Norman Kember (11 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Hbk, 204. illustrated. Condition of book and dust wrapper as new. Inscribed by author. Contents : Intro -- Norman Kember -- Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd -- Dedication -- A Song for Norman -- Introduction -- Kidnap -- 'Have Banner, Will Travel' -- Jordan and Baghdad -- The Two Houses -- The Rogues' Gallery -- A Room with No View -- Menu at the Kidnap Kafé -- Holding It Together -- Whistler's Mother and Other Diversions -- The Daily Captive -- A Tragedy Concealed -- What We Didn't Know -- 'Stormin' Norman -- Homecoming -- Reflections -- The Appeal for My Release by Muslim Leaders -- My Tribute to Tom Fox -- Our Personal Statement of 8 December 2006. [Christian Peacemaker Teams ; Biography - Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Personal narratives - Hostages Iraq ; Biography - Kember, Norman 1931- Captivity, 2005-2006] d881 / m13441. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Clean brown boards, with gilt titles to spine and an unclipped DW. SIGNED by author. A tight, bright and clean copy with no inscriptions. 204pp. (14.5x22cm). Please contact us for any more information. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Copy in brown cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Small crease to corner of jacket on upper cover. Free of inscriptions. Appears unread.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. In 2005 Norman Kember, a retired university professor, travelled to Baghdad and joined up with three other individuals: James Loney, Tom Fox and Harmet Singh Sooden as part of a Christian Peacemakers Team delegation to Iraq. One of those individuals, the American Quaker Tom Fox, would not leave Iraq alive having been executed by Islamist rebels. Before that tragic end, and the group's rescue by special forces, Kember and his fellow CPT'ers were held prisoner by Iraqi rebels. Hostage in Iraq is a personal reflection on Kember's experience as a hostage and the experience of his release and the media frenzy that accompanied his eventual release. Kember is a Baptist, in itself this makes Kember a little different from the Quaker and Mennonite dominated Christian Peacemakers organisation (CPT). CPT was started after a challenge by Ron Sider that the historic peace churches needed to start Jesus' call to be peacemakers seriously. In an important 1984 speech he challenged believers that unless Christians "are ready to start to die by the thousands in dramatic vigorous new exploits for peace and justice, we should sadly confess that we never really meant what we said, and we dare never whisper another word about pacifism to our sisters and brothers in those desperate lands filled with injustice. Unless we are ready to die developing new nonviolent attempts to reduce conflict, we should confess that we never really meant that the cross was an alternative to the sword." Ref UU3.…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chocolate paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 204 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the Author to the front free end paper 'To Frank, Shalom, Norman Kember'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780232526998 IRAQ.…