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Hardback. Condition: Good. 'When she awoke as a cat, Dolores Tremayne saw no immediate advantage in having four paws instead of two arms and two leg' A brilliant, funny novel of love, marriage, and modern life.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 'When she awoke as a cat, Dolores Tremayne saw no immediate advantage in having four paws instead of two arms and two leg' A brilliant, funny novel of love, marriage, and modern life.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Diagnosed with a terminal nerve disorder, intrepid war journalist Joe Shelby embarks on a last attempt to scale England's highest mountain, a quest that tests his courage and forces him to come to terms with his illness. A first novel. 17,500 first printing.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Diagnosed with a terminal nerve disorder, intrepid war journalist Joe Shelby embarks on a last attempt to scale England's highest mountain, a quest that tests his courage and forces him to come to terms with his illness. A first novel. 17,500 first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. A story that is at once real-life thriller and an immensely sinister cautionary tale about the new Russia. -Star Tribune On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London's Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian migr and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the New York Times who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination- and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism. Absorbing. -New York Times Cowell plays out the Byzantine possibilities behind this killing with heroic clarity. -Los Angeles TimesDoggedly reported and dramatically written . . . Cowell tells the story with literary panache but doesn't let his stylish prose eclipse the substance of a sordid tale. The sections about espionage and the assassination are worthy of Tom Clancy, but the author's political analysis is equally riveting . . . A well-told true-crime tale mixed with expert political/historical analysis. -Kirkus Reviews.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. A story that is at once real-life thriller and an immensely sinister cautionary tale about the new Russia. -Star Tribune On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London's Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian migr and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the New York Times who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination- and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism. Absorbing. -New York Times Cowell plays out the Byzantine possibilities behind this killing with heroic clarity. -Los Angeles TimesDoggedly reported and dramatically written . . . Cowell tells the story with literary panache but doesn't let his stylish prose eclipse the substance of a sordid tale. The sections about espionage and the assassination are worthy of Tom Clancy, but the author's political analysis is equally riveting . . . A well-told true-crime tale mixed with expert political/historical analysis. -Kirkus Reviews.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A story that is at once real-life thriller and an immensely sinister cautionary tale about the new Russia. -Star Tribune On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London's Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian migr and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the New York Times who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination- and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism. Absorbing. -New York Times Cowell plays out the Byzantine possibilities behind this killing with heroic clarity. -Los Angeles TimesDoggedly reported and dramatically written . . . Cowell tells the story with literary panache but doesn't let his stylish prose eclipse the substance of a sordid tale. The sections about espionage and the assassination are worthy of Tom Clancy, but the author's political analysis is equally riveting . . . A well-told true-crime tale mixed with expert political/historical analysis. -Kirkus Reviews. …

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Hardback. Condition: Good. 'When she awoke as a cat, Dolores Tremayne saw no immediate advantage in having four paws instead of two arms and two leg' A brilliant, funny novel of love, marriage, and modern life.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 'When she awoke as a cat, Dolores Tremayne saw no immediate advantage in having four paws instead of two arms and two leg' A brilliant, funny novel of love, marriage, and modern life.

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Diagnosed with a terminal nerve disorder, intrepid war journalist Joe Shelby embarks on a last attempt to scale England's highest mountain, a quest that tests his courage and forces him to come to terms with his illness. A first novel. 17,500 first printing.