of a generaton that went to Cambridge in the fifties.The subject of a highly acclaimed television series starring Tom Conti, "The Glitter Prizes" is a witty, incisive, beautifully written evocation of an era and its children.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140043357/?tag=2022091-20
(Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Bar...)
Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Barbara Ransome and the others leave Cambridge University to discover varying degrees of satisfaction, success and material comfort. But over all of them lies the common memory of those heady, golden days spent in unravelling the knots of friendship, in exploratory sex and in Badinage, that none of them will ever quite forget.A compelling story, "The Glittering Prizes" reflects the changing attitudes and styles of a generaton that went to Cambridge in the fifties.The subject of a highly acclaimed television series starring Tom Conti, "The Glitter Prizes" is a witty, incisive, beautifully written evocation of an era and its children.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140043357/?tag=2022091-20
(The essays and causeries gathered in this collection of F...)
The essays and causeries gathered in this collection of Frederic Raphael's provocative and corrective `occasional writings' are not all on Jewish themes. But the author is undeniably a Jew, a sceptical Jew of Anglo-American parents and largely European experience and habit. He is a liberal, middle-class novelist and screen-writer for whom modern literary and social history is a puzzlement demanding close analytical attention. As the title, with its wry allusion to Shelley, suggests, it is impossible to forget the past. Raphael is, after all, an accomplished classicist. But how shall we make `reasonable' sense of a world that has proven and proves unreasonable time after time? By close attention to facts and what they can mean, to the written word and what it can mean and conceal; by a refusal to acquiesce in inhumanity. `Art', he declares, `is the only means by which we can combine truth with a certain hope.' The essays, in a wonderfully readable and persuasive way, seek to indicate how a humane secular society can and must retain its roots in what it has perforce to transcend.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857543246/?tag=2022091-20
(“The bible for motorists seeking mouthwatering barbecue o...)
“The bible for motorists seeking mouthwatering barbecue or homemade pie.” —USA Today For the road warriors and armchair epicures, the updated ninth edition of Roadfood is your indispensable guide to more than 900 of America's best local eateries—now with more than 200 completely new listings. Explore the affordable, enjoyable, one-of-a-kind dining destinations along America’s roadways with this indispensable guide. In this fully revised edition, Jane and Michael Stern introduce the Roadfood Honor Roll—a tip sheet to the 100 must-visit stops—just in time for your next roadtrip, no matter what state you’re driving through. With up-to-date information on restaurants' hours of operation, phone numbers, and websites, you will never go hungry on the road or get lost finding the best off-the-highway gems.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0770434525/?tag=2022091-20
(With settings ranging from smart London offices to remote...)
With settings ranging from smart London offices to remote country houses, from Cambridge in the early 1950s to a colony of voluntary artistic exiles in the South of Spain, and from Highgate to Jamaica and the USA, this new collection from Frederic Raphael is as incisive, original and enjoyable as we would expect from the author of Oxbridge Blues and The Glittering Prizes. A young couple abandon the rat-race for a pastoral idyll in 'The People in Euclid', until a disturbing new presence imposes upon their happiness - reminding them of what they escaped from, and inextricably linking his life with theirs. In 'Union Jack Development', the sad tale of Antonia and Stewart - pieced together from letters and diary fragments left in a drawer - casts a sinister aura over the magical Jamaican holiday house. After weeks of frantic preparation, the entire village of Torreroja - resplendent with flowers, coloured lights and with proud Mayor Don Antonio to the fore - all wait with rapt anticipation to honour 'the face with saved Spain for God' on 'The Day Franco Came'. We meet extraordinary characters from the worlds of film, theatre and literature - like Sherman Shapiro, 'The Old Pro', who offers a budding screenwriter his first chance to break into Hollywood, but whose own life turns out rather weak in the third act; Jake Nathanson, ebullient on his heady passage to eminence, and rather less spritely on is ay down in 'Quixote Shmixote'; and Magnis Molyneux, who in 'Seniority' addresses himself to his vocation - literature - with monastic severity. We see how quickly 'the moment passes', and how flattery, favours and auld acquaintances can conveniently be forgotten. Think of England is a stylish, subtle and highly accomplished collection in which Frederic Raphael displays his astute observation of human motives and his versatility at their very best.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684189720/?tag=2022091-20
(The author describes the ikat, sungkit, pilih, and other ...)
The author describes the ikat, sungkit, pilih, and other forms of Iban weaving, the sculptures, the tattooing, metal forging, and other art of the Iban in the context of their oral sagas, stories, poetry, and love songs. He shows how art was used as a pre-literate scholastic aptitude test to ensure intelligent Iban married other intelligent Iban to increase the likelihood that their children were intelligent and were more likely to prosper. Women also chose men on the basis of their prowess at war to ensure the household, physically, was secure. That meant heads and headhunting. The book shows how weaving and headhunting came to be ritualized, the one encouraging the other, so that sexual selection was bound into the Iban's holy trinity of taking heads, growing rice, and birth or regeneration.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/906832540X/?tag=2022091-20
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series Includes the Oresteia trilogy, a key sequence of plays within the Western dramatic tradition - widely studied in schools and universities. Agamemnon tells the tale of the king's return from the battle of Troyto find that his wife has laid out a red carpet to welcome him that will, ironically, lead him to his death; The Libation Bearers continues the saga into the next generation with Orestes and Electra seeking justice for their dead father whilst in the Eumenides, the traces of inherited bloodlust are laid to rest by the figure of Athene. Translated with an introduction and notes from J. Michael Walton - the series editor for the Greek classics and reissued in the new Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series in stylish, new and modern jackets.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/041365480X/?tag=2022091-20
(The author describes the ikat, sungkit, pilih, and other ...)
The author describes the ikat, sungkit, pilih, and other forms of Iban weaving, the sculptures, the tattooing, metal forging, and other art of the Iban in the context of their oral sagas, stories, poetry, and love songs. He shows how art was used as a pre-literate scholastic aptitude test to ensure intelligent Iban married other intelligent Iban to increase the likelihood that their children were intelligent and were more likely to prosper. Women also chose men on the basis of their prowess at war to ensure the household, physically, was secure. That meant heads and headhunting. The book shows how weaving and headhunting came to be ritualized, the one encouraging the other, so that sexual selection was bound into the Iban's holy trinity of taking heads, growing rice, and birth or regeneration.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/906832540X/?tag=2022091-20
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series Includes the Oresteia trilogy, a key sequence of plays within the Western dramatic tradition - widely studied in schools and universities. Agamemnon tells the tale of the king's return from the battle of Troyto find that his wife has laid out a red carpet to welcome him that will, ironically, lead him to his death; The Libation Bearers continues the saga into the next generation with Orestes and Electra seeking justice for their dead father whilst in the Eumenides, the traces of inherited bloodlust are laid to rest by the figure of Athene. Translated with an introduction and notes from J. Michael Walton - the series editor for the Greek classics and reissued in the new Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series in stylish, new and modern jackets.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/041365480X/?tag=2022091-20
(I don’t want to go to heaven. Not that I’m lobbying for t...)
I don’t want to go to heaven. Not that I’m lobbying for the other place . . . ―Michael Wittmer This planet is more than just a stopover on your way to heaven. It is your final destination. God wants you to enjoy your earthly existence, and to think otherwise is to miss the life he intends for you. Exploring the book of Genesis, Heaven Is a Place on Earth gently but firmly strips away common misconceptions of Christianity and broadens your worldview to reveal the tremendous dignity and value of everyday life. Taking you from creation, to the fall, to redemption, and to glimpses from the book of Revelation, Michael Wittmer opens your eyes to a faith that encompasses all of life―baseball games, stock reports, church activities, prayer, lovemaking, work, hobbies . . . everything that lies within the sphere of human activity. To be fully Christian is to be fully human, says Wittmer, alive and responsive to the kingdom of God in all that you are and all that you do. Discover the freedom and impact God created you for. It starts with a truly Christian worldview. And its fruit is the undiluted gospel, powerful not only to save souls, but to restore them to a life that is truly worth living. Includes discussion/reflection questions after each chapter.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310253071/?tag=2022091-20
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, and later Russia, during the tumultuous and uncertain period following the end of the cold war. It examines how American policymakers —particularly in the executive branch —coped with the opportunities and challenges presented by the new Russia. Drawing on extensive interviews with senior U.S. and Russian officials, the authors explain George H. W. Bush's response to the dramatic coup of August 1991 and the Soviet breakup several months later, examine Bill Clinton's efforts to assist Russia's transformation and integration, and analyze George W. Bush's policy toward Russia as September 11 and the war in Iraq transformed international politics. Throughout, the book focuses on the benefits and perils of America's efforts to promote democracy and markets in Russia as well as reorient Russia from security threat to security ally. Understanding how three U.S. administrations dealt with these critical policy questions is vital in assessing not only America's Russia policy, but also efforts that might help to transform and integrate other former adversaries in the future.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815731736/?tag=2022091-20
(The “glorious…sweeping, full-scale biography” of Norman M...)
The “glorious…sweeping, full-scale biography” of Norman Mailer, the famous novelist, journalist, and public figure: “There’s not a paragraph in this enormous book that doesn’t contain a nugget of something you…wish you had known” (The New York Times). Norman Mailer was one of the giants of American letters, and one of the most celebrated public figures of his time. He was a novelist, journalist, biographer, and filmmaker; a provocateur and passionate observer of his times; and a husband, father, and serial philanderer. Perhaps nothing characterized Mailer more than his ambition. He wanted not merely to be the greatest writer of his generation, but a writer great enough to be compared to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. As Michael Lennon describes, although he considered himself first and foremost a novelist, his greatest literary contribution may have been in journalism, where he used his novelistic gifts to explore the American psyche. He would return to certain subjects obsessively: John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, sex, technology, and the intricate relationship of fame and identity. Lennon captures Mailer in all his sharp complexities and shows us how he self-consciously invented and re-invented himself throughout his lifetime. Michael Lennon knew Mailer for thirty-five years, and in this definitive biography, he had the cooperation of Mailer’s late widow, Norris Church, his ex-wives, and all of his children, as well as his sister, Barbara. He also had access to Mailer’s vast, unpublished correspondence and papers, and he interviewed dozens of people who knew Mailer. In Norman Mailer: A Double Life he “brings Mailer thoroughly alive in this great wallop of a book…and he captures the entirety of a man who embodied his era like no other” (The Washington Post).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439150214/?tag=2022091-20
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series Includes the Oresteia trilogy, a key sequence of plays within the Western dramatic tradition - widely studied in schools and universities. Agamemnon tells the tale of the king's return from the battle of Troyto find that his wife has laid out a red carpet to welcome him that will, ironically, lead him to his death; The Libation Bearers continues the saga into the next generation with Orestes and Electra seeking justice for their dead father whilst in the Eumenides, the traces of inherited bloodlust are laid to rest by the figure of Athene. Translated with an introduction and notes from J. Michael Walton - the series editor for the Greek classics and reissued in the new Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series in stylish, new and modern jackets.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/041365480X/?tag=2022091-20
(Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys...)
Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful book, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., and children’s book author Catherine O’Neill Grace, illuminate the crucial and often hidden role that friendship plays in the lives of children from birth through adolescence. Drawing on fascinating new research as well as their own extensive experience in schools, Thompson and Grace demonstrate that children’s friendships begin early–in infancy–and run exceptionally deep in intensity and loyalty. As children grow, their friendships become more complex and layered but also more emotionally fraught, marked by both extraordinary intimacy and bewildering cruelty. As parents, we watch, and often live through vicariously, the tumult that our children experience as they encounter the “cool” crowd, shifting alliances, bullies, and disloyal best friends. Best Friends, Worst Enemies brings to life the drama of childhood relationships, guiding parents to a deeper understanding of the motives and meanings of social behavior. Here you will find penetrating discussions of the difference between friendship and popularity, how boys and girls deal in unique ways with intimacy and commitment, whether all kids need a best friend, why cliques form and what you can do about them. Filled with anecdotes that ring amazingly true to life, Best Friends, Worst Enemies probes the magic and the heartbreak that all children experience with their friends. Parents, teachers, counselors–indeed anyone who cares about children–will find this an eye-opening and wonderfully affirming book. From the Hardcover edition.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034544289X/?tag=2022091-20
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, and later Russia, during the tumultuous and uncertain period following the end of the cold war. It examines how American policymakers —particularly in the executive branch —coped with the opportunities and challenges presented by the new Russia. Drawing on extensive interviews with senior U.S. and Russian officials, the authors explain George H. W. Bush's response to the dramatic coup of August 1991 and the Soviet breakup several months later, examine Bill Clinton's efforts to assist Russia's transformation and integration, and analyze George W. Bush's policy toward Russia as September 11 and the war in Iraq transformed international politics. Throughout, the book focuses on the benefits and perils of America's efforts to promote democracy and markets in Russia as well as reorient Russia from security threat to security ally. Understanding how three U.S. administrations dealt with these critical policy questions is vital in assessing not only America's Russia policy, but also efforts that might help to transform and integrate other former adversaries in the future.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815731736/?tag=2022091-20
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new Classical Greek Dramatists series Includes the Oresteia trilogy, a key sequence of plays within the Western dramatic tradition - widely studied in schools and universities. Agamemnon tells the tale of the king's return from the battle of Troyto find that his wife has laid out a red carpet to welcome him that will, ironically, lead him to his death; The Libation Bearers continues the saga into the next generation with Orestes and Electra seeking justice for their dead father whilst in the Eumenides, the traces of inherited bloodlust are laid to rest by the figure of Athene. Translated with an introduction and notes from J. Michael Walton - the series editor for the Greek classics and reissued in the new Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series in stylish, new and modern jackets.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/041365480X/?tag=2022091-20
(Set in post-war London this novel explores territory that...)
Set in post-war London this novel explores territory that the author has made his own. It charts the lives and tensions of several Jewish families - Otto Khane, a Dachau refugee, delicatessen-keeper Isidore, Ben, a zealous Communist, Paul the reluctant Jew and his girl-friend, Julia.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0006175953/?tag=2022091-20
(I don’t want to go to heaven. Not that I’m lobbying for t...)
I don’t want to go to heaven. Not that I’m lobbying for the other place . . . ―Michael Wittmer This planet is more than just a stopover on your way to heaven. It is your final destination. God wants you to enjoy your earthly existence, and to think otherwise is to miss the life he intends for you. Exploring the book of Genesis, Heaven Is a Place on Earth gently but firmly strips away common misconceptions of Christianity and broadens your worldview to reveal the tremendous dignity and value of everyday life. Taking you from creation, to the fall, to redemption, and to glimpses from the book of Revelation, Michael Wittmer opens your eyes to a faith that encompasses all of life―baseball games, stock reports, church activities, prayer, lovemaking, work, hobbies . . . everything that lies within the sphere of human activity. To be fully Christian is to be fully human, says Wittmer, alive and responsive to the kingdom of God in all that you are and all that you do. Discover the freedom and impact God created you for. It starts with a truly Christian worldview. And its fruit is the undiluted gospel, powerful not only to save souls, but to restore them to a life that is truly worth living. Includes discussion/reflection questions after each chapter.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310253071/?tag=2022091-20
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two great powers of East Asia the way they both compete and cooperate with each other and the way they conduct their relations in the new era will play a big part in the evolution of the region as a whole. This textbook explores in detail the ways in which politics has shaped the thinking about history and identity in both China and Japan and explains the role political leadership in each country has played in shaping their respective nationalisms. Michael Yahuda traces the evolution of the relationship over the two decades against the framework of a rising China gaining ground on a stagnant Japan and analyzes the politics of the economic interdependence between the two countries and their cooperation and competition in Southeast Asia and in its regional institutions. Concluding with an examination of the complexities of their strategic relations and an evaluation of the potentialities for conflict and co-existence between the two countries, this is an essential text for students and scholars of Sino-Japanese and East Asian International Relations.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415843081/?tag=2022091-20
(In 1847 Wagner read the Oresteian trilogy, the finest sur...)
In 1847 Wagner read the Oresteian trilogy, the finest surviving work by Aeschylus. The impact on him of Aeschylus' work, at this crucial time in his development, changed Wagner's entire vision of his own role as an artist. As he wrote in his autobiography: 'I could actually see the Oresteia with my mind's eye, as though it were actually being performed and its effect on me was indescribable. ... My ideas about the significance of drama and of the theatre were, without a doubt, moulded by these impressions ...' Wagner and Aeschylus examines the role that the Oresteia played in the shaping of the Ring, showing how Aeschylus' masterpiece influenced Wagner's at many levels, from the basic idea of using mythical material for a cycle of 'stage festival dramas' right through to profound aspects of subject matter and form and Wagner's conception of the role of music in opera. Two introductory chapters look at the overall relationship between Wagner and Aeschylus; there follows an analysis of the four dramas of the Ring: the points of affinity and the differences, between Wagner's cycle and Aeschylus' are discussed in detail, an approach which throws fresh light on the form and meaning of the Ring.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521117534/?tag=2022091-20
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two great powers of East Asia the way they both compete and cooperate with each other and the way they conduct their relations in the new era will play a big part in the evolution of the region as a whole. This textbook explores in detail the ways in which politics has shaped the thinking about history and identity in both China and Japan and explains the role political leadership in each country has played in shaping their respective nationalisms. Michael Yahuda traces the evolution of the relationship over the two decades against the framework of a rising China gaining ground on a stagnant Japan and analyzes the politics of the economic interdependence between the two countries and their cooperation and competition in Southeast Asia and in its regional institutions. Concluding with an examination of the complexities of their strategic relations and an evaluation of the potentialities for conflict and co-existence between the two countries, this is an essential text for students and scholars of Sino-Japanese and East Asian International Relations.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415843081/?tag=2022091-20
(In 1847 Wagner read the Oresteian trilogy, the finest sur...)
In 1847 Wagner read the Oresteian trilogy, the finest surviving work by Aeschylus. The impact on him of Aeschylus' work, at this crucial time in his development, changed Wagner's entire vision of his own role as an artist. As he wrote in his autobiography: 'I could actually see the Oresteia with my mind's eye, as though it were actually being performed and its effect on me was indescribable. ... My ideas about the significance of drama and of the theatre were, without a doubt, moulded by these impressions ...' Wagner and Aeschylus examines the role that the Oresteia played in the shaping of the Ring, showing how Aeschylus' masterpiece influenced Wagner's at many levels, from the basic idea of using mythical material for a cycle of 'stage festival dramas' right through to profound aspects of subject matter and form and Wagner's conception of the role of music in opera. Two introductory chapters look at the overall relationship between Wagner and Aeschylus; there follows an analysis of the four dramas of the Ring: the points of affinity and the differences, between Wagner's cycle and Aeschylus' are discussed in detail, an approach which throws fresh light on the form and meaning of the Ring.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521117534/?tag=2022091-20
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two great powers of East Asia the way they both compete and cooperate with each other and the way they conduct their relations in the new era will play a big part in the evolution of the region as a whole. This textbook explores in detail the ways in which politics has shaped the thinking about history and identity in both China and Japan and explains the role political leadership in each country has played in shaping their respective nationalisms. Michael Yahuda traces the evolution of the relationship over the two decades against the framework of a rising China gaining ground on a stagnant Japan and analyzes the politics of the economic interdependence between the two countries and their cooperation and competition in Southeast Asia and in its regional institutions. Concluding with an examination of the complexities of their strategic relations and an evaluation of the potentialities for conflict and co-existence between the two countries, this is an essential text for students and scholars of Sino-Japanese and East Asian International Relations.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415843081/?tag=2022091-20
(Original Cloth; Fine; Dust Jacket - Like New; "The Hidden...)
Original Cloth; Fine; Dust Jacket - Like New; "The Hidden I" is thus as modern as it is ancient: Raphael takes the parallax view, seeing the eternal triangle King-Queen-Gyges simultaneously from a distant and from a close perspective." A clean, fine copy of this book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500014965/?tag=2022091-20
(The title story is an elegant elegy for a public school c...)
The title story is an elegant elegy for a public school classics master with an obsession for the German 18th century scholar Wincklemann. The other stories testify to Raphael's experience as a writer living in Spain, France, Italy and Greece and to his love-hate relationship with the cinema.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857970969/?tag=2022091-20
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two great powers of East Asia the way they both compete and cooperate with each other and the way they conduct their relations in the new era will play a big part in the evolution of the region as a whole. This textbook explores in detail the ways in which politics has shaped the thinking about history and identity in both China and Japan and explains the role political leadership in each country has played in shaping their respective nationalisms. Michael Yahuda traces the evolution of the relationship over the two decades against the framework of a rising China gaining ground on a stagnant Japan and analyzes the politics of the economic interdependence between the two countries and their cooperation and competition in Southeast Asia and in its regional institutions. Concluding with an examination of the complexities of their strategic relations and an evaluation of the potentialities for conflict and co-existence between the two countries, this is an essential text for students and scholars of Sino-Japanese and East Asian International Relations.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415843081/?tag=2022091-20
(Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author...)
Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author of “The Road To Key West” comes a sequel guaranteed to take the reader even higher – another rollicking, hilarious Caribbean adventure that will have you ripping at the pages and laughing out loud. “Back On The Road To Key West” reintroduces the somewhat reluctant adventurers Kansas Stamps and Will Bell, casting them into one bizarre situation after another while capturing the true flavor and feel of Key West and the Caribbean in the early 1980s. An ancient map and a lost pirate treasure, a larcenous Bahamian scoundrel and his gang of cutthroats, a wild and crazy journey into South America in search of a magical antediluvian device, and perilous/hilarious encounters with outlandish villains and zany friends will keep you locked to your seat and giggling maniacally. (Not to mention headhunters, smugglers, and beautiful women with poisonous pet spiders.) You’ll also welcome back Rufus, the wacky, mystical Jamaican Rastaman, and be captivated by another “complicated romance” as Kansas and Will struggle with finding and keeping “the girls of their dreams.” So pour yourself a margarita, and get comfortable. You’re in for another rousing medley of madcap adventures in paradise, with “Back On The Road To Key West.” IF YOU ENJOY THIS BOOK, BE SURE TO READ THE THIRD IN REISIG'S "ROAD TO KEY WEST" SERIES: "ALONG THE ROAD TO KEY WEST!"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971369453/?tag=2022091-20
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, and later Russia, during the tumultuous and uncertain period following the end of the cold war. It examines how American policymakers —particularly in the executive branch —coped with the opportunities and challenges presented by the new Russia. Drawing on extensive interviews with senior U.S. and Russian officials, the authors explain George H. W. Bush's response to the dramatic coup of August 1991 and the Soviet breakup several months later, examine Bill Clinton's efforts to assist Russia's transformation and integration, and analyze George W. Bush's policy toward Russia as September 11 and the war in Iraq transformed international politics. Throughout, the book focuses on the benefits and perils of America's efforts to promote democracy and markets in Russia as well as reorient Russia from security threat to security ally. Understanding how three U.S. administrations dealt with these critical policy questions is vital in assessing not only America's Russia policy, but also efforts that might help to transform and integrate other former adversaries in the future.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815731736/?tag=2022091-20
(Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author...)
Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author of “The Road To Key West” comes a sequel guaranteed to take the reader even higher – another rollicking, hilarious Caribbean adventure that will have you ripping at the pages and laughing out loud. “Back On The Road To Key West” reintroduces the somewhat reluctant adventurers Kansas Stamps and Will Bell, casting them into one bizarre situation after another while capturing the true flavor and feel of Key West and the Caribbean in the early 1980s. An ancient map and a lost pirate treasure, a larcenous Bahamian scoundrel and his gang of cutthroats, a wild and crazy journey into South America in search of a magical antediluvian device, and perilous/hilarious encounters with outlandish villains and zany friends will keep you locked to your seat and giggling maniacally. (Not to mention headhunters, smugglers, and beautiful women with poisonous pet spiders.) You’ll also welcome back Rufus, the wacky, mystical Jamaican Rastaman, and be captivated by another “complicated romance” as Kansas and Will struggle with finding and keeping “the girls of their dreams.” So pour yourself a margarita, and get comfortable. You’re in for another rousing medley of madcap adventures in paradise, with “Back On The Road To Key West.” IF YOU ENJOY THIS BOOK, BE SURE TO READ THE THIRD IN REISIG'S "ROAD TO KEY WEST" SERIES: "ALONG THE ROAD TO KEY WEST!"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971369453/?tag=2022091-20
(A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy wh...)
A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy who let nothing stop him. When they finally grew up and met, it was magic. On September 11, 2001, a blind man escaped the World Trade Center by walking down 78 flights of stairs with his guide dog. Days later, America fell in love with Mike and Roselle, and the special bond that helped them survive. Mike shared his story in the New York Times bestselling book, Thunder Dog. Now, in Running With Roselle, kids can follow Roselle as she grows from an energetic yellow Lab prone to stealing her puppy raiser’s slippers to a confident guide dog who passes the ultimate test when her partner needs her most. Meet Mike, a boy blind from birth who excels in public school, shocks the neighbors by riding his bicycle through the streets of Palmdale, CA, drives a car around his college campus, and uses his relationship of trust and teamwork with Roselle to help others on a day that changed America forever.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615905234/?tag=2022091-20
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, and later Russia, during the tumultuous and uncertain period following the end of the cold war. It examines how American policymakers —particularly in the executive branch —coped with the opportunities and challenges presented by the new Russia. Drawing on extensive interviews with senior U.S. and Russian officials, the authors explain George H. W. Bush's response to the dramatic coup of August 1991 and the Soviet breakup several months later, examine Bill Clinton's efforts to assist Russia's transformation and integration, and analyze George W. Bush's policy toward Russia as September 11 and the war in Iraq transformed international politics. Throughout, the book focuses on the benefits and perils of America's efforts to promote democracy and markets in Russia as well as reorient Russia from security threat to security ally. Understanding how three U.S. administrations dealt with these critical policy questions is vital in assessing not only America's Russia policy, but also efforts that might help to transform and integrate other former adversaries in the future.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815731736/?tag=2022091-20
(Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author...)
Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author of “The Road To Key West” comes a sequel guaranteed to take the reader even higher – another rollicking, hilarious Caribbean adventure that will have you ripping at the pages and laughing out loud. “Back On The Road To Key West” reintroduces the somewhat reluctant adventurers Kansas Stamps and Will Bell, casting them into one bizarre situation after another while capturing the true flavor and feel of Key West and the Caribbean in the early 1980s. An ancient map and a lost pirate treasure, a larcenous Bahamian scoundrel and his gang of cutthroats, a wild and crazy journey into South America in search of a magical antediluvian device, and perilous/hilarious encounters with outlandish villains and zany friends will keep you locked to your seat and giggling maniacally. (Not to mention headhunters, smugglers, and beautiful women with poisonous pet spiders.) You’ll also welcome back Rufus, the wacky, mystical Jamaican Rastaman, and be captivated by another “complicated romance” as Kansas and Will struggle with finding and keeping “the girls of their dreams.” So pour yourself a margarita, and get comfortable. You’re in for another rousing medley of madcap adventures in paradise, with “Back On The Road To Key West.” IF YOU ENJOY THIS BOOK, BE SURE TO READ THE THIRD IN REISIG'S "ROAD TO KEY WEST" SERIES: "ALONG THE ROAD TO KEY WEST!"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971369453/?tag=2022091-20
(A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy wh...)
A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy who let nothing stop him. When they finally grew up and met, it was magic. On September 11, 2001, a blind man escaped the World Trade Center by walking down 78 flights of stairs with his guide dog. Days later, America fell in love with Mike and Roselle, and the special bond that helped them survive. Mike shared his story in the New York Times bestselling book, Thunder Dog. Now, in Running With Roselle, kids can follow Roselle as she grows from an energetic yellow Lab prone to stealing her puppy raiser’s slippers to a confident guide dog who passes the ultimate test when her partner needs her most. Meet Mike, a boy blind from birth who excels in public school, shocks the neighbors by riding his bicycle through the streets of Palmdale, CA, drives a car around his college campus, and uses his relationship of trust and teamwork with Roselle to help others on a day that changed America forever.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615905234/?tag=2022091-20
(It's happened to all of us: we're reading a book, somethi...)
It's happened to all of us: we're reading a book, something interrupts us, and we grab the closest thing at hand to mark our spot. It could be a train ticket, a letter, an advertisement, a photograph, or a four-leaf clover. Eventually the book finds its way into the world-a library, a flea market, other people's bookshelves, or to a used bookstore. But what becomes of those forgotten bookmarks? What stories could they tell? By day, Michael Popek works in his family's used bookstore. By night, he's the voyeuristic force behind www.forgottenbookmarks.com, where he shares the weird objects he has found among the stacks at his store. Forgotten Bookmarks is a scrapbook of Popek's most interesting finds. Sure, there are actual bookmarks, but there are also pictures and ticket stubs, old recipes and notes, valentines, unsent letters, four-leaf clovers, and various sordid, heartbreaking, and bizarre keepsakes. Together this collection of lost treasures offers a glimpse into other readers' lives that they never intended for us to see.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399537015/?tag=2022091-20
Raphael, Frederic Michael was born on August 14, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Cedric Michael and Irene (Mauser) Raphael.
Master of Arts (Major Open scholar), St. John's College, Cambridge (England) University, 1954.
(With settings ranging from smart London offices to remote...)
(Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author...)
(Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author...)
(Back On The Road To Key West From the best-selling author...)
(The “glorious…sweeping, full-scale biography” of Norman M...)
(Original Cloth; Fine; Dust Jacket - Like New; "The Hidden...)
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
( Four of Aeschylus' greatest plays reissued in the new C...)
(The author describes the ikat, sungkit, pilih, and other ...)
(The author describes the ikat, sungkit, pilih, and other ...)
(Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Bar...)
(Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Bar...)
(Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Bar...)
(The essays and causeries gathered in this collection of F...)
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
( Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have face...)
(The title story is an elegant elegy for a public school c...)
(Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys...)
(It's happened to all of us: we're reading a book, somethi...)
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
( Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is n...)
(In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the mo...)
(Set in post-war London this novel explores territory that...)
(In 1847 Wagner read the Oresteian trilogy, the finest sur...)
(In 1847 Wagner read the Oresteian trilogy, the finest sur...)
(“The bible for motorists seeking mouthwatering barbecue o...)
(Book by Raphael Pelcovitz, David Pelcovitz)
(Book by Raphael Pelcovitz, David Pelcovitz)
(A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy wh...)
(A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy wh...)
(I don’t want to go to heaven. Not that I’m lobbying for t...)
(I don’t want to go to heaven. Not that I’m lobbying for t...)
(Book by Raphael, Frederic)
(Book by Raphael, Frederic)
(Book by Raphael, Frederic)
(Short Stories Fiction)
Author: (novels) Obbligato, 1956, The Earlson Way, 1958, The Limits of Love, 1960, A Wild Surmise, 1961, The Graduate Wife, 1962, The Trouble with England, 1962, Lindmann, 1963, Darling, 1965, Orchestra and Beginners, 1967, Like Men Betrayed, 1970, Who Were You With Last Night?, 1971, April, June and November, 1972, Richard's Things, 1973, California Time, 1975, The Glittering Prizes, 1976, Heaven and Earth, 1984, After the War, 1988, A Double Life, 1993, Old Scores, 1995, Coast to Coast, 1998. Short stories Sleeps Six, 1979, Oxbridge Blues, 1980, Think of England, 1986, The Hidden I, 1990, The Latin Lover, 1994, Old Scores, 1995. Screenplays Nothing But the Best, 1964, Darling, 1965, Two For the Road, 1967, Far From the Madding Crowd, 1967, A Severed Head, 1971, Daisy Miller, 1973, The Glittering Prizes, 1976, Rogue Male, 1976, Something's Wrong, 1978, Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1978, The Best of Friends, 1980, School Play, 1980, Richard's Things, 1981, Oxbridge Blues, 1984, After The War, 1989, (director) The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt, (Ace award best film on cable television) 1990, Armed Response, 1995 (cinema and/or television) Nothing But the Best, 1964 (Best Comedy Screenplay award Writers' Guild of United Kingdom), Darling, 1965, (United States Academy award, Best Original Screenplay Original British Academy and Writers' Guild of United Kingdom), Two For the Road, 1967 (nominate for Oscar, Best Screenplay Original), Far From the Maddening Crowd, 1968, A Severed Head, 1971, Daisy Miller, 1973, The Glittering Prizes, 1976 (Writer of the Year award Royal television Society), Rogue Male, 1976, The Best of Friends and School Play, 1980, Richard's Things, 1981, Oxbridge Blues, 1984.(criticism) Somerset Maugham and His World, 1977, Byron, 1982, Euripides' Medea, 1995. Translator (with Kenneth McLeish) book reviews The Poems of Catullus, 1978, The Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1979, Aeschulus Complete Plays, 1991, Of Gods and Men, 1993. Editor: Bookmarks, 1975, Cracks In The Ice (Views & Reviews), 1978, A List of Books, 1981, The Necessity of Anti-Semitism, 1997, Popper, or Historicism and its Poverty, 1998.Screenwriter, director.
Fellow Royal Society Literature.
Tennis, travel.
Married Sylvia Betty Glatt, January 17, 1955. Children: Paul Simon, Sarah Natasha, Stephen Matthew Joshua.